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21 oct. 2009
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Film aesthetics in Chris Rock's - "I Think I Love My Wife"

Thesis - 2 pages - Journalism

The 2007 motion picture I Think I Love My Wife was directed and written by Chris Rock, who also stars in the film as the leading character. With screenwriting control and director credential Rock can tell the story of a man in a bland marriage from his point of view without outside influences....

21 oct. 2009
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Pinochet - A man both loved and hated

Thesis - 4 pages - Journalism

On December 10, 2006, Augusto Pinochet, former President of Chile died in Santiago due to heart complications (Gatica 1). He was a man both loved and hated during his 17 years as head of state. Pinochet was loved for overthrowing socialist President Salvador Allende in the United States supported...

21 oct. 2009
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Raisin in the sun and its parallels to the black American dream

Thesis - 5 pages - Journalism

Raisin in the sun is a play of epic proportions. The lives of the younger' uncovers the hopes, dreams, and despair of Black Americans as a whole. In this play we are engulfed into the quest of one black family's pursuit of the American Dream. James Truslow Adams used the term “American...

21 oct. 2009
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Geisha tea ceremony

Thesis - 2 pages - Journalism

The life of a Geisha is often glamorized or simplified by Westerners. Many in the West think of geishas as something of royalty due to their high status in Japanese culture, and fashionable dress. On the other hand, Westerners also think of geishas as Japanese versions of prostitutes, not knowing...

21 oct. 2009
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Changes in the lives and roles of women 1300 to the present

Thesis - 5 pages - Journalism

The lives and roles of women have changed monumentally since the 1300s. Today, women in the West and Southeast Asia enjoy benefits, like legal rights and educational opportunities which were not available to the women before them. This paper will analyze the many changes in the lives and roles of...

21 oct. 2009
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Defend or oppose the necessity of actions taken to expand into the new world and Africa between 1300-1789 C.E.

Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism

Interaction between the peoples of Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas during 1300-1789 C.E. brought about cultural fusion, trade, commerce and the foundation of the current state of political affairs. Expansion into the New World and Africa created numerous benefits such as ship building and...

20 oct. 2009
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Ken Loach And The Problems Of The English Society

Essay - 6 pages - Film studies

Ken Loach is a well-known British filmmaker and I chose to study him because he has made a lot of movies in his life which contribute to an understanding of the problems of the society in United Kingdom. Culturally speaking, the films of Ken Loach present a good reflection (even if rather...

20 oct. 2009
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Learning while black

Thesis - 5 pages - Journalism

There were no African-American literature or history courses at Northern Michigan University, so when I learned that the concentration for American Literature III would include the Harlem Renaissance, I jumped into the course. Two months later and the only black person we'd talked about in the...

20 oct. 2009
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Does uninspired media coverage cause uninspired crime?

Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism

Once upon a time, cave man hunted and gathered while cave woman looked after cave kids and cave kitchen. Life was a struggle. Survival was the only goal. Then came, not too soon after, trains, cars, welfare, television, the microwave, celebrity big brother and so on. For most of us, survival is...

20 oct. 2009
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Is the American dream a reality? If so, how far does Barrack Obama symbolize it?

Thesis - 15 pages - Journalism

The American Dream is a term that has been used to encompass the founding ideas that have existed since the birth of the United States. Its definition is broad and has been open to many interpretations, which have adapted and changed over the course of American history. Liberal philosophers such...

12 oct. 2009
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Protecting children in cyber space

Thesis - 4 pages - Journalism

Advent of any technology brings about positive and negative aspects with it. The negative aspects of cyberspace have diminished the social and cultural norms of societies. Cyber bullying, child abuse are part of them. The unchecked use of cyberspace can cause children fall into wrong ideologies...

12 oct. 2009
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Environmentally friendly companies: Diversified natural products, inc. and ICS cleaning

Thesis - 2 pages - Journalism

As an environmentally friendly cleaning products and services company, the London-based ICS Cleaning works in teams to give an “intelligent clean.” Taking great pride in their work, the company proves thorough and banks on skill instead of sizeable amounts of chemicals. With 25 years...

09 oct. 2009
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Witchcraft in East Anglia: Hopkins & Stearne

Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism

In 1995 Seth Nthai, the Minister for Security and Safety in South Africa, admitted that witchcraft accusations in South Africa seemed to be connected to the political situation. This was arguably illustrated by the increase in witch burnings during 1990, when Mandela was released, and in 1994...

07 oct. 2009
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Resveratrol and calorie restriction

Thesis - 1 pages - Journalism

If an organism can remain lean, lifespan is increased--as long as it avoids any excess fat accumulation. But this must be done without diminishing dietary intake. Research attests that those who practice calorie restriction have (in a statistically significant way) better cardiovascular health....

07 oct. 2009
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The problem of definitions in telecommunications regulation in the convergence era

Thesis - 6 pages - Journalism

The following document will expound upon the role of definitions in the telecommunications regulations arena during the modern technological era of convergent technologies and ideological spheres. The document will overview the importance of defining the object being regulated (in this case,...

07 oct. 2009
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Biographies of three African American aviators

Thesis - 7 pages - Journalism

The following document presents an overview of three distinct and influential African American pilots from the 1920's and 1930's era. Following World War I and II, many African American men and women began to dream of become pilots. Unfortunately, the situation in the United States did not allow...

06 oct. 2009
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Showing the horror : photo-journalism in war time

Dissertation - 24 pages - Medias

Virginia Woolf said "Let's see if, watching the same photographs [of the war], we'll feel the same things?. As for her, women and men both see the war as a barbarism that has to stop. The shock produced by war photographs could mobilize everybody. Photography has replaced drawing in the...

06 oct. 2009
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Is the American rap industry in the filiation of the soul industry under Motown?

Dissertation - 40 pages - Music and dance

The African heritage is fundamental to black American music. The African American population, by its very name, asserts its African identity. The influence of African music is so strong that to the rest of the world, black music represents the spirit of the United States. It is quite difficult to...

05 oct. 2009
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The Jocond by Léonard de Vinci exposed to the Louvre Museum

Essay - 2 pages - Art history

The Jocond or Mona Lisa's portrait is an Italian painting created Leonard da Vinci, between 1506 and 1509. Oil on panel of poplar wood sized 77 x 55 cm, it is displayed in the Louvre Museum in Paris. The Jocond is one of the rare paintings that are attributed with certainty to Leonard da...

01 oct. 2009
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Comprehensive report on global staffing strategies: China

Thesis - 5 pages - Journalism

Substantial challenges exist in identifying and recruiting the right high tech telecommunications staffing talent in the Chinese market. In fact the need for high tech telecommunication leadership talent, for example, has produced a staffing gap in China that no longer remains balanced. Many...

01 oct. 2009
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Anorexia Nervosa is really not about food at all: A confirmed condition of negativity that is not bound by culture - A cross cultural analysis

Thesis - 15 pages - Journalism

Anorexia nervosa/bulimia is really not about food at all. This condition is one that is a manifestation of something much deeper. And we are wrong to view anorexia nervosa/bulimia as a disease. While the thoughts of Mr. DiNicola are common today, the key words to his statement are “yet...

30 sept. 2009
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DreamShare business plan

Business plan - 15 pages - Design and digital creation

We are going to launch an innovative community website in France. The company responsible will be a partnership. The product and the Company will have the same name: Dreamshare. Our concept is pretty similar to the concept that our competitors have come up with (Myspace, Facebook). Though we are...

30 sept. 2009
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Close encounters with US immigration: A contrast

Thesis - 6 pages - Journalism

In “ Close Encounters with US Immigration,” Adnan R. Khan recounts his experience of being profiled for his skin color and ethnically distinct name when attempting to regain entry back into the USA. After having his car searched, notebook confiscated, questioned by the Joint Terrorism...

25 sept. 2009
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Bill C-36 and Canadian border security

Thesis - 8 pages - Journalism

In the wake of the 9/1 terrorist attacks, anti-terrorism legislation has proven to have far reaching implications for the way the western world has come to understand the relationship between society and the law. Indeed, as the focal point of this course, the relationship between society and the...

25 sept. 2009
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Brain-exercising creativity coach businesses to open - How to use writing, music, drama & art therapy techniques for healing

Thesis - 13 pages - Journalism

The introduction sets the tone of the book: inspirational and entrepreneurial. It advises how a person could become a creative writing therapist/coach and memory enhancement counselor. The idea is that the examples presented in the book can be self-directed (for personal growth) or business...

24 sept. 2009
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Analysis of 'On the Move': Mona Domosh and Joni Seager

Thesis - 2 pages - Journalism

The main argument that Mona Domosh and Joni Seager make in their chapter, “On the Move”, is that the restrictions society, the government, and companies put on mobility is a direct result of an attempt at social control. Often times, this social control means exerting power of mobility...

24 sept. 2009
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Using oil reserves

Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism

There's a lot of talk these days about the state of our energy supply. One side wants alternatives to oil; the other wants more oil now, tapping reserves to solve energy problems for the coming decades. Although neither side can offer definitive long-term solutions to our energy problems...

24 sept. 2009
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Tasers - An accidental death waiting to happen

Thesis - 2 pages - Journalism

Police by their nature seem to like new “toys” that make their work easier. When they are interested in bullet proof vests or night vision goggles, we see increased utility at no harmful cost to the man on the street. But when their interest turns to tasers, its seductive appeal has...

24 sept. 2009
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Neoclassicism, Benjamin West, and Cupid

Thesis - 3 pages - Arts and art history

The Neoclassical art movement began in Europe in the late 1700s and lasted into the early 1800s. The movement was inspired in part by the public interest in ancient artifacts found in the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum - a sensational discovery at the time, which galvanized the art world of...

23 sept. 2009
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Owen Muelder: Historian and storyteller

Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism

Owen Muelder's office, in Knox's Old Jail, is something of a museum. A side table is spread with construction paper thank you cards from ROWVA East's 5th grade, offering crayon drawings of black stick figures darting behind trees, and lamps lit in certain houses, but not others. Four trowels,...