Fabrication is more powerful truth‚ at least in the eyes of Hollywood When it comes to film’s interpretation of history and reality‚ such as the recent film’s “Argo” and “Zero Dark Thirty”‚ Hollywood has long had a habit of altering facts‚ creating illusions and fabrications‚ and even distorting final outcomes. Hollywood is an industry‚ and for a long time now‚ has understandably aimed at creating the best possible plot line with regard to its films. In some ways‚ it could be considered a “dream
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THE DAY MILLICENT FOUND THE WORLD By William Stafford The title “The Day Millicent Found the World” is about the day a young girl named Millicent discovered the world around her. The title is significant as well as symbolic. The title gives the poem a deeper meaning and gives the readers deeper insight into what they should expect. In this poem‚ the author‚ I believe is an older male and a transcendentalist. The tone of the poem suggests this because a woman would be hysterical about Millicent’s
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{draw:rect} {draw:frame} {draw:frame} Fig 2.2Haptic rendering divided into main three blocks *S- contacts* occurring between an avatar at position X and objects in the virtual environment. Fd- *return* the ideal interaction force between avatar and virtual objects. Fr- Force to the user 1.Collision-detection algorithms detect collisions between objects and avatars in the virtual environment and yield information about where‚ when‚ and ideally
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phone’s GPS to locate‚ capture‚ battle and also to train creatures called Pokemon. They appear on the screen‚ like they are in the same real world as the player. After creating an account the player takes an avatar by selecting hair‚ skin‚ eye colour‚ style and outfit. Once created‚ the avatar will be displayed on a map using the player’s current location. During an encounter with a wild Pokemon‚ the player can throw a Poke ball at it and if the Pokemon is successfully caught‚ it will come under the
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The first is more political and economical rather than cultural - money and power. Most of empires‚ states and civilizations have allways tried to invade others‚ or at least spread their influence to get economical and policital profit. With the western culture the best historical examples are probably conquest of The New World‚ Africa‚ Australia‚ and so on. They didn’t go there mainly to dominate the native cultures‚ but to gain money from local resourses and political power. Now we might ask why
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Dream Summaries Day Dreaming: When your imagination carries you away. Daydreaming is a classified level of consciousness between sleep and wakefulness. False Awakening Dreams: You dream that you wake up and your day starts‚ but then you actually wake up. Lucid Dreaming: Where you realize you are dreaming during your dream‚ and then have the ability to control your dream and what happens inside of it. Nightmares: A nightmare is a disturbing dream that causes you to wake up feeling anxious and
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Second Life Case Study Questions/Answers CASE STUDY QUESTIONS QUESTION 3 There are several ways to start up business in an online virtual server. Second Life as of now harbored few to many online companies that does business online as a form of advertising or even setting up their virtual business inside the server by buying up “lands” in the so called “Grid” world. Of course‚ to do that‚ you have to buy the virtual “land” to start up the virtual business by subscribing to the premium membership
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the Nacirema Abstract This study examines Horace Miner’s essay “Body Rituals Among the Nacirema. While using the participant observation approach‚ he gives us a new perspective on the daily behaviors within this group of people. Exploring ethnocentrism and how we view cultures outside of our own. Horace Miner was a professor for the University of Michigan. He sought out to teach young people the importance of cultural anthropology. ("Horace Mitchell Miner - Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia"
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the continuum. Summary of the article: Ethnocentrism is‚ according to Bennett‚ “the assumption that one’s own culture is central to all reality”. To move “away” from this‚ he suggests three “Ethnocentric pitfalls” to overcome (Denial‚ Defence‚ and Minimisation) and then three “Ethnorelative approaches” (Acceptance‚ Adaptation‚ and Integration) to achieve this: “Ethnocentric pitfalls” I. Denial A denial of difference is the purest form of ethnocentrism. Even in the face of seemingly obvious differences
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if he is able to break up a business espionage. Breaking up the espionage is all completed in dream states‚ as important information is extracted from targets minds via a subconscious. Inception is a very similar film to the award-winning movie “Avatar”‚ as they are both movies about dreaming. Slow motion and manipulation of time is used in Inception really well‚ as it clearly and effectively shows us‚ which is the dream state and which is reality. Two significant parts of the film where they
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