Mike Preston Lisa Hemminger Art is Film 26 February 2010 “All the Dude ever wanted was his rug back” To the casual viewer The Big Lebowski‚ a 1998 film written by film maker brothers Ethan and Joel Coen and directed by Joel‚ would appear to be a comedy rip off of the 1940’s Los Angeles detective film The Big Sleep by Howard Hawks. It features a hippie dropout from the seventies named “the Dude” (Jeff Bridges) who gets caught up with his bowler buddies Walter (John Goodman) and Donny (Steve
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communication has failed.” (Munro p.13‚ 2011). For the purpose of this paper intelligibility is defined as failed communication. If the learner cannot be understood then his intelligibility has been affected. Transcription 2. When the Japanese learner said “shelter housing is for older people” [ˈʃeltəʳ ˈhaʊzɪŋ ɪz fəʳ ˈoʊldəʳ ˈpiːpl̩]‚ what was heard was “shelter housing is for all the people” [ˈʃeltəʳ ˈhaʊzɪŋ ɪz fəʳ ˈɒl ðə ˈpiːpl]. He used the unstressed vowel /əʳ/ several times and was intelligible
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There are many different ways to accomplish this illegal activity‚ such as ballot stuffing‚ registration fraud‚ and voter impersonation. Obviously‚ submitting more than one ballot in the slot at a time‚ or ballot stuffing is the simplest and the easiest of the three. Even though registration fraud‚ or creating a fictional person and registering with the phony identity or without permission the identity of a real person is most commonly used. Without
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Title Page: Card Skimming Frequent Credit Card Fraud due to Card Skimming Background Credit Card Fraud is one of the biggest threats to business establishments today. Originally‚ credit cards simply carried raised numbers that were transferred to a carbon copy with a card-swiping machine. The merchant simply accepted any card presented. Spending limits and printed lists of lost/stolen cards were ineffective in preventing fraud and other financial losses. Merchants were required to telephone a
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How does Steinbeck present the character of slim and what role does he play in the novel? During the novel Slim is respected and trusted by his fellow ranch workers and even has Curley following his orders. Slim advises George and becomes George’s confidant. As he acts as George’s confidant he subsequently becomes the moral arbiter of the play‚ he is the main character who can recognize things from right and wrong. Slim is a special character because he speaks to everyone from Crooks to Candy
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Four Teens Search For Freedom in John Updike’s "A&P" Throughout history‚ there have been those who lead‚ and those who follow. Up until the 1960’s‚ oppression and conformity were strong characteristics of the U.S.‚ especially for women. There is only so much a person can be controlled however before they begin taking steps to break free from the powerful grip of what society dubs as right‚ and appropriate. In John Updike’s short story "A&P‚" Sammy‚ the main character‚ along with three daring
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SUBJECT: Forensic Accounting Introduction In this memorandum‚ I will explain the reasons as to why managers feel more pressure than in past years. Also‚ I will discuss several ways that managers can commit fraud for personal gain‚ and how these schemes are eventually caught by forensic accountants. Rising Pressure There has been a growing trend to hold managers accountable for their company’s performance. Wall Street analysts have become enemies of CEOs. These analysts set target quarterly
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people are at high risk to develop malaria‚ especially‚ with p. falciparum type of infection‚ pregnant woman‚ people with HIV‚ infants and children under the age of five years due to the decreased immunity in their body. P. vivax is one of plasmodium strains that have a dormant liver stage and it can activate and invade the blood after months or years‚ causing many patients to relapse. A malarial parasite that is exclusive to humans is P. malariae; this parasite can result in quartan fever and a chronic
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most people define a guy who spends all his days in a bowling room as a deadbeat? Meanwhile‚ he also does psychedelic drugs‚ consumes a lot of alcohols and of course uses cuss words like “fuck” and “shit” as his tags. People probably or certainly do not take that kind of people to be a good guy. I do not want to argue with that‚ since they certainly do not act as a good guy. However‚ the Dude in The Big Lebowski‚ a cult favorite film directed by Joel Coen‚ shows another probability to turn a lazy bad
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When talking about being an American‚ people usually think about having good salaries‚ owning a big house with nice cars‚ doing everything you like without being corrected or judged by anyone. But many people don’t know that America wasn’t as good as it is today. The country had to experience a lot of wars‚ ideologies‚ equality between races‚... Being an American is being free‚ be able to have a good education‚ and be able to express your ideas‚ dreams and deliver that to other people. When talking
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