: The Get Down focuses on 1970s New York City broken down and beaten up‚ violent‚ cash strapped dyin. It turned to rubble‚ a rag-tag crew of South Bronx teenagers are nothings and nobodies with no one to shelter them - except each other‚ armed only with verbal games‚ improvised dance steps‚ some magic markers and spray cans. From Bronx tenements‚ to the SoHo art scene; from CBGBs to Studio 54 and even the glass towers of the justbuilt World Trade Center‚ The Get Down is a mythic saga of how New York
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Top Ten Ways to Get Better Grades and to Get More Out of School Many of you would like to get better grades but aren’t sure exactly what will help raise your marks. You may have trouble focusing or you may get bored easily. You may think it takes too much effort to get better grades. That isn’t necessarily the case. There are some very simple techniques that can help you to focus so that you’ll remember things better‚ make your studying more efficient‚ get more studying done in less time‚ retain
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How To Get a Job Moonsun Jang Sep 11‚ 2013 Intermediate Writing Class Dr. Bryson From time to time‚ one needs to write a resume or prepare to complete a job application. Depending on the type of job you are looking for‚ you will need a resume‚ CV‚ and a cover letter or you will need to complete an application for employment. A resumes is like a showcase of an applicants’ history of work to the employer. The resumes include job history‚ educational background‚ and personal information. Some
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After viewing the movie “ As Good As it Gets” which was directed by James L. Brooks (1997) and reading the article “Perceived Functions Of Worry Among Generalized Anxiety Disorder Subjects: Distraction From More Emotionally Distressing Topics” by Borkovec & Roemer (1995). I was able to get a better understanding of anxiety disorders and how it may affect people and their everyday lives. The movie “As Good As it Gets” follows a 60 year man named Melvin that works at home as a writer of one of
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As Good As It Gets‚ a movie about a man with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)‚ has many interesting aspects to an abnormal psychology student. “Obsessive-compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted and repeated thoughts‚ feelings‚ ideas‚ sensations (obsessions)‚ or behaviors that make them feel driven to do something (compulsions).” (Berger‚ 2012) There have been several unproven propositions as to what causes OCD including head injuries and infections. Those who
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Let’s get rich. You and I‚ you and I. Let’s get rich and buy our parents’ house. Let’s teach everyone how to dance. We’re almost there. Let’s get rich. You and I s lyric video is quite a saucy one‚ with a female dancer showcasing the words‚ as well as shots of - where else? - Miami‚ Pitbull’s place of residence. Have fun watching the lyric video for "Timber" on VEVO below: it’s going down! Canadian rock icons Barenaked Ladies are known for writing the theme song to one of TV’s most
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The movie‚ Get Out‚ is about a man named Chris who is young African American‚ going out to a secluded estate in the woods to meet with his white girlfriend Rose’s parents for a weekend. Chris is a bit uneasy about how Rose’s’ family will treat him‚ as they’re white and he’s black. However‚ her parents turn out to be comfortable with the idea of Rose dating an African American and everything appears to be going fine. Chris then starts to notice some odd behaviors from the African American staff at
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going to speak about leadership styles and try to answer the main question‚ which all leaders and managers are facing: which style is the most efficient and reasonable. I have analyzed the article by Daniel Goleman which is entitled “Leadership that gets results” and in my speaking I would mostly base on it. Let me start with the few words about the research‚ which was held by the author. Firstly‚ it offers a fine-grained understanding of how different leadership styles affect performance and
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to be fixed‚ many more minorities would have jobs‚ putting them in a different environment more likely to succeed and stay out of trouble. A rich white man can commit the same crime as a poor black man‚ and the white man is almost guaranteed to not get charged remotely close to the charge that the black man would receive. With things like that happening ‚ it prolongs the reoccurrence of this happening‚ it starts to become viewed as normal‚ or the way it should be. White collar crimes are more spread
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I did my final project on the movie Get Out. I choose this movie‚ because when I saw it with my friends this past semester in the theater‚ it sparked discussion about the movie and race. In our discussion we realized that we each got something different out of the movie and saw different symbols hidden in it‚ which made it fun to puzzle together. It was really interesting to hear my black friends comments on the movie‚ since it was something that he experiences frequently. After viewing the film
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