We live in a time where more expensive means more desirable. This year’s election spending has gotten out of hand. It is time for future presidents to ask themselves‚ is all of this spending necessary? The total spending in the 2004 election was at least 1.2 billion dollars and the total costs of the 2005 inauguration to be 50 million dollars. Advertisements and personal luxuries the President elect and their family indulge in are even pricier than anything is. What exactly are the leaders of this
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The car that has been chosen for this ANCAP Crash Investigation is a Mitsubishi Lancer‚ see Figure 1. They retail from around $21‚000‚ are available in multiple models. The base model Lancer is driven by a 2.0L petrol‚ DOHC 16 valve engine‚ that can take it to a top speed of 200km/h. This engine puts out a total 110kW@6000rpm and maximum torque of 197NM@4200rmp. It comes with either a 5-speed manual or automatic gear box‚ that implements paddle shifters. It weighs in at 1.8 tons wet. The Lancer has
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2000 film starring Russell Crowe which won forty-eight awards‚ including a BAFTA for best film. Gladiator depicts the tale of Maximus Decimus Meridius and his struggle against the might of the Roman Empire and the vicious gladiatorial arenas. Throughout Scott’s masterpiece are a wide range of filmic techniques in the visual and auditory channels that collaborate in enunciating the overall narrative. The opening sequence is a prime example that uses Mise-en-scene‚ lighting‚ costume and film speed
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Response Paper: The Complete Film The introduction of sound films in the late 1920’s was a divisive issue among those involved and interested in the emerging motion picture industry. Even though it wasn’t the sudden breakthrough it is often perceived to be‚ the addition of sound and voice to mainstream cinema revolutionized movie making and led to conflicting viewpoints as to whether or not this innovation was a positive progression for film as an art and as an industry. While
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In The Great Crash 1929‚ John Kenneth Galbraith considers the significance of the stock market crash of 1929 and the depression which followed. In the introduction‚ which was included for the 1988 release‚ he discusses the comparisons between the Great Crash of 1929 and the Crash of 1987. He refers to the date October 19‚ 1987‚ as "the most devastating day in the history of financial markets at least since the bursting of the South Sea Bubble." He asks‚ how many economists and investors were
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to see his students excel and be successful in their lives. The film was released January 15‚ 2005. It was directed by Thomas Carter and co-produced by MTV Films and Tollin/Robbins Production. Coach Carter although an inspiring story of a dedicated basketball coach‚ some elements of the story strayed away from the true events and were added for entertainment purposes. Although the movie Coach Carter added some things to make the film more entertaining‚ for the most part besides minor things were
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Idiots (stylized as 3 idiots) is a 2009 Indian comedy film directed by Rajkumar Hirani‚ with a screenplay by Abhijat Joshi‚ and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It was loosely adapted from the novel Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat. 3 Idiots stars Aamir Khan‚ Kareena Kapoor‚ R. Madhavan‚ Sharman Joshi‚ Omi Vaidya‚ Parikshit Sahni and Boman Irani. Upon release‚ the film broke all opening box office records in India. It was the highest-grossing film in its opening weekend in India and had the highest
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"Blockbuster." "World Wide Fame." "Billion Dollar Studio Production." All of these words have at one point or another been associated with the great classic films since the dawn of the cinematic industry. The most memorable upbeat‚ romantic‚ or inspiring films are persistently produced at a time when the surrounding morale is slowly deteriorating‚ almost as a testament to the constant transformation of the media. This evolution has been semiotically studied by great minds such as Henry Stubbes and
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seems to be working now a days involving the help from CRASH. The message of the movie is telling us how important it is to try to stop gang violence is and we don’t need to be scared to speak up about what is happening around us‚ we need to all work together to try to stop gang violence. CRASH was established by LAPD Chief Daryl Gates to combat the rising problem of gangs in Los Angeles‚ California. Each of the LAPD’s 18 divisions had a CRASH unit assigned to it‚ whose primary goal was to suppress
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a haunted hotel!) Sound alone would be enough to express the suspense and emotion of the film. From the first seen driving up the mountains the buzzing sound motif starts. That buzzing is repeated in a few scenes and hits a frightening pitch when doc tells Danny about the hotel shining. The other motif is definitely more musical and the intensity and sound of it is constantly changing throughout the film. It’s particularly effective how Kubrick can lull you by controlling the tempo and then really
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