How has the representation of women changed? Despite recent critical successes of films featuring female leads (The Hunger Games‚ Brave‚ Beasts of the Southern Wild) and the fact that women ages 12 and over are 51 percent of moviegoers‚ the study found that women on the big screen remain under-utilized. In film‚ female characters are on the rise–one-third of all characters in the top 100 grossing films of 2012 were women. However‚ the percentage of female protagonists in film has fallen from
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As the end of my high school career is coming to an end I am glad to say that one thing has not changed about me at all and my passion for it has actually grew since the beginning of high school. Fishing is an amazing outdoor sport and activity. Fishing has been in my life for as long as I could remember and I loved that my dad is the one to introduce it to me. It is a sport that is a stress reliever especially for me and it is relaxing and when the fishing is good it’s so much fun to do. There are
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The Automobile has changed the world in a huge way since the early 20th century. The automobile has done some obvious things‚ like help transport people to their jobs‚ or help move goods cross country‚ but it has also had many other huge impacts on the world. The automobile has impacted many different aspects of the world‚ and specifically America. The automobile has greatly changed since the early 20th century‚ in design‚ technology‚ and ability. Since the early 20th century‚ the automobile has
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Camera Technology and How It Changed Photography October‚ 2011 Abstract Camera Technology and How It Changed Photography The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader about camera technology and how it changed photography. Digital photography made it cheaper to develop prints. It also made the costs of mass storage far less then disposable cameras. Digital photography changed from loading a film roll to simply loading a memory card for faster loading. This memory card also made for faster
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Andrew Jackson a man who forever changed the presidency. Andrew Jackson did many terrible things in his presidency. He is a stain on American history‚ cause great strife for the Cherokees and many other Native Americans. He was unpresidential by firing his entire cabinet‚ he ignored an order from the supreme court‚ and murdered a man. How could a man like this ever become the president of the United States? Andrew Jackson should be removed from the twenty‚ and not held on a high pedestal. Andrew
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things any easier. I also wasn’t pushed by anyone to get better; my biological parents never took the time to sit down and help me with my reading. Throughout my younger years I was reluctant to go to school because I would get teased by my classmates. Reading was not always one of my favorite things to do‚ but one book changed it all. The first day of fourth grade in a new school rolled around; I was absolutely petrified. I just knew I was going to get made fun of for not being able to read as
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GANG LEADER FOR A DAY The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world’s attention when it was first described in Freakonomics. Gang Leader for a Day is the fascinating full story of how Sudhir Venkatesh managed to gain entrance into the gang‚ what he learned‚ and how his method revolutionized the academic establishment. When Venkatesh walked into an abandoned building in one of Chicago’s most notorious housing projects‚ he was looking
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How the Wright Brothers Changed Transportation On December 17‚ 1903‚ at Kitty Hawk‚ North Carolina‚ brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the first sustained flight with a machine that weighed more than air‚ and with a pilot flying the aircraft. The twelve-second flight‚ with Orville at the controls‚ was a revolutionary event in American history. Airplanes were now being manufactured for all sorts of reasons; they were all based on the Kitty Hawk Flyer’s design. The Wright Brothers’ first
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How Has Photography Changed the World? ‘A picture can say a thousand words’ might seem a bit of a cliché‚ but it shouldn’t. Photography has truly revolutionised our world and it continues to do so. We’ve not only changed our own behaviours and thoughts as a result but also witnessed technological revolution with the help of photography. Let’s examine how the change has occurred. It has changer our understanding of the past Photography has provided humans with another form of recording past events
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Over the course of time‚ humans have created many studies that will eventually shape how we live‚ but one of those studies has had a lasting impact. Astrology is the study that largely changed the Elizabethan Era. "Astrology is the study of patterns and relationships -- of planets in motion‚ our birth chart‚ synastry with others‚ the make-up of elements -- and using that knowledge as a tool to find meaning" (Hall 1). Astrology is not science because it contains mostly beliefs that come from different
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