Gwen Verdon was an American actress and a dancer. Gwen won four Tony awards for the musical comedy performances that she has done. She was well known on Broadway in the 1950’s through the 1970’s. Gwen was born in “Culver City‚ California”. She was the second child of Gertrude Lilian and Joseph William Verdon. They were “British immigrants to the United States”. When she was at the age of 11 years old she appeared as a “solo ballerina” in the musical romance film “The King Steps
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The Russian Mafia: Classical Rational Theory - Brandon Sookraj Define Classical Theory: Basic idea and Major Theorist According to rational choice theory people choose to commit crimes if the benefits outweighs the repercussions. This clearly describes how the Russian mafia gained power in Alexander Shvarts article on the Russian mafia as people choose to join the mafia or use their services and commit these illegal acts as what they gained in return outweighed the consequences. Alexanders Shvarts
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Furthermore‚ rational choice theory is useful in trying to explain and understand why human trafficking and forced labor occurs. According to this theory‚ the decision-making process of rationality is what determines the opportunities taken after weighing the costs‚ anticipated benefits and risk of committing these crimes. The perpetuators from the case outweighed the consequences from their crimes with the benefits and decided to execute them anyway. This theory is both offender and offense specific
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the most legendary‚ but an exceptional actor in the whole film industry. He was a hobo before he started his acting career‚ and kept a hobo’s heart till he died (Clarke). He was an actor who was famous of acting as a “western” over 100 movies as well (“Robert Mitchum”). He was so special that until 1970s‚ a new generation of critics placed him in the first rank of screen actors‚ before that‚ he didn’t get any Oscar. Robert Mitchum‚ the most all-powerful actor in the movie stars’ history ever. Unlike
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A time in which I have read in the QUEST form was when reading the novel Crank by Ellen Hopkins. The novel is depicted by a 17 year old girl named Kristina whose entire life is destroyed by “the monster”. Her downhill spiral began when she took a summer trip to visit her father‚ (whom she soon discovers is playing with the monster). Before long
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My Favorite Actor I never thought about that actor I liked but after analyzing it I think the actor that I like and that caught my attention since I was young is Tom Hanks because he was a collogue student that seemed to have no future in acting and he was not very good on his classes in theater‚ I leaned that he was born in Concord California his childhood was like a normal kid with‚ divorced parents his father was descendant of British and his mom Portuguese descent. Hanks was a very shy
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Pestoff (2013b) identifies three relationships citizens have with public actors: interdependence‚ where they rely on each other; supplementary‚ where non-public agents substitute public actors; and complementary‚ where non-public agents add value to public service. Every day‚ citizens carry out activities that could not be carried out by the state‚ particularly in the areas of policing‚ health‚ and education. The benefits of co-production exist in most instances where the state is not directly involved
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Edmund Burke Throughout history philosophers have attempted to explain the ins and outs of human society. These explanations have helped shape our perception of the world and the society we live in. One such philosopher is Edmund Burke‚ the father of modern conservatism. Considering Burke’s stance on the American Revolution‚ it is quite surprising that he strongly opposed the French Revolution. In his most well known work‚ Reflections on the revolution in France‚ Burke argued that the
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Topic 02 Presentation How to Fail with the Rational Unified Process: Seven Steps to Pain and Suffering 1 2 Unified Process (UP) VS Rational Unified Process (RUP) UP is generally used to describe the generic process‚ including those elements which are common to most refinements UP is also used to avoid potential issues of copyright infringement since Rational Unified Process and RUP are trademarks of IBM 3 Waterfall Approaches VS Unified Process Waterfall Approaches
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During the lesson‚ I wanted to make sure that the students had many opportunities for interaction between each other and with the teacher. This is why I incorporated group work and had the teacher walking around to monitor and also having her provide models for the students. When the students are given opportunities for interaction‚ they can learn from each other and help each other with challenging subjects. This will be both beneficial for the students who are helping and the students who are learning
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