The Abyss Like a fish out of water by Jody Lyle from Jump Cut‚ no. 38‚ June 1993‚ pp. 9-13 copyright Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media‚ 1993‚ 2006 Everywhere water. Peaceful water. Then suddenly‚ out of the limitless blue‚ comes a long‚ gray U.S. submarine. Quick cut to inside the vessel to find an exclusively male group of seamen trying to identify an object approaching at an unheard of speed. "I’ll tell you what it’s not‚ it’s not one of ours‚" an officer shouts‚ doing his best to identify
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ourselves from this media landscape‚ if we want to secure our freedom. The movie wants to play the role of just such a critic for us. It tells us to look around and break the spell that keeps us believing in the media-fabricated illusions of popular culture. Of course‚ the movie is also a form of media. As it conveys these ideas to us in dramatic form‚ we are absorbed by its own take on the meaning of things. Like Truman‚ we are manipulated and entertained by its lifelike simulations and story line
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Reaction about Rizal the movie: First of all‚ I want to criticize the whole movie first‚ the movie was great so is the stars who acted upon the characters who was born on late 1800’s when Dr. Jose Rizal lived as a hero‚ a champion to all Filipino from the Spanish tyranny. This movie really portrays the all the different kinds of emotion exerted by all filipinoes in the hands of the Spanish government. In terms of Rizal’s life‚ although they didn’t exactly tell all of his exploits‚ we can see through
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supercritical fluid extraction system (Model 7100‚ Thar Technologies Inc.‚ USA) consisting a stainless steel extraction vessel of 1lt. capacity. For each experiment‚ the extraction vessel was loaded with 250 g of lyophilized powder wrapped with filter paper to prevent spillage during extraction and contamination of the extracted material with any solid particles. Ethanol (5% w/w) was used as a co-solvent for enhancing the extraction efficiency. Experimental parameters during the study were controlled
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doing corporate social responsibility (CSR) really pays off especially in the firms as well as in the firm’s stakeholders and society. However‚ what is a CSR in the first place? According to researches‚ CSR‚ also known as corporate initiative‚ is all about evaluating and taking up the liability of the company’s impact on the environment as well as in the welfare of the society. Moreover‚ this term probably gives emphasis on the efforts of a firm that go beyond what is being needed by the regulators or
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make a statement about culture? Chinua Achebe in his novel Things Fall Apart answers this question by telling a story of British colonization through an African point of view. In this work of historical function‚ Okonkwo wants his original culture‚ but the Western European people came then they changed the culture‚ so Okonkwo tried to fight back for his original culture‚ finally the entire culture had been changed and the people in the village adapted to the Western Europeans culture and they’ve forgotten
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President Benigno Aquino the Third (aka‚ Noynoy) of the Republic of The Philippines made his State Of the Nation Address today. I will legitimately link to the whole thing at the end of this post‚ but for the moment‚ here are my impressions of his words and how things look like from my perspective on the country. Do I agree with what he’s been saying? Yes. And no. There are no overt lies and spinning in the President’s SONA‚ for even a malfunctioning democracy as ours does not need propaganda
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the article “Growing up Hmong in Laos and America: Two Generations of Women through My Eyes” written by Pa Xiong Gonzalo‚ who came to the United States as refugee in the past. She is a Hmong‚ an ethnic group from the Asian countries. This article is about her experiences on how her life was when she first came to the United States to the success of graduating from an U.S university. During that period‚ there were a few cultural and tradition issues happened in her family. I did not know Hmong group
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ABOUT ENGLISH CULTURE AND HABITS England is a country with a widely-recognized cultural identity. Whenever anything such as tea or fish and chips are mentioned‚ the standard response is to think of England and its people. However‚ English culture and habits‚ like the country itself‚ contain a mixture of the traditional and the newly-developed‚ and the following are just a few of the cultural characteristics of the English populace. It’s important to note that‚ when we speak about England and its
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Chapter 7 Reflection Paper Financial Accounting Buildings‚ machinery‚ equipment‚ furniture‚ fixtures‚ computers‚ cars and trucks are examples of assets that will last for more than one year‚ but will not last indefinitely. These are some examples of long-lived non-monetary assets. When these assets were acquired‚ the company has made an expenditure. If the company will benefit in the curret period‚ the cost of the goods are expenses. If the benefits are expected in future periods‚ the costs are
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