Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film by Orson Welles‚ its producer‚ co-author‚ director and star. The picture was Welles’s first feature film. Nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories‚ it won an Academy Award for Best Writing by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Welles. Considered by many critics‚ filmmakers‚ and fans to be the greatest film ever made‚ Citizen Kane was voted the greatest film of all time in five consecutive Sight & Sound polls of critics‚ until it was displaced by Vertigo in
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Valerie Baehl English 101 15 November 2012 Citizens United the Death Knell of Democracy In 2010‚ the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on the Federal Elections Commission v. Citizens United‚ a case that will have drastic effects on our political system. Large corporations and labor unions will now have unprecedented influence over America’s national‚ state‚ and local elections. If Congress does not overturn the Supreme Court ruling on Citizens United then‚ as a result‚ the decision has the
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Recently you won’t be seeing an American citizen care much about anything other than them selves. Their main priority is to ensure the perfection of their own lives. That is not being a good citizen though. Making sure your needs are met before you look up and see what you can help with is corrupt and selfish. We need to care more about how we can help our country and what we need to do to be a good citizen. Having clear goals‚ consistent ideals‚ and unity is what makes a country powerful; so when
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North Campus Citizen Scientist Project For my Applied Leadership Project I have been promoting citizen science at Miami Dade College North Campus as well as in my hometown of Key Biscayne. Citizen Science is when community members participate in the scientific data collection of their surrounding environment. They can observe wild plants and animals and report it for scientific processing. It is really easy to become a citizen scientist‚ as easy as downloading an app called iNaturalist on any smartphone
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Discussion: Citizen-generated data Diedre Brown‚ Dawn Claggett‚ Emmanuel Lea‚ Peggy Sasso‚ and Lucretia William HCS/535 May 25‚ 2015 Jamila Jones‚ Instructor The health care industry is committed to supporting its communities. The industry continues to seek avenue to keep professionals and the public informed. The use of citizen-generated data is proving to be an increasing avenue to increase this awareness. The purpose of this paper is to provide a Team discussion about citizen-generated data
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Thoreau and Emerson both believe in the citizens. Without the citizen that follows the law‚ government won’t exist and the society can’t function. Thoreau believe that citizen can take action to improve unjust government and Emerson believe the citizen can change the society if they believe in themselves to take action. They both believe in action is required for changes to happen. Both authors criticize their fellow citizens for going along with a government that doesn’t decide their action through
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The golden age in studio film making with movies such as Orson Welles “Citizen Kane “. When the golden age emerged in 1941 World War ll started and when it ended 4 years later it was hard for Hollywood to bounce back to what it was. The making of “Citizen Kane “redefined the look of modern cinema and changed forever the way in which American audience and film historians talk about the movies. In “Citizen Kane “Orson Welles used evocative depth of field (deep focus). Welles’s used this visual style
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What If… Citizens Were Required to Vote. Do you agree with the concept that every American should be required to cast a ballot? Why or why not? I both agree and disagree. I agree because I am sick of hearing the complaints of how this President or that representative has ruined the country. If everyone were required to vote then they would be responsible for the person they elected into office and for the outcome of that person’s time spent in office. I disagree because this country was founded
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A Resolution to Amend the Constitution to Allow Naturalized Citizens to Run for President Article II‚ Section 1‚ Clause 5 of the Constitution states "No Person except a natural born Citizen‚ or a Citizen of the United States‚ at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution‚ shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years‚ and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States
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globalizing world many countries have non citizens in their major cities. This portion of the population mostly consists of members of the country’s labor force. It is these people however who are also suffering due to low incomes and other challenges that arise from living in a new country. Political leaders trying to get elected attempt to base their campaigns which are meant to help this target group. Unfortunately most of these people are not citizens and therefore they can’t vote for them. This
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