Mississippi Damned was written and directed by Tina Mabry and is based on her struggles growing up in Tupelo‚ Mississippi. Mabry has a history of pouring her life into her work. After receiving her masters of Fine Arts in Cinema and Television from the University of Southern California‚ she went on to create two emotion filled short films‚ Brooklyn’s Bridge to Jordan (2005) and Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007)‚ before debuting her first feature masterpiece. Before premiering on Showtime in 2011
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“Storm the beach.” Keith Mancil. As I go through life I am realizing that it is getting more and more challenging every single day. The school work is piling up‚ the aspect of becoming an adult is becoming real. As I go through my everyday routines and just try to make it to the end of the day‚ I am starting to realize that‚ this is only the beginning. I have not even begun to feel the full responsibilities of what an adult is required to go through daily. However‚ I have one characteristic that
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Many teens who identify as anything under LGBT‚ and many other sub-categories are not accepted by their families and asked to leave. Only a few have extended families that they can reach out too‚ many end up homeless. These teens not only end up homeless‚ but they end up without an education. Forced to get a job to support themselves‚ they don’t have time for school‚ they have to do what they need to‚ to survive. This only leads to worse things down the line. As they grow older they not only will
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Do Work Son Last Speech: Be The Best you you can be Everyone in this room has the potential for greatness. Whether or not one chooses to unlock that potential is up to them. Anyone can tell you to “do your best” or “reach for the stars”‚ but just being told to do something doesn’t necessarily mean that you are going to do it. Eventually it always comes down to the doer‚ not the teller. Its easy to be sarcastic about striving for success... saying the effort will not be worth the reward is
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Courtney Fuller EDU1010NN Professionalism . People may look down at an individual for being more professional because that individual is not doing what everyone else is doing. An individual doing what is right in the work place is being a professional. If an individual follows the five keys to be a professional‚ character‚ attitude‚ excellence‚ competency and conduct‚ he or she will surpass his or her competitors. Character is who a person is‚ he or she know that what he or she is doing is
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THE LEADER WITH VISION: THE OPTIMISTIC LEADER INTRODUCTION This paper shall be discussed in four parts as follows: • Articulating Your Vision • Living Your Vision • Influence Others With Positive Attitude • Conclusion A leader is someone who guides others. One who assumes t he position of responsibility over the conduct of others that he is leading. Vision on the other hand is “a picture formed in the mind; something conjured up in the imagination without being related to facts.”
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Alberto Reales Reales 1 Ms. Miriam Konrad Introduction To Sociology‚ TTH Class 30 August 2007 Reading Response #1: Telling the Truth About Damned Lies and Statistics It’s been made clear by the author‚ that the average American citizen does not possess an optimal knowledge on mathematics. Assuming that his words reflect the truth‚ naturally. The sole fact that society has converted the incapacity of an adult to perform basic mental processes into a laughing matter‚ reveals
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In a world where time is the benefactor‚ short cuts are becoming the easier way out of life. “Oh shoot! A book report is due tomorrow and I haven’t even check out the book!” Sound familiar? You might think‚ “No problem. Let me boot up my lap top and Google ‘Life of Pie’ summary.” Procrastinating had once again not affected my grade because of this beautiful technology. Wrong. Think of the bigger picture and what the lesson in the book was trying to teach you that you didn’t learn because all
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Table of content: Introduction: The concept of ”Hus Forbi” has from the start been to create a magazine that could be an outside voice to the public with more focus and debates on homelessness. ”Hus Forbi” is giving the homeless an opportunity to actively participate in the sale of the Magazines‚ which can be an alternative to things such as begging‚ criminality and unemployment. ”Hus Forbi” aims to help to promote debate and dialogue with homeless
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With so many homeless people roaming the streets and begging for money‚ there needs to be a place or way they can make money for shelter. There are roughly 1.56 million homeless people in the United States alone. With the 1.56 million homeless people off the streets‚ we will have cleaner parks‚ streets and public facilities. Yes‚ there are homeless shelters‚ but what if there was another option? What if we went back to 264 BC and followed some of the tradition Roman gladiators lived by. In
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