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    Long-Lived Assets

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    Long-Lived Assets Long-term assets are defined as resources with economic lives of more than a year that a business possesses and uses in generating revenue. The cost of long-term assets is recognized as an expense in the accounting periods in which the assets are used. The cost of all Long-Lived Assets that decline in value will through use and/or the passage of time will have their cost allocated to the periods that receive benefit. So‚ if a piece of machinery is expected to have an economic

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    “anyone lived in a pretty how town”               E. E. Cummings’s poem “anyone lived in a pretty how town” is about a small town filled with people caught up in going through the motions. The protagonist is a man referred to as “anyone” who is different from the other townspeople. People shun him for his individualism.  Cummings throughout the entire poem is stressing the importance of people being unique in their own way instead of conforming to others’ ideas.  His sidekick and lover is “noone

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    Where I Lived and What I Lived For Analysis Henry David Thoreau‚ the author of this piece‚ lived in the mid-1800s. Throughout his life‚ Thoreau was an author‚ poet‚ philosopher‚ abolitionist‚ naturalist‚ tax resister‚ development critic‚ surveyor‚ historian‚ and leading transcendentalist. The Stanford Dictionary defines transcendentalism as a religious and philosophical movement that focused on the belief that everyone has inherent goodness; however‚ society and its organizations destroy a person’s

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    potential to challenge or improve a community group. The film ‘Strictly Ballroom‚’ directed by Baz Lurhman‚ the film ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ directed by Kate Woods and the exaggerated true story of an African American youth’s fight to belong in the song “dance with the devil” by immortal technique all represent ideas of belonging formed by life experiences. ‘Strictly ballroom’ is a comedic ‘mocumentary’ set in the highly competitive world of ballroom dancing where the stereotypical plot follows an attractive

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    The enigmatic painting “Las Meninas” by Diego Valesquez was painted in 1656 and many questions were raised about reality and illusion and the film “Strictly Ballroom” was filmed in 1992 and directed by Baz Lurhmman. Framing is what is deliberately included in the frame and what is excluded. The painting shows a “moment in time” during the everyday life of the royal family. The king and queen are only seen in the mirror; it is only when we realise this that we understand we are looking at the painting

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    or not belong. Belonging is felt by an individual when they are able to gain an understanding of themselves in relation to others. We see this in Strictly Ballroom by Baz Lurhmann and Neighbours by Tim Winton; both show belonging and not belonging and find their own sense of identity where they all feel they belong in one place. In Strictly Ballroom we see two sides of the dance world that is juxtaposed to the artificial fake world and the non-artificial fake world for eg. Shirley Hastings wears

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    “A life lived in fear is a life half lived.” Discuss with reference to the characters in Strictly Ballroom. There are many characters in Strictly Ballroom that had lived their lives in fear. That kind of fear is not like a fear of heights or being afraid of dying‚ it is being afraid of other people who could destroy their lives forever. That kind of fear forces people to cower in front of others and not be able to make their own decisions. A life half lived is a life full of regrets. Shirley Hastings

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    Explore how perceptions of belonging and not belonging can be influenced by connections to places. In ‘Strictly Ballroom’‚ directed by Baz Luhrmann‚ the film explores how perceptions of belonging and not belonging can be influenced by connections to places. Luhrmann does this through the use of techniques throughout the film such as lighting‚ editing‚ music and camera angles. In this film it is shown by Luhrmann that a place in which an individual or group may feel comfortable or uncomfortable

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    How Cavemen Lived

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    How cavemen lived By: Ausha Champ Here are a few of the reasons cavemen wrote on the walls of there caves. One is how to kill or catch certain pray. So they could have the meat for pray and hide for quilt. The way to tell how many people in there crew died. They would trace there hand and color it in brown or black and trace the other hand in white. The color represents the living and the white represents the dead. Hares a good question‚ Why do

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    Where I Lived..

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    Where I lived… I’ve lived in many places growing up but I was born in Baltimore‚ MD so of course that’s where most of my love would go. Ayee‚ go Ravens! (lol) But as a teenager‚ my favorite place I’ve lived at would have to be Virginia. It’s where I met my first “love” and met all my‚ what used to be‚ friends. While living in Virginia‚ I lived in two places – Chesterfield‚ VA and Fort Lee‚ which is on the Petersburg and Hopewell line. Living on Fort Lee was my favorite. Fort Lee is an army base

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