Ongka’s Big Moka 1974: Granada Television Papua New Guinea The Kawelka: Ongka’s People‚ a tribe of about 1000 people Ongka: A big man of the Kawelka people Moka: A huge gift made up of pigs‚ money‚ and other items. Technically‚ the moka is the extra‚ the “interest” that you pay back. The moka sequence that Ongka is now involved in began with pigs given as payment for intertribal violence and death. 10 years ago‚ Ongka received 400 pigs from the neighboring people‚ now he hopes to give them
Premium Papua New Guinea Money
In the short stories the “Big Brother Little Sister” by Witi Ihamaera and “The Geranium” by Patricia Grace the characters make important decisions that affects their lives. In the course of both stories we learn that the characters suffer from domestic abuse and want to be free but at the end they decide to stay. In Big Brother Little Sister the reader learns that the most important decision that Hema makes is to go back home even thought their life is miserable. When the once the children’s mum
Premium Family Sibling
The Brain Behind the Big‚ Bad Burger Section 1: Analysis Most Americans will consume any food regardless of the calories‚ nutritional value and health related consequences. The Brain behind the Big‚ Bad Burger article mentions the importance of using a Business Intelligence System (BIS) which “provides them with insights‚ not just mountains of data” (Levison‚ 2005). Business Intelligence gets its strength from being able to pull data from disparate sources store it for use in a loosely coupled
Premium Business intelligence Decision making Data management
The Big Lebowski Response I loved this movie. I had heard of it before and having seen it can understand how it’s labeled as a classic. All aspects of the film were enjoyable including; the characters‚ plot‚ social commentary‚ and motion picture itself. The characters were a perfect combination of realism and exaggeration. “The Dude” was a textbook movie exaggeration of my high school anthropology teacher. Physically and ideologically they were almost identical. My teacher grew up and lived
Premium
The memory of Big Walter‚ specifically the idealized man that he has come to represent‚ and the concern of obtaining and maintaining masculinity in general‚ has a significantly positive impact on Walter Lee. The impact is positive because Walter hits some bumps in the road and some of the bumps were potholes but he got out of them. Walter made a lot of mistakes while trying to be the man of the house. The mistakes he made changed the way his family sees him. He wanted to become a man but he became
Premium English-language films Family The New Yorker
associated to Will Ferrell and the comedy genre‚ fruit of their previous collaborations in “Anchorman”‚ “Step Brothers”‚ and “The Other Guys”‚ which also adds a fair amount of action and stunts. With “The Big Short”‚ a terrific adaptation of Michael Lewis’ bestselling novel of the same name‚ there’s a big turn in the approach and genre. There’s no more Will Ferrell‚ but there are Christian Bale‚ Steve Carell‚ Ryan Gosling‚ and Brad Pitt – how about that? And more! Even based on true events‚ Mr. McKay doesn’t
Premium Subprime mortgage crisis Economics Mortgage
Inside The 455 Cubic Inch Big Block from General Motors Everything You Wanted to Know About the 455 Big Block There’s no question that 455 cubic inches of displacement equals a big motor. Nevertheless‚ this giant engine from the General is a little mysterious. In the beginning you would find them in [Oldsmobile Motor Division products]. As time went on you started seeing this exact displacement under the bonnet of Buicks and performance models from [the Pontiac Motor Division]. Here we’ll dig
Premium General Motors Buick Internal combustion engine
high mobility of the Canadian people has certain implications for businesses‚ which must find ways to stay connected with their customers as they travel back and forth. The banking industry is no exception. Following the Snowbirds and Beyond Canada’s big banks‚ which have already established a sizeable presence in the
Premium Canada United States United Kingdom
represent a character’s descent into depression‚ shaving is used to show them making a change and attempting to pull themselves out of the depths of their illness. One example that shows this very clearly is Martin Scorsese’s short film The Big Shave. The Big Shave depicts a man shaving off his facial hair‚ but he continues shaving after all traces of hair are gone from his chin‚ and as the piece progresses he cuts more and more of his skin until he ultimately slices his own throat. The idea came
Premium Beard Facial hair English-language films
eligibility for participation in the state constitutional conventions in the South. The president‚ whom at the time was Abraham Lincoln‚ was running it. The congressional reconstruction supported the “forfeited-rights theory” and wanted revenge against the south. The Presidential Reconstruction supported the 10% rule and was very lenient towards the southerners and offered a form of amnesty for those who would take oath of allegiance. The Radical Republicans were members of the Republican party
Premium Abraham Lincoln American Civil War Reconstruction era of the United States