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    I See? : An analysis of theme in Rear Window’s “Meet the Neighbors” scene Rear Window‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock‚ introduces a plot about the voyeur-esque lifestyle that has overcome L.B. “Jeff” Jeffries while being temporarily immobile in his New York apartment. The viewer is given a visual introduction to the neighbors that live in the same area as Jeff‚ as the camera pans left and right by the different windows across the courtyard. The panning of the camera imitates the moving eye‚ as if the

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    ------------------------------------------------- CIN 375E: formal notes for Novermeber 8‚ 2010 Part 2;  Prepared by:  Sivfong Liu (Siv) We began the second half of the class discussing about the film Rear Window. Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window is a movie about an injured photographer’s (Jeff) accounts and observations of his neighbor’s daily activities through the windows of his confined New York City apartment. After being injured during an auto race accident‚ Jeff’s left leg was encased in castings up to his waist‚ leaving him immobile

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    Control Broken Windows Theory and CPTED Broken windows theory is a criminological theory of the norm-setting and signaling effects of urban disorder and vandalism on additional crime and anti-social behavior. The theory states that monitoring and maintaining urban environments in a well-ordered condition may prevent further vandalism as well as an escalation into more serious crime. The title comes from the following example‚ “Consider a building with a few broken windows. If the windows are not repaired

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    The action/thriller film of 1954 Rear window‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock shines the light on the primary theme of marriage throughout the film. Each of the characters are related to their marital status‚ at one point or another‚ even the crime on which the plot twists is the product of a failed marriage. Within the first couple of minutes you are able to tell that L.B. Jeff Jefferies‚ tosses the idea of marriage around throughout the film. With Jeff examining his neighbours marital problems each

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    Linux versus Windows NT Forget the browser wars. This year’s big nerd battle is the server shootout between Linux and Windows NT - and it’s not just a bunch of geeks nit-picking. While both offer more affordable platforms for Web service than in the past‚ Linux and NT are polar opposites on almost every other level. They look different‚ run differently‚ support different software‚ and cost money in different places. So far though‚ most press coverage of the Linux-NT debate has focused on the competing

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    Audience: American homeowners Conserving Energy to Save Money According to an article and graph published in The New York Times‚ “About 56 percent of all the energy that is produced in the United States is wasted” (Revkin). With all that energy being wasted‚ Americans cannot afford to waste much more. There are a number of things a homeowner can do around and to their household to conserve energy and save money at the same time. They can turn off unneeded electricity and try other sources‚ such

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    Window to Paris The film Window to Paris was a humorous comedy that put the serious economic state of Russia into a funny‚ understandable movie. Throughout the movie you see examples of how Russia is hurting. In the beginning when the big crowd of people was told there is no more vodka‚ when Nicholi’s friend first shows him the window and they walk around the streets of Paris‚ his friend constantly points out ways in which the Parisians are fat‚ greedy‚ unworthy‚ and take things for granted. When

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    MS Windows vs. Unix/Linux University of Phoenix POS/420 Introduction to Unix October 20‚ 2008 Scott Stewart MS Windows vs. Unix/Linux The Microsoft and Linux operating systems have been long considered to be in a competition to be the best operating systems on the market. This paper will compare and contrast these operating systems to help the consumer decide which is right for his or her environment. Such subjects as; cost‚ market share‚ hardware requirements‚ file processing

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    The pool that was in their local community was open to white children six days a week and black children were only allowed on Wednesdays because that was the day before they refilled the water. Saar later experienced racism when she won first place in the art contest at school but was only given the third place prize money. Saar’s piece The Phrenologer’s Window is a representation of how two people can live under the same moon and sun‚ but can be treated

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    "Boy at the Window" by Richard Wilbur is a poem about a young boy who feels very sad for a snowman that is outside in a storm. The boy does not understand that the snowman isn’t real and he thinks that it is suffering outside in the snow storm. Richard Wilbur used a lot of figurative language in "Boy at the Window" ‚ and mostly personification. In "Boy at the Window"‚ Wilbur tried to make the character of the snowman have human and animal characteristics. Instead of putting

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