The star online Published: Monday September 23‚ 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Monday September 23‚ 2013 MYT 10:29:23 AM A new normal for local SMEs BY JOY LEE PHOTOS BY FAIHAN GHANI A worker carries a car bumper in a factory that supplies exterior plastic parts for Volkswagen. European SMEs have more experience in implementing energy-efficiency solutions. Increasingly‚ their Malaysian counterparts will have to focus on becoming more energy efficient to compete in global markets.
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Dead Island: Audiovisual Rhetorical Analysis Dead Island is a video game where players are trapped on an island resort and have to fight zombies in order to survive. The trailer for the game does not focus on how the game is actually played‚ which is the norm for game trailers‚ but instead sets up a narrative that is different from society’s typical view on zombies. The trailer also has more depth and emotional pull than most advertisements. It pulls at the heartstrings of its audience by using
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Can you imagine our favorite films without music? These films would not be as exciting without the orchestrated energy. The added music changes everything in the film‚ and a wonderful score can uplift a movie from decent to classic. The music from Star Wars:
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The stars that shift in the wind are‚ to many‚ a sign of hope and freedom. The elation felt from a patriotic tune lulls their mind from the past and present regarding their country of genocide and inequality. When I hear the melodic anthem‚ or perhaps our pledge of allegiance‚ I feel anger and disgust at the words that are so hypocritical to the true America. The America that favors war and division‚ though it claims freedom is its cause. This “new” world of ours was an asylum of sorts to the European
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character of John Sayles film‚ “Lone Star”‚ is sheriff Sam Deeds. He is son of the former sheriff Buddy Deeds. He is well-known among the citizens of Frontera. However Buddy is not so sure in the fame of his father. So‚ situation becomes more serious after the finding of corpse of former sheriff Charlie Wade. Racism has been the cause of many conflicts in different parts of world. Texas is only the small piece of this nig picture. The film “Lone Star” shows us the inequality between other
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“Dead until Dark” – analysis and interpretation Introduction What do vampires have in common with 21st century ethnic minorities? In the fantasy novel “Dead until Dark” from 2001 – of which I have read chapter 1 – the author Charlaine Harris deals with vampires as just another minority group in a modern multicultural society. Vampires are discriminated against‚ attacked and abused – and also objects of attraction and curiosity. The chapter is thus a thrilling story with elements of horror and
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The article “Dead Man’s Town: ‘Born in the U.S.A.‚’ Social History and Working-Class Identity” is co-auhored by Jefferson Cowie and Lauren Boehm. It is published in American Quarterly‚ 2006. The authors argue that underneath Bruce Springsteen’s biggest hit “Born in the U.S.A.” surface “musicking” lies a deeper meaning. The narrative of the song‚ the authors opine‚ reflects a transformation in the white working class identity from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. They also argue that the song works
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STAR CHILD shines with a vivid imagination to tell a fantastic tale. The script focuses on a weak‚ meek‚ and worried teenager James‚ who has the daunting task of saving Earth from a terrible wizard and deadly drought. The story’s concept is solid. James has a clear goal: save Star Child and Earth. It’s a worthy goal and the audience roots for James to succeed. The stakes are high. There’s some stunning visual storytelling such as the Tree of Life’s Angel Wings‚ the Chess Game‚ and Re-neg’s hair
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Rhetoric Essay Analysis: The Crooked and the Dead The article “The Crooked and the Dead” by Jill Lepore‚ published in the New Yorker‚ deals with the corruption within our political system. It states that money is the true ruler of the United States. Everything revolves around money in politics. Lepore uses a mixture of logos and ethos in order to try to create the argument that the constitution protects political corruption. Her writing is mainly fact and law based writing with specific scenarios
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Bailey Votto Dr. Strobel Modern Europe Under a Cruel Star December 4‚ 2015 Under a Cruel Star A corruption of the faithful‚ an exploitation of the angelic‚ a destruction of the young‚ blanketed the earth in the fall of 1941. The gift of innocence‚ so blameless and pure‚ but at the presence of absence‚ eradicates life. The righteous and the sinful‚ the just and the unjust‚ produced social barriers of uncertainty. In Under a Cruel Star‚ Heda Kovály writes of a world filled fear and deception‚ of
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