“environmental sounds in ingenious ways” (oxford music). One of Westerkamp’s soundscapes includes A Walk through the City‚ which “focuses on the people forgotten and unnoticed in today’s urban society” (Dirks‚ 1999‚ p.91). In Westerkamp’s work she is “highlighting the minute details of individual sonic events” (Dirks‚ 1999‚ p.91). Many of Westerkamp’s work explores the sounds that are often ignored by individuals. Westerkamp’s works demonstrate how soundscapes provide an opportunity for individuals to listen
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They needed a distraction from the hardships of war and terror. Advances in the movie industries allowed people to forget the problems with war and have a great time at. 1940’s produced some of the best film in the history of Hollywood(Tim Dirks‚1). Advances in lighting‚ sound recording and special effects greatly impacted the sale of movies tickets. It was masterpieces like Casablanca‚ Dressed to kill‚ It’s a wonderful life that will be forever remembered in the film industry. Actors
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Creature from the Black Lagoon is in the genre of Horror and Sci-Fi. The subgenre would be monster movie. Film Critic Tim Dirks outtake on Horror movies – “They deal with our most primal nature and its fears: our nightmares‚ our vulnerability‚ our alienation‚ our revulsions‚ our terror of the unknown‚ our fear of death and dismemberment‚ loss of identity‚ or fear of sexuality.” Goodykoontz‚ B.‚ & Jacobs‚ C.P. (2011). The film fits into the Horror genre because of the suspense with the monster/creature
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included an antagonist who was usually depicted as an iconoclast and their actions often resulted in pandemonium and terror. Out of German Expressionism came Film Noir‚ a coined phrase used to describe dark and cynical films that followed World War II (Dirks). Expressionist films like Nosferatu‚ are attributed to the creation of modern-expressionism in American films. Nosferatu and No Country for Old Men include similar main characters‚ ominous-looking camera shots and sets‚ and instances of fixation and
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employees is the best measure . The leader should better be the college of the employees. In addition‚ the ability of the leader should better know the situation of the company. Dirk suggests that higher levels of perceived vulnerability may increase the impact of trust in leadership on team performance. (Kurt T. Dirk). They can know each
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ship with a captain and a crew. When Charlotte gets on the ship she is nervous and uncomfortable. On one of the first days‚ a man named Zachariah comes‚ introduces himself‚ tells her about him and the rest of the people on the ship‚ and gives her a dirk and says “You might need this” meaning to protect yourself
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Even though Dirk was his dog‚ protector‚ and only friend‚ he left the canine companion on a farm. Gary Paulsen saw how happy the dog was with the owner of the farm and sacrificed his own security for the well being of Dirk. This action shows kindness and caring beyond measure. At UNICEF this compassion is an essential trait. Nobody wants a leader that does not care
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beaches; dry riverbeds; or deposits of gravel‚ sand‚ and silt called alluvial fans” (Dirks 2010‚ 110). “Dust storms form in semi-arid and arid regions where small dust and sand particles are blown into the air” (Coenraads 2006‚ 234). “A dust storm may occur hundreds of miles and rise to a height of more than 305 meters. It carries as much as 875 metric tons of dust particles per cubic kilometre of air” (Dirks 2010‚ 392). 2.2 Location Strong dust storms hit Xinjiang Autonomous Region‚ Inner
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000141 | 0.004840 | 0.0066 | Variance | 0.005335 | 0.007238 | 0.004951 | 0.008652 | 0.00491 | 0.003932 | Standard Deviation | 0.073039 | 0.085075 | 0.070361 | 0.093016 | 0.070071 | 0.062707 | Sharpe Ratio According to Keith Cuthbertson and Dirk Nitzsche (2004)‚ Sharp ratio measures the slope of the transformation line that‚ through constructing the tangency portfolio we can find the optimum weight to invest in risky assets. It is defined for any portfolio i as: sri = ERi -Rfσi where E[Ri]
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Cited: Dirk‚ Tim. "The Great Train Robbery (1903)." Filmsite.org. 1996-2007. GreatestFilms.org. 10 Oct 2007 < http://www.filmsite.org/grea.html> Ebert‚ Roger. "Nanook of the North (1922)." Chicago Sun-Times 25 Sept 2005. 10 Oct 2007. http://rogerebert.suntimes
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