Saint William of York William FitzHerbert‚ an English priest and Archbishop‚ was born in York‚ Yorkshire in the late eleventh century. Sometime in his late twenties‚ William was selected to be the treasurer of York‚ and shortly after‚ he was appointed to become to archdeacon of Yorkshire. Two elections took place before William was elected the archbishop; the first elected archbishop was eliminated because one of his followers bribed an official to guarantee the candidate would win. William was
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New York State: Natural Disaster Sustainability Program: Preparing for the Next Major Hurricane It is an unfortunate reality that societies seem willing to invest in adequate flood risk reduction only after large disasters. The hurricane protection system of New Orleans was improved at a cost of about $14 billion after the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. The storm surge flooding of 1953 in the Netherlands caused enormous damage and the loss of more than 1‚800 lives. This prompted the development
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TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND TRAINING NEED ANALYSIS OF MAX NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE A report submitted towards the partial fulfilment of the requirements of the two years full-time Post Graduate Diploma in Management. [pic] Submitted by: Shilpi Post Graduate Diploma in Management (IB) Roll No.: 2K91/IB/50 2009-2011 Batch ASIA-PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT 3‚ Institutional Area‚ Jasola‚ New Delhi 110025
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Exploitation films have been produced since the beginning of film‚ but once the Production Code was no longer in effect‚ more these films could be produced and at a faster rate. One genre of exploitation cinema is the drug crime film. Starting as early as the 1930s‚ filmmakers made movies about the dangers of doing drugs. These films were often cheaply made and aimed at a small audience (Clark 4). They were theatrically simple‚ with an uncomplicated narrative: “these are films whose entire function
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Every “blue day” at the York High School begins with my block one class: Chorus. I cannot say that Chorus has been one of my favorite classes‚ or even a class a specifically liked‚ however I can say that I have learned lessons that I will worship forever. I realize that I have been given the opportunity to grow musically‚ but for me this class was much more. I often thought of this class as a course that was required‚ but when stories were shared‚ and observations were collected in my mind‚ I realized
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Hollywood. It’s almost the first thing that comes to someone’s mind when you think film‚ production. Hollywood movies have not ended and still continue today. “Motion pictures have been popular for over fifty years before even most film makers‚ considered movies worthy of serious study.” Barsam‚ Richard‚ and Dave Monahan. Looking at Movies. Fourth Edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. These classic Hollywood films were‚ perfected in 1920’s and 30‘s. Some of the things that makes up a Hollywood
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180 Film Report Gangs of New York (2002) Director Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York is truly a film that firmly places itself in the memory of the viewer forever. Its masterful use of filming techniques to achieve the correct mood for the film poses it as an eye catcher. Apart from the plot‚ the director’s choice and use of camera angles‚ lighting‚ proxemics‚ framing‚ editing‚ and shot-length enhanced the film and provided the perfect mood for the plot. Set in 19th century New York‚ the
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In the movie Sergeant York my group and I decided to do the scene in which Alvin York gets struck by lightning. In my opinion is the turning point of the character‚ because Alvin is known as the “bad boy” in town. He does not have very much respect‚ and this scene is completely life changing to the character. The scene first starts off Alvin riding his horse in a very bad thunderstorm. The sound is a non-diegetic orchestra that is playing immensely loud. The orchestra music builds a lot of tension
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blockbusters with multi-million dollar superstars. Beginning with short silent films‚ movies have evolved over the years in different stages including: the Golden Age‚ the political era‚ sequels‚ and what is now the age of special effects and high budget films. The industry today that creates movies costing unimaginable amounts of money began with the simplistic‚ silent film. Although many are forgotten today‚ these short films were a key part in developing motion pictures created over the ages. Beginning
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Cars is a 2006 American computer-animated comedy-adventure sports film produced by Pixar Animation Studios‚ and directed and co-written by John Lasseter. The seventh film released by Walt Disney Pictures‚ it is Pixar’s final‚ independently-produced motion picture before its purchase by Disney. Set in a world populated entirely by anthropomorphic cars and other vehicles‚ it features voices by Owen Wilson‚ Larry the Cable Guy‚ Paul Newman (in his final non-documentary feature)‚ Bonnie Hunt‚ Tony Shalhoub
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