These shreds belong to cars-- the Honda EVs (electric vehicles)‚ to be exact. In the thought-provoking documentary‚ Who Killed the Electric Car?‚ director Chris Paine looks into the birth‚ rise‚ and fall of the electric car. This 2006 documentary explores this issue in an almost story-like way‚ a suspenseful murder thriller. With twists and turns at every corner‚ it is hard to see who is the real killer. Chris Paine uses humor and sadness‚ real-life accounts‚ and hardcore statistics and clear sequential
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Who Killed the Electric Car? Out of the many different kind of cars on the road today‚ one car stands above the rest. With its zero emissions and sleek design‚ the General Mortars EV 1 was unstoppable. This car runs entirely without gas or oil of any kind. It runs only on electric power which makes it very eco-friendly. This car was the answer to the smog problem in California and would soon be able to help stop global warming and more of our planets environmental issues. So‚ why are there none
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Who Killed The King Of Spain? (By:Mikha During May 1527 – the year of 1598 Phillip II was the ruler of Spain and also other regions because of his marriage to Queen Mary I. While Spain was under the ruling of King Phillip he died on September 13‚ 1598. After his death no one was able to label the cause of it‚ even now people are still not sure how the king of Spain died. There are many possibilities like murder or even illness but between the two it would be more appropriate to state that King
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Benny Goodman really drew my attention after watching the film about him in Jazz class a few weeks ago. I was very surprised to see that his instrument of choice was the clarinet. I didn’t think the clarinet t was that influential in the musical world until I learned more about Benny. From the film I learned about how his father wanted his children to pick up music because he wanted them to make a career out of something they loved. Benny’s father was a tailor and according to the film he wasn’t
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Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that affects the mind and that often comprises symptoms like disorganized speech‚ catatonic behavior and hallucinations. Joon from the movie‚ “Benny and Joon” exhibits most of these behaviors. Joon is a white female around her 20s that lives with her brother in his home. Joon doesn’t work or has a professional working status‚ instead she stays most of her time in her home. Joon doesn’t display other health problems aside from her mental disorder‚ and also we do
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Education Professor Sobel “Benny and Joon” "Benny and Joon" is a movie full of cute eccentrics‚ characters whose quirks are the very essence of their appeal. This movie tells of a sweet‚ long-suffering mechanic named Benny (Aidan Quinn) who struggles to take care of his erratic sister‚ Joon (Mary Stuart Masterson) who has a mental illness that is never explained. Their home life is further complicated midway through the film by the arrival of Sam (Johnny Depp) who is as far from contemporary
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made him ill‚ but again and again‚ Bravo stuck to his story about taking the laudanum to treat his toothache before going to bed. Laudanum was commonly used in the 19th century for pain relieving effect (Jones‚ 2006). It was very strange for someone who is dying to be so calm and collected so the police concluded that Bravo indeed had committed suicide. However‚ a hundred years later‚ it was uncovered that tartar emetic could cause a person to be in a tranquil state (Henderson & Johnson‚ 2009). That
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Oswald: Lone Assassin I believe Lee Harvey Oswald worked alone when he killed John Kennedy. According to Biography.com‚ Oswald was on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository when he shot Kennedy. There were many eyewitnesses that could identify Oswald. There was also evidence of Oswald’s rifle he used that had empty bullet shells next to the gun. Oswald was an outsider and a loner and had an admiration for Kennedy. I know Oswald was the lone assassin because there were eyewitnesses
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hit the USA harder than expected. President Lincoln made a plan to save our country called REconstruction‚ he wanted 10% of white southern men to take an oath of loyalty and they were off the hook for almost destroying the country. North or South: Who killed Reconstruction? The definition of reconstruction is the action or process of reconstructing or being reconstructed. Both Southern resistance and Northern neglect contributed to the death of Reconstruction. However‚ Northern neglect was the greater
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I am trying to find out who killed C.C Robin. Some of the evidence at the crime scene was a boot‚ ripped clothing‚ two dead birds‚ and scratches on the tree. On Monday 9/12 at 4:00 pm we found his body at the bottom of the cliff. We have three suspects know to be at the scene between two and four o’clock‚ Bernie Botchett‚ Little Nimrod‚ and Arch Forrester. Bernie Botchett was on his first camping trip‚ Little Nimrod a poacher with a bad reputation‚ and finally‚ Arch Forrester the game warden known
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