Hayao Miyazaki has been described as "the best animation filmmaker in history," (Ebert, 2002). His tenure includes the lifetime achievement award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which Miyazaki can add to his Oscar for the acclai Continue Reading...
Army has been modernizing its logistics function for the past half century, and a wide range of legacy systems remain in place. For example, logistics automation systems, collectively termed the Standard Army Management Information Systems (STAMIS) h Continue Reading...
Filmmakers From Two Different Eras Used to Portray Subjects and Ideas The focus of the research in this study is the techniques utilized by filmmakers from the classical and 'New Hollywood' eras of filmmaking. Towards this end, this study will exam Continue Reading...
This is a fascinating commentary about how modernization and mechanization can impact individuals to taking on the attributes of the technology that they work with. This is definitely thought-provoking in this day and age, making one wonder how one Continue Reading...
Six weeks later the Czech Republic became the 27th and final nation to sign the Treaty. On December 2, 2009 the Lisbon Treaty went into full effect one month prior to the date originally projected. Ratification Procedure The driving force behind t Continue Reading...
Also, a few new Nohs have been written and some 'retired' ones have been re-activated. Noh has also blended with other forms of entertainment and theatrical genres. That is the extent of the change, though as there is a very sincere and earnest cal Continue Reading...
Through this, the owner of Ford Motors Corporation was able to increase production levels and to reduce costs. "Even then when the lean manufacturing concept was years away, Ford had a focus on reducing time and material waste, increasing quality, a Continue Reading...
So alike yet distinct did these early writers create, that they are now required reading in British schools (Duquette). In terms of religion, American culture emulated Britain less than many of the early settler were reactionary against British con Continue Reading...
They're discussing them, talking to people from around the glove where the events unfolded, and then creating chat forums to engage in intellectual debate and sharing of ideas. They are talking about what the news media is reporting, whether or not Continue Reading...
it, too, has the rails coming in beneath the fine, old Beaux Arts building, for which tunnels beneath the city were built, removing millions of cubic yards of earth. it, too, heralded and celebrated the new, electric railroad track with its electrif Continue Reading...
Thus science and discussions of scientific phenomena with his brother also formed the backdrop to his early life, another reason why technology featured so prominently in his literary works. Vonnegut is credited with helping to elevate the genre of Continue Reading...
. . which fascinates by the mass of its beauties" (Goulding, 1995, 256). Much like Wagner, Tchaikovsky was influenced by several love affairs, first with Desiree Artot, an opera singer who deserted him to marry someone else and Nadezhda von Meck, a Continue Reading...
The central focus of the book is the search for self and identity and an attempt to answer the question of what happens when men leave the protective normative and restraining influence of society. The central figure of Kurtz is a man who has broken Continue Reading...
Personality Theories in Chuck Yeager's Life General Yeager was born in 1923, in Myra, W.Va., and is a graduate of Hamlin, W.Va., High School. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in September of 1941, and was then accepted for pilot training under the Continue Reading...
English Structure vs. Russian Translation This report is about the structure of the English and Russian languages as they pertain to the unique skill of translation. Language translation has always been made difficult by the fact that languages are Continue Reading...
Tin Drum, by Gunter Grass. Specifically, it will focus on two particular chapters. First, Chapter 27 (Inspection of Concrete, or Barbaric, Mystical, Bored), and Chapter 28 (The Imitation of Christ). The question posed is: what is the historical, the Continue Reading...
Green Architecture in Japan: a Reflection of Societal Values Defining Green Architecture Man has been building structures since shortly after they began to emerge from caves and to explore areas outside his immediate vicinity. Many animals build st Continue Reading...
million Africans were abducted forcibly from West Africa alone and enslaved (Centre for Black & African Arts & Civilisation, 2002, 1). This paper endeavours to explore the "impact of the slave trade on West Africa." The historical injustices Continue Reading...
Pharmacy Practice in the United States From its very beginnings, pharmacy was considered the art of making medicines. Like most arts that originated in earlier times, it came eventually to be regarded as a science in the modern age (Wutoh 2). Throug Continue Reading...
France (West) Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium Question 3… Answer 1: Strong state A conservative country the important role of art and culture a split country universalism -- France's historical mission. Lyon -- A, Rhone- Continue Reading...
In this regard it should also be noted that the architect faced a number of obvious constraints in his design of the Square. These constraints were from existing structures such as the Vatican Palace as well as the granite fountain. To incorporate t Continue Reading...
The company conducts research and development on several programs such as on-site warfare testing, and laboratory research for the next generation aircrafts. The company also conducts R&D on the application of new technologies to build aircraft Continue Reading...
Manga A Comparison of Shoujo and Shounen Manga Manga and anime have become popular, not just in their original country of Japan, but around the world. This type of animation carries on the tradition of ancient Japanese drawing techniques that have Continue Reading...
political and social climate of the U.S. during the 1920s and what brought about the 'roaring '20s." The apocalyptic environment of World War I with its finale brought about a relief throughout Western Europe and the U.S.A. And the feeling that the Continue Reading...
This knowledge has led this author to ponder the nature of the design trend and the social aspects of architecture, design, and interior decoration. Terris also used art to comment on social elements with his sculpture, Bridge. He built a 40-foot b Continue Reading...
While art is certainly a part of culture, other cultural gifts to history mark religion as a positive force. Without the music, ceremony, poetry, and holy books of Muslim, Hindu, and Christian texts, the world would be without significant Beauty. I Continue Reading...
An example is when Antonia rides his bicycle to hang up posters and advertisements for the cinema. A large image of the American film star Rita Hayworth provides an ironic and telling contrast between the glamour and wealth of Hollywood and America Continue Reading...
This accounts for the durable popularity of the superhero -- Superman can fight Nazis during World War II and terrorists today. A comic hero can remain the same, yet always seem relevant to the reader's daily life, just like the daily work of a new Continue Reading...
First, Spanish sounds different from English in terms of vowel sounds, sentence stress, and timing. (Shoebottom, 2007, Spanish). In addition, Spanish speakers can confront grammar problems when learning English, "although Spanish is a much more heav Continue Reading...
At this point, the emerging women's movement during the 1960s provided Rich with the ratification she needed. The movement articulated the very feelings of conflict she was experiencing on a personal, sexual and cultural level. This also allowed he Continue Reading...
History Of Multicultural Childrens Literature While all cultures are ripe with stories, tales, and literature geared towards their children, the international melting-pot existence of the modern world necessitates the systematic inclusion of more th Continue Reading...
Wilfred Owen's poem "Dulce et Decorum est" describes the horrors of World War One. With rich imagery, the poet refers to the gory and horrid details of the "great war," such as "the blood / Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, / Obscene as c Continue Reading...
In 1959, the year I was born, Carlos P. Garcia was the president of the Philippines. Garcia was anti-communist, which the Americans liked, but nevertheless he was strongly devoted to the nationalist cause. Another key way the United States influenc Continue Reading...
Goal setting works well for simple jobs -- clerks, typists, loggers, and technicians -- but not for complete jobs. Goal setting with jobs in which goals are not easily measured (e.g., teaching, nursing, engineering, accounting) has posed some probl Continue Reading...
The closest one could come to putting a date on the beginning of Fascism in Italy would be to magically zip back in time to March 23, 1919, where in a Milan's Piazza San Sepolcro, the founding fathers of Fascism. As their ideas evolved, they began t Continue Reading...
Dorothy Lange and Documentary Photography Life is documented daily, whether in newspaper photographs of world events, in feature magazines of faraway places and in photo albums of family snapshots. Essentially, all photography is a documentary of wh Continue Reading...
Emile Zola and the Movies The translation of any work of literature into another medium, even one apparently so closely aligned with the written word as film, is always a chancy proposition. While literature and film focus themselves on the same tar Continue Reading...
Salman Rushdie is one of the most famous authors of the modern era. In the tradition of Gabriel Marquez, Rushdie sweeps the reader up in his novel, Midnights Children, like the book by Marquez that obviously had a great deal of influence on Rushdie, Continue Reading...
