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Aurora’s coronation has begun, and Knotgrass, Flittle, and Thistlewit proceed to bestow magical gifts on the newly crowned princess Aurora. Suddenly, a dark green, enchanted mist appears sweeping and devouring any civilian in its path. Striking out the green shadow, maleficent makes a grand entrance, and advances to give Aurora a magical gift as well. As Maleficent begins reciting her spell, she glances over at King Stephan with disgust and hatred. This provokes Maleficent to take away…

In the everyday race of life, one can overlook and even forget the most mundane or trivial of choices. However, upon slowing down and considering the alternatives, one can rationalize and improve almost every choice to find the best path. This generalized analysis applies to even One Act plays. When choosing which genre to perform, potential casts will find it most beneficial to weigh the pros and cons of each plausible possibility. A well-educated, correct decision will stow favorable memories…

Mythology often plays a huge roll in everyday society, though one would rarely know how often myths play a part in that everyday life. One of the best known hero myths is that of Hercules. In the United states, Hercules has been made in to several movies, and even a television series. One of the best adaptations of this hero myth is the one done by Disney. To the untrained eye, few people would know that Disney uses the hero cycle is almost all of its children’s animated movies. That being…

Broad City and its Producerly Elements By Jalina Brown TA: Jesse Yang Menn Section: Friday, 10:35 Broad City, Comedy Central’s latest situation comedy, features two women in their twenties living and working in New York City. Although it is still a fairly new show, it has already gained a substantial fan base. These fans can be found on the show’s Tumblr, Facebook, and Twitter feeds posting clips of the show, quoting their favorite characters, and submitting fan art. The producerliness of the…

Tailor your inventory, marketing, and delivery methods to fit the community’s needs. In 2016, expect apps to streamline the mashup of eCommerce and social. Instagram has the “Shop Now” feature, followed by Pinterest’s “Buyable Pins.” Find ways for your business to integrate its products into this blend of social commerce. A Corvisa survey found that “77 percent of consumers…

Essay on Plato's Analogy of the Cave Plato's Republic was written as a biting political critique, a revolutionary piece about the state of society and how it must be improved. However, Plato also delves into philosophy in the Republic and while the Analogy of the Cave is an extremely politically charged statement, it reveals much about Plato's ideas about epistemology and philosophy. Plato starts in his usual dialogue style of writing, by imploring Glaucon (Plato's brother) to imagine men in…

Fanfiction: On Trial for Kidnapping? While many people find themselves indulging in late night binge-watching or gauging on unhealthy fast food, some would consider their guilty pleasure to be reading fanfiction. Fanfiction is a story written by fans that takes elements from a previously established setting and transforms the already fixed plot into something entirely new. The elements that pre-exist might be characters, locations, objects, or institutions adapted from another source. A…

I feel, cold. I am swarmed by my surroundings. They pound away at my head and I can only sit here, helpless, unable to breathe, drowning. I wake up in bed. I have thin layers on but I am still scorching. A thick layer of sweat keeps me stuck to my bed sheet. A tear rolls down my face and drips from my face to the ground. It is so dark that I can’t tell whether my eyes are open or closed. My head swivels over to my alarm clock. It reads 12:04. I could’ve sworn it was morning. I lay there for what…

President Clinton once said “nobody who works full time with kids in the home should be in poverty”. Yet in 2012 the United States Labor of Bureau Statistics reported that there were 10.6 million working individuals who live below the official poverty line. Currently the United States government considers an individual to be poor if he makes less than 11,770 dollars per year, the actual number varies based on the number of individuals living in a household. For example, if a family of four makes…

How is RFID technology related to Wal-Mart’s business model? How does it benefit suppliers? Wal-Mart’s basic business model is “low cost.” RFID promises to reduce supply chain costs and improve the availability of items on store shelves. The world’s biggest retail chain wants RFID readers installed at store receiving docks to record the arrival of pallets and cases of goods. Software uses sales data from its point-of-sale systems and the RFID data about the number of cases brought out to…