2012

Ola Bola is a 2016 Malaysia football based film that was directed by Chiu Keng Guan. The movie was to celebrate the glory moment when our national football team made it into the 1980’s summer Olympics. The main characters in the movie are Marianne, Rahman, Muthu, Chow Kok Keong and Ali. The story began with a journalist named Marianne, who wanted to leave the country for England because she was disillusioned by her work in Malaysia. She was told to write one last research on the 80’s national…

The Biggest Parade in the World, Carnival in Rio de Janeiro I am sure that everyone has a moment of desire to get rid of all of your stress. By going to Carnival in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, the biggest parade in the world, you can blow off your stream with a lot of fun. This carnival is held before Lent which is 40 days before Easter as a farewell to the pleasure and celebrated for five days. The carnival in Rio de Janeiro is held throughout the Brazil country and is composed of Samba parade,…

This past summer I had the experience of a lifetime, ten days in the breathtaking lands of Ireland and Scotland. Those ten days flew by like a marathon runner sprinting towards the golden trophy awaiting for its winner at the finish line. Pictures of monumental buildings and goofy tourist like photos flood my camera. Memories play over and over like a record player in my head, these memories I will hold close and cherish for a lifetime. I want to share a sneak peek of how much my life was…

Every two years, thousands of the best athletes in the world gather for the Olympic games and millions more tune in to watch them. While the intrigue of watching the best in the world compete is undeniable, it is the stories of certain athletes that create the biggest headlines. During the Olympics there are always stories of those with an uncanny ability to adapt and overcome in the face of seemingly impossible odds. In Pyeongchang there is no better example of this than twenty four year old…

Winnie Roach-Leuszler was born February 3, 1926 in Port Credit Ontario. She was the third oldest out of her eleven siblings. She began swimming when she was only three years old, and then started competitively swimming. At nine years old, she won her first long distance medal for swimming 1.5 miles in Port Credit River, Ontario. Winnie is mostly known for her skills in swimming but was nominated for Canada’s all-around Athlete of the Year due to her swimming, diving, softball, track and field,…

S Closing The Gap: Flo & Eddie Set Precedent in the Case for Pre-1972 Performance Rights Laura Landry MUS 457-001 Legal Issues in Music Industry December 5, 2017 1. Flo & Eddie, Inc. V. Pandora Media, Inc. In Oct. 2014, Flo & Eddie Inc. (F&E) filed a putative class action in the Central District of California seeking damages against Pandora Media Inc. (Pandora) for “publicly performing The Turtles’ pre-1972 sound recordings on its services without paying royalties…

Samantha Schlessel September 25, 2017 Professor Kim Apple Inc. in 2012 Case Write Up Define the PC industry in terms of products, players, and geography. The PC industry started off with creating personal and portable computers for consumers worldwide. The two main players in the PC industry are Apple and IBM. Apple and IBM took two different approaches to manufacturing their PC’s: Apple relies on horizontal and vertical integration to create their own designs and does not want to outsource…

social media in his 2012 presidential campaign for reelection. In his book, The Social Media President: Barack Obama and the Politics of Digital Engagement, James…

(McAllister, 2014). Given the importance placed on public perceptions in affecting gambling regulations, this literature review will explore Public Perceptions of Problem Gambling. The policy relevant to this topic is the National Gambling Reform Act 2012. Although the literature covers many different theories and ideas, this review will focus on two major ideas, problem gambling and public perceptions. It will examine the factors defining problem gambling behaviour and the influences behind…

Can anything be art? Or is there a richer set of criteria for what art can and must be? I do not believe that anything can be art and that there is a richer set of criteria for what art must be. I will justify this view within my essay. I will put forth the criteria for what I believe what can be considered art and why I think that. Some of these thoughts have been influenced by what I have read in the The Role of Theory in Aesthetics and, ‘What is Art? An Institutional Analysis aswell as other…