In the sphere of film discussion often you hear people openly say that modern films are all remakes, sequels or prequels that have no soul or imagination. I wholeheartedly disagree with this sentiment, but the wide release film schedule would definitely prove contrary. Which is why filmmakers like Guillermo del Toro are so indispensable to the modern film ecosystem, they’re constantly churning out these original concepts with boundless imagination. This is a guy who, on a constant basis, creates…
Cento Vergilianus de laudibus Christi is a fourth-century Latin poem arranged by Faltonia Betitia Proba after her conversion to Christianity. A cento rearranges verses written by other poets; this one repurposes Virgil to tell stories from the Old and New Testament of the Christian Bible. Much of the work focuses on the story of Jesus Christ. The poem was widely circulated, eventually being used in schools to teach the tenets of Christianity, often alongside Augustine of Hippo's De Doctrina…
Saved by a Swan “Shhh,” members of the Son’s of Liberty whispered as they approached, or moved closer to, the large ships filled with the 342 chests of tea. The Sons’ of Liberty, an organization started to protest the Stamp Act or a law that placed taxes on printed material, were dressed in black clothing with a Donald Trump mask. With his corn-colored hair, orange popsicle skin, and his puffer fish lips, Donald J. Trump was able to startle anyone. The Patriots, or colonists who supported the…
Veterans Haven North (VHN) is a transitional housing agency that is run by New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. VHN is located in Glen Gardner a small town in Hunterdon County NJ. VHN is fairly isolated located up a curvy hilly road set back in the woods of Glen Gardner. Glen Gardner is in a suburban area and the houses are fairly close together. The houses are nondescript, the majority appearing to be three or four bedroom homes of small to average size. This is subjective,…
for Hearing Instrument Specialists to license more hearing instrument specialists than the Council currently does. In that same vein, many corporations have seen Dental Examiners as a way to affect state regulatory policy. In a Missouri lawsuit, Uber is using the Dental Examiners decision to challenge taxi laws in St. Louis. They are asking the court to remove restrictions that prevent their drivers from operating in the city. In North Carolina, LegalZoom.com was challenging the State…
The “Treaty of Versailles” initiated the beginning of the anger Germany felt toward their opponents, the allied forces, at the end of World War I. Prior to this treaty’s creation, Woodrow Wilson unveiled an alternative plan, a plan intended to reunite that nations of the world and to heal the countries affected by World War I. However, rather than serve as a reunifying force, the plan was rejected in favor of a more punitive resolution, and the rejection of the ideals presented in Woodrow…
One of the most significant causes of why distracted driving has become a societal crisis is because phones are becoming a necessity in our daily lives. At this century, living without a phone is like living without air. You need your phone to call your boss and say you will be a little late due to traffic, you need your phone to check your bank statement and make sure there is enough money for you to go shopping, you need your phone to call your mom and say that you arrived safely to your…
School is a wonderful place where students can gain knowledge about multifarious subjects. School is also a center of their lives due to the time they spent there. With school as a core in the life of a teenager, we have on the other hand, jobs which have the same level of importance as a school. Despite after school jobs are not well appreciated, they fulfil some needs for a student and help the student in a regular basis in the same way as a school. Indeed, after school jobs are good for…
Ever since the Sandy Hook shooting in late 2012, it has become glaringly apparent an alarming amount of the United States’ populace and lawmakers would sooner sacrifice the lives of children than ever dare consider the idea of constricting some of the freedom a gun carries. It might be a tad bit of an overgeneralization, and obviously very few would ever admit to believing they fall into that category, but the history of gun violence in the US shows the lack of attempts and resistance to…
Globalization has generated interconnected markets and networks. The ability to instantly access mass quantities of information is changing the collective identity of what it means to be a consumer. Mobile technology, social media, and peer-to-peer software are enabling communication and organization in ways that are fueling the formation of a new collaborative economy. ‘Access over ownership’ is becoming the new consumption model and is changing the traditional economic system by expanding…