About Time

mundane, it is crucial for providing context for one’s final destination. The subway in particular allows for social situations to arise where an individual can be introspective whilst observing different people and behaviors in a diminutive amount of time. The act of examination in the public sphere allows an individual to decide how they desire to interact within any given environment. Additionally, the brain is capable of processing a vast amount of data at an exponentially rapid rate as to…

you been preparing to deal with the impact of the brand new lease accounting upgrades with TRIRIGA? Even though FASB’s ASC 842 and IASB’s IFRS 16 is going to take effect in 2019, several businesses are just now starting to understand the effort and time necessary to satisfy the new requirements. As per a newly released article in the National Real Estate Investor, establishments will probably have to deal with considerable ‘heavy lifting’ to get ready for the new conditions. This is how Sean…

Marc Augé exposes the truth about the presence of "non-places" in contemporary society due to supermondernity. Auge attempts to improve quality of anthropological research, and on a larger scale, he also contributes to our understanding of space by introducing concepts and terms that can describe the new circumstances we live in. Through this book, we can understand the space that surrounds us in the present and how it is influenced by globalisation, urbanisation and capitalism. Marc Auge's…

naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion" (Brainyquote). Many people like to live in denial about negative things at the expense of reality. Hiding away pain and pushing away unwanted feelings seems like the best way to live, but at the end of the day, time doesn't wait when life gets tough. The made-up illusion created by loneliness eats away at people until reality isn't viable. One of the many people who experienced…

Two minutes. Two minutes late. In the System, there is no room for diverting from the schedule. In “Repent Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison, there exists a futuristic, dystopian society in which time is of the utmost importance. Every minute— every second— is meticulously scheduled in order that the society may run smoothly. However, with the System being run this way, no one possesses the ability to think freely or have their own head on their shoulders. One man, the Harlequin…

Young people have the drive to accomplish things in life, but one of the hardest things to grasp is the concept of success. Success is the opportunity to be taken and completed with a purpose, just like in the stories “Ragged Dick” by Horatio Alger and “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara. In “Ragged Dick”, a boy named Dick wants to escape poverty and tries to learn many things so he can be well prepared for success. He is able to do this after saving a little boy from drowning and getting a job…

Caché Scene Journal Description of the Scene Caché is a French film, directed by Michael Haneke. I chose to analyze the last ten minutes of the film because I found the ending very intriguing. The specific time of the film scene I selected is from 1 hour 46 minutes of the film till the end of the film. This scene can be divided into two specific scenes. The first scene takes place at George’s childhood farmhouse, and there is a man and woman who come in a car and pick up a little boy from the…

Suppressing painful memories can bring about temporary relief. Once that relief subsides however, the raw emotions that remain are as powerful and real as the moment in which they were experienced. Rather than dealing with these uncovered emotions, the natural response is to lock away these memories in a vain hope that they will not resurface. Exposing the open wounds of memory and extracting moments from the past bring with it the former pain and anguish. In the most dire cases, even the…

Kingdom Come, written by Mark Waid and Alex Ross, depicts the end of times in the DC Comic Universe at the hands of the Metahumans and “superheroes.” I will be analyzing the scene just after the conclusion of Chapter One, where Superman and other heroes are depicted flying inside the burning torch of the Statue of Liberty, in a silhouette of black and red flames. In this scene the reader sees Superman at the lead, accompanied, presumably, by other heroes of the Justice League, flying through…

when she was 82 years old in her church’s basement while helping feed a group of children from India. She said that she tripped and sustained a left femur and hip fracture that required surgery and the placement of a rod. The doctor told her at the time that she would be required to walk with a walker for the rest of her life once she finishes months and months of therapy, nevertheless, in six months she was walking around her house looking for her cane because she could not remember where she…