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The Milagro Beanfield War was released in 1988 and is based on the novel written by John Nichols. This is an American comedy-drama film that was filmed in Truchas, New Mexico. The town of Milagro is both rural and fictional, with a population of 426. The people in Milagro are mostly Hispanic Catholics. A town that is being run out by white, wealthy corporate developers slowly, but surely, starts to come together to fight back and save their town and culture. It starts off with showing the…

Soheil felt like he was trapped in a nightmare from which he couldn't awaken. He couldn’t breathe, and he wasn't sure which direction was up. Something was on top of him, and he violently pushed it away. His head broke through the surface of the water, and he struggled for breath but coughed up water instead. The sun was blinding, and he looked away from it. He recognized the color of the water around him and knew he was in the sea off Beirut. A dead body was floating beside him, apparently the…

One might look at my last name and ponder at its origin. The name “Misel” is also an Americanized variant of “Maisel,” the name adopted by my forefathers when they immigrated to this land. Despite my German surname and heritage, there is little German about me. I no longer have any connections to the country of my origin and have had little exposure to German culture and traditions. When offered the opportunity to learn German in high school, I chose Spanish instead -- a language that I viewed…

 The clavichord is one of the early stringed keyboard instruments which was popularly used during the late Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque as well as the Classical period.  People mostly played the clavichord as a practice instrument because of the fact that its volume was too soft for large performances.  At the end of each key lever, there is a brass blade called a tangent. When the key is depressed, it pushes up against pairs of strings. The player can make dynamic contrast and is also…

Preservation of Physical and Digital Materials Preservation must be given proper consideration when planning increases in access, especially when working with items from the 1920s and 1930s. When it comes to digitizing to preserve and the challenges of preserving both files and documents, there is disagreement among archivist about best practices. While some archivists see as much value in a digital file as they do in a document, others dismiss digitization completely. Access to digital files…

during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s novel follows the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing something she can’t resist, books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father (Hans Hubermann), she learns to read and shares her stolen books with the Jewish man hidden in her basement (Max Vandenburg). This is an unforgettable story of cruelty, poverty, hope and above all the ability of…

Contributions in Science & Writing (Laura Bandi) Science The Maya was one of the three ancient civilizations attributed to separately establishing the subject area of mathematics (Karam). The Mayans developed a vigesimal numerical system, meaning it was based on the number 20, most experts believe this is because humans have ten fingers and ten toes (“Maya Arts”). The main reason scholars believe the Maya used a base-20 system was to do calculations for their calendar system (Arellano 3).…

Animation on Vimeo Writing Assignment: “Gulp” For the purpose of this critique, I will be analyzing the stop-motion animation, “Gulp,” using the art critical framework. “Gulp” was released in the summer of 2011 (uploaded to Nokia HD’s channel on July 25, 2011) to showcase the creative imaging capabilities of the Nokia N8 while also attempting to create the largest stop-motion set at the time. The short film was directed by Will Studd and Ed Patterson from Sumo Science at Aardman, and was used…

Despite the fact that plena music has been around for over a hundred years, this should not imply that it is primitive or weak when compared to other musical genres. There’s no doubt that we can find traces of our favorite songs in plena music. When listening to a basic plena song, it will be common for the verses to be broken down into different topics (Manuel 258). This is unique because in the American music that we listen to, it is uncommon to have more than one major topic in a song, but…

The use of themes, such as losing innocence and the power of words, are used in The Book Thief and in The Catcher in the Rye to better show the main character's life journey. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, is a story narrated by Death, of a young girl, Liesel, and her journey through life in Germany, 1939. the author, J.D. Salinger wrote the Catcher in the Rye with Holden as the narrator. Holden is a sixteen year old boy who has been kicked out of several private schools, cuts classes whenever…