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    The economy went into a doomed era in 2008. Gigantic banks on Wall Street, which people often referred them as the heart of economy fell. The fraud emerged years later, when the banks were selling the synthetic CDOs. This became a chain reaction that links one another and put the world into deep recession. Too Big to Fail and The Big Short contributed to the ongoing narration of the 2008 financial crisis in a cinematic format, which also journalism, television, advertising and public relations took parts. Too Big to Fail was originally written by Andrew Ross Sorkin, who was an American journalist and financial columnist in New York Times in 2009. Sorkin revealed stories of the financial issues the banks and the United States government were…

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    Aaron Sorkin's Commencement speech Aaron Sorkin a Syracuse graduate, gave a very inspiring commencement speech for the graduates and the families of the graduates at Syracuse University on May 13th 2012. In the speech, the main topic was overcoming failures everywhere in life. He talks about his struggles when he was a student at Syracuse and all the battles he fought then. Earlier in his life he battled a drug addiction with cocaine: Sorkin said in his speech he didn't think he could write…

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    The Farnsworth Invention

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    examples of a well written play is “The Farnsworth Invention” by Aaron Sorkin. This play is a fiction interpretation of the battle of inventing television. You have boy genius Philo Farnsworth competing against business mogul David Sarnoff. The story is a race to determine who really invented television. By straying away from historical accuracy, and by utilizing the story telling methods of a play, Sorkin tells a story with two extreme sides…

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    Integration and Engagement Lifelong Learning at a Professional Level Lifelong learning is continuous growth in gaining knowledge and skills that will help you to better understand your patients’ needs and to provide the best possible care for your patients. Lifelong learning will help a nurse to improve her critical thinking skills and increase her knowledge in current clinical treatments, procedures, practice, and understanding different cultures beliefs, behaviors, and though processes in…

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    Coming to motown was a dream for the young man. His career then later picked up and he changed his name. He changed his name stevie wonder. He had a amazing hit come out in 1972. The song was superstitious and it had so much success but it wasn 't technically his song. It was a cover that was originally by Jeff Beck. They came across an agreement to let motown to release the song and little did he know that it would be so famous. Not only was stevie wonder a breakout star for the company. They…

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    Friends In The 90s

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    “So no one told you life was gonna be this way. Your jobs a joke, you’re broke, your love life’s DOA (lil rambents).” “I’ll Be There For You” was the catchy song that would play from enlarged, home televisions on Thursday nights as millions of Americans would join together and spend the next thirty minutes laughing along with the characters from Friends. Friends was a huge hit in 1990s. It piloted it 1994 and ran for ten seasons. The end of this beloved series was like the end of an era, yet it…

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    Joey On Friends

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    that if they have a problem joey is going to do his best to be there for them when they need him, this is show when chandler and Monica get married and they can’t find a minister to perform the ceremony. Joey when hearing the problem goes out and gets ordained. Another big thing in the Italian culture is food and eating with your family. Joey is one of the hungriest people that you will ever meet and is always wanting to go out to eat with his friends. Monica and Ross are brother and sister…

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    What’s Going On 2 Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On is one of my favorite songs. Honestly, every generation down through the years can ask this question. What’s Going On? What’s going on with our children, with in our homes, in our schools, in our cities, in our nation? There are far too many mothers crying from the loss of their sons or even their daughters…

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    Marvin Gaye makes a lot of bold statements in his song, “What's Going On”. His song is a timeless piece of work that will always be relevant no matter the year. The song was made in the year 1971, which was a decade littered with war. Coincidentally, the song can be applied to 2016 with the current news of hate crime. Marvin Gaye says, “Don't punish me with brutality. Talk to me. So you can see. What's going on.” I chose this line because it really speaks to me. As an Indian American, there is…

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    Marvin Gaye was an American singer, record producer and songwriter. During the 1970’s, he recorded “What’s Going On”. The spring of 1970 was a dark time for Marvin Gaye and this song helped him talk about some controversial issues. His marriage to Anna Gordy, was crumbling, and he was devastated by the death of one of his duet partners, Tammi Terrell. His lyrics for this song were inspired by the stories his brother Frankie told him when he came back from the Vietnam War. The whole purpose of…

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