Cummins

The film Gun Crazy gives an important example of characters being consumed by several damaging fixations, namely the allure of femme fatales and possessing a dangerous gun fetish. This film is a psychological tale, as film author Foster Hirsch notes in his book The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir, “Gun Crazy makes passing stabs at a variety of meaty subjects: the place of violence in American life; the link between violence and sex; the emasculating obsession with masculinity” (Hirsch 195).…

According to career cruising and the Learning Style Test that I took, I learned out that I am a 10% visual learner, a 20% auditory learner, and a 70% tactile learner. With knowing that I am mostly a hands on learner, I have chosen that a Diesel Technician would be a great career choice for me. The main work of line as a diesel tech is always hands on. From my matchmaker/ skills test, a diesel Technician came up as an A+ rating for me. Other A+ ratings that came up too were a Farm equipment…

Everyone loves seeing an underdog upset a team that is heavily favored to win. Whether it is the number one team in college football losing to an unranked opponent, or a child rising above the social barriers in his life and making it big, these stories encourage and excite us. Of course, the Battle of Thermopylae is no exception to our desire for seeing a group defy the odds and come out victorious. When 300 Spartan soldiers, along with men from other Ionian city states, gazed at the sea of…

Literature Review Overview Since the purpose of my study is to examine how multimodal storytelling affect the writing experience/outcomes of ELLs in a US college Intensive English Program (IEP) and how these multimodal practices implemented by these ELLs affect their identity construction while living and studying in a foreign culture, I am interested in finding out the writing difficulties ELLs have experienced and the non-traditional strategies and interventions that have been implemented on…

intestine of human, symptoms such as diarrhea occur (Hedge, 2016). STEC has not always been an issue. The feeding of grain-based feed to dairy and beef cattle, in an attempt to fatten them up quicker at a lower cost, has caused this strain to develop (Cummins, 2006). Cattle’s natural food is grass and roughage. A cow’s stomach is naturally designed to break down this type of food. When grain is introduced, the acidity…

Bagirrburra “Ingham-belonging to” The focus of this essay is a song namely “Bagirrburra” created in modern times by Ashley Saltner and Jai Cummings in collaboration with Troy Wyles, an elder of Warrgamay clan. Warrgamay people have lived in areas surrounding Ingham and the Herbert River for centuries (Bottoms 2013, p. 192). The State Library of Queensland (2015) states “Warrgamay is spoken in North Queensland, particularly in the Cardwell region, as well as the Herbert River Catchment”. The…

Children are going blind in Africa, masses are suffering through diabetes, thousands of people are dying because they did not receive enough nutrients; diet is the controlling factor of life. Not every person receives enough food to survive, and with a steadily growing population, food production must grow in time with the demand. Organic farming is getting rarer as it is too expensive; fields covered in chemicals are becoming more common, but the chemicals are harmful to the environment and…

During the course of my internship I worked with a young woman I will refer to as Maria or the student. I will take a moment to discuss the student, Maria, both personally, and academically. Maria is an eleven-year old sixth grader. While Maria is native to the United States, she lives in a Spanish speaking home. Both Maria's mother and father are Mexican immigrates and speak Spanish as a first language. Maria's mother and father both speak English with limited proficiency, however, Maria's…

Gender stereotypes have been around since the dawn of time and have only escalated. Gender stereotypes are everywhere. They 're in television shows, advertisements, commercials, etc. In these type of stereotypes, women are usually shown as the inferior ones, always the ones to stay home with the kids, the ones who should be in the kitchen, the less powerful ones, and many other standards. Meanwhile men are portrayed as the strong, masculine one, also the ones known as the “breadwinners”, meaning…

Giving A HOOT About Your Money And Looks Today, our society has accepted the fact that they’re marketing over Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, etc. (Wright, 2010). The purpose of this study is to analyze women who work at Hooter Inc. to see if they are affected by social media, which focuses on consumer behaviors and the way they perceive their body image. Hooters Inc. began April fool’s day in 1983 because six businessmen in Clearwater, Florida wanted a place to go to that would be more…