Douglas Trumbull

Psychological profiling has had a long history within the criminal justice field including the FBI. Many believe that this type of profiling has no usefulness in solving crimes, however the more that is learned about how a criminal thinks the better equipped to solve crimes sooner and prevent new crimes. Psychological profiling can be used to limit the amount of suspects for a given crime. While a psychological profile will help to solve a crime, having a solid crime scene examination is a…

How to get the best military fares and perks when flying Like many other businesses, airlines often provide military discounts and other perks for active duty military, retired military members and their dependents. However, you will not get these automatically, so it is important to do your research and know how to access these benefits. Remember: Every airline has different rules and options. With a percentage discount and reduced or zero fees, the savings can really add up. These discounts…

Everyday approximately two million people fly in the United States. This huge industry helps drive $1.5 trillion dollars annually and supplies the United States with more than 11 million jobs (Partnering in Safety & Security). Even with this huge amount of revenue for the industry, many airlines struggle with profitability. There are multiple reasons that airlines struggle with profitability. According to the Harvard Business Review, the biggest reasons that airlines struggle with profitability…

“southern rights” as the Mexican War drew to a close. (Brands, p. 313) Especially, in January 1854, Senator Stephen Douglas’ introduction of the Kansas-Nebraska Act on the base of “Popular Sovereignty” to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 in order to bring about the railroad to go through his home state in support of expansion and commerce was a major disaster. Accordingly, Douglas’ bill further worsened on the irreconcilable sectional division in his own Democratic Party, gave birth to the…

Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. His father, Thomas was a determined and strong pioneer who was respected in the community. Lincoln had two siblings, his sister Sarah and his younger brother Thomas. When Lincoln was nine years old his mom passed away, of tremetol at the age of thirty four in December of 1819. Lincoln’s parents were most likely illiterate, but as he grew into manhood he got his formal education. He got an estimated total of eighteen months, a…

The movement was led by Fredrick Douglas and some other supporters to free the slaves. In the northern U.S, the movement gained strength. Those abolitionists believed that slavery was a sin and that slaveholding was incompetent. The anti-slavery activists in the northern of United States…

Abraham Lincoln was the President during a time when the United States was experiencing multiple transformations that would end up shaping the future of the country. Although there were many dramatic problems and changes that occurred at this time, the core of the developments was the decision whether the United States should continue to grow the system of slavery or not. Abraham Lincoln's views on slavery were shaped by the times and places in which he was raised and during which he served his…

Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece 2001: A Space Odyssey is a tour de force of filmmaking, and unquestionably, one of the all-time best science fiction films ever made. Kubrick takes the audiences from the dawn of mankind to the farthest region of outer space, he skillfully orchestrates every scene for us to ponder on, to question, to fathom, with meticulous and yet, casual detail that explodes visually upon our senses by the sheer scope of imagery. Critics and audiences, past and present, considered…

No little part of his effect comes from the music. Although Kubrick originally commissioned an original score from Alex North, he used classical recordings as a temporary track while editing the film, and they worked so well that he kept them. This was a crucial decision. North's score, which is available on a recording, is a good job of film composition, but would have been wrong for “2001" because, like all scores, it attempts to underline the action -- to give us emotional cues. The classical…