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A hopeful snowboarder must hide that fact that he’s homeless from his new girlfriend, as he prepares for a championship competition. STORY COMMENTS ZERO GRAVITY is a sports-romance script. The script has a strong hook in the idea of snowboarding. While there are certainly elements to like about the script, it would also benefit from further development. First, the opening scene nicely sets the tone and introduces the audience to the world of snowboarding and the concept of “zero gravity.”…

Introduction Weird Al Yankovic’s song and music video for Like a Surgeon, relies on the cultural competences of a primarily American audience in regards to the expected behaviors and actions of medical specialists, such as stereotypes regarding professionalism, competence, and sexuality. These common codes related to doctors, nurses, surgeons etc. are then purposefully disregarded, violating the rule of exclusion in order to create a preferred humorous reading. The video paired with the song…

The Pursuit of Happiness in Candide Voltaire’s satire Candide criticizes several institutions, religious beliefs, and social customs of European society during the 18th Century. Although the work attacks many popular ideas, Voltaire explores some of the fundamental questions of humans, asking how we may find satisfaction or happiness in a seemingly dark and corrupt world. He suggests that the key to such contentment is found by minding one's own business and making a true home for himself. In…

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Elora Jacobsen Do You Dare to Ride? It has always intrigued me how much trust we have in rollercoasters. Some people won't drive in the car with a certain person because their driving scares them, but they will get on a roller-coaster without any second thought. You sit in the seat, get all strapped in, and let fate decide the rest. The feeling of the wind blowing through your hair, the sheer force pushing you into the back of the seat, and not once you think about how many accidents have…

Heroine and Codeine Opium What are the street names of the drug? Some of the common names or slang words used on the street to acquire this drug are names such as, Aunti Emma, Big O, Black Pill, Dream Gun, Dream Stick, Dreams, God’s Medicine, Gondola, Toxy, Toy, Gumma, Chandu, Buddah, Emerald City, and midnight oil. How does the drug work? Opium works by mimicking the effects of neurotransmitters located int he brain. This neurotransmitters are know as endorphin. Endorphins are produced by…

Connor Calvert Jeff Burdick English 1AH TTH 10:00am 24 August 2017 The Measure of Darkness Travelling has been a passion of mine ever since I was a child. The best memories of growing up are the many times my parents took my sisters and I on road trips to see the many wonders of the world. This is what got me interested in nature and how the world works. Of the many trips that our family took across the world, the most memorable was only a few short summers ago. In the summer of 2014, our…

Text #1: Written cite The first written text I will be analyzing is an excerpt titled, Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Fight For Women, created by Elizabeth Cady Stanton herself in her 1898 autobiography, Eight Years And More. The purpose of this historical text is to show the struggle and fight women, and people of color went through to be where we are today. Elizabeth created this to mark a crucial time in her life where she would be taking a step in the direction towards women’s rights. When…

The site would have a gondola tram down to the floor of the canyon, a Riverwalk of the Colorado River, a cultural center, hotels, shopping centers, and vendor areas for Navajo artisans. Since 2010, Confluence Partners, L.L.C., which is the outside and off-reservation group that…

I really cannot compare other countries with Italy because of my lack of travel the past years, but there is one thing I can say about Italy that stood out from the others is that is a place where you literally feel disconnected and forget about your responsibilities and worries. On thursday evening, Jillian and I flew to Venice, Italy. Jillian really wanted to partake in the "hostel" experience and we stayed at Camping Jolly. It was not as scary as I thought it would be, but then again we did…