Four pneumonias, eight surgeries, twenty-four CAT scans, fifty-one x-rays, four hundred and two IV lines, countless nurses, doctors, and surgeons, and a life expectancy of about forty years old. At this point, I consider the hospital my second home. When you are made aware of the fact that there is a ticking clock counting down your every last day, hour, minute, second, and breath, an overload of epinephrine and norepinephrine flood your body. This response is known as fight or flight. Therefore…
The last thing an organization with potential for international success is to squander the opportunity. Every step in the process must be thoroughly planned and executed. Companies must determine if their product is ready for the international market or needs changes. Companies must also decide on their business approach to conducting business on a larger scale. It is important to fully understand a product’s strengths and weaknesses to accurately ascertain its potential on the international…
One of them, intermittent fasting, has become popular. Public figures and scientists have endorsed it. Celebrities like the actors Hugh Jackman and Benedict Cumberbatch have tried it and say it works for them. Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel claims that for the past two years he has followed an intermittent fasting program known as the 5:2 diet, which involves normal eating for…
Romantic Comedy Erotic Irony A jocular aspect makes them serious instead of funny. Yet, the drama in these films is drawn from an intense philosophical background. Woody Allen embarks on a journey to laugh at our most intrinsic irrationalities. Sometimes, the viewer can conclude is that Allen is telling the history of our stupidity. Thus, erotic irony is a fusion between desire and lust. The impulse to solve a problem, which disturbs…
Barry Humphries, better known to some by the names of his alter-egos Sir Les Patterson, Dame Edna Everage, and Sandy Stone, among others, has been called “the greatest comic genius of our age”, and even “the most significant comedian to emerge since Charlie Chaplin” (Ann Pender). Others might call him a crude abomination____. Either way, nearly everyone who has heard of Barry Humphries has something to say about him. Australians, “Poms”, and Americans alike are enraged and captivated by his…
The third and final addition to Marvel’s Wolverine franchise is James Mangold’s 2017 film Logan, which features Hugh Jackman as one of the only mutants left. He is an angry old man with an alcohol dependency, who is gradually losing his ability to heal and regenerate. The plot was developed from the story of Old Man Logan, set in a post-apocalyptic future, which was based on Marvel Comics’ Wolverine. Aside from the explicit story of Logan being torn between his desire to hide away from the world…