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Good afternoon my fellow students and teachers, today I’ll be analysing and demonstrating to you how Tom Tykwer’s Run Lola Run and Salvador Dali’s The Persistence of Memory, use the distinctively visual to convey and enhance the audiences perception of their ideas. Well Let’s get into it. In Tom Tykwer post-modernist film Run Lola Run, the main themes are the power of time and the amplifying effects of minor changes, both of these concepts are fundamental throughout the whole movie. The opening…

the sport they love to play. They also have people to call their games. In both of these sports they both play offence and defense. They both played at the college and professional level. There is a ball thrown in both sports and player both have two run in a very completive way. Both sports also have different position that players get assigned to so they really are both teams’ sports. Football and baseball have championship games: Football…

The Home Run King, the Sultan of Swat - George Herman “Babe” Ruth was all of these and more (Happy Birthday, Babe Ruth, the ‘Sultan of Swat). He had rough childhood, went to a Catholic boarding school for boys (St. Mary’s), and still had a career in major league baseball; Ruth was an inspiration to people everywhere. Ruth was admired because of his hitting ability, the records he set, his fun-loving personality, and he was an impressive pitcher. Ruth is still considered the home run king and…

Specifically, “The legitimacy of home run records has received particularly close scrutiny, in part because home runs have a special glamour for baseball fans, but also because the performances between 1995 and 2003 were so…

to have their heart set on something and the urge to achieve their goal or dream. “Born to Run’, an autobiography on Cathy Freeman and a documentary, “VillaWood Mums” show examples of how determination and motivation are vital in crossing boundaries. The people involved have experienced perseverance and struggle which afterwards comes success and courage. For Cathy Freeman set her mind to achieve her long term goal, and how she finally did with the help of her family and closest friends while…

I batted as the clean up batter which is the fourth batter. I was the one the team looked forward to scoring the runs and winning the games. Only being eight years old, and my teammates and our fans counting on me put more than enough pressure on me; so much I could not handle it sometimes. I remember being up to bat the bases were loaded, and there was two outs. We was down by one run, I had the chance to win the game. My daddy had pulled me to the side, and said, “You are going to have a…

one of power and high scoring games.” He made all the record books from a hitting standpoint and a batting standpoint. In 1920, he bested the home run record he already set by belting 54 home runs. It is said that his 1921 season may have been the greatest in MLB history. That season, he made a new record of 59 home runs, drove in 171 RBI, scored 177 runs, batted .376 and had an .846 slugging percentage. With Babe in the lead, the Yankees became the most recognizable and dominant team in…

Baseball is the prefect sport for all season long. Getting dirty in the sand, making awesome plays, hitting home runs, and making your own team, that is cool. It does not matter where you are, as long you have a baseball bat, a glove, ball, time, effort, and leadership, and sport man ship. Does not matter if you are in the street, backyard, garage, or a football field. It also shows you a valuable lesson, even for me sharing. Yep that is it sharing, you take turns to bat, get the ball, and play…

pitch, and one swing of the bat. On Tuesday, September 8th, a ball is hit and leaves the field over the left field wall. Just like that, the history of the game is changed. On that day Mark Mcgwire broke the MLB single season home run record, surpassing Maris’s 61 home runs. On that tuesday, emotions of baseball fans were at new heights. Many people were celebrating the momentous…

Special edition Icon of the week: Happy birthday Sammy Sosa One of the most powerful baseball slugger, Sammy Sosa had an interesting career. From rags to being beloved by America, to his long fall from grace. Sosa was born in San Pedro de Marcoris, Dominican Republic, on November 12, 1968. However when Sosa turned 7 years old, his father died and to support his family Sosa had to find a job. During that time Sosa played a primitive form of baseball, and quickly showed that he had a natural…