LIFTING AND TRANSFERING Body mechanics is moving the body in an efficient and safe way that reduces the risk of injury. Body mechanics is using good posture, proper techniques, and using the strongest and largest muscles when you can. Good body mechanics are extremely crucial as DSW’s working in residential programs because we are often doing a lot of lifting and transferring of significant amounts of weight (the weight of another human being). We can be easily injured if we do not use proper…
Trigonometry is otherwise know as the study of relationships between lengths and angles of triangles. Forensic scientists use that part of math in connection with murders; especially blood. By construction right triangles between the wound of the victim (where the blood comes from) and the blood splatters. In most crime scenes knowledge about things like: - Where did the murderer stand? - Where was the victim located? - In which angle did the murder weapon (e. g. dagger) hit the victim? These…
The Life and Death of Pontiac: A Story of Trial and Error Writing about the Pontiac Motor Division represents an opportunity to grieve for their untimely death, which occurred in 2010. I spent the first decade of my automotive career working for a Pontiac dealership and this wasn't my only connection with the company. After five years of saving I purchased [a used 1979 Anniversary Edition Trans Am]. Powered by the last of the 6.6 L big block Pontiac 400 engines this special car made me a…
Instead of adjusting the velocity values manually, you can use a quick click operation to create a "velocity ramp" for a crescendo or diminuendo. ➡ Attention The ramps are drawn in the MIDI Draw Area of the Piano Roll Editor (or Score Editor) when Note Velocity is selected. Absolute Curve ‣ You can draw from left to right or right to left, ramp up, or ramp down. In this example, I have a ‣ sequence of repeating notes with the same velocity values ➊. Click+hold on a position ➋. Its horizontal…
In truth, Waldo is everywhere. Waldo does not just exist in a children’s book. He can be seen in real life as well, and there have been many sightings. In fact just a couple months ago I saw a video taken of Waldo in a McDonalds, which is rumored to be his favorite place to eat. So next time you go to a McDonalds, be wary for he could be lurking around any counter or any booth. Be warned, if you travel to McDonalds to seek Waldo for his fame, you will most likely never find him, for he only…
how confident Bloom is in himself and his business that he has created. The camera captures his facial expressions such as smirks, smiles, his eyes get big, and even his tone of voice, when he is talking good about himself. The viewers then get a mid shot of Nina and Bloom sitting at the dinner table. You can see Blooms reaction to Nina when he notices that she is not engaging with him has much has he wanted. This is a smart move by Dan Gilroy in the sense of allowing the audience to see the…
songs. Before the show, I did not really listen to any of his newer stuff because the album had come out just days before, and I was stuck on his older music and wasn’t ready for a change yet. He played “Washing Dishes,” You Remind Me of You,” “Shot Reverse Shot,” all of which were excellent songs. I enjoyed hearing him play his newer songs lives versus on an album because it’s such a different experience. Seeing Jack live and performing his new album made it such a more pleasant experience…
On the surface, Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook (2014) is a horror film that uses a mythical monster to torture an already broken family. It presents the creature as a monster that one could picture originating from Grimm’s Fairy Tales. Kent introduces the idea of the Babadook monster through a twisted children’s pop-up book. In keeping with the tropes of the horror film genre, the book appears on Samuels Vanek’s (Noah Wiseman) shelf from an unknown place. When Amelia Vanek (Essie Davis) tries to…
establishing master shot #1 of Giant going to the restroom. Shot #2 is a medium close up shot of Giant. Behind him are two men peeking from the stalls. This foreshadows the trouble Giant might be facing. The director uses the division of surface in order to show the conflict between the men and Giant. The focus of the shot shifts from Giant to the men and follow focus as they grab Giant. Shot #3 is a medium shot, more like a two shot, of all four people. The 4th shot is an establishing shot of…
The connection between an audience and the story unfolding onscreen facilitates a reaction necessary to create an emotional impact. The connection is made possible by the films form due to music, shots, and editing. Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975) succeeded in terrorizing its viewers through such techniques, creating a fictitious environment that could very well become their actual reality. Kenneth Burke states that “any given terminology is a reflection of reality, by its very nature as a…