Robert Redford

KiKi Petrosino’s Fort Red Border speaks volumes as both a creative outlook on the imagined relationship between the speaker, an Italian African-American and her beloved Robert Redford, an iconic American actor. With her unique perspective on the world in which she lives, Kiki takes her readers on a fantasy between the natural and unnatural, and the real and unreal; questioning the validity of everyday life. Fort Red Border also explores the ideologies behind class, ethnicity, and inheritance, while making bizarre the mundane aspects of everyday life. Petrosino’s Fort Red Border is divided into three separate sections, the first being “Fort Red Border,” in which Petrosino explores a fictitious relationship with the renowned…

Jeremiah Johnson. A Film Review When this class initially started and I read the syllabus, I was very excited to be able to write a film review on one of my all-time favorite movies; Jeremiah Johnson. This is a movie I would watch with my father and brother, next to our wood burning stove in rural Southwest Missouri. I am positive we watched this movie so many times on VHS, they had to create DVD’s so we could buy a new copy. The movie, directed by Sydney Pollack, was released in 1972 and…

In 1980, Robert Redford released his dramatic coming of age film that was nominated for 6 Academy Awards won four, including best picture and best director. Ordinary People is about a family dealing with the death of their son/brother. The film offers many perspectives on metal illnesses and how people deal with them and at the same time explores how our culture views mental illness. The film revolves around Conrad, who is the son of Beth and Calvin. Conrad’s brother died in a boating accident.…

1) Please provide the candidate’s job title and a brief overview of the candidate’s main responsibilities. Chunheng worked with me as a graduate research assistant at Mississippi State University from 2012 – 2014, conducting research on power system operations and optimizations projects. When he joined our research group in the beginning of his Ph.D. study in 2012, I, as a senior Ph.D student, supervised him in the topic of “systems of system SCUC” for a year and worked with him as co-author to…

I believe that the last candidate interviewed should be the one that is hired. This decision is based upon my evaluation on several factors. First, the urgency of the position that needs to be filled. This position is an integral part of the organization and should be filled post haste. Second, the professional and business like quality of the candidate in question. The candidate in question presented a level of professionality that seemed fit for the position. However, her make-up seemed to be…

Seven Characteristic Traits of a High Impact Hire 1. GRIT Start-up organisations are not only nebulous, but at the same time are fast-paced too. In such a new place of work, it is not uncommon for new joinees/hires to be the first ones to hold recently created job roles exclusive of comprehensible mandates. These new hires should be able to figure out how to carry out his roles and responsibilities in an efficient manner, keeping in mind the organisation’s goals while going at a fast pace.…

The selection goals that Chick-Fil-A have while looking at employees are: do they have the qualifications to do the job, can they talk to customers in a friendly way and serve food to customers? Does this person fit with the job and organization, are they able to keep up with the fast paced environment and get along with the other employees that are in the company already? The key selection criteria that Chick-Fil-A uses is good attitude, quick learner, follow directions well, work standing up,…

The Campaign of a Candidate 101 Working for our Community, who can bring it, Madison Nguyen is the slogan and chant that continues to ring in my ear, even when I go home after a difficult day of trying to support a local candidate. It has gone to the point where I dread hearing these very words because it is in every community rally and charity event that I have attended for the past three months. Ever since, I begun working on the campaign for Madison Nguyen, who is running for State…

For many years James Chambers has been the CEO of the Weight Watchers Company and has invested a lot of time in making the company grown in many ways. According to the article James chambers has formally decided that he is going to be stepping down and the company has been forced to consider other options to fill that position. Since this is a “decision” based case a leader must follow the five guidelines which are options, criteria, analysis of options, recommendation, and actions. Will this…

Stephen H. Zades’ article was about Robert Redford and his Sundance firm which has been nurtured creativity in writers and filmmakers. Before his accomplishment, the monopoly and negative tide of Hollywood movie industry had been becoming severe. Everything was evaluated by money and ROI, so independent movies could not find their market. Robert Redford explains that how he have learned about business and carried on his ideas and businesses. He had a certain vision and the picture which he…