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Issue How to calculate the benefits that William Fininis should receive when his hearing was damaged while he was at work. Calculation Background The first step to calculate how much benefits one should receive when they lose hearing while at work is to take an Audiogram. An Audiogram is a test which shows one’s ability to hear in different situations. It tests one’s ability to hear a whisper, an adult conversation and busy traffic. The test is performed by speed range. The speed range varies…

The book Nazi Literature in the Americas, written by Robert Bolaño, is a collage of biographies written about fake American authors with far right-wing views. For the most part these biographies are independent of one another with very little connection between them. Bolaño uses these independent stories to show different aspects and qualities of these right-wing actions and beliefs. In this essay we will explore how Bolaño uses these authors to both reveal what he considers to be the nature of…

Rana Begum’s artwork, entitled No.529, is a sculptural wall installation made out of carefully arranged, powder-coated aluminum slats; the left side of each slat is coated in florescent paint. The piece is both organized and chaotic, depending on the angle in which it is viewed. Its sheer size compels the viewer to move, from left to right, across the artwork. The composition and viewer interaction of No.529 are representative of daily life and the decisions people are forced to make. No.529 is…

In July 1994, I was involved in an accident, and in this accident I lost the end of my right middle finger. So the story I’m about to tell you is true. On this particular day I was working at the United States Postal Service at 7117 W. Harry I had just been assigned to work with Rick Sifford. Rick and I were to move some three-inch angle iron. I think there were about 20 feet long so that equates to a lot of weight, far more than was safe for two people to move. I forget how many pieces of iron…

Children and the elderly have many differences that make them unique; on the other hand, their similarities can bring them together. Different generations will never be exactly the same. Children are very different from the elderly, but they also have a good amount of similarities. The elderly have more life experiences than children because they have spent more time on this earth; meanwhile, children have exceedingly more energy than the elderly. Secondly, the elderly and children love spending…

1) World War II had profound effects on the national cultures and politics of, both, the United States and Italy, though in very different ways, leading to national cinemas that addressed the realities and consequences of the war in ways that were unique to each nation’s condition. The films of these post-WWII national cinemas did not focus specifically on the results of the war, but their most prominent genres, noir in the US and neorealism in Italy, produced narratives that contained the…

Auggie, a kid who has a disease that makes his facial area deformed. This disease is very rare. Auggie is a nice kid but people think different because of his disease. Auggie gets bullied a lot at Beecher Prep. Beecher Prep is a school that Auggie is getting bullied at. This is actually Auggie's first time going to school. His mom was very worried about Auggie going to school because of what kids would think about his face. Even though kids at Beecher Prep changed their minds about August, Most…

SHOT LIST: The Graduate - Graduation Party Scene Shot: 1. Time: 1 min 28 sec. Shot Size: Close-up and Medium close-up. A close-up of Ben sitting in his own room. Ben is placed in the middle of the shot in focus. There is a well-lit aquarium behind him that takes up the whole background. In it, on the right side of Ben, there is fish, on the left side there is a scuba diver that blows bubbles to the surface. Ben’s face is lit on the left side while his right side is dark. He’s wearing a white…

In the novel The Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings Brady, the protagonist, faced many challenges and obstacles that through the assistance of others he was able to overcome. “You can’t keep dwelling on the past when you can’t undo it.You can’t make it happen any different than it did.”Furthermore, through his own perseverance Brady was able to surmount the many conflicts that stood in his way despite the heavy impact they left on him and in the end finally make peace with what had happened.…

Sinking into the gruesome life of savagery, slitting pigs’ throats, tearing apart their flesh for food, leaving the civilized manner of rules and keeping order behind, would you lose all your morals? In the novel Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, a group of boys is stranded on a jungle island after their plane crashes. They are left with no adults to guide them, they must govern themselves. They begin with trying to keep their civilized manner and compose rules to govern themselves, but…