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    employ symbolisms that Morris Weissman, as both an American and a filmmaker, could represent. Indeed, there is a sort of irony in that the murder-mystery plot of Gosford Park was exactly what Weissman wanted to capture for his own fictional movie: Charlie Chan in London. The movie begins with the guests and servants assembling at Gosford Park for a shooting party hosted by Sir William McCordle. The housekeeper, Mrs. Wilson, promptly organizes the guests’ valets and personal maids in their lodgings,

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    the 1930s, near the end of the era of domestic service in the U.K, Robert Altman’s Gosford Park through its film design and its usage of heritages spaces and period details examines the separate worlds — "upstairs" and "downstairs" — of rich society people and their servants at a country mansion. Sir William McCordle is a wealthy industrialist-turned-aristocrat, with a magnificent country state named ‘Gosford Park' in the English countryside, complete with staff. It is a world where everything runs

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    A full spectrum of social class is depicted in the movie, Gosford Park. In the cleverly written screen play, the lives of British social aristocrats, their lowly servants, and some of Hollywood’s American elitists intertwine during a weekend shooting party in a country estate. The line between playful leisure and tasked work, not always clearly defined, are surprisingly reversed from what one might initially expect. Through it’s carefully chosen soundtrack of cheerful music on a drearily rainy

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    In the movie called, “Gosford Park” the film distinguishes social class between upper and lower class. The movie starts with a fancy party hosted by Sir William McCordle and Lady Sylvia McCordle. The party has invited a house full of guests for a shooting party. The guests include Sir William sister, Constance, the Countess of Trenham, who depends on an allowance he is constantly threatening to withdraw, Lady Sylvia’s sister Louisa, who like Sylvia had to marry for money. Lastly Louisa’s husband

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    Rydalmere Summary Rydalmere is a Sydney suburb that is unique and growing with apartment developments going up and some renovations in the area. The local schools are within walking distance for the kids of Rydalmere, as are the nice sports ovals, parks, and playgrounds for a nice recreation culture. Rydalmere offers public transportation via ferry, trains, or buses when the locals want to venture outside their nice suburb. Living in Rydalmere puts you within five minutes of Parramatta via public

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    Observation Assignment at a Park Essay

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    Assignment at a Park Hayden Park was an interesting place for a Freeze-Frame assignment. For those who have not heard of a Freeze-Frame, it is simply sitting in one spot for 15 to 20 minutes observing ones surroundings. So to continue, at first glance, Hayden Park is a typical Valley of the Sun type park. Most of these typical parks have grass, picnic tables, some trees, and usually some sort of sports availability such as a basketball court or soccer field, or both. In addition, the parks also have

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    Introduction With the rapid growth of the American population and the greater demand for work, large urban areas developed throughout the U.S. landscape. Urbanization, as it is called, is the replacement of the rural areas with more urban ones. Urbanization has impacted human behavior and wildlife as well and most likely won’t be ending anytime soon as humanity continues to push into wildlife habitats. As relative keepers of the environment, humans need to understand the impacts of urbanization

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    presents problems for these kids lives. The problem I am focusing on is the 9th Street Childrens Park. The problem with it is that it's getting worn down and becoming a small hazard. This problem has been becoming worse and worse over the past decade. Concerns have grown with it as well. Parents are concerned about their children's safety, and I would have to both agree and disagree. The main problem with the park is the main structure. The wood is untreated and the bolts are well past starting to rust

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    My group had to opportunity to observe CM Allen’s afterschool program first and meet the kids residing in the neighborhood. Upon arriving, I noticed the little playground right across the street from the KAD Korner Store and it wasn’t very big and took up most space in the area so there wasn’t a lot of open space for the kids to run around and play different, structured games like the ones we had planned. I didn’t like that the playground was across the street because the kids would run back and

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    Lake Park Research Paper

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    area great field stretches out, and ends at the edge of a large lake. There is a light scattering of trees in the field but is quite open. Lake Park is located on Dale Mabry highway in Lutz, Florida. “Florida is home to 160 state parks covering more than 700,000 acres.” (Gall & Antone, 2012). Lake Park is a beautiful, family and pet friendly part of these parks, with lots of activities for the whole family. The breeze whispering through the trees and the sun sparkling of the water of the lakes, makes

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