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    The Wind in the Willows describes four close friends and their adventures through the Wild Woods. Kenneth Grahame portrays the characters as animals who depict human behavior. Their journey of friendship is not always easy though. You see how each character grows throughout the novel, but society still makes their final judgment of each individual. The passage I chose to analyze, found on page 157, is a description from the narrator of what life is like for the friends after their adventures that

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    soliloquy. Throughout this scene, Hamlet is struggling with the idea of suicide and is contemplating if life is worth all the pain he has been facing and is working up the courage to avenge his father's unkindly death. Of the three versions studied, Kenneth Branagh’s was superior in expressing the overall intentions of this soliloquy. Due to the era it was filmed in, Laurence Olivier's rendition of Hamlet’s soliloquy was by far the worst of the three studied. The purpose of the action packed music at

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    Ethical Ethics Of Enron

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    Enron’s bankruptcy begins in November 2001 establish the found of an extraordinary wave of corporate scandals. The collapse of Enron is due to the unethical practices of its executives members. So many people would be asked question such as why do the top leaders CEO has failure to show moral behavior in business ethics. Hence, it is important to study ethics to improve look on top leaders in business. Therefore, it is important to define the various ethics which can be applied in this essay. First

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    Sherron Watkins has been labeled a corporate whistleblower based on the letter she sent in August 2001 to Kenneth Lay, Chairman of the Board of the Enron Corporation. In her letter she identified Enron's unethical and illegal financial management practices, but her letter was never made public until the company's stock was all but worthless. Subjects: Sherron Watkins, Vice President and CPA of Enron; Andrew Fastow, CFO of Enron; Jeff Skilling, Former CEO; Ken Lay, CEO of Enron Objects:

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    In 2004, Jack Gross, was demoted from his senior level high paying job at FBL Financial Group, Inc. That year the small claims court of circuit eight granted Mr. Gross 46,945 dollars for age related discrimination. Then in the fall of 2009 the US Federal court of appeals conducted a federal review. The appellate court found that the jury did not have proper instructions, and found that the plaintiff did not submit direct evidence. So, the court reconvened. Then with modifications to Age Discrimination

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    Allusions In Hamlet

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    Modern films have more action, better quality of sound and image, and relates to the modern time incorporated into the movie, which appeal to teenagers these days. To create a modern film adaptation of Hamlet for a contemporary teenage audience, one may use different film devices, production elements and more modern allusions. Some common film devices, to produce a modern Hamlet film are editing, sound, lighting, movements, and angles. These film devices together creates a more detailed and

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    Perry Chen Role Model

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    Perry Chen was born on July 15th, 1976 in Roosevelt Island New York City. His father, was a schoolteacher, while his mother, was a social worker. He attended Hunter College High School then in 1998, he went to Tulane University in New Orleans to obtain a bachelor’s degree in Freeman School of Business. Chen came up with the idea of Kickstarter in 2001 when he was working as a musician in New Orleans. He wanted to two hire Austrian DJs and rent a venue for a local jazz fest but he didn't have enough

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    Recap of movie, The Smartest Guy in the Room The movie is summarized by the fortune of Houston-based Enron Corporation, which went from having approximately $65 billion in assets to bankruptcy. This happens in just less than a month as it is chronicled. Taking a keen look on thematic view of the movie, the story focuses on those people who built what was otherwise a house of cards called Enron fully knowing what they were doing was mostly smoke and mirrors. This was often illegal and done at expenses

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    Co-founder of one of the world's biggest blog, author of over a dozen books including several best-sellers and host of the popular radio show - Left, Right and Centre, Ariana Huffington has without a doubt earned herself the tag of a visionary entrepreneur. Today, HuffPost with over 37 million unique visitors every month and a staggering valuation of more than a billion dollars is one of the biggest players in the Online news market. But it was not always smooth sailing for this game-changer of

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    From what I have seen inside and outside of class I thoroughly believe that the BBC version starring David Tennet of Hamlet was the best. Although my favorite version had to be the BBC version, I still enjoyed watching the Mel Gibson version very much. Starting with the mousetrap scene I was glued to the screen it followed the book to the tee, not only did Hamlet instruct the players on what play they were doing but also how they were supposed to act. This was something none of the other clips showed

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