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    Tortora Sillcox Family Foundation While the Tortora Sillcox Family Foundation requires organizations to be pre-selected in order to receive a grant, the not-for-profits that they currently support have similar goals and objectives as Breakthrough New York. In 2015 according to the Foundation Directory Online, the Tortora Sillcox Family Foundation gave to Urban Assembly New York City, Bottom Line Massachusetts’s and the POSSE Foundation. As all of these organizations are working towards achieving

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    - The Milgram experiment was a test created by the Yale University psychologist named Stanley Milgram in 1961. The experiment was to see how far ordinary people would go to obey an authority figure. The participants of this test were men of different backgrounds, they were told that the experiment was to find the effects of punishment on learning. Each participant was labeled as either an “teacher” or an “learner”. Teachers would give learner question and if answered incorrectly the teacher was to

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    2001: A Space Odyssey

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    dark issues that humanity collectively faces with--through their portrayal of dystopian societies, advanced technology, and extraterrestrial life--potential answers based upon their own interpretation of the “unanswered.” In 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick examines the relationship between the human race and technology, or rather the blurred line between technology and man. Kubrick constructs HAL , an advanced computer system, that holds crucial and vital responsibilities regarding the space

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    If a person of authority tells you to hurt someone would you? What if they told you that hurting them benefits their learning? I know that if I was in that position I wouldn’t have carried on thinking I was seriously going to hurt someone. I think what Milgram did started with the right intentions but he did it the wrong way. He just wanted to experiment to help us better understand ourselves. After experiment like this you are supposed to get therapy if you need it. Milgram followed these rules

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    Blanche Dubois Light

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    like having the world revealed in bright light. When Stanley and Blanche drink alcohol they do it differently, when Stanley drinks he drinks when he is with his friends, but he ends up being mean to his wife and when Blanche drinks she to escape the harsh reality. He has Blanche hiding her true self, to lie to other people, to get with men to make her happy,and where she has a mental illness where she hears stuff and has panic attacks. Stanley is most the time trying to get Blanche in trouble, drinking

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    Milgram Experiment

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    Through many events in our history as a race, tragedies have occurred due to the extreme form of nationalism called ultra-nationalism. Many examples of this include the Rwandan genocide, the Bosnia genocide and the second world war, where over 55 million had died and the near extinction of a race also occurred. Many of the war criminals claimed that they were “simply following orders”. This is shown in Scott Milgram’s book obedience to authority and Veronica Roth’s movie Divergent, they both use

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    in society. Regardless of age, gender, race, or social class, a person’s change in behavior will somehow dependably influence someone else’s behavior. Stanley Milgram, a social psychologist, studied the effect of authority on obedience. Social Influence deals with a change in behavior in response to the commands of others. Stanley Milgram an american social psychologist, wanted to examine whether germans were particularly obedient to figures of authority. studied how obedience can

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    What Is The Shining?

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    important for Stanley Kubrick. This film was starred by the legendary actor -with a legendary performance- Jack Nicholson, as Jack Torrance. We also see Shelley Duvall as Wendy, and Danny Lloyd as Danny Torrance. Scatman Crothers’ magnificent performance as a supporting actor –as Dick Hallorann- helped the film to “shine” even more. (IMDb 2016.). The film was adapted from the best-selling novel of Stephen King with the same name (Manchel 1995, p.68) and the screenplay was adapted by the Stanley Kubrick

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    “When your parents pay attention to you, you have healthier relationships and greater academic success in your 30s.” (Gillett, Baer, and Insider). This is an example of influence in our childhood environment, which can lead to a brighter future. Certainly this may not always apply, but the surroundings we grew up in can affect our future. In the biography, A Lead in the Bitter Wind by Ting Xing Ye, she was brought up in a family which was negatively impacted by the Cultural Revolution in China. The

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    Iginla's Goal Analysis

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    Iginla Scores His 600th Goal The goal may not have been worthy of a highlight reel, but it was a significant one. Colorado Avalanche, Jarome Iginla, became the 19th player to score 600 goals on Sunday during a 4-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings. Said goal was not meant to go in the net. Iginla was parallel to the right side of the net. His intention was to pass the puck across the crease. It ended up ricocheting out Kings’ defenseman Jake Muzzin’s skate, ultimately going past goalie Jhonas

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