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- 531: History Of Philippine Cinema
- ... Despite the competition coming from Hollywood, the film industry thrived and flourished. When the 1930s came to a close, it was clear that moviegoing had established itself in the Filipino. B. Wartime Films and the Effect on Philippine Films The Japanese Occupation introduced a new player to the film industry – the Japanese; and a new role for film – propaganda : “The Pacific War brought havoc to the industry in 1941. The Japanese ... Other honors include awards for movies like Gerardo de Leon’s Ifugao (1954) and Lamberto Avellana’s Anak Dalita. This established the Philippines as a major filmmaking center in Asia. These awards also had the effect of finally garnering for Filipino films their share of attention from fellow Filipinos. B. The Decline of Philippine Film If the 1950s were an ubiquitous period for film, the decade that followed was a time ... filming. This was an innovation to a film industry that made a tradition out of improvising a screenplay. Although compliance with the requirement necessarily meant curtailment of the right of free expression, the BCMP, in effect caused the film industry to pay attention to the content of a projected film production in so far as such is printed in a finished screenplay. In doing so, talents in literature found their ...
- 532: Duke Ellington
- ... musical styles in his band, such as "Concerto for Cootie" (1940) for fellow musician and trumpeter, Cootie Williams. With the help from American trumpeter James "Bubber" Miley, Ellington often incorporated in his music the jungle effect. This effect was made by placing a plunger at the opening of a brass instrument, therefore, muffling or muting the notes played out. The result sounded like a person wailing, giving the piece a voice-like quality. In "Concerto for Cootie," Cootie Williams does a solo using the jungle effect, making it sound like a voice is singing along. His opening solo is repetitive, going over the same set of notes over and over again. The overall feeling is as if the music is ...
- 533: Albert Einstein
- ... matter-of-factness as he himself. In this sense religion is the age-old endeavor of mankind to become clearly and completely conscious of these values and goals and constantly to strengthen and extend their effect. If one conceives of religion and science according to these definitions then a conflict between them appears impossible. For science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain ... the regularities obtaining within the realm of living things, but deeply enough nevertheless to sense at least the rule of fixed necessity. One need only think of the systematic order in heredity, and in the effect of poisons, as for instance alcohol, on the behavior of organic beings. What is still lacking here is a grasp of connections of profound generality, but not a knowledge of order in itself. The more ... the representatives of religion would not only be unworthy but also fatal. For a doctrine which is able to maintain itself not in clear light but only in the dark, will of necessity lose its effect on mankind, with incalculable harm to human progress. In their struggle for the ethical good, teachers of religion must have the stature to give up the doctrine of a personal God, that is, give ...
- 534: The Scarlet Letter: Platform Of Sin
- ... Platform Of Sin “This scaffold constituted a portion of a penal machine . . . . The very ideal of ignominy was embodied and made manifest in this contrivance of wood and iron” (Hawthorne 62-63). A scaffold's effect on the novel can be seen through an examination of the first, second, and third scaffold scenes. These sections mark the beginning, middle, and end of the novel. The novel The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel ... done speaking a light gleamed far and wide over all the muffled sky . . . So powerful was its radiance, that it thoroughly illuminated the dense medium of cloud betwixt the sky and earth" (149). So, in effect, Dimmesdale is standing on the scaffold with Hester and Pearl in the light for all to see. This foreshadows exactly what occurs in the final scaffold scene. The third scaffold scene is where the story ... to torment the man who has ruined his life. Therefore, Dimmesdale's death, in a sense, results in the death of Roger Chillingworth. The Reverend's death during the third scaffold scene also has an effect on Hester. His death frees Hester from the emotional bond that she has with Dimmesdale and allows her to move on with her life. Whereas the birth of Pearl represents the sin of Hester, ...
- 535: Ebola Virus
- ... in contact with the monkeys none died. In fact none of them showed any signs of illness. Two of the workers bodies actually made anti-bodies for it. This string of the virus doesn't effect Homo Sapiens. If this non-lethal string (Reston) could be a mutation of a highly lethal string (Zaire) imagine, if a lethal air borne mutation was created, I could take thousands of lives. In Kikwit ... goggles. After use disposable materials are removed from the patient's room and are burned. Ebola is easily destroyed by disinfectants, so all hard surfaces are disinfected often. Reusable materials are sterilized. A long-term effect of the virus is hair loss. Conclusion The first recorded outbreak of the Zaire string of the Ebola virus was in Zaire, 1976. As infected people met in public places the virus spread. In Western ... the Sudan string of the Ebola virus emerged with similar results. In 1987 a new string of the Ebola virus was discovered. It was called the Reston string. This string of the virus doesn't effect Homo Sapiens. In the later part of 1995 another string of the Ebola virus was discovered, called the Tai string. Ebola is found in the blood, so when doctors test the blood for the ...
- 536: Gender Roles In Moderen Advert
- Commercials on television tend to portray stereotypical roles of gender. ³The effect of television imagery can be particularly consequential in modern industrial societies like the United States, where 98% of households have at least one television set and the average American watches over 30 hours of television ... Coltrane, Adams 1997, 325).In general advertisements send out a negative stereotype of women. They set the standard for what a women and men would be and look like. These images can have a negative effect, such as women having an eating disorder in an effort to become as thin as models on television(Stephens,Hill,Hanson,1994,p.137), or mothers feeling they are inadequate because they can not live ... California, Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1988). Scott Coltrane and Michelle Adams, ³ Work-Family Imagery and Gender Stereotypes: Television and the reproduction of difference² Journal of Vocational behavior 50 (1997) No. VB961575: 323,325. Stephen Craig, ³ The Effect of Television² Sex Roles: A journal of research 26 (1992):208-210. Paula Niemi, ³ Stereotypical images of Mothers in Nappy Advertising(1997) [on-line] ; Available from http://www.uta.fi/ote/media/muut/pindex. ...
- 537: Teen Workers
- ... work hours increase the study time decreases. Current research finds that a work schedule of 10 hours or less seems to be the best and for most teenagers a schedule of 10 hours does not effect their academic performance, in negative ways but in fact seems to help them do better in school shown by improved grades. Those teens working 10 to 15 hours per week are in a toss up situation with some doing well while others struggle. It is at the 15 hour level that things change and the work starts to effect the teens performance. Although there seems to be no direct relationship between the hour spent working and the hours spent studying and how this effects the grades, there does seem to be a relationship between ... also been found that working more than 15 hours has not been proven to be a cause of dropping out of high school. Failure at school is the biggest reason for dropping out and the effect of failure at school can be but is not always caused by a student working. Most often the student who drops out does so for a variety of reasons the desire to earn money ...
- 538: Cancer
- ... one or both stands of the DNA molecule inside the cells, therefor preventing their ability to grow and divide. While cells in all phases of the cell cycle can be damaged by radiation, the lethal effect of radiation may not be apparent until after one or more cell divisions have occurred. Although normal cells can also be affected by ionizing radiation, they are usually better able to repair their DNA damage ... policies cover charges for radiation therapy, and in some states the Medicaid program may help pay for the treatments. The side effects of radiation treatment vary from patient to patient. Some may have no side effect or only a few mild ones through the course of treatment. Some may have more serious side effects. The side effects one has depends mostly on the treatment dose and the part of the body ... way of an injection into the muscle. There is a slight sing as the needle is placed into the muscle of the arm, thigh or buttocks. Although this procedure lasts only a few seconds, the effect of the intramuscular chemotherapy may last much longer. This is because the chemotherapy may be absorbed slowly through the muscular tissues and into the bloodstream. Certain forms of cancer have a tendency to spread ...
- 539: Medical Article
- ... at birth in the cord blood, and transfusing those cells back into the child later might contribute to a relapse. In addition, he said, bone marrow from a donor could help destroy diseased cells, an effect known as graft versus leukemia. A person's own cord blood might not have that effect, and in some cases even a sibling's might not. Dr. John Wagner, associate director of bone marrow transplantation at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, said that for a child being treated recently, he deliberately rejected cord blood from a sibling in favor of a well-matched unit from an unrelated donor, hoping to take advantage of its antileukemic effect. Dr. Robertson Parkman, director of bone marrow transplantation at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles, said he saw no point in banking cord blood for most families. "It's motivated by fear," he said. ...
- 540: Edgar Allen Poe's Symbolism of Death in "The Fall of the House of Usher"
- ... Displayed through works of art and "musical science". Roderick Usher fretted the death of his family, thus, making him even more insane; which then, eventually led to his death. Edgar Allen Poe achieves his lasting effect on the reader at the end. The horror that he wanted the reader to experience is linked to the death or "fall" (as in the name of the story) of a brother, sister, family name, and house. All this desired effect puts the reader into shock, but also brings out a good side. Life after death was the underlying meaning to this story. Death usually means the end, but in a spiritual sense the soul is ... Death was the main theme of "The Fall of the House of Usher". Poe scorned the use of symbolism in readings. "He said that as soon as the reader became preoccupied with meaning, the emotional effect was lost…on the other hand he believed that short stories should have ‘undercurrents of meaning'" ("The Fall of the House of Usher"- Analysis, 4). These statements are contradictory to each other. He believed " ...
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