![]() ![]() AM/FM Characterization: Michael Burry listens to heavy metal music at a very loud volume while working.At the end of the movie, it's revealed that nobody responsible for the crisis went to jail and the big banks have gone right back to selling CDOs. Their real names are in the original book, and their roles and behavioral traits weren't changed for the movie, so it's very easy to associate the person with the character. Of the central characters, Michael Burry and Baum's employees all kept their real names. Adaptation Name Change: Many of the names of the real-life figures involved were changed in the movie, including Baum, Vennett, Shipley, Geller and Rickert.The film was critically acclaimed on release, and earned five Academy Award nominations: Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Bale), Adapted Screenplay (which it won) and Film Editing. Set in the mid-2000s, it follows several people in the financial industry as they begin to realize that the housing market is unstable, and that they can make big bucks by betting against it. The Big Short is a 2015 comedy-drama film based on Michael Lewis' 2010 nonfiction book of the same title, directed by Adam McKay and featuring an All-Star Cast including Steve Carell, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Marisa Tomei, Karen Gillan and Melissa Leo. "Do you realize what you've done? You've bet against the American economy!" ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() These studies have resulted in the publication of Managing Like a Man: Women and Men and in Corporate Management (1998), and most recently, The Politics of Working Life (co-authored, 2005). ![]() Professor Wajcman has also been focusing on transformation of men-women relationships and their identities brought by changes in technology and labor markets. More recently, she has published Feminism Confronts Technology (1991) and TechnoFeminism (2004). Since the publication of the co-authored book, The Social Shaping of Technology (1985), she has been engaged to a greater extent in the research of feminism and technology. Professor Wajcman has published numerous articles and books. ![]() The research field of Professor Wajcman is sociology and she has been one of the leading scholars of gender studies with a special focus on technology. She has been a visiting scholar at the Gender Institute at the London School of Economics and is an associate of the Oxford University. Professor Wajcman is currently affiliated with Australian National University. The seminar series is entitled “Gender and Politics of Technoscience.” On this occasion, IGS will organize its 21st evening seminar series, inviting Professor Wajcman as its lecturer. The Institute for Gender Studies (IGS) is pleased to announce that Professor Judy Wajcman from Australian National University will be hosted as our Visiting Professor from September to November 2006. ![]() ![]() Dragons really exist for a little while."-School Library Journal, * "A funny, enjoyable, imaginative story whose serious undercurrents lend it unexpected depth."- Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Not only is the story involving but the reader can really get a feeling for Jeremy as a person."- VOYA "Will bring laughter and near tears to readers. ![]() Dragons really exist for a little while."- School Library Journal, "A funny, enjoyable, imaginative story whose serious undercurrents lend it unexpected depth."-Kirkus Reviews(starred) "Not only is the story involving but the reader can really get a feeling for Jeremy as a person."-VOYA "Will bring laughter and near tears to readers. ![]() * "A funny, enjoyable, imaginative story whose serious undercurrents lend it unexpected depth."- Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Not only is the story involving but the reader can really get a feeling for Jeremy as a person."- VOYA "Will bring laughter and near tears to readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. ![]() Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The town's lighthouse-dormant for over thirty years and famously haunted-has inexplicably started shining, and its mysterious glow is sparking feverish gossip throughout the spooked community.Amy Tucker is only visiting for the night and has no plans to get caught up in the hysteria, but that changes when she meets Ryan, the loyal, hard-working son of a ranch owner who lives on the outskirts of town.Their chance encounter turns into an unforgettable weekend, and against the backdrop of the lighthouse-obsessed town, the two of them forge a deep connection, opening their hearts, baring their souls, and revealing secrets long kept hidden.But as they grow closer, and as the lighthouse glows ever brighter, a startling discovery about Ryan leaves Amy questioning everything she thought she knew. Something strange is happening in Seabrook. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was during this time that Smith’s love for literature also developed, as his mother would read to him at night-time and would encourage him to read as a hobby. As a child, Smith lived an outdoorsy style of live, playing in the bush, going hunting and hiking with friends, and learning how to trap small animals. He was brought up in humble surroundings, as his father was a manual labourer who specialised in metalwork, who then ended up buying a cattle ranch. Wilbur Smith was born in Northern Rhodesia (now known as Zambia) on January 9th 1933. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She was named for creator Norman Bridwell's daughter and based on the imaginary adventures of Bridwell's wife. She is the best skater on the island, and is also very good at soccer. She is frequently portrayed riding on his bare back. A friendly, curious, and helpful eight-year-old girl. She picked out his sketch of a baby girl and a horse-sized bloodhound and casually said, "There might be a story in this," Bridwell remembers. His character was created when an editor at Harper & Row advised Bridwell to write a story to go along with one of his pictures. He has a mother, two brothers, and two sisters. His owner is Emily Elizabeth, to whom he is devoted. He originally wanted to name him "Tiny", but his wife persuaded him otherwise. The character's name is based on the imaginary childhood friend of creator Norman Bridwell's wife. ![]() His size, like giants in medieval legends, is inconsistent-he is often shown as being about 25 feet tall from paws to head, but can appear far larger: For example, in one episode of the show, he removes the top of a lighthouse and swims out with it to guide a ferry through the fog to the dock. He sometimes gets into trouble because of his size or is tempted into trouble by his friends and those he meets. Clifford is shy, gentle, friendly, loyal, lovable, clumsy, well-meaning and helpful. Clifford: a male red dog whose appearance, disposition, and behavior are based on a giant "all-around" dog. ![]() ![]() He makes an impassioned plea for Socrates to leave, begging him to consider not only his own well-being but also that of his friends and family. ![]() Socrates disagrees––a vision in a dream told him he still has a few days to live––but they put the question aside as Crito reasserts the urgency of departing immediately. ![]() Crito tells him that he has come to arrange for him to break out of prison, and asks him to prepare to leave quickly, as he suspects executions will resume soon. He wakes up early one morning to find Crito, his friend and student, waiting to speak with him. No one is sure exactly when the ceremony will conclude, so Socrates can only guess how long he has left to live. Now he sits in prison awaiting his execution, which cannot take place until the conclusion of a nearby religious ceremony. ![]() Socrates has been condemned to death by a jury of Athenian citizens for the crimes of asebeia and corrupting the youth. ![]() ![]() Present-a hospital in Spain where Paula is being treated-and the past where, asĪllende is growing up, Chile is slowly descending into the militaryĭictatorship that ended the lives of thousands of innocent people. ![]() The novel reads like a stream of consciousness, bouncing between the In my case, it was many, many, many, tears at theĮnd. Mother losing her child in such a poignant and honest way that you can’t helpīut read this book with a tear in the corner of your eye, just waiting for the So I don’t feel guilty about staining the pages with my salty tears andĮmotionally driven, scribbled notes. To wake up, and be the vibrant and intelligent young woman that she was, whileĭetailing the history of the Allende family, and the complex reality of living ![]() ![]() A letter expressing her longing for her daughter Her daughter into a comatose state, Isabel Allende set out to write her daughter, She went, she left friends and love” (267). ![]() ![]() In the comical vignette from the Annals of St Denis, the Norse warrior Rollo refused to bow to kiss his liege lord Charles’ foot, and instead lifted the king’s foot to his mouth, “causing the king to tumble over backwards” to the ringing laughter of the crowd. ![]() As Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss, so did Lancelot and Guinevere betray Arthur. Sources spread across the genres give us a glimpse into what kissing meant to medieval people: Danish king Hrothgar “kissed Beowulf and embraced his neck” when the hero departed after slaying Grendel. Multifaceted, the kiss could represent honor, loyalty, legality, veneration, adoration, passion, treachery, and opportunities for misbehavior. Indeed, most public kisses involved men kissing other men for reasons that had little or nothing to do with sentiment. ![]() For medieval people, a kiss represents far more than the romantic.įrom the Old English “to touch with the lips,” the kiss in history went far beyond its modern association with love in all its forms. ![]() |