Blade Runner: 1:28:00-1:33:00 The film "Blade Runner" (1984), by director Ridley Scott, takes place after the solar system's colonization by humanity in future 21st century-Los Angeles. ... Throughout the scene, Deckard straddles the line between a darkened past and mysterious future with two buildings set far apart in a juxtaposing trick of perspective (Scott, 1984). ... As Deckard enters in a trench coat, a loudspeaker above him advertises that off-world colonies present an opportunity to adventure in a golden land (Scott, 1984). ... Of note, even when Deckard meets Roy, the dominant c...

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Salleh Abas (1984), separation of powers is not as rigidly practised in Malaysia as it is in the United States. ... Salleh Abas (1984), most of the laws in Malaysia were enacted by the executive body such as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Ministers by powers to legislate delegated to it by Parliament. ... Salleh Abas (1984), the theory of separation of powers can only be found in the judiciary as judges are separated from the Parliament and administration. ...

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It is, however, important to note that the impact of the state goes beyond these cultural policies. ... The interesting point to note is that in spite of popular criticism, not all changes were detrimental to the maintenance of regional cultures. ... Bahasa Indonesia was declared as the national language in 1928, two decades before independence (Mohr 1984:8). ... There are also those who see the national language itself as a symbol of national identity (Mohr 1984:14). ...

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However, it is important to note that there is no consistency between the three responses to the attitude object. ... Oskamp (1984) showed that a large percentage of smokers agreed that 'cigarette smoking causes disease and death' however because smoking was a hard habit, their attitude did not influence their behaviour. ... Fazio (1984) also proposed that accessibility helped increase the attitude-behaviour link. ...

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The article used as reference for the majority of this paper was written by Patricia Springborg in 1984, titled "Karl Marx on Democracy, Participating, Voting, and Equality". ... While still noting positive theories in her analysis on Marx, the overall tone is negative and sometimes attempted in aiding the reader destructively by shining an unconstructive light on points that frequently stirred political debates between communists and capitalists. ... Unfortunately, the milestones that he set during his life were either small or unworthy to note. ...

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It's also worth noting that a reintroduction is not always viable for some species as habitats can be completely lost. ... Nigripes' primary prey, the prairie dogs in the 1960s (Marsh, 1984 ; Miller, Biggins, Hanebury & Vargas, 1994). ... Note that zoos and aquariums hold roughly one in seven threatened species (Conde et al., 2011). ...

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Furman and Bierman's (1984) findings are consistent with Damon's who indicate that as children grow older, at each developmental stage they go through, the values that they acquire are still recognized however more advanced values are likely to take precedence. ... During the interview a series of notes and observations were made about the child while the interview was recorded and consequently transcribed. ...

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Saudi Arabia had a crude oil production of above 10 million barrels daily by October 1980 and reduced its production to less than 2.5 million barrels per day in 1984 (Marcel, 2006). ... It is imperative to note the importance of this material to the American economy, as noted on the department of Energy website, because it supported an economy growth of almost 5 percent a year until the end of the decade. ...

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The second child of Martin Luther King Sr. (1899-1984), a pastor, and Alberta Williams King (1904-1974), a former schoolteacher, Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. ... In it he seemed to foreshadow his own untimely passing, or at least to strike a particularly reflective note, ending with these now-historic words, "I've seen the promised land. ...

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Another proof of how Storrier's theory of art is painting a totem to portray an idea with a poetic edge was when he divorced his wife in 1984. ... It is interesting to note how storrier communicates his feelings so effectively. ...

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As the world enters the 21st century, changes are being made throughout society. A minor change would be an obvious rise in industrial and home computer usage. Consequently, there has been a rise in hackers, in fact "there are more hackers today than ever before (Platt 153)." Due to hackers and h...

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In 1900, another committee recommended the use of fingerprints for criminal identification (Lambourne, 1984, pp 46–51). ... The field made little advancement from this point until 1686 when Marcello Malpighi was the first to note the differing characteristics of fingerprints. ...

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Media and Its Effects On Children Sex and violence sell and the media often use these, to an unlimited degree, to seize market share regardless of the damage that may occur to children and adolescent youth. This violent and often foul language content is spewed over airwaves, seen and heard on...

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In 1984, Saunders and Harbaugh reported the same scenario in a 19-year-old college football player and coined the term "second-impact syndrome" (SIS). ... Noting that the concussion syndrome covers a range of symptoms and severity, Gennarelli, suggests that there are two broad categories of concussion: mild concussion, without loss of consciousness and characterized by symptoms such as seeing stars, if the injury was focal, and or a short period of confusion and disorientation with or without amnesia for a brief time before and or after the event; and classic concussion, defined by reversible ...

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These leaders also consider long term needs (Burns , 1978, p. 112), increased productivity (Bennis, 1984, p.16) and developing followers into leaders (Burns, 1978, p. 79). ... Ministry Teams Gribas (2008) notes that, "Increasingly popular in the corporate world, the team concept and label has been used more and more frequently in the religious world (e.g., ministry teams, worship teams, Samaritan teams, etc.)...

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Much of the funding for the program kept oscillating between 1984-2004 due to the Government of Canada repetitively being unconvinced by the amount of funding it received and to whom it went to. ... It is important to note that members of this multicultural society are usually new immigrants or new citizens. ...

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However, as stated in the introduction, focusing exclusively on the external factors seems to be limiting when considering the downturn of Caterpillar's production, whose losses in 1983 and 1984 accounted for a million dollars a day, seven days a week (Neilson & Pasternack 2005). ...

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This is an interesting shift in Broomfield's work, while he always undertook subjects with a high level of public interest they were social issues such as council estates, psychiatric hospitals, young offenders institutes e.t.c but since 1984's sensationalistic Chicken Ranch which received much publicity for its portrayal of legal prostitution in Nevada, Broomfield seems to have selected subjects that would generate a large amount of publicity. ... It is interesting to note that Broomfield's later work and Moore's films have an obvious "villain" of the piece and this is cl...

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Michel Foucault was a French philosopher and historian (1926-1984). He received his education at the Sorbonne, focusing on psychology (1948) and at the University of Paris (psychopathology, 1950).[1] His pursuit of history and philosophy was therefore seen as an interest rather than a scholarly ende...

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IBM owns Lotus Notes and offers a vast array of other products and services. ... Note: Q397 was the quarter that MS Windows 98 rolled out and the market observed a decrease in computer sales during this quarter. ... Founded in 1984 with $1,000, Dell had an unprecedented idea in the personal computer industry: bypass the middleman. ...

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