John Humphrey Noyes

Casablanca is a movie set in December 1941 in Casablanca, Morocco before the United States was involved in World War II. The characters were fictional but the events display the role of Europe during this time frame. Casablanca was an important city as people wanted to escape Europe for America. Casablanca centers around Rick Blaine who owned the popular night club where refugees would purchase their letters of transit to travel freely in Europe and eventually freedom to America. The film…

Dance may be perceived by some as merely choreography overlaid with music that governs the tempo and overall feel of the piece, however the art of dance is rooted in deeper facets such as culture, ritual, spirituality, and tradition. The culture and traditions that lead to certain dance styles and moves can be traced back somewhat to the economic and political status of the time period and location of the dance. For example, in Mary Wigman’s Hexantanz, or “Witch Dance” (1914), it’s not hard to…

introduction of the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) in 1987, which focused on the management system and the support and assistance provided to the development engineers. The next step in improving software quality was the Personal Software Process (PSP) by Humphrey. PSP improves the software quality by providing the engineers with a framework with which to do quality work. The concept of PSP was formed because, unless every individual member of the team could not contribute a quality piece of…

A Television is an important tool that can be found in almost all American households. Many people use TV’s for various reasons, but most enjoy watching something that will draw them away from their everyday life for a couple of hours. With technology drastically changing over time, it is easier for a person to gain access to their favorite TV shows. Viewers have the ability to watch their shows on any piece of technology at any given time, ranging from a computer to a Netflix app on a phone.…

physical buffoonery may be what divides Jake from previous detectives. The wisecracks are there, and delivered as if by rote, but the character that produces them lacks the substance of his dominating antecedents. In Language, Oedipus, and Chinatown, John Belton describes a successful detective in the noir genre, as having, “a talent for handling dialogue” and…

1. Hofstadter 18-21 Richard Hakluyt “Discourse of the Western Planting” The passage depicts the arguments that Richard Hakluyt makes to convince the Queen of England to support Sir Walter Raleigh's and Sir Humphrey Gilbert’s colonization efforts. Through the passage, Hakluyt brings up the religion, economy, and power. He stresses that the colonies can be used as tools to convert Indians to Christianity, which has now been reformed due to the Protestant Reformation. Hakluyt also states that…

1878 saw American dance pioneer Isadora Duncan rebelling against the normality of traditional ballet technique in order to create her own revolutionary style of dance technique and performance. Jean Morrison Brown, a previous professor of dance at the University of New Hampshire stated about Duncan: “A feminist in the most contemporary sense of the word and a radical whose rebellion, particularly against ballet, was complete and far-reaching …” (Brown, 1998, pg. 7) She believed that dance…

Dance has long been a medium that represents American culture that is constantly evolving and Martha Graham and Frank Gatson Jr. are two of many choreographers that helped developing modern dancing in America. After watching a lot of videos on how different type of dances emerged in America, I found Martha Graham’s work appealed to me the most because of her expressiveness and intensity in movements. Brought up by a father who was a psychiatrist, her first lesson of dancing was, “Movement never…

Casablanca is an American Romantic film that was produced in 1942 whose setting is during the Second World War. The film centers on an American soldier who is at crossroads of choosing between the love he has for a lady and assisting the husband to the lady who is a leader of the Czech Resistance to escape from Casablanca, a city in Morocco controlled by the Vichy in order for him to persist in fighting the Nazis. The film begins with the image of a globe that is spinning and the French…

Casablanca is a movie that sets place in 1941. This is a significance date during World War 2. During this period Casablanca in Morocco that was French ruled. In 1940, France had surrendered and signed a peace treaty with Germany. In this treaty, Germany would occupy northern regions of France, including Paris and the French territories of North Africa. During this time in World War 2; many people wanted to Europe and seek refuge elsewhere. Casablanca, which is located in Morocco, was under the…