Abstract
This paper discusses soap operas and focuses specifically on "Bold and Beautiful." It describes the generic features of the soap opera format and then looks at their narrative structure. Finally, the paper discusses the relationship between the narrative structure and the genre or soap operas. The paper presents examples from "Bold and Beautiful" from March 24, 2008, Episode #5274.

Table of Contents:
Step #1: Generic Features of Soap Opera Format
March 24, 2008, Episode #5274
Step #2: Narrative Structure of the Soap Opera Format
Step #3 Relationship between Genre and Narrative

From the Paper
"In John Fiske's essay ("The Codes of Television") he is talking about the CBS documentary with General Westmorland (Vietnam era general running the war for the U.S.) in which extreme close-ups are used for emphasis. Writing in the New York Times (and quoted by Fiske) Alex Jones explains "the extreme close-up can be especially damaging when an interview is carefully scripted and the cameraman is instructed to focus tightly on the person's face at the point when the toughest question is to be asked."
"The same genre of camera close up is used in soap narrative, albeit there is noting damaging about the result. In fact, it plays into the hands of the director and writers to have the camera zoom in tightly on Brooke's face as she is making her stand against Taylor. Immediately after Brooke makes her strongest protestation, the camera goes very tight on Taylor, whose head is nodding slightly but not in agreement; she nods because she understands where Brooke is coming from, and what she (Taylor) can expect to be confronted with for at least this episode, and likely one or more - or dozens - in the foreseeable future."

Tags:camera, drama, series

Abstract
This paper summarizes and reviews the book, "Forgiveness: A Bold Choice for a Peaceful Heart", by author Robin Casarjian. A brief yet concise personal response to the issues presented by Casarjian in this book is used to compliment the main theme of the book, in addition to the general summary and review. Comparisons with other sources and a fabricated response by an adult survivor of child abuse complete this paper.

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The paper labels George Washington as one of the most brilliant military leaders ever to lead an American army, while Abraham Lincoln is seen by many Americans as the savior of the Union along with his qualities of character and integrity. The paper then relates that many historians credit Franklin Delano Roosevelt with saving the American free enterprise system in the United States and Thomas Jefferson is considered the most intelligent and extraordinary President who had a spirit for liberty and freedom. Finally, the paper discusses Theodore Roosevelt's boldness and vision when confronting the many new challenges of the 20th century.

Outline:
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Theodore Roosevelt

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"What has truly made Franklin Delano Roosevelt one of our greatest Presidents is the fact that during his first year in office, he pushed through Congress an unprecedented series of programs aimed at alleviating the problems linked to the Great Depression. For example, he created the Civilian Conservation Corps which put more than 3 million men to work; the Agricultural Adjustment Administration which raised farm prices by paying farmers to limit their output; the Federal Emergency Relief Administration which provided money to states for local relief and work projects to assist the poor, and the National Industrial Recovery Act which created the Public Works Administration to provide grants to states and cities for construction projects like highways, sewage systems and public buildings (Bailey, 1978, 181)."

Tags:leadership, character, integrity, brilliance, vision

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This essay describes the strategies of the T. Boone Pickens Energy Plan, one of the largest current non-partisan public relations campaigns whose purpose is to encourage development of alternative energy sources. The essay outlines the objectives of the plan, which include raising awareness of the issue of energy independence and to move beyond awareness and spur voters into action. The essay describes various strategies of the campaign, which include extensive media presence, online presence through various websites, and ads through many different mediums. It finds that though the public relations campaign has seen tremendous success in terms of recognition at both the grassroots and governmental levels, the campaign has not yet seen success in terms of action. Further, it suggests that though the campaign cannot achieve its goals because of the amount of practical obstacles, the boldness of the campaign will dictate the future of lobbying in government.

From the Paper
"The T. Boone Pickens Energy Plan is one of the largest non-partisan public relations campaigns of the current election. The Plan extols the use of natural gas, and the development of alternative energy resources, to help wean America from its dependence on foreign oil (Pickens, 2008). The plan's architect and spearhead, Mr. Pickens, is not a celebrity outside of business circles. Nor is the Plan a public relations campaign about him. Mr. Pickens runs a hedge fund, BP Capital Management with heavy ownership of firms involved in natural gas and alternative energy (Lazarus, 2008). This hints at a dual-purpose element of the T. Boone Pickens Energy Plan. The campaign can be viewed simply as an aging billionaire using his considerable wealth to help bring about a better future for his country. The need for energy independence is widely understood, and Pickens under this scenario would merely be setting himself up as its champion. Conversely, the campaign could be viewed as an attempt to influence government policy in a direction favorable to BP Capital Management. In that respect, the Pickens Plan campaign could be viewed merely as a creative form of lobbying."

Tags:media, social media, alternative energy, government lobbying

Abstract
The American soft drink industry has had an exceptional history; few industries can match its consistent record of profitable growth. The industry is also one of continual change and evolution. The paper shows that its competitive climate requires bottlers and franchise companies to respond with speed and boldness to competitive challenges, technological developments and changing consumer tastes. The pace of the industry has quickened over the last decade, making the challenge of managing and planning for future profitable growth even more demanding.

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"The increasing volume on different components of production costs can be quantified. Direct labor costs, for instance, are determined by the line speed, the number of lines per plant, and the types of lines. A canning line requires the least direct labor; a returnable bottling line the most. The mix of lines within a plant determines the total direct labor cost per case. To increase volume in a plant, management would first run the lines more hours per day, either by adding another shift or by adding overtime. The usual path to increasing production capacity itself is to upgrade a line to increase its output by acquiring faster components or perhaps replacing the old line with an entirely new, faster line."

Tags:beverage, consumption, sweetner, sugar

Abstract
This paper critically analyzes Paul Montrose's essay, "The Place of a Brother in "As You Like It": Social Process and Comic Form". The paper presents a response to this essay, which reiterates Montrose's main thesis that the conflict in William Shakespeare's "As You Like It" is resolved by elements of Nature and Fortune, as opposed to the usual way, which involves using the resources of playfulness and boldness, moral virtue and witty deception.

From the Paper
"At the beginning of this motherless play, we see certain elements of savagery, which can be linked to male behavior. Oliver's savageness can be demonstrated as he hires Charles to, in so many words, kill his brother and can be seen in the following passage: "Therefore use thy discretion. I / had as life thou didst break his neck as a finger" (I.i.144-145). In As You Like It, all of the laws and savage masculine behavior occurs in the courtyard, a place which lacks feminine characteristics and influence."

Tags:comic, deception, orlando, rosalind

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This paper uses scenes and quotes from two famous modern pieces of literature, "Black Boy" by Richard Wright and "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams, to illustrate the tendency of modern-day writers to base their fictional stories on their own personal conflicts and tragedies. This, the paper points out, is in contrast to the writers of the past, such as Shakespeare and his contemporaries, whose writings did not reflect their personal experiences. The paper also investigates some of the reasons for this trend in modern literature, attributing it to modern social qualities like freedom, lack of restraint, and boldness.

From the Paper
"In 'Black boy' (1998), author Richard Wright gives a non fictional account of his life in the black neighborhoods of America. All elements of the Southern Black settlements like the ghettos, the squalid living conditions, the lack of an identity etc have been very clearly mentioned as part of the story of the central protagonist who is in fact the author himself. Wright actually emphasizes the identity crisis of young Richard who passionately feels about his isolation in a society that seems to be made only for the white man. Soon Richard rebels in his own small ways against authority, which is despised by him. It does not matter to him whether he rebels against his father or his white masters as long as his ego prompts him to fight against authority. Richard is a perfect example of how identity crisis encourages rebel ideas in a boy."

Tags:ideas, literary, content, gap, real, life, fantasy, over-dramatized, reflect, qualities

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This paper discusses the work of Emily Dickinson focusing on her Fascicle Sixteen poems. An overview of the poems is given examining their themes and styles. The authors illustrates how the poems are compelling because of their boldness, their lack of fear, and their willingness to explore forbidden territory. The writer illustrates how although Emily Dickinson may have had little interest in the outer world and its troubles, she explored her own loneliness and her own obsessions mercilessly, then stitched the enigmatic results, and filed them away for eternity.

From the Paper
"Emily Dickinson, as far as her biographers can determine, seemed unaware of or unconcerned with the national conflict. Instead, in the same time period, she would experience a tremendous period of artistic production, writing three hundred sixty-six poems in 1862 alone, a six-fold increase over her output in 1858. Eleven of her 1861-1862 poems she would bind in the little hand-sewn bundles she kept in a box under her bed; this collection of terse, conflicted lines is now called Fascicle Sixteen.

Our knowledge of significant events in her life is severely limited. She was not a diarist, and many of the most wrenching moments were purely internal and seemed to have little relationship to outer happenings. She was in her early thirties when Fascicle Sixteen was produced, a time of crisis for many women, especially for unmarried ones a century and a half ago."

Tags:theme, crisis, spinster, 1860s, lonely

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An examination of the history of cities and their developments with focus on the city of New Orleans. The author describes the city from the point of view of two writers: Louis Armstrong and Buddy Bolde and their two novels "Satchmo" and "Coming Through Slaughter." These two novels help us understand the lives of these two men as well as the city that was an essential part of their lives and their heritage as well as the city's violence, an inseparable part of New Orleans.

From the Paper
""Some cities you might not even know that you were in them, so little there is there. You could be kidnapped and dropped down in scores of American cities and unless you happened to see a sign announcing your location or had a native handy to ask where you might be you might never know where you had landed, so interchangeable are so many of the towns and cities and especially suburbs in the United States. "

Tags:armstrong, bolde, city, crime, urban, Buddy, Bolde, Satchmo, Coming, Through, Slaughter

Abstract
This paper explains that, domestically, two of the most important current economic problems are inflation and interest rates; whereas, internationally, long term stability and America's shift to an aggressive mode of economics are the central issues. The author points out that these factors mean that financial managers must be up with the game--alert, prepared and bold--by adopting a more aggressive regime with better communications and heavy investment in the private sector. The paper stresses that being bold and aggressive does not always refer to investing because excessive growth is as dangerous as excessive recession; therefore, the best financial managers are the ones who most successfully operate within this balance.

From the Paper
"This long-term growth in America, peaking now in the last two years, with hopes to continue to steadily grow, has been in sharp contrast to the general recession the rest of the world has felt over the last decade. Especially hard hit in recent years were countries in Asia, who collapsed when many of their principal financial institutions crashed. While America's economy has been steadily growing and expanding, many countries around the world are facing difficult restructuring to maintain competitiveness in the global market. America's aggressive, private-sector has pushed the bar further in creating the monster that has become a truly global economy."

Tags:stability, interest-rates, aggressive, balance, excessive