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Reflections on prime examples of noir.

Chinatown and The Postman Always Rings Twice both carry several core features of noir.  Though they exist in different formats, they embody the heart of what makes a work of fiction noir.  They contain women who play both the roles of the love interest and the femme fatale.  Interestingly, in …

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Reflections on prime examples of noir.

Chinatown and The Postman Always Rings Twice both carry several core features of noir.  Though they exist in different formats, they embody the heart of what makes a work of fiction noir.  They contain women who play both the roles of the love interest and the femme fatale.  Interestingly, in …

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Jeb Bush promises ‘no more baby talk’ in 2016 run

SAN FRANCISCO – Jeb Bush announced his likely presidential campaign ideas, delivering an address that covered the economy, foreign affairs, energy exploration, and generally challenging the country to question “every aspect of how government works.”

In addition to the core topics his campaign platform will cover, the Republican former Florida …

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Introducing Jim Sardic

The name’s Jim Sardic.  I’m a private investigator in New York, one of the few real ones left.  Most others skipped town or have gotten real choosy about what cases they take up ever since the Puncture.  That was the event that created the big blue beam shooting out into …

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Week One: Setting Stuff Up

When I saw the sheer number of accounts across various creative websites I had to make, my first thought was “well damn, this class is going to be a handful.”  But looking at all my freshly minted profiles, I can’t help but think that it’s going to be awesome working …

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A bit about me

Hi everyone, my name is Jason Nemeth.  I’m a computer science major here at UMW, and I’m in my senior year.  I took this class because it looks like a fun way to learn how to work with all sorts of media and combine them into cohesive projects.  It sounded …

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