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The Best Residential General Contractors in New York
In the Big Apple, apartment listings top $80M and homeowners shell out more than $6B on residential renovations. The market has spawned countless general contractors, but not every construction company is suited to the luxury tastes and strict regulations of New York City real estate. A residential contractor in New York City must be prepared to work under the oversight of co-op boards and with a slew of special permits.
The New York City general contractors on our list are experts at meeting all of the city's requirements and exceeding their clients' high expectations. These licensed contractors have built penthouse apartments in the city's most exceptional highrises, enviable estates in the Hamptons, and contemporary townhomes that blend indoor and outdoor living in the heart of Manhattan. In partnership with the top architects in the five boroughs — and, in the case of design-build, all on their own — these 15 contractors are building dream homes worthy of glossy page features and the highest listing prices.
15. John Hummel Associates
Website | 212.418.5201 | 20 West 22nd Street, Suite 1505, New York, NY 10010
The work of John Hummel and Associates has appeared in every industry magazine at the corner newsstand. Elle Decor, Architectural Digest, Interior Design, The Real Deal, Veranda, Hamptons, and House & Garden have all taken notice of the firm's high-end work. John Hummel Associates has built lavish custom homes in the Hamptons and New York City, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Westchester County over the last 30 years.
The residential construction company got its start after President and Founder John Hummel began his career in luxury Hamptons real estate and earned a degree in construction management from SUNY Delhi. He founded John Hummel and Associates in 1982 and, today, leads with partner and Chief Financial Officer Jon Hummel Jr.; Partners Kevin Hummel, Brendan Brew, Bruce Rambold, and Kevin Warren; and Senior Project Manager Charles Difalco.
The firm has a wealth of experience building and renovating exquisite homes with deference to the highly particular by-laws and codes that govern the historic streets of New York's most upscale neighborhoods.
14) West Village GC
Website | 212.649.4632 | 454 W 50th Street #3R, New York, NY 10019
West Village GC has completed over 400 construction projects in Manhattan, including commercial, residential, and retail renovations. Their work has been featured in Kitchen & Bath Business Collective, Elle Decor, Curbed New York, the New York Times, and Dwell. In business since 2001, the company now works on more than 30 custom home projects per year.
Founder and Chief Executive Officer James G. Mansfield was brought up in the UK under the tutelage of his father, a prominent real estate developer. Despite the early introduction to the industry, Mansfield explored several other careers before founding West Village GC in New York City in 2001. Mansfield leads the firm with Ann Marie Didailler, the team's lead project manager, who brings an interior design background to all of their custom home projects.
The firm collaborates with home design experts such as H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture and David Scott Interiors to deliver high-end designs and fine craftsmanship. Careful planning and strategizing have led the firm to a 100 percent on-time and on-completion rate over the past couple years.
13) King Rose Construction
Website | 212.239.8525 | 307 West 38 Street, Suite 501 New York, NY 10018
New York City general contractor King Rose Construction is equipped to see home building projects through from beginning to end. The construction company offers pre-construction, general contracting, and construction management services from their offices in the in the Bronx and in the Manhattan Garment District. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified firm has had work featured in Business Insider, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, the New York Times, and New York Magazine. King Rose Construction also received recognition from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program.
At the helm is company President Yoel Borgenicht, a LEED Green Associate and Environmental Protection Agency Lead Certified Renovator. While Borgenicht manages King Rose Construction staff and their field operations, Principal Shoshana Bass, a former executive of Fortune 100 companies, directs the firm's strategic growth. The pair brings more than 50 years of collective experience to every new home and home remodeling project the firm touches.
Beyond building apartments and townhouses, King Rose Construction also performs office build-outs and retail renovations, and builds multifamily buildings throughout NYC.
12) Aerial Design-Build
Website | 212.888.1880 | 122 E. 57th Street, Suite 4R, New York, NY 10022
Aerial Design-Build specializes in residential projects throughout New York City. Founding Principals Julie Kelley and Rupila Sethi work with design-build director Jessica Maktal in their Midtown office. Kelley, an 18-year veteran of the New York construction scene, leads the corporate side of the business. With degrees in architecture and lighting under her belt, Sethi has worked on commercial projects for Tiffany and HBO, as well as on luxury residences in the US and abroad. Maktal rounds out the leadership trifecta as an on-the-ground project manager.
New York Magazine consistently lists Aerial Design-Build among the top contractors in the city, and their projects have garnered attention from Architectural Digest, The Huffington Post, and CNN.
Among the Manhattan general contractor's high-profile custom home portfolio is the Gramercy Park unit the firm designed and built for fashion designer Derek Lam. Lam's apartment is a three-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath spread that cost $4.8M before renovations. The design-build firm partnered with interior design house Neal Beckstedt Studio to outfit the space with custom, pale-washed oak cabinetry and coordinating travertine.
11. Promenade Design + Build
Website | 917.310-1552 / 99 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016
After finding success renovating condominiums in the upscale Boston suburbs of Brighton and Brookline, Promenade Design Build founder Scott Sassoon expanded his reach by acquiring property in historic Harlem. In partnership with an existing contractor, Sassoon gut-renovated brownstones, transforming dilapidated townhomes into luxury units. In 2008, Sassoon struck out on his own with Promenade Design Build to manage the design, development, and construction of high-end, residential real estate. Today, the firm takes on home remodel and custom home building projects with average budgets between $250k and $1M.
Promenade Design Build works with residential and retail clients, sometimes designing a project from the beginning, and other times collaborating with an architect and a client's existing plans.
Among Promenade Design Build successes — some of which have landed in the pages of Luxe Interior & Design magazine — is the gut renovation of a 2,000-square-foot penthouse in NoHo. The licensed contractor outfitted the pad with re-pointed and sealed exposed brick, 7 by 7-foot windows, Jerusalem limestone, and custom millwork.
10) IA
Website | 718.832.1182 | 45 Main Street, Suite 530, Brooklyn, NY 11201
The skilled project managers and craftspeople of luxury general contractor IA work from their headquarters in Dumbo and Brooklyn, as well as at an operations center at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The IA staff include LEED Accredited Professionals and Passive House Certified Builders well-versed in green building materials and techniques that lend sustainability to decadence.
Partner Pat Murtagh and Managing Partner Pat Whetzle form the leadership team of the 40-plus year-old firm. After exploring careers in law and commercial fishing, Whetzle worked his way from carpenter to partner, earning the promotion in 1998. Murtagh had reached partner just two years earlier, after a carpentry apprenticeship in his native Dublin, Ireland, and emigrating to the States.
IA turns out highly-detailed, upscale projects that are magnets for media attention; their homes are featured in Oculus, New York Spaces, and Design Brooklyn. IA has also garnered recognition in the forms of the R+D Award from Architect Magazine and the Renaissance Award from Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts.
9) Think Construction
Website | 646.205.3223 | 130 W 25th Street, New York, NY 10001
Think Construction owners Tim and Matthew Moss had their first foray into constructing residences in Vermont, after they studied art and architecture in undergraduate programs. Today, Think Construction is a full-service general contractor in New York City specializing in high-end construction.
The licensed team of just under 50 staff members has produced projects featured in Architect's Newspaper and Architectural Digest magazine, and online at Curbed and Contemporist. The company's scale allows them to tap into a wealth of internal resources and remain personally involved with every project in their portfolio.
Think Construction completed the gut renovation of a unit in a one-of-a-kind building on Central Park West. The former hospital building was constructed in 1884 with two, 40-foot circular wards at either end. As the apartment has very few straight walls, every detail had to be precisely built to fit the curves of the space. The custom bronze work, pocket doors, window panels, and fireplace all move seamlessly with the apartment's curvature.
8) DiSalvo Contracting
Website | 718.832.9400 | 4214 Third Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11232
This residential general contractor and construction management firm incorporated in 1977. Family-owned and operated, DiSalvo Contracting has now reached the guiding hands of the third generation of DiSalvos. Founder Vincent DiSalvo II began his career as a plasterer and sculptor in Sicily. He eventually handed his small business to his sons, Joseph and Vincent III. The home remodeling and custom build contractor now employs more than 70 staff and accomplished tradespeople.
After more than 40 years in business, DiSalvo Contracting has maintained personalized, high-quality services, fostering strong ties to repeat clients. They have been trusted with work in prolific Manhattan buildings such as the Dakota and 1 Sutton Place.
DiSalvo Contracting routinely partners with distinguished members of New York's architecture and design communities, including Ike Kligerman Barkley Architects, 1100 Architects, Elizabeth Hammond Architect, Ingrao Design, Ashley Whittaker Design, and Match Studios. Look for examples of those collaborations in Luxe Interiors + Design, the New York Times Real Estate and House and Garden sections, House Beautiful, and Design Bureau, as well as in Architectural Digest and Luxury Home Quarterly.
7) Best & Company
Website | 212.776.1111 | 44-61 11th Street, 3rd Floor, Long Island City, NY 11101
With projects in classic, upscale neighborhoods along Park and 5th Avenues, and down to trendier locales like SoHo, the West Village, and Chelsea, Best & Company has run the gamut of luxury design in New York City. The firm has renovated apartments in landmarked buildings, from large-scale remodels down to custom millwork and cabinetry crafted in their own shop.
CEO and co-founder Chip Brian is a Duke University graduate and finance entrepreneur. Brian founded Best & Company in 2000, and now he heads the general contractor in Queens, plus adjacent business that complete the Best & Company suite of client-focused services.
Luxe Interiors + Design, Architectural Digest, and Elle Decor are among the architecture and design publications that have featured custom homes built by Best & Company. Vogue, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal have also taken notice of the Long Island City general contractor and their high-end work. Besides full-home remodeling projects, the company also takes on kitchen and bath renovations and custom closets.
6) Eljin Construction
Website | 718.585.3256 | 366 Canal Place Bronx, NY 10451
Several of the big names in New York City residential architecture — MR Architecture, David McAlpine Architects, and SPG Architects, to name a few — have worked with Mott Haven general contractor Eljin Construction to build high-end, luxury residences.
Founder and Principal Denis McCarthy leads the Eljin Construction team of more than 40 project managers, field supervisors, and tradespeople, who serve the entire tri-state area from their Bronx headquarters. Founded in 1988, the licensed contractor offers full home remodeling and historical restoration. Their high-end cabinetry and millwork services originated with McCarthy's previous woodcraft business.
Eljin Construction has built homes along Park Avenue and Broadway, plus a number of apartments in buildings lining the 5th Avenue and Central Park West sides of Central Park. Some of the firm's best work has been featured in Vogue Living, Architectural Digest, Interior Design, House Beautiful, and New York Spaces. Impeccable in their customer service just as in their craftsmanship, Eljin Construction is Better Business Bureau accredited with an A+ rating.
Tie 5) Rusk Renovations
Website | 212.544.0986 | 39 West 37th, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10018
Family-owned general contractor Rusk Renovations is a full-service firm performing exquisite renovations and full-gut remodels in Manhattan's most prized condominiums. John Rusk, founder and president, established Rusk Renovations in 1986 as a sole proprietorship. The firm has since grown from taking on limited, small projects to landing on the Remodeling Magazine Big 50 list of remodelers at the top of their fields. Professional Remodeler has also deemed Rusk Renovations a market leader.
Architecture: Plainspace Architecture and Design Interior Design: Shari Pellows Interiors Photography: Paul Rivera Architectural Photography
The staff of Rusk Renovations are professional craftspeople who are trained to understand the aesthetic intent of each project. Their past collaborations have resulted in a spectacular sculpted concrete staircase or "aged" woodwork throughout a turn-of-the-century apartments. Love of craft is evident in all details, including precise plaster moldings and clean hardware mortises. In business for over 30 years and owned by fourth generation builders John Rusk and Mary Kocy, the firm has developed a process for building guided by checklists for each sub-trade (28 in all). Rusk believes that the background of enduring quality requires following a consistent methodology based on best craft practices.
Rusk sponsors "colleges" to train employees in specialty trades, including air conditioning, ventilation, heating, gas, plumbing, and electricity Emphasis on continuing professional development and collegiality are two reasons why Rusk is the multiple winner of the "Best Companies to Work For in New York" awarded by Crain's New York magazine.
Rusk provides clients with a two-year warranty. Its service department keeps project details organized and accessible for decades. An international, high profile client base relies on Rusk's discretion and recognized expertise. Mary is a Perkins advisor at CUNY's CityTech College. John teaches Residential Project Management at Columbia University.
Tie 5) Godwin Residential Construction
Website | 212.308.0558 | 1110 Second Avenue, Suite 301, New York, NY 10022
A Franklin Report 5-Star Firm, Godwin Residential Construction has built bespoke, luxury homes throughout the Big Apple since 1982. Eric Cohler Design and Lichten Craig Architects are among the prominent New York City architecture houses that have partnered with the firm.
Design by Eric Cohler Design and © Adrian Wilson
In Brooklyn Heights, Godwin Residential Construction reimagined a single-family brownstone. They converted the basement into a fully-functional level with a mud room, two bedrooms, and two bathrooms. The building also benefited from crown molding and wiring updates throughout.
The Godwin Residential Construction portfolio includes hundreds more successful custom home builds in Greenwich Village, the Flatiron District, TriBeCa, Sutton Place, the Upper East Side, and more of the city's classically elegant and currently trending neighborhoods. The home improvement contractor also boasts a 6,000-square-foot custom cabinetry and furniture shop with state-of-the-art millwork, in Hoboken, New Jersey, just across the Hudson River from their Midtown East office. A typical project with Godwin Residential Construction ranges from $500K to $3M in value.
4) The Renovated Home
Website | 212.517.7020 | 1477 Third Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10028
The Renovated Home is a full-service design-build firm based out of the Upper East Side. After more than 25 years in business, the firm has completed over 900 projects, with a typical construction budget running between $400k and $3M. In one of their most high-profile projects, The Renovated Home turned an Upper East Side parking garage into a 40-foot-wide mansion, one of fewer than 15 of its size in the upscale neighborhood. After renovation, the property was listed at $42.5M.
Other apartments outfitted by the Manhattan firm have been snapped up by celebrities like Debra Messing and marketed by television star and real estate broker Ryan Serhant. A portfolio of that caliber is bound to draw attention. The Real Deal, The New York Post, The New York Times, and CNN Money have all featured The Renovated Home custom homes in New York City. The firm's upscale residences on the South Fork of Long Island have appeared in Hamptons magazine.
3) Taconic Builders
Website | 212.929.7811 | 39 West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018
Founding Partners Jim Hanley and Gerry Holbrook established Taconic Builders in 1983. The Manhattan general contractor is based just south of Bryant Park, with satellite offices in Mamaroneck and Southampton, plus branches in Florida, California, and London. Taconic Builders' homes in each of those regions have been featured in Veranda, Interior Design, Architectural Record, Architectural Digest, and Home + Design.
President, CEO, and owner Vince Tyer came to Taconic Builders in 2000. He leads a firm staffed with LEED-certified project managers and members of the United States Green Building Council, as well as experts in GeoExchange Technology. The company is well-equipped to make every upscale home remodel or custom build a sustainable and eco-friendly venture.
The highly-skilled craftspeople of Taconic Builders specialize in acquiring and installing exotic interior and exterior finishes. The firm's keen attention to detail extends beyond the construction phase. Taconic Builders has a dedicated team to handle customer service and project maintenance post construction. Detailed and customized project manuals ensure that each individual property receives optimal care.
2) United Elite Group
Website | 718.439.1222 | 255 52 Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11220
EPA Lead-Safe Certified firm United Elite Group was established in 2012 by co-founders Tolib Mansurov and Alisher Fahri. From their office in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, United Elite Group performs residential and commercial construction projects with average budgets ranging between $50,000 and $5M. Their services include high-end renovations and restoration of historic buildings. The firm takes on upscale projects ranging from bath and kitchen renovations to full home build-outs. Their completed work can be seen uptown along Riverside Drive, down in The Bowery, out on Howard Beach in Queens, and everywhere in between.
On the Upper East Side, United Elite Group completed the gut renovation of a spacious apartment just a couple blocks from Central Park. The firm created a master suite with built-in cabinetry. The master bath features custom tile work, chrome fixtures, and a smart spa bathtub. The main living space is appointed with a layered lighting program to create a comfortable atmosphere for entertaining guests or just a quiet night at home.
1) Harper Design + Build
Website | 718.832.4601 | 343 Sixth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Harper Design + Build, a Park Slope-based firm, provides a full-service experience to homeowners in New York City and the area's favorite weekend escape communities. Principal, architect and general contractor Ryan Harper founded the firm in 2004, drawing on experience as an architect and contractor with Gensler and Saladino Group.
Also a principal and licensed architect, Christine Harper joined the company after nine years as a senior associate at 1100 Architect, working on residences for high-profile clients. In total, Christine has over 18 years of experience in high-end residential design. Residential Interior recognized Harper Design + Build with a Best of Design Award. Look for projects by Harper Design + Build in The Architect's Newspaper, GQ, and New England Home.
The Brooklyn general contractor has built homes in nearby Clinton Hill, Manhattan's West Village, SoHo, and Gramercy, as well as getaways in Sagaponack. Besides custom home building and design, the firm also takes on commercial projects.


Feeling alone on your conscious business journey? These 10 industry groups are here to help along the way.
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Meet the "Millennial mindset" that will fundamentally shift capitalism.


Left out on the farm, there is the threat to turn cold. The discovery of the skeleton of an opossum on the line between the yard and the field, blending into the rocks. Like a small jesus—and the wise men are touching walking sticks to forehead. I think of picking it up, taking it home, burying it, and do none, realize it is better off this way: lasting so long in silence.


A full Reblochon Cheese (none other), six large spuds - Maris Pipers (waxy potatoes for our US cousins), 4 large onions, a stack of Lardons or 6 chopped thick bacon rashers (I prefer smoked for this), a glass of dry French white wine (Apremont preferred) and a medium sized tub of single cream.
Don't be tempted to do this with a Brie or Camembert - been there, done that!
While you're preparing the ingredients, preheat the oven to 180 - you're going to need it to be ready when all the ingredients have been piled onto each other (in the cooking dish) in layers!
Peel the spuds and slice them once through the middle LENGTHWAYS. Then boil and salt them to taste (I'd use two cupped-palm-sized scoops in what needs to be quite a large pan). Boil them so that they reach "al dente" (cooked but still quite firm). When they're cooked to that point drain them and let them cool.
Peel the onions and chop/slice them into short but not narrow pieces - chuck em in a frying pan with some olive oil and cook without browning them until they go translucent. Then drain and put them in a side dish - you're going to come back to them.
The bacon - I use back rashers - cut the belly part (the part with the fatty streaks) away from the very meaty part and chop/slice that streaky part into small bits. Put it in the frying pan and cook slowly until the fatty bits start to look partly cooked, then take the other meaty part and chop that into bigger pieces. Throw that in the pan with the other bits that are still cooking away. When the fatty bits are starting to brown at the edges take it all off the heat and save it on one side.
Now take a Pyrex style dish - not too large.
When the base layer is in - add some onions distributing them widely over the over the spuds and then add some of the bacon bits over that.
Add another middle layer of potato slices.
Repeat the addition of onions and bacon on top of that.
Add the final layer of potatoes.
Now for the cheese. Get the round of Reblochon and slice it vertically across the face (not horizontally in my recipe) into about eight strips. Add that to the top of what you've built - in effect a cheese top for potato, onion and bacon layer cake! Don't even think about slicing the rind off the cheese! (Or the cheese police will come and get you).
Stick that in the pre-heated oven for about 15 minutes. Then remove from the oven and add the glass of French dry white wine by pouring it around the edges and letting it filter through to the base. Put it back in the oven for 5 minutes and then remove the dish once more. Turn the heat up a bit as you leave the oven.
Now it's time to add the cream. Trickle the cream (normally single, but double if you must) into the corners and along the edges of the dish, then make a hole with a teaspoon in the middle and put some cream down there too. Finally drizzle cream over the whole of the top surface of the cheese and put it back in the oven and cook until the top surface has browned.
When its all golden brown - remove the Tartiflette from the oven and leave to stand for 10 minutes to cool down a bit.
Out in The Alps they would serve that with a green salad and also you might be served with some dried mountain ham - which cooks when you dollop the hot 'flette on it.
The biggest obstacle with this dish is getting the potatoes right. Overcook them prior to slicing them thinly and you get mush. Don't cook them enough and they're too firm at the very end when they're being consumed.


Discover the fantastic locations, historic sites, awesome views and (of course) WINE!
Meet our passionate winemakers and enjoy a wonderful array of local wines and produce.
On the second Saturday and Sunday of the months September through June, this select group of wineries throw open their cellars (sheds, barrel halls, gardens and vineyards) for you to visit between 11.00am and 4.00pm.
For a personalised tour, barrel tasting or a tasting plate of local produce, message our Facebook group BeechworthHiddenWineries or contact any winery directly (Email, Phone, Facebook).
There are cosy fires in winter and exceptional views in summer. Haldon Estate, Baarmutha and Indigo Vineyard have picnic facilities where you can enjoy the grounds. Serengale Vineyard's cellar door is set within their winery and Bowman's Run and Star Lane lie in the sleepy hamlet of Wooragee.
Amulet has lunches from noon to 3.00pm whilst Indigo Vineyard does cheese and charcuterie platters. The Cellar Door Wine Store in Beechworth showcases a comprehensive range of Beechworth wines, some of which are available to taste.
The total duration is approximately 5 hours to visit all the listed wineries and attractions (but might take longer if you really like your wines).
Download our brochure for the full list of wineries and map!
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Q: 'Open in browser' redirects me back to the app I'm using the SE app on an Android phone (Galaxy S5 OS 6.0).
When I try the option to view a question in a browser, it simply opens the same question in the app. It doesn't even try opening the browser.
Is this a common issue, or am I the only one experiencing it?
Things I've tried:

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*clearing defaults for the SE app,

*clearing defaults for my browsers,

*clearing data for the SE app,

*restarting my phone

Here's the option I'm talking about:

A: To fix this in Marshmallow:

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*"Settings"

*"Application Manager"

*"Stack Exchange"

*"Set as Default"

*"Go to supported URLs"

*Set to "Always ask", or set the app that you want to handle links.

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It is easy to get hired if your interview goes well and most people on the panel like you or feel that your skills match well or well enough with the job requirements. The entire hiring process takes about 2-4 weeks. I am pretty sure this timeframe includes the background check and drug testing. I am not sure of all the steps because I have been employed here for many years and the process may have changed since I was hired.


CityLets says its new system will enable both agents and local councils to better manage 'rent pressure zones' in Scotland.
Leading Scottish letting agency Citylets has teamed up with blockchain technology firm Wallet Services to offer the first Blockchain-enabled private rented sector (PRS) database in the world.
The system means letting agents in Scotland can now contribute data to and receive analysis of mid tenancy rent changes via the platform, a development that's in response to new Scottish PRS legislation requiring local councils to apply to the Scottish Government to designate all or any part of their local authority area Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs).
The government has said these RPZs will only be approved if the applications are data-led including market evidence that rent increases to tenants under the new Private Residential Tenancies introduced in December 2017 are not excessive.
Citylets has been analysing open advertised rents for over ten years and can now provide 'granular' views of the Scottish PRS. This information is offered via block chain technology so that it cannot be interfered with or altered and is therefore 'totally trustworthy'.
"The key here is trust. We are a private company looking to create a ledger of the rent changes experienced by the tenants of Scotland that can be utilised by all stakeholders within the private and public sectors," says Citylets founder Thomas Ashdown (left).


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Existentialism Comparison Essay by The Research Group
A comparative analysis of the views of Friedrich Nietzsche and Jean Paul Sartre on existentialism.
Published on Dec 01, 2003 in Philosophy (General)
This paper compares and contrasts views of Nietzsche and Sartre. It looks at the philosophical beliefs of existentialism and both philosophers as atheistic existentialists. It also discusses concepts of existence, freedom, human responsibility, will to power, nihilism and death.
"The philosophical movement known as Existentialism became popular after World War II but the existential system of thought can be traced back to earlier thinkers such as Soren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche. Existentialism is not a school of philosophy ..."
Cite this Comparison Essay:
Existentialism (2003, December 01) Retrieved January 31, 2023, from https://www.academon.com/comparison-essay/existentialism-71427/
"Existentialism" 01 December 2003. Web. 31 January. 2023. <https://www.academon.com/comparison-essay/existentialism-71427/>
Existential Philosophy and Psychopathology
A discussion of the relationship between existential philosophies and the development of psychopathology.
12 sources | 2003
Existentialism and Oscar Wilde
This paper looks at existentialism in the play "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde.
An examination of some of the main themes of existentialism.

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Q: How to access component methods in React? I am working on React.
I have a method called on_render_cell, where I have created a div and I am inserting image in that div based on some conditions.
This is the approach I am following to insert image in the div.I get the desired images. Now my goal is:
To open a modal when the image is clicked. When I try to assign onClick={this.openModal()}, the modal doesn't pops up. I noticed that this is because this points to the . Can anyone help me how can I call openModal() on click handler of image tag written in result variable of on_render_cell()?
export class ScheduleManager extends SampleBase {
constructor() {
        super(...arguments);
        this.state = {
            visible : false
        }
    }
openModal() {
            this.setState({
                visible : true
            });

   }

    closeModal() {
        this.setState({
            visible : false
        });
    }
on_render_cell(args) {
let ele = document.createElement('div');
            var sum=0;
            var cursor=Event.find({Teacher:teacherName});
            cursor.forEach(function(event){
              if(convert(event.StartTime)===convert(args.date))
               sum = sum + parseFloat(event.Duration);
             });
              let hoursPerDay = sum/60;
              let percentHours=(hoursPerDay/maxHoursPerDay)*100;
              let result ='';
              if(percentHours===0)
              {
                result='';
              }
              else if(percentHours<=25)
              {
                result = '';
              }
              else if(percentHours>25 && percentHours<=50)
              {
                result='';
              }
              else if(percentHours>50 && percentHours<=75)
              {
                result = '';
              }
              else
              {
                result='';
              }
              ele.innerHTML = result;
             (args.element).appendChild(ele.firstChild);
}
render(){
 return (

          <input type="button" value="Open" onClick={() => this.openModal()} />
          <Modal
                    visible={this.state.visible}
                    width="400"
                    height="300"
                    effect="fadeInUp"
                    onClickAway={() => this.closeModal()}
                >

Title

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Grey circle denotes no classes for the day

Blue circle denotes less than 25% occupancy for the day

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}
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Goal : Open Modal on image click. i.e, access openModal() of component

A: sorry but you are not doing it right. when you write:
onClick={() => this.openModal()}

you are creating a new function each time the element renders. instead, I suggest you to bind the method inside the constructor:
this.openModal = this.openModal.bind(this);

and inside the input write:
onClick={this.openModal}

this way you won't create a new function each time the elements renders, and the openModal this will point to the element itself.
If I understand correctly the problem is in this line:
result='';
have you tried pass JSX instead of a string? bind the function openModal in the constructor, and pass to the img the function this.openModal. I think that if you will pass JSX instead of a string it will work
UPDATE
ok so I took the code from Here and edited it a bit:

export class CellTemplate extends SampleBase {
  getCellContent(date) {
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in cellTemplate you can see how to call getCellContent correct, and in getCellContent you can see how I would have return JSX.

A: You can give some var like myRef to your componen as a prop, then in onComponentDidMount of your component assign to prop myRef current instance (this). this.props.myRef = this, then in your parent component you can use methods of myRef. For more you can check this post React.js - access to component methods


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Which brings me to my next point. Why bother putting so much energy into creating ideas, if one is unwilling or afraid to share them? Afraid of what? That it might catch on?
mentality, holds us back from ever giving the idea wings.
And me, these days, I just wanna fly….


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The hidden costs of using free-trading apps like Robinhood
Chuck Jaffe / For The Patriot Ledger
About five years ago, I noted that financial consumers should favor naps over apps and put down their smartphones to give their finances and themselves some rest.
While noting that typical consumers will fare better by focusing less on money than by watching the numbers change moment-by-moment, I acknowledged that there were plenty of cool apps that had the potential to change the financial world.
Robinhood was one of them. In September 2014, I wrote that the zero-fee stock-trading service hadn't launched but had more than 500,000 people signed up and ready to trade. "If all Robinhood ever does is inspire existing brokerages to cut trading fees or develop no-commission trading," I said, "it's a win."
This week, as Robinhood closed its latest round of funding, now valued at $7.6 billion in pursuit of its "mission of democratizing finance for all," I decided to take another look, to see if I needed to wake up to the financial revolution borne from the app.
Sadly, the ones who have been sleeping on this phenomenon are the ones who are in the middle of it, the ones who can't see the negative impacts that are surrounding them.
Mind you, I still believe that there are good apps that can help individuals organize and improve their finances, but less activity tends to be better for the individual, and not every idea that can be presented and executed on a smartphone is worthwhile.
Robinhood looks to me to be popular, but hazardous to your wealth.
I never signed up for a Robinhood account; I stopped just short of it while looking into the service. Where I went beyond the average consumer is that I didn't take "free trades" at face value.
There's an old saying in business that if you're not paying for a service, then you are the service, and I wondered who Robinhood's customers were being served to. You won't find clear answers on the app or the company's web site.
Novice traders are guppies swimming in the shark tank of finance, but Robinhood's guppies don't recognize that the service itself is on the side of the sharks.
First, however, let's give Robinhood due credit. Since its launch, traditional brokerage firms have responded, and there are many more commission-free trading options, especially from established giants like Fidelity Investments and Charles Schwab.
Free trading has fueled Robinhood's growth. The app's user pool grew by 50 percent – to six million – over the last half of 2018, just as the stock market was melting down.
With the enormous growth and the billions in fundraising as the company aims to become a listed stock down the line, the issue is whether free trading from the phone in your pocket is a good idea.
Here's where Robinhood users may miss the real problems with the app.
We're stepping into the financial weeds here; push through the jargon to see how it turns out.
Brokerage firms make money in a few ways beyond trading fees, earning interest on uninvested cash in customer accounts, collecting fees for margin accounts and for making margin loans and more.
There is also something called "payment for order flow," where a brokerage gets paid for directing orders to different parties that execute the deals. The brokerage firm receives a small payment, often a penny per share, as compensation for putting the trades in certain directions.
Robinhood, in a statement that came out late last year, quoted its payment-for-order-flow revenues at 2.6 cents for every $100 traded, rather than quoting a the traditional price based on each share traded. That makes it hard to know if Robinhood is making more or less than other brokerage firms; some detractors have said the rate is much higher than the norm.
Meanwhile, regulators are trying to eliminate the payment-for-order-flow process, fearing bad side effects from it. That may jeopardize Robinhood's business down the line, but it's not stopping the company from profiting now in a way that remains legal but that hardly is in keeping with the idea of "democratizing" investing for all investors.
This is how it works: You want to make a trade of 100 shares of XYZ stock. Robinhood directs that trade to a company that, effectively, is run by professional traders who get to decide if they want to take the other side on your deal.
"The point for the customer at Robinhood is that professionals are lining up for the right to trade against you," said Agustin Lebron, author of the new book "The Laws of Trading." "As a trader, you want to trade against people who aren't informed, and you want to avoid the traders who are the most knowledgeable. That is not what you get when you are trading through an app like this."
Yes, trades are commission-free, and there's real savings there.
But this would be like an NFL team saying it wants to save money printing playbooks and learning that it can get those costs reduced to zero so long as it uses a printer run by, say, the New England Patriots, a team it is scheduled to play.
The savings may not be worth it.
In fact, while the Robinhood name evokes the idea of "take from the rich and give to the poor," the system is built to favor the big guys at the expense of the little ones.
"These new-wave brokerage companies are selling you something that isn't worth buying," said Lebron, "the idea that you can trade whenever you want."
Like most things financial, easy access shouldn't be confused with sound, successful, smart thinking. There is room for the small investor to succeed, but they are most likely to do it by recognizing their small status rather than by trying to compete with the big guys.
Yes, financial apps can improve your life, but that's more a maybe than a certainty. The one sure thing is that the guys behind the app are making money on you, even if it doesn't look that way.


This is lovely. Sony is now putting a rootkit installer on their Music CD's. Mark Russinovich discovered a root kit on his machine while testing a rootkit detection tool (RootKitRevealer ) that is was working on. He documented the process on his blog and it's required reading. He cleary documents what he found, how badly written it was, and what he had to go through to remove. The rootkit installed by Sony is a Digital Right Management service, but is so badly written it will have all sorts of nasty side affects. This thing will really mess up your computer. If you don't remove it correctly, you will lose access to the CD/DVD drive in your PC.


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ITA 101 Elementary College Italian I (3 credits)
An introduction to the Italian language and culture through a comprehensive approach designed to develop fundamental communication skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Supplementary videos, tapes, films and other materials are incorporated in the course.
Course Rotation: NYC: Fall. PLV: Fall and Spring.
ITA 101N Elementary College Italian I - Learning Community (3 credits)
A structured communicative approach to the study of the Italian language. Students will be able to express themselves in Italian. Students will learn grammatical structures at the elementary level. In addition to the language component, students will gain a perspective of Italian society through a general but accurate overview of Latin/Italian history and a critical analysis of its representation through films from the post World War II period to the present.
ITA 102 Elementary College Italian II (3 credits)
A continuation of the principles established in ITA 101. In addition, the course will introduce more complex sentence structures, past and future verb tenses, the subjunctive mood, and increase fundamental vocabulary. Supplementary videos, tapes, films and other materials are incorporated in the course.
Course Rotation: NYC: Spring. PLV: Fall and Spring.
Prerequisites: ITA 101 or 2 years of high school Italian.
ITA 150 Travel Course to Italy (3 credits)
Travel abroad combined with on-campus lectures and discussions.
Course Rotation: TBA.
Prerequisites: Non. Course conducted in English. None. New Core: Fulfills 3 Credits in Area of Knowledge II.
ITA 150A Travel Course to Rome (3 credits)
Prerequisites: None. Course conducted in English.
ITA 150B Travel Course to Florence (3 credits)
ITA 154 Topics From Italian Literature and Translation: Italian Women Writers (3 credits)
In this course, students will study representative 19th and 20th century Italian women writers, including Sibilla Aleramo, Elsa Morante, Natalia Ginzburg, Dacia Maraini, Marghenta Guidacci, ad Maria Luisa Spaziani.
Course Rotation: Fall and Spring.
Prerequisites: None. Course conducted in English. Old Core: Lubin, CSIS, or Lienhard Students may use this course to meet the core requirements. Education and Dyson students may use this course for enhancement or Dyson overlay. Conducted in rnglish. New Core: Fulfills 3 Credits in Area of Knowledge II.
ITA 154A Topic: Italian Culture and Civilization (3 credits)
ITA 154B Topic: MichaelAngelo and the Italian Renaissance (3 credits)
ITA 154C Topic: The World of Italian Opera (3 credits)
ITA 154D Modern Italian Culture and Film (3 credits)
Prerequisites: None. Course conducted in English. New Core: Fulfills 3 credits in Area of Knowledge IV (Humanistic and Creative Expression).
ITA 154E Topic: Seminar in Italian Culture/Travel Course (3 credits)
ITA 154FM Topic: Italian Civilization (3 credits)
Nothing enriches our understanding of today's world and how we perceive ourselves better than a study of the civilization and language from which it seems. This learning community will allow students to explore the wonders of ancient Rome and the Romans as well as learn their language, Latin, and discover the ties which bind both the people and their civilization to today's world.
Prerequisites: None. Course conducted in English. Learning Community
ITA 154FN Topic: Italian Civilization - Learning Community (3 credits)
ITA 154G Topic: Contemporary Italian Culture (3 credits)
Prerequisites: None. Course conducted in English. Lubin, CSIS, or Lienhard students may use this course to meet the core requirements. Education and Dyson students may use this course for Enhancement or Dyson Overlay. Conducted in English.
ITA 154H Topics: The Crucial Years: Italian Culture 1918-1948 (3 credits)
ITA 154I Topic: Italian Cinema (3 credits)
Prerequisites: None.Course is conducted in English. New Core: Fulfills 3 credits in Area of Knowledge II.
ITA 154IN Topic: Italian Cinema (3 credits)
A structured communicative approach to the study of the Italian language. Students will be able to express themselves in Intalian. Students will learn grammatical structures at the elementary level. In addition to the language component, students will be gain a perspective of Italian society through a general but accurate overview of Latin/Italian history and a critical analysis of its representation through films from the post World War II period to the present.
ITA 154J Tpc:italian American Identity in Literature and Film (3 credits)
Prerequisites: None. Course conducted in English. The aim of the course is to provide an introductory exposure to Italian American writers and filmmakers and how they have expressed their heritage and identity through an array of fiction, poetry, and films that reflects their change of status and assimilation in mainstream American life. The course explores stereotypes, family relationships, and social concerns related to immigration and adaptation, with an emphasis on both the original ethnic identity and the broader American cultural landscape. The class will retrace the immigrant experience with the depiction of the ethics of labor and the definitions of family in the novel "Christ in Concrete" (P. Di Donato); the evolution of cultural stereotypes in films (Godfather I-II, Moonstruck, etc.), the portrait of women in D. Di Prima's poetry and through other essays collected in the Italian American Reader (B. Tonelli, 2003), and the cross cultural redefinition of ethnic identity through selected articles and publications, (such as The Saturated Self - Dilemmas of Identity in contemporary life) made available by the instructor.
ITA 154K Topics in Italian: The World of Dante's Inferno (3 credits)
The focus of this course is to analyze the Inferno of Dante from a literary, allegorical and historical standpoint. Students will be introduced to the medieval world that Dante portrays in his literature. Major emphasis will be placed on presenting and discussing the classical and historical personages that populate the fantastic world of Dante.
ITA 154L Topics from Italian Literature & Translation: Italian Women Writers (3 credits)
In this course, students will study representative 19th and 20th century Italian women writers, including Sibilla Aleramo, Elsa Morante, Natalia Ginzburg, Dacia Maraini, Marghenta Guidacci, and Maria Luisa Spaziani.
ITA 154M Topics: From Italian Literature in Translation (3 credits)
ITA 154N Culture of Southern Italy (3 credits)
This course will prepare the students for an intensive 9-10 day of cultural excursion to Central and Southern Italy. The student will examine a selection of reading on Italian history, literature, art, and present day social and political realities. A required 10-page research paper is due at the end of the semester. After consultation with the professor, the student will select a topic of choice and write the paper in either Italian or English.
Course Rotation: TBA
ITA 154P Topic: Italy: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (3 credits)
After World War II, Italy experienced an economic boom unequalled in its history. The country was transformed from a poor, agricultural economy to a rich, industrialized nation in only a few decades. This course offers an introduction to the social, literary, artistic, political, and historical realities that characterize twentieth-century Italian culture. Students look at Italian life in cinema, art, literature, and music from the Second World War to the present, with emphasis on popular culture and current events. Course work includes writing, group discussion, projects, field trips, and presentations.
ITA 154Q Italy's Underbelly (3 credits)
In this course we will explore the social and historical mutations of three fundamental aspects of Italian culture: The Brigate Rosse, The Mafia and prostitution. We will read between the lines of historical texts, newspaper articles and films to deconstruct the true stories beneath these subversive Italian subcultures and answer the real questions such as: Did the Churches' influence on Italy hurt or help these groups? How has popular opinion changed and why? What are the underlying messages the media is giving us in their portrayal of these groups?
ITA 154R Topic: Italo American Culture, the Mafia and Beyond (3 credits)
This is an Italian culture class designed to investigate and evaluate the major themes of Mafia, Terrorism and Prostitution in Italian culture from their births to present day. The course will focus on the different portrayals of each topic with relation to films, literature, the news and our own stereotypes.
ITA 154S The Splendors of Tuscany: A Journey through the land of Dante, Galileo and Gucci (3 credits)
Course Descriptin: The Tuscan region, located in central Italy, is the birthplace of many of the world's most influential creative geniuses. This explores the impact and influence of Tuscan culture on the world through the works of Dante, Machiavelli, Galileo and Gucci. We will meet on the New York campus throughout the Fall semester for 2 hours per week, in our sessions we will read and discuss texts in a seminar format. In January, the class will travel to Italy to visit Tuscany. The itinerary included visits to Florence, Pisa and Siena. At the end of this trip, a ten-page research paper is due. For more information, feel free to contact Dr. Marafioti at (212) 346-1545 or mmarafioti@pace.edu.
ITA 154T Gender and Sexuality, Italian Style (3 credits)
This course explores the multiple aspects and contradictions of expressions of gender and sexuality in Italian culture. It aims to challenge assumptions of an omnipresent, culturally Catholic heterosexuality by uncovering the various, complex workings of desire in texts from the Middle Ages to the present. We will read excerpts from works by Dante, Boccaccio, Michelangelo, Machiavelli, and Chiarelli, and study films by Liliana Cavani, Pietro Germi, and Ferzan Ozpetek.
Course Rotation: NY: Spring, odd years.
ITA 163 Italian Civilization I (3 credits)
The focus of this course is to provide a perspective of Italian civilization through a broad but accurate overview of Latin/Italian history and culture. This is the first in a series of two courses whose aim is to present a panoramic view of ancient, medieval, Renaissance, baroque/neoclassical and contemporary Italy. The selected topics/artists/authors/personages will offer a unique opportunity to analyze and discuss crucial issues related to the historical, political, and cultural evolution of Italy, from its beginnings to the present.
Course Rotation: PL: Fall.
ITA 164 Italian Civilization II (3 credits)
The focus of this course is to provide a perspective of Italian civilization through a broad but accurate overview of Latin/Italian history and culture. This is the second in a series of two courses whose aim is to present a panoramic view of ancient, medieval, Renaissance, baroque/neoclassical and contemporary Italy. The selected topics/artists/authors/personages will offer a unique opportunity to analyze and discuss crucial issues related to the historical, political, and cultural evolution of Italy, from its beginnings to the present.
ITA 165 Dante's Inferno (3 credits)
The focus of this course is to analyze the Inferno of Dante from a literary, allegorical and historical perspective. Students will be introduced to the medieval world that Dante portrays in his literature. Major emphasis will be placed on presenting and discussing the classical and historical personages that populate the fantastic world of Dante. This course is taught in English.
Course Rotation: PL: Spring.
ITA 166 Italian Cinema (3 credits)
This course will present older and contemporary Italian cinema and students will learn how to break down a film plot, examine the protagonists' characteristics and behavior, and be able to look for critical themes and recurring story elements throughout the film. The focus will be on post-WWII Italian cinema, primarily. Each film will be introduced along the lines of its own unique political, historical, and socio-cultural relevance. Films will be studied and discussed with the intent of developing knowledge of the major features of film analysis and the appropriate terminology to discuss them. An examination of each director's own cinematic agenda, as well as the time frame of each film's production in relation to events in Italy and to the world events will also assist the students in understanding the factors contributing to a film's creation as well as the comment on society that each film makes.
ITA 166A Topic: Neo Realism in Italian Film (3 credits)
Neo Realism in Italian Film: This course examines classic Neorealistic films of the post-World War II era, as well as later films that were influenced by Neorealism. The films to be studied may include the following: Open City (Rossellini), The Bicycle Thief and Umberto D. (De Sica), Bitter Rice (De Santis), La Strada (Fellini), Red Desert (Antonioni), and The Conformist (Bertolucci).
ITA 166B Rome on the Silver Screen (3 credits)
The focus of the course will be Rome as movie location, beginning with postWorld War II films (Neo-Realism) and ending with contemporary films. In addition to studying Italian films set in Rome, learning about the city from a historical, sociological, economic, and cultural standpoint, students will analyze the films' themes and their commentary on Roman society. Students will also screen three well-known American films set in Rome in order to discover some American views of the eternal city. Finally, students will gain knowledge of cinematic techniques and the tools of film analysis, including its terminology. All readings and discussions will be conducted in English.
Course Rotation: PLV: Spring
ITA 196A Field Study in Italy (1 credits)
Prerequisites: None. Course conducted in English. This one credit course will prepare the student for an intensive 11-day cultural excursion to Italy. The student will be given a required reading list that includes selections on Italian history, literature, art, and present-day social and political realities. The professor will meet the students twice before the Spring break trip in order to review and discuss the required reading material in preparation for the trip abroad. These readings and discussions will provide an academic backdrop that will certainly enhance the student's cultural experience abroad. The itinerary includes the following cities in Italy: Rome, Pompeii, Sorrento, and Capri; in Sicily, Taormina, Siracusa, Agrigento, Palermo, Piazza, Armerina, and Mt. Etna. The student will visit archeological sites, museums, theaters, restaurants and other places of cultural interest. There will be a third class meeting after the trip to discuss topics for the required 10-page research paper due at the end of the semester. After consultation with the professor, the student will select a topic of choice and write the paper in either Italian or English.
ITA 200 Listening and Speaking Italian (1 credits)
This course will focus solely on listening and speaking skills for students with a basic knowledge of Italian using strategies specifically designed to improve vocabulary, pronunciation, and understanding of the spoken language. Offered on a pass/fail basis.
Course Rotation: PLV: Fall and Spring.
ITA 200A Listening and Speaking Italian (1 credits)
ITA 200B Listening and Speaking Italian (1 credits)
ITA 200C Listening and Speaking Italian (1 credits)
ITA 200D Listening and Speaking Italian (1 credits)
ITA 200E Listening and Speaking Italian (1 credits)
ITA 200F Listening and Speaking Italian (1-9 credits)
ITA 208 Introduction to Italian Literature II (3 credits)
ITA 218 Intermediate Italian Composition (3 credits)
ITA 250A Topic: Italian Film (3 credits)
ITA 250B Topics: Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio (3 credits)
ITA 250C Topic: Italian Women Writers (3 credits)
ITA 250F Italian Literature and Translation: Italian Film (3 credits)
ITA 251A Topic in Translation:Contemporary Italian Novel (3 credits)
ITA 251B Topic: Italian Literature/Translation: Modern Italian Theater (3 credits)
ITA 251M Topic: Italian Contemporary Novel and Film (3 credits)
ITA 251N Topic: Italian Culture/Civilization ( in English) (3 credits)
ITA 280 Intensive Review of Italian (3 credits)
This course is designed to bring students at an elementary level of proficiency in Italian into the intermediate level of proficiency in reading, writing, speaking and understanding as well as to fostering cultural awareness.
Course Rotation: Fall.
ITA 281 Intermediate Italian I: Language and Culture (3 credits)
A review and expansion of the principles learned in the first year of Italian. Greater emphasis will be placed on reading and writing skills. Based on readings of texts related to contemporary cultural issues, the student will enhance his knowledge of the language and the culture.
Course Rotation: PLV: Fall.
Prerequisites: ITA 102 or 3 years of HighSchool Italian. Old Core: Exploratory Course or Equivalent.
ITA 282 Intermediate Italian II (3 credits)
ITA 283 Intermediate Italian Conversation (3 credits)
An intermediate level course for students who possess a solid foundation in the fundamentals of the language, and who wish to improve their ability to speak and understand.
Course Rotation: NYC: Spring. PLV: TBA.
Prerequisites: ITA 280 or 4 years of High School Italian. New Core: Fulfills 3 credits in Area of Knowledge II.
An intermediate level course for students who possess a solid foundation in the fundamentals of the language and who wish to improve their ability to write with ease and correctness.
Course Rotation: NYC: Fall. PLV: TBA.
Prerequisites: ITA 280 or equivalent.
ITA 300 Italian Oggi: A Contemporary Perspective on Italian Culture Through Literature, Film, and Mass Media (3 credits)
This is a culture course on contemporary Italy (20th- 21st centuries). The course will cover major cultural trends and developments in the areas of literature, film, journalism, music, and mass media, all presented in light of the relevant socio-cultural contexts.
Course Rotation: NY: Fall, even years.
Prerequisites: One 300 level Italian course.
ITA 301 Advanced Italian Conversation (3 credits)
A course designed to improve oral expression; geared toward everyday conversation and speech patterns. Materials include topics such as fashion, student life, mass media, cuisine, theatre and current events. Personalized approach through emphasis upon the student's area of interest; written work reinforces oral expression.
Prerequisites: 6 credits of intermediate Italian or 4 years of High School Italian.
ITA 302 Advanced Italian Composition (3 credits)
A course in writing Italian with ease and correctness at an advanced level. Free and directed compositions on a variety of topics will be required, with emphasis on the idiomatic.
Prerequisites: 6 credits of intermediate Italian.
ITA 304 Italian Translation and Interpretation (3 credits)
This course introduces students to basic theories and practical strategies of translation from Italian into English. We will survey methodical approaches to translation while fostering productive discussions on a variety of linguistic perspectives and options to each translation. Specifically, we will consider strategies applicable to the translation of business correspondence, journalistic texts, historical works, scientific and technical documents, and literary works. The course is conducted in Italian and therefore requires an advanced level of the language.
Course Rotation: Spring; odd years
ITA 305 Italian for Industry and the Professions (3 credits)
A course designed to develop the linguistic skills needed for oral and written communication in business Italian. Students will be introduced to commercial terminology and cultural differences involved in business correspondence. Emphasis is placed on writing business letters and translation of authentic materials from one language into the other.
ITA 310 Italian Culture and Civilization I (3 credits)
A study of the principal aspects of Italian culture, language, and literature. A sound knowledge of functional grammar through compositions and oral communication is stressed.
ITA 311 Italian Culture and Civilization II (3 credits)
ITA 312 Introduction to Italian Culture (3 credits)
ITA 316 Introduction to Italian Literature I (3 credits)
An in-depth introduction to the spectrum of literary forms and social and historical concerns which characterize twentieth-century Italian culture. In particular, it will be devoted to the representation of war in Italian literature and film through selected texts by Moravia, Morante, Ungaretti, Flaiano, Maraini, Marinetti, Calvino and Ginsbirg. Films by Visconti, DeSica, Rossellini, and Bertolucci on war, films on Italian colonization in Africa, and films on Italian terrorism will be screened.
ITA 320 Dante, Petrarca, and Boccaccio (3 credits)
This course introduces students to medieval and early modern Italian culture through voices of three of the most influential writers of the time: Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarca, and Giovanni Boccaccio. We will read and discuss selections from Dante's Vita Nuova , and Commedia , Petrarch's Canzoniere , and Boccaccio's Decameron . We will also consider the historical and ideological contexts of each work in order to get a better understanding og the complex and fascinating world (s) of these authors.
ITA 380 Italian Seminar: Italian Voices: The Self and the Other in Italian Contemporary Culture (3 credits)
Seminars are designed to complement the student's knowledge of literature by either covering material not included in other courses or by investigating in detail a major author or work.
Prerequisites: 6 credits of 200 level Italian or permission of the Instructor. Course is conducted in Italian.
ITA 380A Seminar: The Short Story (3 credits)
ITA 380B Seminar: Italian Women Writers (3 credits)
ITA 380C Seminar: Translation Skills in Italian and English (3 credits)
ITA 380D Masterpieces of the Renaissance (3 credits)
An analysis of the origin, and of the development of the Italian Renaissance through an examination of the history, literature, scientific discoveries, sculptures and paintings from the XIV to the XVII century.
Prerequisites: One 300 level Italian course. .
ITA 380E From the Page to the Screen: Transforming Italian Literature and Film (3 credits)
This course focuses on the process of cinematic adaptation of Italian literary works. We will study both literary and filmic texts and examine different types of adaptation. We will consider literary works by Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Verga, Graham Greene, Alberto Moravia and Niccolo Ammaniti as well as films by Luchino Visconti, Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica, Bernardo Betolucci and Gabriele Salvatores.
ITA 380F Epic of Epidemics: Narration in the Plague Years (3 credits)
Seminars are designed to complement the student's knowledge f literature by either covering material not included in other courses or by investigating in detail a major author or work. Why have people throughout the centuries narrated the atrocious realities of epidemic illness? Are these writers documenting historical facts or creating literary works of arts (or both)? This course explores the "genre" of plague narrative in the Italian literary tradition. It analyzes the multi-faceted role of narration in times of illness: narration as reaction, catharsis, prophylaxis and therapy. Some of the authors we will consider are Boccacio, Saccheti, Sereambi, Malespini, Areglati and Manzoni.
Prerequisites: One 300 level Italian course. Course is conducted in Italian.
ITA 380G Seminar: Italian Cinema (3 credits)
The focus of this course is to provide a perspective of Italian society through a general but accurate overview of Italian history and a critical analysis of it representation through films from the post World War II period to the present. In addition to the screening of relevant classic Italian movies, the first weeks of the course will also include lectures on a panoramic view of ancient, medieval, and Renaissance Italy. The movies selected will off a unique opportunity to analyze and discuss crucial issues related to the historical, political, and cultural evolution of Italy from the post war period to the present. Taught entirely in Italian
ITA 390 Italian Internship I (3 credits)
Majors with senior standing and permission of internship supervisor. To be admitted to an internship, the student must demonstrate an adequate level of language proficiency. Designed to provide an opportunity to apply proficiency in a professional setting.
Course Rotation: Fall, Spring, and Summer.
Prerequisites: Permission of the department Chairperson. Students must demonstrate an adequate level of language proficiency.
ITA 391 Italian Internship II (3 credits)
ITA 395 Independent Study in Italian (1-9 credits)
With the approval of the appropriate faculty member, the department chairperson and the academic dean, students may select a topic for guided research that is not included in the regular course offerings. The student meets regularly with the faculty member to review progress. A research project or paper must also be submitted.
ITA 395A Independent Study in Italian (A) (1-9 credits)
ITA 395B Independent Study in Italian (B) (1-9 credits)
ITA 395C Independent Study in Italian (C) (1-9 credits)
ITA 401 Shadow Seminar in Italian I (1 credits)
This course is designed to introduce students, interested in the field of pedagogy, to two primary facets of education: teaching and administration. First, students, will be intoduced to the daily tasks of a teacher through the interactions with pupils in and out of the classroom environment. The student will "shadow" the instructor and learn about various teaching techniques, lesson planning and classroom management. Secondly, students will be exposed to the rudiments of academic adminstration as they will be able to observe interaction with pupils and teachers from an adminstrative point of view.
ITA 402 Shadow Seminar in Italian II (1 credits)
ITA 403 Shadow Seminar in Italian III (1 credits)


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Nothing is more inspiring than Christmas! You can draw a lot of stuff that is related with this particular time of the year. That's why I wanted to collect all my subjects and build two patterns!
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Gift giving for our extended families has been interesting the last few years. I went from buying for one sibling (my brother) to buying for my brother, my husband's five siblings and their families. If I bought gifts for all of them I would have zero money for food for December let alone gifts for my boys. Ok, not really, but you know what I mean. We have had to get creative when it comes to gift giving.
Of course I could make gifts for everyone, and that would be quite a bit less expensive; but with 30 people to make gifts for it can be time consuming too. We decided the best and easiest thing to do was to give one family gift to each family. Trying to find something that will work for everyone (my brother doesn't have any kids and my husband's nieces and nephews range from 1 to 19) can be a little tricky.
Then one day while organizing our movies (my youngest likes to take all the cases out and hide them while I'm making dinner or doing laundry) I found the box for Polar Express. We've watched it so many times it's almost always in the dvd player. And that's when it hit! Why not give every family a classic Christmas movie. But just giving a movie can be plain and boring, and I don't consider myself a boring person so I added a little twist. One of my favorite lines from the movie, and something I am incorporating into our holiday decorations is the part at the very end where the Hero Boy gets the bell from Santa and his parent's shake it and hear nothing. He starts talking about how the bell fell silent for his friends and his sister but it still rings for him and all who truly believe.
I created this cute tag to attach to the gift and included a bell. Right now you can get Polar Express at both Amazon and Target for $7.99. I got a pack of bells at the dollar store and I already had the ribbon and paper. For less than $10 we were able to give a fun, meaningful gift that every family is sure to love. This may be a tradition we start every year, with giving a holiday movie. What are some of your favorite Christmas movies?
It feels like my family is getting larger too! This is a great idea, and I ADORE your tag! Prefect! Happy Holidays!
Thanks so much Janette… it is a great gift for growing families!
Wow! I love the idea…so simple yet so meaningful!
I LOVE this movie! Great ideas as well!
My kids love that movie. We haven't seen it in a good while though. Such a good, and cute idea!
Thanks Jeanine! We have watched it I don't know how many times so far this year.
That looks really thoughtful. We love the holidays.
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This is such a great idea and my mom recently decided to do the same thing and give a family gift instead of a gift to everyone. She has over 30 grands and great grands, not to mention all of the adults in our large family.
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Ooh those are all great movies too Sharon!!
I love that tag! That is such a great idea.
This is a great idea! It looks so beautiful with the bell and ribbon too. I know a couple adults in my family who loved this movie. What a great gift idea.
Sounds like a nice movie! I have not watched this one..
You should Vidya it is a classic!!
The bell still rings… I love the message behind it.


Movie Review - 'Source Code' - Save The World Or Die Trying (Repeat As Needed) A soldier must relive the last minutes of another man's life — repeatedly — to stop the terrorist who killed him, and who looks likely to strike again.
A man. A space station. A possibly diabolical computer named GERTY. That's all first-time director Duncan Jones needed to create the brainy science fiction of Moon, a model of jury-rigged resourcefulness on an exceedingly modest budget. The man was a three-year contract worker, his only job to send shipments of an energy source called helium-3 back to Earth. The space station was spare and lonely, a rundown version of the antiseptic white spaces in movies like THX 1138. And GERTY, a cold companion of the HAL 9000 school, had allegiances to a mission more insistent than its master's wishes.
Jones' follow-up, Source Code, will draw many comparisons to Groundhog Day with its story of a military man who must relive the same eight minutes on a loop until he gets it right. But stripped down to its most basic components, Source Code is essentially Moon revisited: a man, a capsule, a program serving a higher purpose than the fate of its chief operator. Only this time, Jones has more money and greater studio expectations behind him, so what begins as another existential head trip that puts ideas before spectacle eventually morphs into something trite and compromised — hard sci-fi gone soft.
In the early going, Source Code connects effectively with the disorientation of a soldier who doesn't know where he is or even who he is, much less what his mission is supposed to be. Played by the puppy-eyed Jake Gyllenhaal, the last thing he remembers is flying a helicopter in Afghanistan; now he's on a commuter train to Chicago, sitting across from a friend he doesn't know and eight minutes away from being blown to smithereens. When he comes to after the explosion, he's in a crude metal capsule, taking orders from a woman on a monitor who wants to send him back to relive those eight minutes until he discovers the bomb's location and the identity of its creator.
Working from Ben Ripley's script, Jones slowly brings the details of Gyllenhaal's situation into focus. Though his real name is Capt. Colter Stevens, Gyllenhaal spends the eight minutes on the train wired into the conscience of one of the bombing victims. The victim's confused friend is Christina, played by the ebullient Michelle Monaghan, and the woman on the monitor is Goodwin (Vera Farmiga), who acts as Colter's guide through his extraordinarily stressful ordeal. He's a man with a chance to save lives by identifying a terrorist before he kills again. But he is still stuck on a loop, no matter how hard he himself tries to live past his allotted time.
Forced to relive that harrowing eight minutes over and over in the search for bomb and bomber, Stevens falls in love with Christina (Michelle Monaghan), a passenger who dies each time in the explosion.
The more confusing Source Code remains, the better it is. Jones and Ripley align the audience closely with their hero, withholding revelations until he discovers them himself. His trauma has the greatest possible impact that way: Not only is this man doomed to relive the same patch of time over and over again, but every eight-minute cycle ends with an explosion that kills every passenger — and that he can't stop. And it only gets worse as he gets to know Christina and learns more about the various commuters whose heads are otherwise buried in books and laptops.
Yet as Colter starts to stray from his mission and find some way to alter his fate, the rules that govern Source Code break down — and the film breaks down with it. The difference between Bill Murray's situation in Groundhog Day and Gyllenhaal's situation here is that the Groundhog Day curse is the universe's way of telling a self-serving, egotistical weatherman to become a better person. Source Code is a piece of science fiction, and while the technology that sends Gyllenhaal back to the same eight minutes may be gimmicky and ludicrous, the logic behind it needs to be consistent.
The last 10 or 15 minutes of Source Code feel like bad studio notes followed to the letter, with all that careful, rigorous sci-fi world-building tossed out and replaced by another lame paean to the transcendent power of free will. (See also: The Adjustment Bureau.) Based on its thrillingly fractured first half — not to mention Moon in its entirety — Jones seems much smarter than he allows the film to be in the end. It wriggles out of its own intriguing puzzle.