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    Politics Professor Genevieve Kehoe 13 November 204 Globalization and India’s economic growth has constructed two seemingly contradictory narratives of the effects of this phenomenon. Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat and Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers‚ both exemplify the disparity between these two realities. Friedman frames globalization as a “world flattener” that will create new possibilities‚ opportunities‚ and equalize people across the globe. He uses India as an example of a nation

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    Corruption in the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo’s “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” takes place in Annawadi‚ a small slum near the airport in Mumbai‚ India. The story focuses on the Husain family‚ who makes their living selling recycled garbage. Sadly‚ even in this small slum‚ the population is inundated with corruption on every level. Corruption is so common that many of the inhabitants in Annawadi view it as a necessity to improve their way of life so they strive to be corrupt. Asha Waghekar‚

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    Kaitlin Ricks Professor Helm English 101 27 September 2013 The Struggle between Father and Son In the memoir‚ The Beautiful Struggle‚ Ta-Nehisi Coates and his father’s relationship progresses greatly throughout the novel. One of the factors that builds and also breaks this relationship is tough love. Ta-Nehisi’s father is very hard on him to become street smart. As Ta-Nehisi is growing up‚ he struggles to take on the aspects of being street smart. Through tough love and corporal punishment‚ his

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    Criminal Minds is a crime drama TV show that has seen a good ratings and a huge‚ loyal fan-base. Despite of its huge performance and popularity‚ the show has one big problem‚ it still not been renewed for Season 12. Fans are now getting worried about the show’s current status‚ with some speculating about the show ending up with a cliffhanger. Added to the fans’ confusion: With the Season 11 finale coming on May 4‚ why hasn’t this show been renewed yet? The answer to this question has more to do

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    By: Lee A. Zito Life is Beautiful is a different kind of Holocaust film. It approaches the horrific ordeal in a way that involves viewers comedically and romantically in the beginning‚ but then utilizes these tools as a way to lure viewers to experience the Holocaust much like the Jews did. As a sudden change to the happiness and enjoyment of their lives. A few years ago I was flipping through the channels and saw that Life Is Beautiful had just started. I had heard a lot of hype about it so I

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    In Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo‚ hope is a main central idea in the book. The purpose of the text is to show the tension between religion‚ power‚ sex and caste. Annawadi‚ a slum in India is filled with many children being born in already impoverished. One of these individuals includes Abdul‚ a young boy who scrambles through the garbage of upperclassman to recycle and sell for money. These individuals like Abdul‚ have hope in every circumstance to always look further than what they

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    concept that the brain switches between two processes called the focused mode‚ attained by putting attention into something‚ and diffuse mode‚ attained by relaxing attention and letting the mind wander (12). In short‚ the focused mode is used to “concentrate on something that’s already tightly connected in [one’s] mind‚ often because [they] are familiar and comfortable with the underlying concepts‚” whereas the diffuse-mode tries to connect new concepts to what has already been established in one’s brain

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    problems with drugs. Lehrers article is a prefect companion piece to "The significance of Grit" By Angela Duckworth and "Habits Of Mind" an excerpt from Framework for Success in Post Secondary Writing. Angela Duckworth defines grit as being resilient in the face of failure and adversity referring to kids that come from an at risk environment who thrive never the less. Habits of mind goes on to define the particular traits that are needed to be successful. Of the habits listed in the article

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    ​Weird to think of a movie about that is focused on the Holocaust as being considered a comedy‚ right? Well that’s exactly what Life is Beautiful‚ directed by Roberto Benigini‚ was‚ a comedy. In this movie you will find yourself happy‚ sad‚ and angry all in one sitting. Guido‚ the father in this movie is a funny and charming Jewish man‚ married to the gorgeous local school teacher in Italy Dora. Soon after getting married they have a son‚ Joshua. Who is as the story progresses is a five year old

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    performance. Even though the live music was somewhat distracting from viewing the dancers‚ the live music allowed for variation within each performance. The dance Lone‚ choreographed by Sophie Marie Goreki and performed to Madelyn Sneckner’s The Beautiful Annabel Lee‚ caught my eye to have a centralized theme that was evident throughout the entire piece. With only five dancers‚ the theme of loneliness amidst a crowd echoed through every movement. The dance through the music and movement

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