“Clouds in the sky look big and substantial‚ but in fact they are mere clumps of thin vapor—a fact that the new scientific advances were beginning to appreciate.” -- The Clouds by Aristophanes Aristophanes * He was a comic playwright of the ancient Athens. * Eleven of his 40 plays survived virtually complete. * A realist and was against the sophist such as Socrates‚ Anaxagoras‚ Diogenes‚ Protagoras‚ Hippon‚ Korax‚ and Gorgias. * The Father of Comedy and The Prince of Ancient
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A Critique of “What will the left look like after Obama?” by Stephen Marche In the past eight years America has seen immense changes‚ good and bad. Obama has legalized same sex marriage‚ lowered the unemployment rate‚ and began the end to the drug war. But is it all due to Obama‚ and what he has done over the last eight years? By Marche‚ calling president Obama‚ “[America’s] Biggest winner” Is he giving him too much credit? Is it something president Obama deserves‚ after fighting against a rigid
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VAUGHN’S PHYSICAL JOURNEY REPRESENTED IN THE FILM? A physical journey is predominantly interpreted as a mere distance travelled‚ although it is also layered with extending ourselves emotionally‚ spiritually or intellectually. In the text Beneath Clouds‚ the director Ivan Sen ingeniously explores the concept of a physical journey mirrored with the emotional growth of the main characters. The essential motif that the journey‚ not the arrival matters is reflected by the emotional transformation the
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Black cloud over Beijing China‚ the world’s fasts growing economy and also the largest manufacturer has the highest annual incidence of premature deaths triggered air pollution. The smog-filled cites of china ringed with heavy industries‚ metal smelters and coal-fired power plants‚ all critical to keeping the fast-growing economy going even as they spew tons of chemicals‚ gases and soot into the atmosphere. "China air pollution is a problem which contributed 1.2 million deaths in the country
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Ramona Munson Nov 23 2012 Cloud Atlas Analysis Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell seems to be a novel that uses the human mind to entice a reader into pure exhaustion. Very similar to a rubber band being stretched to its extreme in slow motion‚ then snapping back to its original shape and size. The six stories involved in this book are very similar to that rubber band. The author uses our visions created by the story to entrap us into the very dialogue‚ only to keep us in suspense by
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Cloud 9 Actors Response “Come one and all for England‚ rally to the flag... From North and South and East and West Come one and all for England!” (Cloud 9) Act one of Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill is set in a British African colony in the nineteenth century. The first scene takes place on the verandah of a house. The scene also opens with an opening song introducing all the characters in the show. Before the show even starts‚ the actors come out‚ not fully dressed‚ and warm up. I think that this
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A Black Cloud The heart is an organ of fire‚ filled with intense love and intense hatred. Yet it is the hatred which entwines the lives of people causing them to display acts of violence and cruelty. Hatred is displayed through forms which include: prejudices towards large groups of people‚ crimes of hatred being committed‚ and indirect hatred which involves hurting others as an act of rebellion against someone or something. Throughout history‚ the world has been afflicted by the prejudices
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BENEATH CLOUDS Ivan Sen (2002) NOTES * Opening credits: Images of rolling clouds‚ vast and immense‚ threatening and powerful. * Two female‚ high school students dressed in uniform walk a barren landscape. The only colour and movement comes from the trucks that roar through. Isolated‚ Aboriginal community. * Walk past an indigenous man carrying a jerry can of petrol. Stereotypical image of addiction. Lena in a thick Australian accent: “Whadda dickhead.” Clear from this dialogue
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Jannice Sandberg “Marriage” Gender roles are a set of norms that describes how a man or woman should behave or what they should do. This could be for example occupation wise or position in the family. In the past the women’s position in the family has been a lot different than what it is now. Today men and women are fairly equal but in the past the men have been the ones who should work while the women should be at home taking care of what was to be done there and look after the children. This
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common trend or practice emerging across companies of the same industry? Finally‚ what Business related benefits were derived from the IT investments Suggested list of technologies and industries that can be studied: Technologies Industries Cloud computing‚ SaaS‚ IaaS‚ Virtualization Retail Enterprise applications like ERP‚ SCM‚ CRM‚ KM Banking‚ Financial services e-Business & e-Commerce Insurance Social media Manufacturing‚ Automobile Data-warehouse and BI Telecom You can select
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