Digital Divide – by Claire Bishop Response by Lucas Olscamp Claire Bishop sets out to examine the idea the largely the genre of “digital art” has been ignored and somewhat consciously forgotten by the world of contemporary art. Bishop also suggests that much of the ideology and history behind the “digital revolution” is also reduced‚ removed‚ and ignored; that digital art poses the necessary questions to our society today on the “troubling oscillation between intimacy and distance” (1) and that
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A descriptive essay on the Globla North/South divide. Explores the social‚ cuptural and economic differences that exist between the regions defined as the global north and the global south. The theory of the Global North and Global South is a new geopolitical perspective. It divides the world into two blocs – the industrialized countries of the global North and the poor countries of the South on the global level of analysis. While “Global South” is sometimes used as a synonym for the more familiar
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The treatment of social classes in: She stoop to conquer by Oliver Goldsmith The social class theme is central. The decisions the characters make and how they see one another‚ are all largely based on what class they belong to. From the very beginning the author shows‚ a very class-conscious Mrs. Hardcastle. In act 1 she says to her husband “…I vow‚ Mr. Hardcastle‚ you ’re very particular. Is there a creature in the whole country but ourselves‚ that does not take a trip to town now and then
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Communion Practices Divide Christians Communion has been the subject of some recent high-profile debates‚ ranging from calls to deny the Sacrament to Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry‚ to a decision to revoke the first communion of an 8-year-old Roman Catholic girl because she ingested a non-wheat wafer. (Broadway‚ B.‚ 2004) The meaning of communion and its practices in churches have been a continuous discussion by members of different religions around the world for centuries. While
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She Stoops to Conquer does indeed satisfy the definition of satire given‚ "the use of instruments such as sarcasm‚ irony‚ wit‚ and humor in literary compositions that hold up follies and vices for criticism‚ ridicule‚ and scorn." Within the play‚ Goldsmith uses the different characters and their relationships with one another to "hold up" the issue of the differences of the various classes that existed during the era in which She Stoops to Conquer was written. The most notable use of satire within
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Acer Aspire E5-573G Laptop Review Even if you’re buying a budget laptop‚ you still want to make sure you get the best bang for your buck. There have been quite a few affordable all-round laptops from almost every manufacturer. You have the Lenovo Z50-75‚ the HP Pavilion 15‚ the Dell Inspiron 15‚ and the Toshiba Satellite L50-B. Then there are the Acer Aspire E1 and E5 series models‚ affordable 15.6-inch all-rounders that have been giving good price to performance ratios for some years already
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Love Conquers All In the beginning of The Knight’s Tale‚ Chaucer introduces a duke‚ Theseus of Athens. Theseus arrives home to Athens from a victorious siege. Four women interrupt the joyful demeanor of the Athenian homecoming with their loud crying and weeping. When Theseus asks them what causes their grief‚ the eldest woman of the group steps forward and responds. She explains to Theseus that each of the women lost their husbands to war at Thebes. Creon‚ the lord of Thebes‚ humiliated the four
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Anthony Paris September 12‚ 2006 SOC244 "Matters of Race: the Divide" The documentary‚ "The Divide"‚ was very informative and enlightening. It focused on a specific area in America (Siler City) and the many effects that race has on it. The video focused on Siler City‚ North Carolina because it has been a hotspot of racial controversy over the years. Many issues have risen in Siler City that are prime examples if not better examples of problems involving race throughout the
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Cortes’ ardent determination to bring back wealth‚ gold‚ and conquer the Aztecs’ most sacred land‚ Tenochtitlan‚ wasn’t enough to defeat them in a hard fought battle. Determination was just one of the many factors that helped the Spaniards defeat the pious Aztecs. The main five factors consist of the‚ Spanish Worldview‚ Aztec Worldview‚ Military Technology‚ Military Strategy‚ Spread of Disease. However‚ out of all of these factors‚ the most important would be Military Technology due to all the advantages
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The Great Divide The issue of slavery was discussed in many ways. People talked about the morality of the institution (or lack thereof)‚ the economics of slavery‚ and the political issues that came about because of it. No matter how it was discussed‚ the North and South could not agree. Northerners thought Southerners were corrupting the soul of America‚ and Southerners thought Northerners were hypocrites. No matter which way they looked at slavery‚ the North and South had two antithetical
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