Notes On "Camp" by Susan Sontag Published in 1964. Many things in the world have not been named; and many things‚ even if they have been named‚ have never been described. One of these is the sensibility -- unmistakably modern‚ a variant of sophistication but hardly identical with it -- that goes by the cult name of "Camp." A sensibility (as distinct from an idea) is one of the hardest things to talk about; but there are special reasons why Camp‚ in particular‚ has never been discussed. It is
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How Neighborhood Conditions Affect Children (Your name here) (Professor name here) (School name here) How Neighborhood Conditions Affect Children Low-income families tend to live in poor neighborhood conditions. This causes children to have fewer opportunities to succeed and grow in a positive environment. Research shows that neighborhood socioeconomic conditions matter for health and well being of families. Young children are mostly influenced by their interactions with parents‚ peers
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Neighborhood Public Policy DQ #3 Do you think this scenario represents a public safety or public health issue? Public health issues are any action or event that would jeopardize or cause harm to individuals or families in the community. In the Neighborhood scenario regarding the Young’s family‚ whose son Marcus has just been hit by a car‚ which occurred due to speeding in the neighborhood would be considered a public health as well as public safety issue. Mrs. Young contacted her congresswoman
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a critical time in finding out the ways to communicate the bad and good news to its salaried employees. An erroneous selection of time and communication channel selection may demoralize the workforce completely resulting in a disaster for the company. The good news is that the company management has decided to increase the salary and benefits of almost all the salaried employees regardless of their grades while on the other hand the bad news (because of the long time slump in the steel industry)
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mother’s figure in the sea of people but it was futile. At that moment‚ I felt like an abandoned adolescent as I battled the feeling of helplessness. I am terrified. Extremely terrified. I forcefully shut my eyes and open them again‚ hoping all is just a bad dream‚ but it was not. Wild thoughts ran through my mind as I could literately hear the loud thumping of my heart. What will happen to me? Will I meet my doom today? I prayed to god‚ hoping for a miracle. Just then‚ I felt a
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Case #3 Barnes plans to use the preceding ratios as the starting point for discussions with SKI ’s operating executives. He wants everyone to think about the pros and cons of changing each type of current asset and how changes would inter-act to affect profits and EVA. Base on the data‚ does SKI seem to be following a relaxed‚ moderate‚ or restricted working capital policy? A company with a relaxed working capital policy would carry relatively large amounts of current assets in relation to
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The AMC TV series Breaking Bad is one of the must intriguing films in the world. Having been rated as one of the most interesting TV series in the post year. It is the story of a teacher who tries to make and sell crystal meth to support his family in the event of his demise‚ after he is diagnosed with lung cancer. However‚ everything gets out of hand and he ends up being one of the biggest drug dealers and heads in the state‚ However‚ there is a continuous interaction of family and the low ‚ and
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How does Gilman’s presentation of the setting foreshadow the narrators madness in the text? "The Yellow Wallpaper" is depicted by the narrator’s sense that the wallpaper is something to interpret‚ it is a shadow of something that personally effects her. At first it seems merely unpleasant because it is dirty and ripped‚ and an "unclean yellow." Which could relate to how by the end of the story our main character has went insane‚ her mind is unclean. Even the description of the house starts out
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Quoting an excerpt from “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” by Mary Kay Blakely‚ “…the neighborhood I was moving into was teeming with Others – accented immigrants‚ hyphenated Americans‚ single moms‚ low income families…” (Blakely). The excerpt is a clear and precise description of the populace of the neighborhood I live in‚ particularly my building. Although there are many persons of varying backgrounds‚ Hispanics are more predominate in my neighborhood. Almost every morning and evening‚ as I walk
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E6-5 (Computation of Present Value) Using the appropriate interest table‚ compute the present values of the periodic amounts‚ shown on page 344‚ due at the end of the designated periods. (a) $50‚000 receivable at the end of each period for 8 periods compounded at 12%. 50‚000* 4.9676= $248‚380 (b) $50‚000 payments to be made at the end of each period for 16 periods at 9%. 50‚000* 8.3126= $415‚630 (c) $50‚000 payable at the end of the seventh‚ eighth‚ ninth‚ and tenth periods at 12%. 50‚000*
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