Summary of the Book Start up Nation The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle Written by Dan Senor and Saul Singer Part 1 Introduction The first chapter relates the story of Shimon Peres and Shai Agassi pitching Better Place to auto manufacturers – Better Place is re-thinking electric vehicles by making fuel stations swap out your battery with a charged one instead of pumping petrol or diesel into the car‚ highly ambitious‚ executed first in Israel‚ now in China‚ etc. Persistence This chapter
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1980s. Growing up‚ my childhood was heavily influenced by what my parents had grown up on in the 80s‚ especially the music. As I got older‚ the movie culture began to be the main interest to me. This year I have found myself constantly imagining I was in an 80s having the freedoms that having been taken away from youth today. The 80s may be full of crazy hair and cheesy songs‚ but that’s what makes it so wonderful to me. In my family music is a very important element‚ growing up the soundtrack of
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* Leslie L. * Film Log * * Up in the Yangtze * * The building of The Three Gorges Dam along the Yangtze River has brought negative impacts and problems to the nearby residences that have been occupying the areas for generations. The documentary‚ Up In the Yangtze‚ reveals the life of one particular family that was extremely affected by the dam project. The population that is most negatively affected by the Three Gorges Dam is the residents and cities that have resided by the
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“Light Up Nippon” I was watching on the television on how the tsunami eaten up the Japan on March 2011; devastating numerous cities and killing thousands of people whether young or old‚ poor or rich. After the incident‚ you could see the buildings‚ houses‚ establishments and infrastructures that were once standing tall‚ firm and beautifully constructed were now on the floor scattered into pieces‚ destroyed and wrecked. It doesn’t take a person to realize how the resident of Japan felt after the
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The evolution of the Spanish pasta market has not gone according to the expectations of the Spanish Association of Pasta Producers (AEFPA). They believe that the current consumption of 4 kg per person can be increased up to 5 kg per person within in the next two years but‚ the reality is that the expected boom‚ hasn’t come true. To push the demand forward the AEFPA has decided to run a high profile campaign in an effort to increase the consumption of pasta. In order to be successful the AEFPA
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none other than Las Vegas‚ Nevada‚ a place where no one else existed but me and her. So I thought. I was totally ecstatic; at this point it’s been moths since we’ve been out just the two of us with no kids. The first night we get there we get dressed up and make reservations at our favorite restaurant. The moment we get to the restaurant‚ she starts acting weird and all of a sudden does not find a single thing on the menu appetizing and complains of a stomach ache‚ so we leave in a hurry. Arriving
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Growing up in Ethiopia‚ a third world country where opportunities come few and far between‚ medicine‚ law‚ and engineering are all at the forefront of these limited opportunities and overly frequented options for college students. At an early age‚ I uncovered my love for helping others‚ but to my parents’ surprise my passion was for helping my girlfriends put outfits together or helping them shop for clothes‚ not helping an ill person regain their health in a white coat. As I began to mature‚ so
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Growing Up In the Hood Is it a coincidence that highly urbanized areas are full of crime and always statistically higher than small towns and rural areas? A child that is being brought up in a metropolitan area that is full of violent crimes is flooded in a sense and has nothing to do but to breath in some of the negative influences that go on around him. Therefore‚ I believe that the most influential scene in a child’s life is the neighborhood that he grows up in. Parents cannot constantly
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I chose the book‚ “Knock Me Up‚ Knock Me Down‚” by Kelly Oliver. She points out her view that pregnancy was once looked upon as shameful in the middle nineteenth century‚ but because of Hollywood films‚ we are now able to change the way of how society use to think about it. Because of Hollywood films‚ pregnancy is now looked as beautiful and cute‚ but it also shows our fear of pregnancy. This book could be written to a casual film viewer‚ but it is more directly written towards women or even feminists
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CAPPIES REVIEWS FOR UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE A young‚ ambitious teacher nurtures the hope of changing the lives of high schoolers by awakening their love in classic literature; however‚ her innocence causes her to underestimate the rowdiness of her students. Laguna Hill’s production of Up the Down Staircase is a heartwarming play that shows the growing bond between a teacher and her students. This play was made into a film in 1967. Sylvia Barrett is a caring young lady who becomes a teacher in
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