“The Poisoned Fish” Journal #2 The article “The Poisoned Fish” by Ken Macrorie is about a way of writing called Engfish. Engfish is the way students have been conditioned to write that‚ in a way‚ hinders the creativity in their writing. It is when students write exactly what they think their teachers want‚ in terms of grammar and word choice‚ and quit writing with their own voice. Not purposefully‚ but I am sure that I have written Engfish before. When you know what a teacher wants‚ it is hard
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The video which was viewed in class was regarding education and how the United States’ education is fractured and flawed and why the education in the United States is producing such results. The speaker in the video is Ken Robinson. Robinson‚ who is from Britain‚ came to the United States‚ California and has critical notions‚ regarding education in the United States currently. One of the first criticisms Robinson made was concerning the legislation of No Child Left Behind (NCLB)‚ Robinson states
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Case Study: Levi Strauss & Co. Intimate insight into consumer behaviour and the ability to proactively drive customer retention is the dream of every marketer. Buying into a well-developed‚ tailor-made and marketing-biased application that forms the backbone of an award-winning CRM programme is like finding the Holy Grail. This was the case when Levi Strauss SA (LSSA) chose Eureka to provide them with a holistic and comprehensive view of their consumers’ behaviour‚ their preferred communication channels
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Episode V ‚"The Universe of Battle"‚ of The Civil War series directed by Ken Burns reflects on how the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 was a major turning point in the Civil War. He details how the Union defeat at Gettysburg‚ the work of women‚ and the entry of black men into the Union army enabled the North to significantly weaken the Confederacy. The Union and Confederacy both suffered thousands of casualties in the bloody battles that took place. However‚ by the end of 1863‚ the North was led to
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Humanity is the quality or condition of being human. Primo Levi tries to answer this question through his poetry through the lense of surviving the Holocaust. the works of Primo Levi gives insight to the world of Nazi hatred and terror‚ but also gives insight into the capacities of ‚ and conditions for‚ own humanity. With this in mind‚ Primo Levi tries to come to terms with humanity through his writing particularly his poetry. When looking at the Holocaust‚ one must look at the humanity of the perpetrators
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virtually synonymous with “jeans.” In the past several years however this strong brand recognition has failed to translate into sales growth and in fact the company has seen a progressive decline over the last 5 years. Faced with the declining sales‚ Levi Strauss & Co.’s CEO‚ Phil Marineau‚ has been considering selling a Levi’s brand to mass discount retailer‚ Wal-Mart. Bad idea. Clearly this would be brand suicide or‚ brandicide if you will‚ sacrificing long-term survival for short-term growth.
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Scrum was developed by Ken Schwaber for project management (Schwaber & Sutherland‚ 1995). It is one of the agile methods. Its main purpose was to help in improving the productivity within the teams as previous methods were not so effective. Scrum is characterized by: • Prioritized work to be completed first. • All the work is divided into small series of iterations. It helps to improve effectiveness. • A daily scrum meeting to explain the progress‚ where the work is stuck‚ where the problems are
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anxiety‚ including individual elements‚ for example‚ family‚ wellbeing or fund related issues or it can be authoritative components‚ for example‚ absence of time to finish errands‚ the improper senior administration or upsetting stuff to work with. Ken is confronting anxiety from two sources in his employment. He confronts stress from Hierarchical sources and Individual sources. He is confronting the anxiety in light of the fact that he has an absence of correspondence‚ staff hesitant the grasp change
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the volcano in Pompeii had to go through and their faiths. Levi includes specific details illustrating the volcano eruption by saying “When the sky went black that afternoon. To no avail‚ because the sky‚ turned poison‚ Infiltrated the shut windows of your quiet house.” Levi is explaining the horrific events during the eruption by saying “the sky went black” which implies a darkness approaching the people of pompeii. Furthermore‚ Levi adds extra detail about the darkness in the sky by saying “turned
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Ken S. Ewert correctly asserts that free market is not the root cause of sin‚ but rather‚ the origin is a result of Adam’s fall from grace. In opposition to the Christian Socialists belief that capitalism is tyrannical‚ dehumanizing‚ selfish and fosters materialism (Ewert‚ 1989)‚ I concur with Ewert‚ that it is what is in the hearts of those charged with establishing and overseeing economic regulations that determines whether it will benefit or hinder society. The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the
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