Closing the High-Tech Gender Gap This year’s Lemelson-MIT Prize winner discusses grassroots ways for boosting the number of women in technology and business. I have a confession to make: I’ve been living under a rock. I’ve actually been busy under here — running a bioengineering lab at MIT‚ starting companies‚ teaching‚ consulting‚ being a mom. But I’ve been so focused on keeping all the balls in the air that‚ until recently‚ I hadn’t noticed that women typically aren’t the ones starting
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In a final bid to secure freedom for Tom Robinson‚ Atticus Finch uses several linguistic tools in his last speech to the jury to attempt to sway their opinions of Tom’s guilt in the crime. Emotive language is used in Atticus’s speech to create a powerful effect in his audience. He first uses to make people feel sorry for Mayella Ewell: ‘She is the victim of cruel poverty and ignorance’. Use of the word ‘victim’ is effective in building pity for Mayella‚ as it implies that she is not at fault for
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European warfare during the Sixteenth Century amount to a ‘Military Revolution’? By the Sixteenth century‚ Luther had successfully challenged the Catholic Church from 1517 and Copernicus had declared a solar- centric universe in 1543. These are both historical events in early modern Europe. The dramatic changes in Military warfare are also seen as key to European developments in separating the medieval society from the Modern. The military developments change that art and organisation of warfare effecting
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OUTLINE I.Understanding Borderline Personality A.Common Stereotypes B.Characteristics & Symptoms 1.Fear of Abandonment 2.Impulsivity & Self-Damaging Behavior 3.Difficulty Controlling Anger 4.Brief Psychotic Episodes C.Prevalence in Society 1.Celebrity & Film Example II.History of Classification A.Personality Organization B.Atypical Form of Other Personality Disorders C.Independent Disorder III.Causal & Contributory Factors A.Psychoanalytic 1.Object-Relations Theory 2.Developmental
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of new technology in influencing the nature of warfare in the years 1845-1991” In order to ascertain the effect that technological advances had on the nature of warfare within this 146 year period‚ it is necessary to break down the definition of the “nature” of warfare. Within this essay it is understood to mean the ways in which wars were fought. Furthermore‚ one must also consider the non technological factors that affected the nature of warfare‚ and the ways in which wars were fought as a result
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Online Reviews Cyber warfare provides ominous welcome to 2015 “So long mom‚ I’m off to drop the bomb‚ so don’t wait up for me. … I’ll look for you when the war is over‚ an hour and a half from now.” — Lyrics by Tom Lehrer‚ to the song‚ “So long‚ mom.” Fifty years ago‚ when Tom Lehrer’s hilarious topical humor was being set to music‚ the notion of World War III was imagined as one consisting of nuclear warheads that could attack any target in about 30 minutes. After that‚ it was anybody’s guess
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Fabienne Germain Professor Massey EDU 301 Tracking Paper In Pedro Noguera’s “Unequal Outcomes‚ Unequal Opportunities: Closing the Achievement Gap in Berkeley” and the video “Off Track: Classroom Privilege for All”‚ both the video and the article talks about the negativities of the tracking system in the schools. They get into how the tracking system has divided the students in ways that we didn’t realize. Both the article and video shows how the students are put in this tracking system where
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To what extent is it true to say that the eighteenth century up to 1792 was the age of limited warfare? To call the 18th century the age of limited warfare would be to imply that it was mild and restrained. Limited can be assumed to refer to the small-scale‚ cautious tactics and limited goals of the warfare of the time; generally‚ whole societies did not need to be mobilized‚ and whole nations were neither conquered nor annihilated. Armies were the property of monarchs rather than countries‚ and
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NO. 1 INDEX Does the closing of a plant when it ceases to be profitable violate the “moral minimum”? Who are the affected stakeholders‚ and how should their PAGE NO. 3 2 interests be considered? Who should take primary responsibility for those laid off or 5 3 terminated because of a plant closing? 7 4 REFERENCES 9 2 MODULE: BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT ETHICS: MD4033 STUDENT NAME AND ID: ASHUTOSH GHOSH: S20462422 Does the closing of a plant when it ceases to
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A Book Report of: Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap in America’s Classrooms Abstract This paper is intended to explore and report upon the topics posited by Tyrone C. Howard in his book‚ Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap in Americas Classrooms. Closely examining each and every chapter as they come and how the structure of this book gives a detailed framework and guidance system for novice and experienced teachers
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