“A Temporary Matter” By Jhumpa Lahiri 1. The story is about the marriage of the 2 main characters‚ Shukumar and his wife‚ Shoba. The story begins when Shoba‚ returning home from the gym‚ finds a notice from the electric company letting the people of their street know that nightly there will be an hour long outage while they are repairing some lines that had been downed during their last snowstorm. Shukumar is comparing the differences in his head from his wife the way she was when they had
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Electricity‚ the telephone‚ the steam engine‚ the telegraph‚ the railroad and ..IT? In his HBR article‚ "IT Doesn’t Matter‚" Nicholas Carr has stirred up quite a bit of controversy around IT’s role as strategic business differentiator. He examines the evolution of IT and argues that it follows a pattern very similar to that of earlier technologies like railroads and electricity. At the beginning of their evolution‚ these technologies provided opportunities for competitive advantage. However‚
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INTRODUCTION The College‚ a part of the Delhi University‚ stands today as one of the most reputed Business School in India. Not just academics‚ But CBS caters to the development of co-curricular acumen among students. CBS resides in itself‚ FinX‚ the finance society of college‚ that aims at developing financial and monetary skills among students. Objectives Boost financial acumen of students Awareness about the recent happenings in the world of finance Platform for students to present
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Randy Ablack ‘Grey Matter’ is a short movie script by Jeanette D. Farr which concerns itself primarily with race relations and stereotyping. A young African-American male confronts an old white woman in a police station with regard to her apparent racial profiling. As it turns out‚ he is there to return the very same wallet that she is about to report as lost. The dyadic conversation between confrontation and conclusion is initiated by the nonverbal cue of her moving her handbag
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The story A Temporary Matter by Jhumpa Lahiri is about a couple dealing with the stillbirth of their child. In the six months since‚ the couple‚ Shoba and Shukamar‚ have grown distant from each other. When the power is scheduled to go out during dinner every night due to maintenance‚ they begin to play a game where they reveal secrets to each other in the dark. The game allows for the couple to learn more about each other and grow closer‚ however all is fleeting when Shoba reveals that she is leaving
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My favorite fictional character would have to be Sherlock Holmes. I like him because he has awesome deductive reasoning skills. I relate his skills pretty much to my daily activities. I actually think that we do have to use deductive reasoning in our daily lives even only for a tiny amount. Even for the simplest things‚ we have to use our logic and analyze whether whatever we’re about to do is right and consider what the outcome is going to be. It always excites me whenever he finds new clues and
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“Critical Thinking: What It Is and Why It Counts” (Peter A. Facione) - summary – The article starts with emphasizing the importance of making good decisions and practicing fair judgments comparing with enduring the consequences of uninformed and bad choices. Next topic is defining “critical thinking”‚ which is based on rhetorical questions that can help each of us deducing by ourselves what it means and why it is important. Whenever you are in the position to choose‚ you have to analyze
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In-situ and Ex-situ Conservation Methods 4.3 Explain how in situ and ex situ conservation methods are used to maintain biodiversity. Refer to protected areas and/or reserves‚ seed banks‚ botanic gardens‚ zoos‚ sperm banks In Situ Conservation Methods In-situ conservation‚ the conservation of species in their natural habitats‚ is considered the most appropriate way of conserving biodiversity. Conserving the areas where populations of species exist naturally is an underlying condition for the
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Every Child Matters Introduction This act is to promote a child’s wellbeing‚ safety and learning. To protect them by law and to encourage how parents need to treat their children. Their Classification of a child is anyone under the age of 18‚ if there is a child in need of help with serious factors affecting their lives then this act will take into place and attend to their needs however they can. I will go through this act in parts‚ going through key points that the act covers. The Act’s aim
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Do Zoos Matter? Source: Awesome Ocean Do zoos really matter writes Dr. Grey Stafford! His opinion is that… “Zoos create opportunities for individuals to connect with animals in very personal ways that change hearts and minds. Yes‚ we need good zoos‚ now more than ever!” Dr. Grey Stafford ( PhD) is the author of the book Zoomility and The Keeper Talent of Training which are animal training books! For the past 25 years‚ he has studied and cared for hundreds of terrestrial and aquatic species. Dr. Grey
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