COMPUTERS AND GIRLS. The girls in this sixth grade class in East Palo Alto‚ California‚ all have the same access to computers as boys. But researches say‚ by the time they get to high school‚ they are victims of what the researchers call a major new gender gap in technology. Janice Weinman of the American Association of University Woman says‚ “Girls tend to be less comfortable that boys with the computer. They use it more for word processing rather that for problem solving‚ rather than to discover
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The blues were consequentially “about heartbreak‚ loneliness‚ sadness‚ and the trials and troubles of daily life” (“History and Influence”). The genre of blues was essential in helping African Americans cope with their disadvantaged lives. Wining Boy illustrates the significance of the blues coping mechanism with the loss of his most cherished woman‚ Cleotha. A major aspect of the play involves strife
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Currently in society‚ many individuals consider blue-collar workers unintelligent and uneducated. Blue-collar workers are seen in this perspective because of their hands on jobs in which many individuals assume that intelligence is not required. “Our cultural iconography promotes the muscled arm‚ sleeve rolled right against biceps‚ but no brightness behind the eye‚ no image that links hand and brain.” (Rose 98) In Mike Rose’s text‚ he explains how being a blue-collar worker does not mean an individual
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M. Jones Professor K. Levinson English Comp. 201 22 October 2012 An Analysis of “Sonny’s Blues” According to the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary‚ imagery is defined as the use of pictures or words to create images‚ especially to create an impression or a mood (dictionary.cambridge.org). In literary works of art
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The documentary “Mission Blue” was released in 2014. Erik H. Gordon‚ Fisher Stevens‚ Robert Nixon‚ Jack Youngelson‚ Mark Monroe‚ and Peter R. Livingston Jr. are the men responsible for producing such a magnificent piece of work. Executive producers include Lisa Nishimura‚ Adam Del Deo‚ Julie Nives‚ Andrew S. Karsch‚ Shannon O’Leary Joy‚ and Shari Sant Plummer. Two of the producers‚ Fisher Stevens and Robert Nixon also directed “Mission Blue”. Peter R. Livinston Jr. also had another job in the making
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..... 2 What is Blue Ocean Strategy? ................................................................................................................... 3 The Paradox of Strategy ............................................................................................................................ 4 Laws of Strategy ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Basic Patterns of Blue Ocean Strategy
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Blue Ocean Strategy The high growth and profits an organization can generate by creating new demand in an uncontested market space‚ or a "Blue Ocean"‚ than by competing head-to-head with other suppliers for known customers in an existing industry. The only way to beat the competition is to stop trying to beat the competition. To understand what Cirque du Soleil has achieved‚ imagine a market universe composed of two sorts of oceans: red oceans and blue oceans. Red oceans represent all the industries
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something‚ and others think or do something in response to the action or the words as they are understood. Which will be described in the matter mentioned. The question ask to my wife and I by our 22 year old son was "what do you’ll think about my girl friend?" Not having enough information to answer his question I asked‚ "Do you mean how pretty she is?" He answered‚ No‚ I mean what do you’ll think about me living with my girlfriend again? My wife immedately attempted to answer his question which
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“Refugee Blues” by WH Auden‚ is a ballad and‚ as such‚ has a sense of musicality that is created by both its structure and the repetition of certain phrases. The poem contains twelve stanzas of three lines each. The first and second line of each stanza rhyme. The two rhyming lines of each stanza tell the story‚ while the third line contains a repeated phrase (like a chorus) that develops the theme of the poem. For example‚ the first stanza ends: “yet there’s no place for us‚ my dear‚ yet there’s
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almost a decade since the classic teen movie "Mean Girls" hit the silver screen and this 30th of April 2014 would mark its 10th anniversary. The film has become iconic for its amazing comedic screenplay‚ written by the talented Tina Fey and its realistic portrayal of high school drama. From backstabbing popular girls to the art-nerd revenge‚ Mean Girls characters has surely taught female movie-watchers few important life lessons about high school‚ girl world and womanhood in today’s society (Cills‚ 2014)
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