Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us Richard Sclove defines the term “polypotency” as “potent in many ways” which is an applicable term in today’s technologies vocabulary. Sclove considers technologies “polypotent” because all technologies are associated with various hidden social effects and meanings‚ and that it is mostly in moral excellence of these effects that technologies come to function as a social structure. Technologies essentially work to structure the social characteristics in
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united states over the past several years. Schools all over country have begun to start testing students in clubs ‚ sports ‚ and other activities. This may seem odd that students can be tested based solely on the fact that they participate in extracurricular activities but the supreme court upheld this ruling during a court case in 2002 (CITE). It is unfair and ineffective in truly solving the drug problems in high schools. “A small number of public schools had been testing students for drugs as early
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APPLE BUSINESS STRATEGY Business Strategy Objective: To develop a market demand for Apple products in developing countries to insure the longevity of the Apple brand. Overview Apple inc. is a Multinational Corporation operating in 97 countries worldwide. It offers an array of products from computers to televisions to software. Apple is revered as a leader in innovative products that are both user friendly and ascetically pleasing. In the market of computers today‚ Mac and PC are more similar
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The Knife‚ Richard Selzer Richard Selzer presents an amazing account of sense imagery throughout “The Knife.” The opening paragraph leaves the reader in a sort of literary haze‚ as the careful details and description leave the essay’s main subject a mystery. As the author writes‚ “I am still struck with a kind of dread that it is I in whose hand the blade travels‚ that my hand is its vehicle‚ that yet again this terrible steel-bellied thing and I have conspired for a most unnatural process‚
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The Achievement of Desire In his writing‚ Richard Rodriguez describes himself as a “scholarship boy”‚ a label he read about in Hoggart’s book‚ The Uses of Literacy. His description of himself and Hoggart’s description of a scholarship boy do seem to align with each other in various ways‚ which Rodriguez points out in his essay. He gives block quotes from Hoggart’s book and then relates those quotes to his own life to show the reader just how much the two descriptions align with each other. Rodriguez
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Charter Schools: The Future of Education? For decades the American education system provided parents with three choices: public‚ homeschool or private school. If they chose public then their child(ren) would be assigned to a school past on where they lived. However ‚ “in the early 1990s a handful of states created independent public charter schools‚ providing opportunities for teachers and others to develop innovative schooling options “ (Palmer‚ Louann 2007). Not only did the creation of
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Leadership Paper: Richard Branson Richard Branson has been practically a household name in the U.K. for the past 20 years and is also well respected in the business world. He is the founder of the Virgin Group‚ known for record labels‚ cellular phones‚ airlines‚ and many other business ventures. He is responsible for a $5 billion empire consisting of over 200 different companies around the world. (ICFAI‚ 2002) Branson is also known for his unique character and leadership styles‚ one who is
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1- Where? This Project‚ just as many other Richard Meier projects‚ is built within a heavily contrasting context of nature‚ hovering over the shores of lake Michigan. The white reinforced concrete and glass are easily distinguishable from it’s exuberant background heavy in shades of green which invokes a sense of being deep within a forest‚ away from all man made things‚ making the project all the more contrasting and also creating a sense of privacy for the entire property which is seldom achieved
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Successful Business Person Essay There are many things that all successful business people have in common. They all recognize the value of their business. They visualize the positive outcomes in their business and their life instead of focusing only on the negatives. They learn to maintain a work and personal life balance. They have to develop and maintain a support system of people with the same goals and mindsets. They all maintain a level of self-confidence about their business‚ have personal
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managing its leases on trailers? 2. What is your assessment of TNG’s current lease performance measures and controls‚ especially its use of ROI measures? 3. How might TNG implement revenue management? What ideas or approaches seem most viable in a business like this? 4. Based on the data for the Yakima branch‚ what is the potential revenue opportunity at this location from optimally controlling the availability of leases of various durations? That is‚ suppose TNG knew the demand; then what lease decision
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