Street Smarts over Book Smarts Gerald Graff is a Professor of English and Education in the University of Illinois at Chicago. In Graff’s essay‚ “Hidden Intellectualism”‚ Graff compares street smarts to book smarts. Graff debates the common belief that having book smarts gives one an intellectual advantage over other forms of intellectualism. Gerald Graff supports this belief by telling a personal story‚ explaining where the education systems fails‚ and stating that people stereotype intellect with
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Smart homes refers to a residence equipped with computing and information technology devices that anticipate and respond to the needs of the residents; thus‚ working towards enhancing their comfort‚ convenience‚ security‚ and entertainment through the upgradation of technology within the home. The concept of smart homes has been in picture since a long time; such homes have always been a dream of homeowners and‚ presently‚ a lot of developments and regulatory initiatives are taking place with regards
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Every Thursday‚ I start to collect ads from my mailbox. There is are quite a few supper market spell mailed out on sale ad every week‚ like Wal-Mart‚ Fry’s‚ Sprout‚ Albertson’s‚ Safeway‚ and Target. Before I shop‚ I like to compare and match the lowest prices for my groceries and something on sale for my house or daily needed. Because I consider myself a smart shopper‚ I prefer shopping at the malls‚ mega-store‚ and online. I like to put down all my work‚ house chores‚ and shop at the mall once
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Introduction: Smart textiles is the modification of fibers‚ fabrics and special articals which is produceing day by day in different way and different techniques. Many intelligent textiles already feature in advanced types of clothing‚ principally for protection and safety and for added fashion or convenience. Smart materials or textiles can be defined as the materials and structures which have sense or can sense the environmental conditions or stimuli‚ whereas intelligent textiles can
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The Car Man “The Car Man”‚ the dance drama by Mathew Bourne that takes place in a small town during the 1960’s in a car garage and a Diner. The car garage and the Diner are owned by the character named Dino thus the name Dino’s Garage and Diner. Some of the Characters that are introduce are: Dino the owner‚ Lana Dino’s wife‚ Rita Lana’s sister‚ Angelo‚ Rita’s Boyfriend‚ and Lucas the drifter that enter in a passionate affair with Lana and a misguided one with Angelo. Some of the attire of the characters
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points you in the direction that you need to take to accomplish your purpose. Smart goals are goals that are specific‚ measurable‚ realistic‚ and time-bound. They can be classified as short-term‚ intermediate‚ or long-term. Smart goals should be meaningful to you and should be written down as a reminder to oneself. It is vital that people set goals for themselves. It is even more vital that we make those goals smart ones. We have to be specific about what we want to achieve so we will not lose
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SMART GRID Abstract--The Smart Grid is the integration of Electrical & Digital Technologies‚ Information and communication which facilitates integration of business processes and systems to yield real measurable value across the power delivery chain. It is an intelligent future electricity system that connects all supply‚ grid and demand elements through a communication system. Smart grid delivers electricity to consumers using two-way digital technology that enable the efficient management of
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and text messaging service provided the bulk of revenues for mobile phone firms‚ data services are now asserting themselves as the next big driver of sales.This shift toward data services is being pushed along by the rapid growth of the smartphone market‚ with virtually all major manufacturers now offering phone models that double as personal digital assistants‚ cameras‚ music players and‚ most especially‚ Internet browsers.2 In the article “Impact of Camera Phones” by Max T. Limpag‚ stated that
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Market Analysis Andrews Corporation is a $40 million electronic sensor manufacturer. We are in a business-to-business market‚ providing sensors for our customer’s products. The sensor industry is increasingly growing at about 14-15% each year. The low-tech segment of the market has a 10% growth rate while the high tech segment has a 20% growth rate. Currently‚ the low-tech segment of the market makes up for more than 2/3 of unit sales. However‚ overtime the high tech segment will control a greater
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Car Accessories – India January 2011 Executive Summary Car accessories market is expected to grow as the younger generation is looking to convert their cars into an entertainment zone It has been expected that car accessories market will reach INR X bn by 2014 growing at a CAGR of Z% – Accessories for luxury car segment alone accounts for INR X – Y bn in 2010 Market Latest car accessories like Product 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4 and 5 are becoming the need of the hour for latest models Drivers Challenges
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