True Meaning “Everything about her had two sides to it‚ one for home and one for anywhere that was not home”(1369)‚ this character‚ Connie‚ in “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is depicted as a self-centered‚ condescending‚ insecure fifteen year old girl growing into a woman. Connie comes off as a troubled young girl who consistently uses her sexuality for attention but at the same time is afraid of intimacy. This is said be due to her fractured relationships with
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BPL has a pioneering legacy in Indian electronic industry. In 1963‚ BPL came into being in collaboration with the erstwhile British Physical Laboratories‚ UK‚ to manufacture hermetically sealed panel meters. It was a small beginning. In a few years BPL ventured into medical electronics and then test & measuring instruments. In 1968 BPL introduced India’s Indigenously built first ECG machine – the Cardiart T108. It instilled confidence that with ingenuity and commitment we can match the best
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the web including bullying‚ harassment‚ sexuality‚ and bizarre forms of celebrity. It reveals how virtual private lives online intercept with reality. This exposé on American online life is reported through many rhetoric techniques to help persuade you to think how much the computer has impact social culture and behaviors sometimes in a negatively way. This episode of Frontline opens up with a basic scenario. It’s Friday night and everyone is online‚ even if it’s for different reasons. One group
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Bias Indiana Wesleyan University School of Business and Leadership MGMT- 515: Business Communication Dr. Jeff Boyce Cognitive Bias The cognitive bias that affects my critical decision making processes is the Hindsight and Curse of Knowledge bias. I predict outcomes without acknowledging the correct outcome. I often use this bias when I watch sports. I am an avid fan of basketball‚ and I typically like to predict the outcome of games and even the entire season. Cognitive bias is processing
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Connie’s Paradigm In Joyce Carol Oates’ short story‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” we follow the main character Connie as she faces an inner transformation. The author introduces Connie as a vain and inexperienced adolescent who seems to daydream about things she doesn’t quite understand as she has more of a naive idea of what adulthood is all about. She takes pleasure in having control over everyone and everything around her. These ideas as well as her security are shaken when the
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Readings: How ethical are you? Four types of bias * Implicit prejudice(bias that favours majority) bias that emerges from unconscious beliefs‚ because people tend to associate things that commonly go together and expect them to inevitably coexist (thunder and rain). Implicit prejudice arises from the ordinary and unconscious tendency to make associations‚ but this is not conscious forms of prejudice‚ such as overt racism/ this is problem is inherent * In-group favoritismbias that favours
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February 20th 2012 Soda Is Bad For You According to statistics‚ in the past couple year’s soft drinks have become much more consumed by Americans. Although most people enjoy the taste of these sugary drinks most research shows that they are bad for you. Drinking soda can cause the enamel on your teeth to dissolve‚ take calcium out of your bones and cause them to weaken‚ cause a person to become overweight possibly obese‚ and cause acne breakouts. Whether you call it soda‚ pop‚ a tonic‚ coke‚ or
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2. Problem from SAKUNTALA DEVI ’PUZZLES TO PUZZLE U’. Problem no: 23( Walking back to happiness.) The walking time : 55 mins. 1. There are twelve consecutive flags at an equal interval of distance. A man passes the 8th flag in 8 seconds. How many more seconds will he take to pass the remaining 4 flags ? 2. A person has to cover the fixed distance through his horses. There are five horses in the cart. They ran at the full potential for the 24 hours continuously at constant speed and then two of
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subject of several of her poems. In "if you were coming in the fall‚" Emily Dickinson uses several metaphors to enhance the theme of the time spent waiting for love. In this poem Emily Dickinson uses metaphor that paints a picture about lost love. It shows that time does not matter when you’re waiting for your love. "If you were coming in the fall‚ /I’d brush the summer by‚" give us the feeling that summer does not matter if she knew that love was coming in the fall. It suggests that if she could forget
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It also helps me to enjoy their culture. How many times have you went into a city or a shopping mall and heard people speaking in their native tounges? Language is what makes the world a better place as it helps us to realise that we are all different‚ and hopefully to be more tolerent with our differences. Why should I learn a language? Learning a foreign language takes time and dedication. The reasons below may help to convince you to take the plunge‚ if such persuasion is needed. Some reasons
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