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    Journal: Thomas Friedman – Generation Q This article by Thomas Friedman covers how our generation‚ ‘Generation Q’‚ is the “quiet generation” that holds ideals and hopes that can change the world – if only we weren’t so quiet. Friedman explains that our generation has a various range of idealism but we are not brave enough to come forth and express our points. In his opinion we are not as outraged as we should be. Friedman’s claim is not something new; he is more elaborate by specifying the

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    The Untouchables Essay In this essay I am going to compare the shootout scene of the movie "The Untouchables" and the clip of the Odessa Steps sequence from Potemkin. The first thing the viewer sees in the clip of The Untouchables is Elliot Ness at the top of the staircase helping a mother with her baby carriage. A close up shot of the face of one of the villains is shown right before the gun fire breaks out. During the confusion‚ the baby starts rolling down the stairs. The music turns to

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    The World is Flat – Thomas Friedman 1. Do you agree or disagree with Friedman’s assessment that the world is flat? Be sure to justify your answer I agree with Friedman that technology has made the world flat. But there is another point of view disagree with Friedman stating that there are still many people that do not have access to technology and for them the world is still round. 2. What are the potential impacts of a flat world for a student performing a job search? In a flat world

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    Kwame Anthony Appiah‚ Marshall Poe‚ and Thomas L. Friedman further elaborate on a few important aspects of globalization. Technology‚ a major part of globalization‚ has allowed humans to create the Internet‚ bringing along many benefits and drawbacks to our society on a social and global level. Humans have always interacted with each other for thousands of years. An example of such interaction is

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    March 22‚ 2012 Anthropology Untouchables In the article Untouchable‚ Tom O’Neil tells us what being an untouchable is all about. By interviewing those labeled as untouchable‚ O’Neil finds a way to truly express to us what it’s like to be an untouchable and the true underlying complications that the seeming unbreakable caste system has projected on its cultural members. What are untouchables? Untouchables‚ or achutta‚ are the lowest ranking members in the caste system – or pecking

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    Thomas L. Friedman’s Beirut to Jerusalem graciously dons its readers with a comprehensive overview of the conflicts of the middle east with a focalization of Israel and Lebanon. From a first hand experience‚ Friedman deftly navigates the politics‚ religion‚ and local stories during a ten year time span (1979-1988). This time span covers much of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the civil war of Lebanon. Friedman spends his first five years living in Beirut‚ and the next five years living in Jerusalem

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    The Untouchables There are over 100 million people in India that some people do not even consider to be human‚ that cannot fend for their families‚ and are abused mentally and physically every single day. That is more than the populations of France and the United Kingdom combined (Barbara). Those people are called untouchables‚ and they are the lowest part of India’s caste system. A Caste System is a system where there are social

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    Sudras‚ the laborers. On the bottom of the pole are the Achuta‚ the "untouchables" whom are outcasts‚ impure‚ polluted‚ and living in prejudice. There have been several upheavals in response to the progression of the Hindu from the Laws of Manu. In the 1950’s‚ as noted from the article by Tom O’Neill‚ states that the "constitution mandates a quota system that reserves seats in the federal legislature equal to the Untouchable share of the population: 15 percent." In 1981 there were riots for 78

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    essay “The World is Flat”‚ Thomas L. Friedman reckons with the belief of flattening world he realizes in the journey to India. Friedman notes that Columbus’s sea exploration shortened the distance for Spanish monarchy to grow its wealth and power out of the "source of [India’s] untold riches" (633)‚ and discovered "the world was indeed round" (664). Columbus found the hardware source of India’s riches which is the free slavery labor and natural resources‚ and yet Friedman found the software source

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    In “The Professor’s big stage”‚ published in New York Times‚ the author Thomas L. Friedman noted the essentialness of traditional universities to further fructify their “university experience” at lower costs; he also unraveled the reason this is urgently needed: The advancements in globalized educational technologies are making higher education more accessible and less unique. Friedman initiates his essay with the example of a Harvard professor‚ Michael Sandel‚ obtaining celebrity status worldwide

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