children and affect their social skills in negative ways. Today the criticism is even more profound and‚ through the Internet‚ publications about computer use are reaching a wide audience. This article will review and compare two such publications‚ Fool’s Gold: A Critical Look at Computers in Childhood (Cordes & Miller‚ 1999) and Children and Computer Technology (2000)‚ a recent issue of The Future of Children journal. Both publications make general statements and claims about child development and each
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SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK REVIEW Everyone has quirks that make him or her an individual. We filter through life‚ attempting to seamlessly weave our oddities into a “normal” person. As difficult as trying to fit circles into squares‚ the silver lining in these valiant attempts is that the “normal” person doesn’t exist. That is what writer-director David O. Russell understood when making The Silver Linings Playbook‚ The film is a fantastic study in how our individual quirks‚ though varying in
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All that glitters is not gold is a well-known saying‚ meaning that not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so. This can apply to people‚ places‚ or things that promise to be more than they really are. The expression‚ in various forms‚ originated in or before the 12th century[1] and may date back to Aesop.[2] Chaucer gave two early versions in English: "But all thing which that schyneth as the gold / Ne is no gold‚ as I have herd it told‚" and "Hyt is not al golde that glareth."
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Behind the Swoosh is a documentary worth seeing on one of Nike’s factories located in Indonesia. Unlike what we think about factories here today in the United States‚ you soon learn the ugly truth that in fact Nike’s factory is really a sweatshop. Workers are paid next to nothing and can barely survive. Educating for Justice Directors‚ Leslie Kretzu and Jim Keady are two Americans that go to Indonesia to live as one of Nike’s sweatshop workers and record their time spent living in the slums. The
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Why Gold Prices Fluctuate? Posted on May 25‚ 2010 by Manish — 2 Comments ↓ This is the first post in the learner’s series. A simple question that we will answer through this post is‚ “Why do gold prices fluctuate?”. While I am writing this article‚ the Gold price stands at $1238 per ounce (1 ounce = 28.35 grams). This fluctuate everyday‚ and the gold prices have gone significantly up in the past few months. Like all other investments and commodities‚ gold prices also fluctuate everyday and are
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GOLD MINING AND THE ENVIRONMENT Dirty gold mining has ravaged landscapes‚ contaminated ecosystems with toxic waste and resulted in widespread water pollution. Cyanide and mercury‚ two highly toxic substances‚ have been released freely into the environment as a result of dirty gold mining. TOXIC WASTE Toxic waste is a devastating consequence of dirty gold mining practices. Cyanide heap leaching is the cheapest way to extract gold and as a result‚ is commonly used around the world. The process leaves
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Incan Silver and Spanish Exploitation The exploitation of the Incas under Spanish colonial institutions is a widely acknowledged abuse. Bartolome Arzans de Orsua y Vela in his book Tales of Potosi brings to light another dimension of this mistreatment: the Spaniards enabling of the abuse of coca by the exploited Indians as a means to increase productivity‚ which is an aspect that has been overlooked by many theorists up to this point. Abuse of coca expanded the wealth of the Spanish Crown
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631-369-0063 tgahan@optonline.net Long Island Authors and Writers Society Presents The Story Behind the Story at Hofstra University Three Long Island Authors will talk about their influences in writing their books. Hempstead‚ NY‚ USA (September 8‚ 2014) -- Three members of LIAWS (Long Island Authors and Writers Society) will take to the stage at Hoftsra University’s Guthart Cultural Center Theater and deliver their story about what led them to write their respective books. It takes place on Wednesday
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that no one is truly sure how to properly cure for the ill or understand how their mind is working. Because of this major grey area‚ people are destroying themselves and their families through all the misunderstood suffering. In Amy Bloom’s short story “Silver Water”‚ she uses Rose to show that the taboo idea of mental illness can cause self and family destruction due to society not knowing how to or wanting to confront the illness. Rose has her first breakdown when she is 15 years old and proceeds to
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am‚ rocking in my chair on the porch listening to them brag about running drunk through the streets. Don’t know why they come here. Maybe because I just listen and don’t let on how this old grandpa sees all the growing up they still need. Their stories prove my point. Skipping school‚ staying high‚ fighting‚ rampaging through the neighborhood earning themselves the name “gangsta”. Nothing I didn’t do when I was their age‚ but the years had changed me. Something in their tone scared me that day
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