Characters Connie Escobar- the lead female character‚ was described by literary critic Epifanio San Juan as a sufferer of her mother’s estrangement from a world where unconfident males take advantage of women by violating them or by venerating them. Macho Escobar- a man who had an affair with Connie’s mother‚ a past incident that serves as an “umbilical cord” or "umbilicus"‚ a remnant connected to her present and future because of her refusal to leave the issue in the past. Manolo Vidal-
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Welfare Reform Help or Hurt? Picture growing up in the inner city‚ in a home with your mother and possibly other siblings; the only source of income comes at the beginning of each month. The father in most cases not there; you don’t know where he is; one can only imagine. Depending on a source of income that comes once a month‚ and allowing families to be dependent upon welfare for generations; is wrong. Making it easy for a person to live this way does not help them; it hurt them. There has to
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WAYS THAT CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE CAN BE LOOKED AFTER (p2‚ m2) Types of provisions available to look after young children Criminal Records Bureau A CRB check enables employers to undertake appropriate checks on staff‚ potential staff and students who may come into contact with children (under 18) and vulnerable adult groups. (‘At Risk’ groups). CRB provides reports detailing previous criminal convictions against an individual i.e. an applicant‚ employee‚ volunteer
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Advantages of Digital Two-Way Radio Since the first wireless transceiver was installed in a Bayonne‚ New Jersey police car in 1933‚ two-way radio has been a mission-critical technology for police‚ firefighters‚ search and rescue workers and others on the front lines of public safety. And increasingly‚ as new models have reduced the size and cost of two-way radios‚ the technology has been adopted by business professionals as well. Industries including transportation‚ education‚ construction‚ manufacturing
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10 Ways To Get The Life You Want Do you know anyone who was hopeless at school‚ but went on to become successful? It often happens and you wonder how an underachiever did so well in life. Take Richard Branson as an example. He left school aged 16‚ having only passed one exam. I’m not sure how many he took‚ but most British school kids take about eight exams at that age. Yet even though he was dyslexic‚ and an academic failure‚ Branson went on to set up the Virgin Group. His global string of
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TWO WAYS OF MODULARIZATION STRATEGY IN JAPAN TOYOTA - HONDA VS. NISSAN - MAZDA Masayoshi IKEDA Yoichiro NAKAGAWA Today‚ as the end of the 20th century draws closer‚ European and US auto industries are several years ahead of Japanese counterpart in their effort for modularization. However‚ of all European and US automakers‚ the modularization effort made by the Big Three in the US is not so conspicuous‚ because of obstructions such as opposition from UAW. Meanwhile‚ German automakers are mainly
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A New Way to Get News To be totally honest‚ as I traveled to Davis College on August 24 to watch Ken Rickard speak for the Society of Professional Journalists‚ I was not excited. I am a fan of the good‚ old fashioned newspaper‚ and I before this lecture‚ I had no interest in ever receiving my daily news from the Internet. About fifteen minutes in Mr. Rickard’s speech I became intrigued by how his company‚ Morris Digital Works‚ had taken the failing newspaper "Bluffton Today" and turned it into
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Walker‚ protagonist Maggie and her sister Dee both have different views on their own heritage. Also‚ in the story “Two Ways to Belong in America‚” by Bharati Mukherjee‚ sisters Mira and Bharati have the same relationship. Both sisters from each story have to embrace their backgrounds‚ while the other one assimilates to a new culture. Seemingly‚ in the two stories “Everyday Use” and “Two Ways to Belong to America‚” both Maggie and Mira accept and celebrate their heritage. Maggie from “Everyday Use” embraces
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Saying that culture is what makes a person is a bland definition. Culture is what makes people able to say that they are different and allows them to have a different perspective in daily life. In the text such as “Legal Alien”‚ “Ethnic Hash” and “Two Ways to Belong in America”‚ they make shown that other cultures and ones own may play a role in how one views others and the world. In Pat Mora’s poem “Legal Alien”‚ it shows readers that people are sometimes guided by the culture of others. “Able to
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5 Ways Technology can be used Today’s Technologies Newer technologies have overcome some of the constraints of traditional arrangements. In addition to traditional interactions with classroom teachers‚ learners now have the possibility of gaining information from many other sources. For example‚ they may receive Web-based instruction from a teacher located hundreds of miles away from the learner. Although learners can continue to receive this instruction in a traditional classroom setting‚ it is
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