The two events of Friedman’s ten that I found to be most interesting were as follows: 8/9/95 – Netscape went public. Netscape released the first browser for public use and set up open transmission protocols so no company could dominate the Internet. This helped contribute to the dotcom boom in which the US accidentally overinvested $1 trillion over five years running fiber optic cable between countries and continents. The Internet drove down the cost of data transmission that helped level
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Crazy Ava is directly inside the open door with the EMTs at her side‚ fussing over her again. Except this time something is different. Lying on the sofa with her mouth half open and the paramedics kneeling over her‚ a fossil of an eastern bloc peasant‚ the type that you smell rye bread‚ sauerkraut and old brick dust on‚ her sour expression has vanished. And sure enough‚ she is wearing that Parasztok headscarf again. Except this time her eyes are wide open as if‚ the last thing she laid those
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Ten of the best FREE online education resources that you should know about by Samer on July 2‚ 2012 ·?3 comments in Featured ‚ Linux ‚ Mac ‚ Online Education ‚ Web Apps ‚ Web2.0 ‚ Windows |freewaregenius.com| ? ?We recently published an article that listed the free online learning resources offered by the best 40 colleges in America (here). In the process of doing so‚ we came into contact with all of the major‚ most important and professional FREE online education sites on the internet. This
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reality around us. A general tenet which guides my faith is the reality that being a person of faith means I am called to do difficult work. As human beings we engage imperfectly in this world and as a result experience conflict; as a person of faith I am called to do the often difficult work of forgiveness‚ when possible and appropriate
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“Education opens doors”. Do you agree? I strongly agree that education opens doors. Education provides us with the opportunity to learn new skills and to meet new people in order to share ideas and discover and develop new concepts. For people‚ it opens up a world of opportunities‚ reduces the burden of disease and poverty‚ and gives greater voice in society. For nations‚ it opens doors to economic and social prosperity‚ spurred by a dynamic workforce and well –informed citizenry able to compete
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TMA01 Sociology City Road PG1 Drawing on what you have learned about City Road‚ outline some of the inequalities on a street that you know. The streets of our cities often tell us more about our society than we expect‚ they show how people and objects interact with each other in order to make a community. In this assignment I am going to look at similarities and differences between the inequalities of city road in Cardiff and the Lisburn Road in Belfast. Inequalities are the social resources
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In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin‚ symbols and imagery are used to to describe the new life appearing before Mrs. Mallards eyes. A trasformation happened when Mrs. Mallard spent and hour in a “comfortable‚ roomy armchair”‚ in front of an open window‚ realizing the importance of her freedom (15). The author ’s use of Spring time imagery to create a sense of renewal after Mrs. Mallard ’s husband dies. Kate Chopin uses her vivid use of imagery when Mrs. Mallard hears of her husbands death
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Manager: Project Start: January 22‚ 2012 Project End: July 22‚ 2012 Budget for the Project: US$ 500‚000 Project’s Objectives: Research possible application of green computing including: * Data center and overall energy efficiency * The disposal of electronic waste and recycling * Telecommuting * Virtualization of server resources * Thin client solutions * Use of open source software‚ and * Development of new software to address green computing for internal use
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to establish companies’ standards of social and environmental performance. Nike have realized that the responsibility of one is to work towards the accountability of all. The strategy is that instead of the closed system ‚ company will establish an open system. Nike also realize that the company’s future depends on the way customers‚ suppliers‚ investors and others relate to it. Leadership is another challenge that Nike is facing. Traditional leadership make the manager only do their duty‚ but not
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Each and every one of us participates in making and remaking society in our daily lives‚ without even realising it most of the time. The things we do and say‚ the choices we make‚ all have an impact on the present but also our futures. Both Mark Hocking and Janet Symmons run businesses on City Road. (Open University‚ 2015) Mark made his business from a car showroom selling cars‚ and also from his garage repairing‚ servicing and doing MOT’s. Marks business was making profit and enabled him
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