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    Surviving Female Gender Roles What defines being ‘feminine’ will vary with each culture‚ but two archetypes: passive homemaker and liberal feminist have existed for centuries as one will see in two Japanese stories written in the 17th century. In The Love Suicides at Amijima‚ readers see the social chains that bind a submissive woman to her societal duties. On the other hand‚ in Tales of Sensuous Women‚ readers are shown a complete opposite archetype where women find ways to circumvent the social

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    ESCA Ecole de Management By : Hadj messaoud KHABTOU © 2013 Session 3 : February 12th‚ 2013 Last Session Reminder Last Session Reminder © 2013 2 Strategic decision vs Operationnal decisions • Strategic decisions are long-term decisions that have major consequences throughout an organisation; • Tactical decisions are medium-term decisions that have less serious consequences for parts of the organisation; • Operational decisions are short-term decisions that have relatively

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    A Process to Create a Vintage Picture in Photoshop Do you love the look of old photos? Well you can create that look even with a new photo. In the following tutorial I will explain how to make a photo have that vintage look. There are a just few simple steps to accomplish this effect. This tutorial should be taken as reference that can be tweaked to each persons on preferences. The first thing is to select a photo to be photo shopped. Most people use adobe bridge to catalog photos‚ In you are

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    the things they carried

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    Carried by Tim O’Brien seems like a simple war story from the beginning‚ but the stories soon reveal that the book is actually about the tangible and intangible weight that the soldiers in Vietnam were forced to carry. O’ Brien begins the first vignette with a list of the physical items that the soldiers carry in Vietnam. This is almost a preview into the emotional burdens that they bear as well. He describes each character by giving a list of the physical objects and emotions that they carried

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    Sandra Cisneros’ book The House on Mango Street raises a number of issues that merit further discussion. In this essay‚ you are to choose a vignette and discuss an issue that is raised by the story. Then‚ relate the issue raised by the story to your own life. You need not agree with Cisneros’ take on the issue‚ but in your essay you should use her ideas as a jumping off point for your own understanding of the issue. You will need to use quotes from the text to support your comments about Cisneros

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    interacts with the residents and firefighters desperately struggling to salvage their city. He uses grippingly vivid imagery to take readers right into the roaring furnace and help them witness the overwhelming destruction it caused. Told in linked vignettes‚ the account follows the fire through its two-day journey and offers a small kernel of hope as it

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    history Often Ethnic Literature such as Asian American Literature documents the marginal or minoritized status of Asian Americans in U.S. society given how it can only begin by telling us who/what Asians Americans are like Defining “Hmong” – Opening Vignettes Hmong meant contained Without a “Country” Residents of many countries Always “in between” countries War (displacement)‚ Camps and Processing Center Skin deep A group that no one knows about – a name that elicits questions after questions

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    Wilfred Owen‚ a Soldier Poet who spent time in several military hospitals after being diagnosed with neurasthenia‚ wrote the poem "Disabled" while at Craiglockhart Hospital‚ after meeting Seigfried "Mad Jack" Sassoon. A look at Owen’s work shows that all of his famed war poems came after the meeting with Sassoon in August 1917 (Childs 49). In a statement on the effect the Sassoon meeting had on Owen’s poetry‚ Professor Peter Childs explains it was after the late-summer meeting that Owen began to

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    functions‚ intangible assets and human capital‚ implications of the aging workforce for training and development‚ new technologies in training‚ including virtual worlds such as Second Life‚ and designing programs‚ courses‚ and lessons. New chapter vignettes begin each chapter. For example‚ Chapter 8 (“E-learning and Use of Technology in Training”) highlights how Dunkin’ Donuts® uses a blended learning approach to help franchises run a successful and profitable business. Fifth Edition For more information

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    Case Study: Tyco It’s not impossible to pay $2‚200 for a wastebasket and $6‚000 for a shower curtain‚103 but when you claim them as company expenses‚ there will eventually be implications. This was precisely the situation that led to the misappropriation of $600 million that was allegedly stolen from Tyco and its shareholders‚104 a multinational corporation dealing in industries from hospital suppliers to fire sprinklers.105 At the beginning of 2002‚ it was uncovered that the then-CEO Dennis Kozlowski

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