Eric Klinenberg‚ assistant professor of sociology at New York University (formally of Northwestern University)‚ wrote "Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago" in order to further investigate the devastating Chicago heat wave of 1995. From July 13h to July 20th‚ the heat led to over 700 deaths and thousands being hospitalized due to heat related illness. Following the catastrophe‚ there have been numerous medical‚ meteorological‚ and epidemiological studies done examining the reasons for
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The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai is a famous woodcut print that is commonly referred to as The Great Wave. Hokusai Katsushika was one of the greatest Japanese printmakers of the 19th century. The print‚ The Great Wave‚ is a part of a 36-piece series of the views of Japan’s most famous mountain; Mount Fuji. Hokusai’s series was very popular and sold rather quickly. Due to its popularity‚ Hokusai decided to extend the series to 46 pieces. The original piece was created around 1830 and was published
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Susan S. Fiorito is in the Department of Textiles and Consumer Sciences‚ Florida State University‚ Tallahassee‚ Florida‚ USA. Keywords Quick response retailing‚ Supply chain‚ Fashion‚ Retailing‚ United Kingdom During the mid-1980s‚ quick response (QR) methods were developed in the USA between suppliers and fashion retailers in recognition that a new strategy had to be implemented to compete with off-shore manufacturers. Kurt Salmon Associates (KSA) projected that inefficiencies in the supply chain
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Refugee crime wave nothing but hogwash The debate of increasing Australia’s refugee intake has created much controversy which condemns migrants for contributing to an increase in crime rates. This issue has stirred much debate within the Australian media with certain individuals believing this conviction to be true‚ others such as Sinclair Davidson seek to elucidate the manipulative nature of authorities who he deems‚ are advantageously using this topic of concern to garner support for their notion
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The French New Wave (La Nouvelle Vague) emerged in the 1950s as a core of articulate young film-makers. Amongst the most successful of the group were soon to be famous names such as Claude Chabrol‚ Francois Truffaut and Jean Luc Godard and to a lesser extent Jacques Rivette‚ Jacques Daniol-Valcroze and Eric Rohmer. All were critics for the influential film magazine ’Cahiers du Cinema’‚ where they worked under the guidance of film theorist and co-founder of ’Cahiers’‚ André Bazin. Intellectual
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riding this wave for days. This wave is my hurdle in the ocean that is life‚ choppy at the beginning but slowly passing by. The ocean has many waves‚ one for each surfer to ride‚ my specialty wave happened to be dyslexia. It was in the second grade that my teacher first realized I was different from the other students‚ because I had yet to read my first book. My parents had found this odd as well‚ and took me to see a neurologist‚ who diagnosed me as having dyslexia. I did not quite know what this meant
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First wave feminism The first feminist movement begun in the late 1800s‚ but it was not as effective as compared to the second wave. From 1850s to 1920s‚ the feminist mainly focused on women’s right to vote. The Equal Right Amendment was introduced since 1920s but did not pass in the Congress until early 1970s. Most feminist in early twentieth century did not gave up on their thoughts‚ but them did not have a centralized views or issue. The movement was then lost its influence. The remained feminist
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liberty‚ and yet being denied the ability to vote‚ the ability to have a voice in politics and play a part in the democracy. That was how some women in the early twentieth century felt: cheated‚ vexed‚ and marginalized. From these women came the First Wave Feminists‚ a group of suffragettes who utilized protests‚ pamphlets‚ and petitions to obtain the rights they deserved. One suffragette‚ Alice Paul‚ was often at the head of these movements. Paul paraded‚ picketed‚ and protested to secure equal rights
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was created; every man deserves the chance to say what he thinks. But that right can also be misused; people shouldn’t be allowed to broadcast on the radio or on the television everything that they want because of the consequences. It could lead children to violence. Because of this‚ there should be control over the airwaves‚ but it should be limited. It should be controlled by an organization that would decide what would be ok to broadcast and what not. The easiest way to broadcast today is the
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Evan Thomas French New Wave v Soviet Montage The differences between soviet montage and French new wave cinema are interesting and many. Both genres of film seek to create contrast between adjacent shots via discontinuity editing‚ but subtle differences in their editing styles allow this contrast to produce very different results. In French new wave editing is used to both draw the audience in‚ and push them away‚ it draws the audience’s attention and inspires distaste. Soviet montage on the other
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