Convergence” I. Summary/Synopsis Thomas L.Friedman‚ The World is Flat: a brief history of the twenty-first century. Published by Farrar‚ Straus and Giroux‚ 2007. Friedman discusses the "triple convergence." The convergence of the ten flatteners had created a whole new platform. It is a global‚ Web-enabled platform for multiple forms of collaboration. This platform enables individuals‚ groups‚ companies‚ and universities anywhere in the world to collaborate - for the purposes of innovation‚ production
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Knowing what an allusion is‚ is the firs is exactly how the allusion of the World Series of 1919 is mentioned in Fitzgerald’s novel the Great Gatsby. The fixing of the World Series is mentioned in passing but it creates an underlying sense of mystery to the novel that is previously not as prevalent. This allusion introduces not only the character of Meyer Wolfsheim‚ but also tells the reader a little more about Gatsby. This allusion also develops the American dream. Gatsby had always been a mysterious
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tension between the real world in which he lives and an ideal world that he imagines’ The poetry of Yeats gives a deep‚ profound and though-provoking experience. His sweepingly broad thematic focus deals with issues that are timeless and universal. We realise Yeats both is a very public and a very private poet‚ his work ranging from the personal and political‚ to Irish history and his own life experiences and emotions. He grew up in a very transitional time‚ where a world war and a civil war
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TEXTS THAT EXPLORE MOVING INTO THE WORLD HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD AS MUCH AS THE WORLD CHANGES US. THESIS: THOSE THAT EMBRACE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT MOVING INTO THE WORLD GRANT THEM CHANGE THE WORLD AROUND THEM. Moving into the world is a transitional change that everyone has the choice of going through. So if you reject it‚ you don’t change so why would anything else? It is only those who embrace the opportunity that moving into the world grant you‚ which allows you to change
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“Into the World” represents stages of growing up and maturation similar to a “rite of passage”. The transitional journey involves gaining knowledge‚ understanding and insight with difficult and challenging consequences which can be both positive and negative. Barriers and problems may exist and overcoming these barriers can be voluntarily or forced upon an individual. Concept and meaning of “Into the World” are explored in the play “Educating Rita’s Act 1 scene 5 and Act 2 scene 7” by Willy Russell
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responsible world citizen? A citizen is a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection. This can apply to anybody‚ in any country across the world. Being a world citizen means being responsible for the country you live in‚ to help the people around you and to participate in a community. A world citizen should be knowledgeable‚ willing to learn‚ and able to look at all sides of an issue. A responsible world citizen should
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– A History of Humanity Essay 1 World History in Context‚ written by David Christian (2003)‚ questions the context of world history as well as the complexity of human history and the societies with which they live. In Christian’s article he argues that looking at world history in its global context‚ rather than one specific moment in history‚ is the way it is intended to be interpreted and allows historians to recognize reoccurring patterns and themes. World history is meant to be an unbiased
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What is sequential flow of a program? A sequential slow is a series of consecutive statements which is executed in the order that they instructed. The computer only operates on sequential code‚ one statement after the next‚ until it encounters a decision structure‚ loop structure‚ or a submodule. After the decision‚ loop‚ or instructions are completed‚ the next statement in sequence will be executed. What is branching within a program? Branching is similar to a fork like structure. It basically
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the value of nth term is given by… In certain cases‚ the sum of the terms in a geometric progression has a limit (note that this is summing together an infinite number of terms). A series like this has a limit partly because each successive term we are adding is smaller and smaller. When the sum of a geometric series has a limit‚ we say that exists and we can find the limit of the sum. The condition that exists is that r is greater than -1 but less than 1‚ i.e. . If this is the case‚ then we
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led Detroit to victory. Game 1 of this series did not go as expected. Intense rainstorms forced the game to be played over two days and greatly affected the managerial strategies enacted by both teams. Because rain cancelled the game Friday after only 1 and a half innings‚ both teams opted to bring in their scheduled Game 2 starters to finish the game when it resumed Saturday. New York ended up winning that game 9-3‚ and taking a 1-0 series lead. That delay‚ however‚ put managers Jim Leyland
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