...Comparative Essay: Country or City Living Try to picture in your mind the perfect place to live. Did you visualize living in a fast paced or laid back place? How about a place where you know and have a relationship with your neighbors? How about having the basic conveniences and amenities close by? By thinking on these questions you have categorized your choices into two categories: country or city living. Which would you choose? Many believe that city living has more benefits than country living, however, there are some that believe that country living is a real life dream. In order to make a firm decision, a comparison between the two types of living should be conducted as living in either location has both advantages and disadvantages. Some of the similar factors to consider for living in the country or living in the city are the routine, the people’s characteristics, and the life conditions. On the other hand, some of the differences to consider in living in the country compared to living in the city are the cost of living, the relationship with neighbors the basic conveniences and luxury amenities. Living in the country and living in the city share some similarities such as a routine, the people’s characteristics, and life conditions. In living in either place, a routine is developed that usually revolves around the work life. For persons in the city, they normally wake up very early at the same time every morning for work and return home in the later afternoon...
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...Global Manager. The article I found that supports my essay is called Free Trade vs. Fair Trade. established in 2011. This article supports my essay because it gives the definition of free trade and fair trade and explains the two. The article also explains the difference between fair trade and free trade, using coffee as an example. I provided an example in my essay with providing lemons to run a lemonade stand to ell drinks. I will now explain how relationship to globalization and its relevance for global managers. Globalization refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people and economic activity. Mainly, it refers to economics: the global distribution of the production of goods and services, through reduction of barriers to international trade such as tariffs, export fees, and import quotas. Globalization contributes to economic growth in urban and developing countries through improved specialization and the principle of comparative advantage (Wikipedia). After reading the article, I believe that free trade and open markets are becoming under much criticism. Global managers have a wide range of options to deal with globalization. For global competition, managers also need to make decisions regarding the internationalization process. In my essay Ashley and Beth was their own managers who made their own decisions. Ashley, supported free trade by taking five lemons to her neighbor to trade for ten cups and one bag of sugar. She did this without...
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...Spelling Printer-friendly versionPrinter-friendly version To understand the limited power of the spell checker, enjoy the following poem, which has an intriguing literary history: I have a spelling checker It came with my PC; It plainly marks four my revue Mistakes I cannot sea. I've run this poem threw it, I'm sure your pleased too no, Its letter perfect in it's weigh, My checker tolled me sew. Just as so many of us rely on calculators to do all our math for us—even to the point that we do not trust calculations done by our own hand—far too many of us use spell checkers as proofreaders, and we ultimately use them to justify our own laziness. I once received a complaint from an outraged professor that a student had continually misspelled “miscellaneous” as “mescaline” (a hallucinogenic drug). The student’s spell checker did not pick up the error, but the professor certainly did, and he told me that he even speculated privately that the student who wrote the paper did so while on mescaline. So proceed with caution when using spell checkers. They are not gods, and they do not substitute for meticulous proofreading and clear thinking. There is an instructive moment in a M*A*S*H episode, when Father Mulcahy complains to Colonel Potter about a typo in a new set of Bibles—one of the commandments reads “thou shalt commit adultery.” Father sheepishly worries aloud that “These lads are taught to follow orders.” For want of a single word the intended meaning is lost...
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...Review Essay Amber J.Osegueda English 135 (Advanced Composition) Professor Doloski 05/11/2012 After reading “Omnivore’s Dilemma”, (One) The Plant: Corns Conquest, I was surprisingly intrigued with all the interesting information about “Zea Mays”, which is also known as corn. The use of corn as “North Americans” is explained in great detail, and also gives us information on how we cultivate corn, through its simplest form and walks us through to its most complicated use. The origins and history of this grass plant, which some people might not fully grasp is explored and many new details are revealed and explained. “Corn Sex” as read in the chapter also sheds light on how this plant pollinates itself, and also the explanations of hybrid corn product. This chapter was full of factual knowledge on corn and goes into depth about “Zea Mays”. The food that we put into our mouth is hardly ever questioned or given a second thought. One of the outstanding details that were brought to my attention in this chapter was how the origin of certain foods can be traced back to corn in almost everything we as “North Americans” consume today. In example, chicken nuggets are made with processed corn products such as corn starch and the chicken itself contains corn because of its diet. Most of our sugary sodas also contain bi-products of corn which is corn syrup. North Americans are described in the chapter as “corn chips with legs”, while our neighbor country Mexico has an array...
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...Michael Pollan, American author and environmental activist, discusses the reasons why people do not take measures to live environmentally-friendly and why it is important that our society begins to do so in his essay, “Why Bother?” His title concisely states why many people do not make an effort to make their habits and daily routines more friendly to the environment and eco-footprints smaller. He suggests that it is everyone’s responsibility to make changes to their daily lives, and that the way to do this is to begin by planting a garden in their backyards. Pollan also insists throughout his writing that “to wait for legislation or technology to solve the problem of how we’re living our lives suggests we’re not really serious about changing”...
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..."Cast Down Your Bucket" Essay N2 Throughout American history, many speakers have encouraged messages for citizens to make changes, or pick sides to things going on in their every day lives. One person who worked to influence a change was Booker T. Washington, who sent out his message to the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta in 1895. While giving his speech, Washington uses rhetorical devices to establish and advance the idea that the African American and white races must work together to prosper industrially in the South. One example of rhetoric Washington includes in his speech is anecdote. Washington tells the story of a lost ship with the men crying "Water, send us water!" Four times, the men on the ship are told four...
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...The Strangers That Came to Town Essay The story “The Strangers That Came to Town” is primarily a story about freedom. In his short story, “The Strangers that Came to Town”, Ambrose Flack is showing that true freedom is about being accepted. In the beginning of the story Mr. Duvitch and his family couldn’t walk around the town being judged or feeling uncomfortable. This was also a big problem for Mr. Duvitch’s children. They deal with bullying and not being welcomed as well. Although at the end of the story Andy’s family changes things for the Duvitch’s. The town begins to realize that they aren’t as bad as they thought and weren’t actually that different from them. Mr. Duvitch’s and his family were unable to walk in their own town without being judged or feeling uncomfortable. People around the town used call their family the “marked ones”. Some even considered them to be unattractive physically. The Duvitches were the only struggling family in town, it was often embarrassing and irritating to the other people. People who would walk by them on the street used to stop their noses at them. “It followed the Syringa Street Young, meeting him on the street, sometimes stopped their noses as they passed him by- a form of torment all the more acute when Mr. Duvitch had to share it with the children that happened to be with him.” Mr. Duvitch’s was known as untouchable and the other women in the town began to start rumours about Mrs. Duvitch. They only did this because...
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...Walden Summary In his first chapter, "Economy," Thoreau introduces his purpose in writing the book, saying he intends to answer questions people have asked about his reasons for living alone in a cabin in the woods near Walden Pond for two years. He explains that most people live their lives as if sleeping, blindly following the ways of their parents, and become trapped into these lives by owning property and slaving in jobs to maintain their way of life. In contrast, he sought to discover the true necessities of life and built a cabin, for the cost of $28. 12 _ near Walden Pond, where he lived for two years, beginning in the summer of 1845. Making a profit of $8.71 _ by selling the beans he grew and working occasionally at odd jobs, he found he was able to support himself with very little work and much time for contemplation of himself and nature. Thoreau, in the second chapter, "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For," talks about how he once considered buying the Hollowell farm for himself but the purchase fell through. Instead, he created a new existence for himself at Walden, where he found joy and fulfillment in nature, truly awakening in his mornings there, while most of society remains perpetually asleep, living mean lives when the possibility of a much better life is possible. The key to achieving such a life, he says, is simplicity. In the third chapter, "Reading," Thoreau describes how he derives enlightenment from reading Homer and other great writers, men who spoke...
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...Mohammad Chughtai | Assignment # 5 – Essay | MKT 410 – F13 | 9/24/2013 | The Green Revolution Al Gore spoke a few days ago at the world’s Social Good Summit about an issue that has become commonplace in today’s media: global warming. We know much of Gore’s bid for presidency in 1999, in which he ran – unsuccessfully - on a platform of responsible energy consumption. Fourteen years later, Gore is still arguing the same points, but with increased vigor. Its no surprise that after fourteen years of heavy campaigning, many Americans are well aware of the issue; in fact, many have changed their buying habits to reflect this growing concern – one the private sector has not failed to capitalize on. In this essay, I will attempt to first define global warming, touch on the “going green” movement and how it’s affecting consumer buying habits, explain how the car industry is being affected and the describe some of the motivations a company may have to “go green.” What is global warming? As with any business discussion, we must first understand the topic being discussed. Global warming debate has becoming increasingly prevalent in news media, T.V. shows and popular culture in the past few decades. Defined as an increase in the overall temperature of the earth, global warming is a topic that has been debated furiously from both sides. The EPA estimates that the earth’s temperature has risen by 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit over the past century. While this may not seem like much...
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...Your Name: Professor Name: Course: Date: It’s a Whole New World: The Past and Present of Camel Cigarettes Many corporations in America do not have the capability to stay afloat in the marketing world. The consumers of America demand far too much of a product and that is something that some of those corporations just can’t offer. However, the ones that do remain must, as Thomas Frank author of “Commodify Your Dissent” says, constantly redefine the product that they are trying to advertise. Camel cigarettes are no different. The corporation that is Camel proves Frank’s point that, “the countercultural idea has become capitalist orthodoxy, its hunger for transgression upon transgression now perfectly suited to an economical-cultural regime that runs on ever-faster cyclings of the new” (165). It is no longer an issue of how well an advertisement can influence its consumers. Where the greater challenge lies is, if that corporation can continually give its audience what it desires. It is a whole new world, and corporations must constantly modify their approaches on their products to be successful. Not only must they modify their products, but they must also create ads that will make their product memorable to the consumer or they will inevitably fail and become a part of marketing history. Camel cigarettes are a long-standing brand that has been around for almost a century. Throughout the 20th Century, Camel periodically adjusted their advertising methodology. Especially in...
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...Detachment from Nature Modern life has seen many advances, from industrialization through the cell phone, which work to achieve peak efficiency. Efficiency first began as a means to make the less enjoyable parts of the day such as work go by quickly and relatively painlessly, in order for family and play time to be gained with less work. Somewhere down the road however, something went wrong and this efficiency began to destroy the ends it worked to reach. Today, technology and efficiency no longer work to aid in the achievement of life’s little pleasures that people once enjoyed. Technology has progressed so far that it has created a detachment from nature and the simple things that people once relished. As Rebecca Solnit notes in her essay, “Aerobic Sisyphus and the Suburbanized Psyche,” modern methods of transportation seem largely responsible for this disembodiment from nature. People once used to travel at no more than a few miles per hour, whether on foot or horse, which allowed them to really appreciate and take in their surroundings. With the development of trains, this was no longer the case. People were now traveling at such high speeds that the landscape became a blur, and the thrill of this new method of transportation led to few noticing what they were leaving behind. “The speed... with which the railroad proceeds through the terrain destroys the close relationship between traveler and the traveled space” (Solnit 441). The traveler no longer has the time to appreciate...
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...CCR 199 H1 S REFLECTIVE JOURNAL Technology and its impact on my life. Prathna Ramesh Technology today plays a crucial role in our daily lives, affecting nearly every activity we perform. Everyone is in constant interaction with technology in some way or the other. The most significant impact of the rapid technological development can be seen in the evolution of electronic devices like computers, mobile phones, and other gadgets. The number of people using those devices is increasing by the minute and we witness a growing dependency towards the use of such gadgets. Technology however doesn’t just refer to electronic gadgets or the internet or machines, as people nowadays tend to falsely believe. What is technology? According to the Merriam-Webster definition, ‘technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function’. People interact with interacting with various forms of technology, be it banking technology while withdrawing cash at the ATM, or educational technology while learning in high school. My daily interaction with technology is boundless. From the minute I wake up each morning to the time I go back to bed at night, technology is making my life easier and comfortable. I am able to complete tasks efficiently without time wastage. As everyone does, I use the lamps and the air conditioner in my room, the taps and showers which provide water...
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...Lost and Found I remember reading something that said “The value of friendship is seldom known until it is lost". Wow! That statement is so true; I feel it in my gut. When you have someone in your life you just expect them to be there forever. That is not often the case, people and things have a way of disappearing. You must remember to treasure the good times because you can never get those times back. I am personally talking about pets, but it could be for anyone. I was just thinking about my dog that I have lost; it hurt so bad I felt like I would never recover. You may feel empty and so depleted of emotion but then something comes into your life that makes you light up. It happened to me and I hope it happens for everyone else who has faced a loss of some kind. About six years ago I had a beautiful dog named Bear; he was very furry and had the cutest squirrel like tail. I loved him tremendously; he was my playmate, and my best friend. Unfortunately Bear was an older dog and passed away over night which still shocked my whole family because he played like a puppy the night before I went to sleep. I was so devastated and could not stop crying, I told my mom through streaming tears that I never want another dog again. I was so distraught that I actually thought I would never again be able to love another dog. After a few months of grieving the loss of my wonderful dog Bear, I asked my mom if we could get another. I was shocked I felt this way but was pretty...
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...Angelica Lawson BSHS/302 Introduction to Human Services March 26th 2012 Linda Cook What is Human Services In today’s economic turmoil, Human Services play’s an essential role that has expanded over history to help aid individuals who cannot meet their basic physical and emotional needs with the resources currently available to them. “The National Organization of Human Services (NOHS) defines the human services profession in this way: “The Human Services profession is one which promotes improved service delivery systems by addressing not only the quality of direct services, but by also seeking to improve accessibility, accountability, and coordination among professionals and agencies in service delivery” (Martin, 2007, p. 4). This essay will examine the history and goals of Human Services. As well as discuss common intervention strategies and ethical considerations that Human Service professionals come into contact with when dealing with individuals of all ages, races, gender, and cultures. One can research the practice of providing assistance to individuals in need back to biblical times. However, “The development of social welfare system in the United States was very much influenced by England’s social welfare system, therefore it is important to understand the evolution of how the poor were treated in England to truly understand how the social welfare policy has developed within this country” (Martin, 2007, p. 18). Feudalism was England’s primary approach to providing...
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...NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES | SOCIAL MOVEMENT OF NETWORK AND SOCIAL MEDIA | Critical essay | SOYEON PARK 20122455 2012-12-05 | SOCIAL MOVEMENT OF NETWORK AND SOCIAL MEDIA Malcom Gladwell printed an article in The New Yorker, the article is entitled ‘Small Change : Why the revolution will not tweeted’. The article is giving criticism in principle about the social media disseminator’s ideas that social media such as facebook and tweeter will bring enormous changes on social activities and movements. His article provides us with amount of food for thought about what is behaviorism and social movement in the age of social media and what is relations between social media and social movements. Of course, there would be a sharp division of opinions between those who approve and disapprove. He argues that it is impossible to reform the society radically by social media such as tweeter and facebook based on weak ties. And he pointed out the limit of ordinary unimportance of weak ties. It means, in spite of extensivity and quantitative expansion of weak ties, it does not have materiality of solidarity showing in the 1960s’ a civil rights movement. And he’s opinion is that the connection of information is different with the solidarity of people. A movement, which goes along with human body, makes people blood boil and heat them up, unlike when they are absorbing information by using their brain cells. It is hard to banish the lingering and regret about that kind of...
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