...stuff engaging.rewarding and might land them a double-page spread in Frankie magazine. What’s more they have invented a new expression for it. They are not crafty people, they are Makers. Making it possible for anyone to be tinkerers and not having to master the skill. Impressed by such a feat, Chris Anderson boss of wired, declared the new industrial revolution as the Maker Movement. During the craft period, we were meant to make jams, lemon butter and, if we were gifted, eggnog at Christmas. Makers turn out craft beers, boutique vodkas and avant-garde wines that are unfiltered, preservative free, often orange and, just as often awful to taste. In a way, The maker movement could be be seen The influence of today's modern craft could be seen in DIY`s and the modern craft...
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...Extra Credit Essay : Countercultural Bohemians of the Sixties A social phenomenon took place in the summer of 1967 on the junction of Haight and Ashbury in San Francisco. Rebellion against the establishment of the government were seen as negative and needed a change. Caught up in the rising frustration circling around America’s increased involvement in Vietnam, racism was still alive in many urban areas, and the pressure to conform; a growing number of the younger generation rejected the American way of life. These were known as hippies. The resulting movement, termed the counterculture, embraced an alternative lifestyle characterized by long hair, brightly colored clothes, communal living, free sex, and rampant drug use. Distrustful of the American government and what they perceived as an increasingly materialistic society, hippies and other members of the counterculture attracted a great amount of media attention during the 1960s. Throughout the decade many counterculture events increased the movement’s notoriety, but one in particular, the Summer of Love. This gathering of young people is often considered to have been a social experiment because of all the alternative lifestyles, which became more common and accepted such as gender equality, communal living and free love. This was the time to gain awareness of all the hatred toward people who were different and weren’t socially accepted. It was to eliminate barriers toward the socialization between everyone. The hippies...
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...learn about our larger culture from this artifact? What do we learn about life in modern society? What do we learn about race in our culture? What do we learn about sex and gender in our culture? Analyze the most important signifiers. Larger Culture The Big Lebowski follows the misadventures of an aging 60s hippie and a military veteran. A closer look into the film reveals something more, a commentary on the current state of Western culture or our larger culture. The film explores friendships, masculinity, and responsibility. The movie centers on the life of Jeffery Lebowski, known as “the Dude.” Today, “dude” is used to indicate someone as a “guy,” or “man,” as in “generic male person.” The larger culture we thrive in questions what it means to be considered a “man” and what makes a “man.” As a larger culture, we are interested in drugs or the “stoner” stereotype, which sparks our curiosity of the unknown. Friendship and the value of friendship is an important aspect for the larger culture we live in. In The Big Lebowski, the value of friendship between the Dude and Walter is prominent throughout the film which proclaims the Modern Society The Dude is the original hipster. Not because of the way he dressed, with the beanie or non-prescription glasses, but because he did not fit into the modern day schema for males. He is stereotyped by slacker values and not being wealthy. In today’s modern society we are often caught up on one’s self-image, yet the Dude shows us to be...
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...Essay – Poetic Justice “Carpe diem” is a phrase that is often used by people who are not taking anything for granted. They are living their life exactly how they want to and they do not care about the following consequences. The story “Poetic Justice” is exactly about that – when to seize the day and when not to. Jed Cunningham is an absolute original. Jed has always been smarter than everybody else. In his younger years he stood apart and watched the world mockingly. He would always have the newest clothes only for others to envy. The fact that he was so different made his teachers uneasy. He did not do what they said and it caused the teachers to call Jed disrespectful. The truth was that they were afraid of him and his amazingly developed intelligence. “Who resolutely refused to be in with in the crowd, and gathered about him an eclectic group from deeply weird scientist to the incredibly popular and handsome head boy, a dead ringer for Pierce Brosnan” line 25-27. The quote shows how popular Jed really was. Not only for the popular teenager but also for the nerds. In terms of his popularity the sky was the limit. You can sort of compare Jed to a modern day “hipster”. Of course there had to be some consequences for his actions. Later on Jed’s life fell apart. He did not get a job, he had a wife but she left him. All the great things he did in his teenage years collapsed and he has not been able to maintain his “carpe diem” belief The main character is feeling extremely...
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...The Not-So-Sexy Truth of Modern Slaves For less than the current price of an iPhone 5C, a person can be “bought” and brutally forced to have sex. In fact, someone could buy a couple people for the express purpose of sex in today’s underground market of sex trafficking. The average international going rate right now to have a sex slave is $90, while just two hundred years ago, the price for a slave was a $40,000 (Incencio). Contrast those figures with the fact that sex trade industry has blossomed into a cool $32 billion a year business. While it is inane to believe that a human life can be devalued at a mere $90, it is unequally as asinine to consider the truth that our own country, the “Land of the Free and Home of the Brave,” ranks as one of the foremost perpetrators for sex trafficking in the entire world. At any given moment in our beloved country, it is estimated that there are least 10,000 people being forced to work whether in sweatshops, prostitution rings, or other businesses. This number is incredibly low due to the secretive nature, too, meaning, it is quite realistic to assume that there are so many more people being forced into scandals like prostitution (Tanneeru). Delving just a bit further into the facts, one can easily discover that our beloved California houses three of the top cities in the world for sex trafficking: San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego (U.S. Department of State). Right now, the unfortunate reality is, while most people have heard of...
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...The Death of Solitude The three pieces of writing I will be discussing in this essay all are concerned with technology and the impact it has on our lives, specifically on our privacy – not just in the literal sense, but on our privacy of thought. Alex Pang’s blog entry “Technology and Solitude” is a response to an article in the Chronicle Review by William Deresiewicz, and is mostly comprised of quotations from that article. Michele McCormick’s piece “We’re Too Busy For Ideas” appeared in a 1993 issue of Newsweek, and aims to shed light on the effects a newly-purchased walkman has had on the author’s thought process. Sasha Cagen’s blog entry is more speculative in nature, appearing on a website for singles (Quirkyalone) and entitled “Are Our Phones Robbing Us of Solitude.” The entry questions whether we are ever truly alone anymore, and if we have come to view solitude negatively. Of all these, I consider Pang’s to be the most effective in getting me to think about the concepts he outlines. I will now attempt to explain, from a rhetorical perspective, why that is. As I mentioned before, Pang’s piece is made up largely of quotations from Deresiewicz’s essay, and in some ways this makes it somewhat more difficult to assess the rhetorical appeals he uses. But the quotations have been selected carefully and successfully enhance the points he is trying to address. His writing style is succinct and clear, minimalistic in a way, and that quality appeals to me very much – he does not...
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...Introduction 1. The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. 2. The word 'hippie' came from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into New York City's Greenwich Village and San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district. 3. The origins of the terms hip and hep are uncertain, though by the 1940s both had become part of African American jive slang and meant "sophisticated; currently fashionable; fully up-to-date". 4. The Beats adopted the term hip, and early hippies inherited the language and countercultural values of the Beat Generation. 5. Hippies created their own communities, listened to psychedelic rock, embraced the sexual revolution, and some used drugs such as cannabis, LSD, and magic mushrooms to explore altered states of consciousness. 6. Hippie fashions and values had a major effect on culture, influencing popular music, television, film, literature, and the arts. 7. Since the 1960s, many aspects of hippie culture have been assimilated by mainstream society. 8. The religious and cultural diversity espoused by the hippies has gained widespread acceptance, and Eastern philosophy and spiritual concepts have reached a larger audience. 9. The hippie legacy can be observed in contemporary culture in myriad forms, including health food, music festivals, contemporary sexual mores, and even the cyberspace revolution. Origin 1. A July 1967 Time...
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...Once Upon a Shop The essay “Once Upon a Shop” is written by the British writer Jeanette Winterson, and was first published in The Observer on June 13 2010. The text is about Jeanette Winterson’s vegetable shop, Verde, located in Spitalfields in the East End of London. In this essay Winterson tells the story of how she got to open the shop, Verde, what thoughts and ambition lay behind her decision not to sell out to a cooperative brand, but instead open her own small shop. In an ever-changing world, where time seems to fly by, and more people seem to be attracted to money and power, Winterson persuades the reader to rethink their set of values and to prioritise what, at the end of the day, will really have meant something. These are some of the issues that appear in Jeanette Winterson’s essay. The world is fuelled by power and money. Government control the taxes; control who gets to pay less and who gets to pay more. In a world where you have to decide between quality or quantity, ecological or cheap, fast expedition or personal expedition, it is hard for small businesses to stay a-float. “I started the shop because I believe working from the bottom up is a good idea. Verde can’t tackle Tesco round the corner, nor can it change the fixed supply chains and discounting that make it so hard for small shops to compete with big business.” Winterson believes in the value of good workmanship, but claims that the government is fault for the prevailing belief, that time is money, and...
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...services to make them more attractive and exciting to reach a new generation. According to George Barna, “Millions of dollars flow from church budgets into events each year in an effort to influence people’s thinking and behavior. Literally billions of dollars are spent every year maintaining, upgrading, and expanding buildings and facilities to provide the space and equipment required for the ministries planned by the church. To appeal to people who have thus far turned a cold shoulder to God, churches and denominations launch sophisticated marketing campaigns that are designed to reposition churches and raise awareness of the things of God.” According to research by David Kinnaman surveys show that the three most common perceptions of present-day Christianity are antihomosexual (an image held by 91 percent of young outsiders), judgmental (87 percent), and hypocritical (85 percent). This new generation sees the church as old-fashioned, too involved in politics, out of touch...
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...TAGBAR Literature Problems Encountered by Irregular College Students Background of the Study Academic performance really means three things: this means the ability to study and remember facts, it also means being able to think in relation to facts and thirdly, it further means being able to communicate one’s knowledge verbally or practically (www.google.com). A marching band is a company of instrumental musicians performing outdoors for the purpose of entertainment and sometimes in competition. Instrumentations typically include brass, woodwinds and percussion instruments (en.wikipedia.com). The marching band at Partido State University was one of the competing units among the marching bands. They joined military parades, concerts, street parades and many more. It means that joining in marching bands had a lot of trainings and practices to be done. In this regards the academic performance of the band members maybe sacrifice because of double priorities. In addition, the society may have different expectations of the performance of the band members according to their own perspectives. It was observed that there are band members who had incomplete or failing grades. It all depends on how they personally addressed problems as a student and as a band members who got failing grades and incomplete grades faced a consequence of termination as a band scholar. http://www.termpaperwarehouse.com/essay-on/Problems-Encountered-By-Irregular-College-Students/134394 Factors...
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...one of the defining characteristics of a modern pedagogical grammar is that it provides descriptive information which is helpful for learners of the language. With this definition, this paper will try to compare the helpfulness of two pedagogical grammars by describing the features of transitivity of verbs and passive voice. However, with the emergence of the jejemon languages, educational authorities are trying to convey its effect on the students. According to UrbanDictionary.Com, it is anyone with a low tolerance for correct punctuation, syntax and grammar. This definition is limited to the linguistic style of Jejemons. But in reality, Jejemon is a new breed of hipsters who have developed not only their own language and written text but also their own sub-culture and fashion. For brevity, I will limit this article to Jejemon language, which for lack of grammatical “canon” on how to call it, I will call it the “Jejenese” and their alphabet, “Jejebet. The Jejenese is not just confined to Pinoy Jejemons. Just before I wrote this, I played “Warcraft” and found a European opponent who enjoys typing “jejejeje” in a very wide context, much to my disdain as he sabotages my online quests. Another group of foreign Jejemons, although their Jejemonism seems so trivial to actually classify them as Jejemons, are the Thais who type “hahaha” this way: “5555.” You will see a lot of these in your Thai friend’s Facebook status messages. Since, the number 5 translates to “ha” in Thai, as...
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...AB299: Unit 2 Section # 01 10/03/2014 | | | | | |Factor |Tim’s Coffee Shoppe |The Black Dog Cafe |All Saints Cafe | | |Score |Comments |Score |Comments |Score |Comments | |Quality |1 | |4 | |4 | | |Location |2 | |2 | |3 | | |Brand Recognition |3 | |4 | |2 | | |Profitability |2 | |2 | |2 | | |Product |1 | |1 | |2 | | |Staff |1 | |2 | |4 | | Total |10 | |15 | |19 | | | Comments regarding The Black Dog Café: Quality: Products offered are made with materials from independent suppliers rather than large chain stores. When possible, the supplies come...
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...number 01 InsIght Into the onlIne CapItal BerlIn With contributions from Alexander Kudlich, Ansgar Oberholz, Michael Brehm, Mathias Döpfner, Carsten Maschmeyer, Christian Reber, Jan Beckers, Fabian Heilemann, Fabian Siegel, Florian Heinemann, Ijad Madisch, Jens Begemann, Klaus Hommels, Lukasz Gadowski, Joel Kaczmarek and 85 other great minds. „ BerlIn has the most potentIal of all CItIes In europe“ peteR tHIeL * Peter Thiel, Former CEO of PayPal, first investor of Facebook and partner of the venture capital firm, Founders Fund. ENJOY BERLIN VALLEY! HUNDERT IS A PROJECT FROM BERLINVALLEY.COM DAILY NEWS FROM THE BERLIN ONLINE SCENE WHAT A gREAT FAMILY: HIRE! WE MODEL: JENNIFER IRMLER (WWW.MODEL-FABRIk.COM) PHOTO: MAx THRELFALL (WWW.THRELFALL-gOERS.DE) MAkEUP: BIANCA BENSCH (FACEBOOk.COM/BENSCHBIANCA) OUTFIT WITH FRIENDLY SUPPORT FROM PEPE JEANS (NEUE SCHöNHAUSER STRASSE) WE ARE LOOkINg FOR COOL INTERNS AND EDITORS, MALE OR FEMALE. CAREER CHANgERS WELCOMED. APPLY WITH 100 WORDS OR LESS AT PIMPMYFUTURE@WHY-BERLIN.COM the hundert Register now, and receive every issue by mail for free! introduCtion Klaus Wowereit KlauS WoWereit haS been the governing mayor of berlin Since 2001, and the longeSt Serving head of government in office of any german State. Governing Mayor of Berlin Hundert Continues as a series! We are very excited about the response that “Hundert – insight on the Online Capital Berlin” has received. Therefore...
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...CHAPTER 1 HISTORY OF LANGUAGE Language is a set of symbols of communication and the elements used to manipulate them. It is one of the most important innovations of men. Language can be used in different ways for different purposes. But mostly, its primary use is for communication. Language was considered to have a “life cycle” and to develop according to evolutionary laws. In addition, it was believed that language, like the human animal, has a “genealogical tree” –that is, that each language can be traced back to a common ancestor.” Ethnologue organization, the most extensive catalog of the world’s languages, presented a detailed classified list which currently includes 6,809 distinct languages. Although there are many languages, these are not uniformly distributed around the world. Some places are more diverse in terms of distribution of languages. According to Stephen Anderson (YEAR) of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), out of Ethnologue’s 6,809, for instance, only 230 are spoken in Europe, while 2,197 are spoken in Asia. Among these 2,197 languages in Asia, 171 are spoken in the Philippines. Associated with language are the different systems of writing in the past. Hieroglyphics and cuneiform are some of them. But here in our country, alibata is the primitive form of writing. It is also known as baybayin which literally means “to spell.” It is used even before the Spaniards conquered our country. There are many languages which influenced our official...
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...The Beat Generation of the post-war 1950s is the Lost Generation of disillusioned rebellious young men looking for freedom and self-expression. It is a religious generation on a spiritual quest back and forth in the lands of America. A relatively small movement in terms of published literature, the Beatnik generation's literary sphere was dominated by three leading figures: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs. The writings of these figures generally focused on the major themes of the generation itself, advocating a modern bohemian hedonism far exceeding that of any other movement of the 20th century.The most prominent and famous writer of this Beat Generation, Jack Kerouac, portrays his journeys through America in his autobiographical novel On the Road. In the book, Sal Paradise, the literary equivalent of Jack Kerouac, is a writer outsider in the search of a place under the sun. He is bored, disillusioned, and unhappy. Upon meeting his hero, Dean Moriarty, Paradise goes on a journey through the lands of America and Mexico, experimenting with drugs, sex, and alcohol, hitchhiking, stealing, sleeping under the sun, starving, yet engaging in exuberant and memorable experiences. Both friends rebel against the conformist American dream and go on the road to break with conventions and rules, with heightened expectations of what life should be and what life could actually offer. As they follow through their travels, the way they interact or exist in the different...
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