Everyone knows the age old expression‚ “if you want something done right‚ you will do it yourself”. This couldn’t be more true in the case of Joe Kurmaskie‚ in his essay Rough Road Ahead: Do Not Exceed Posted Speed Limit‚ he learns this lesson the hard way. Armed with all the necessary equipment and knowledge he needs he foolishly takes “travel advice from a collection of old timers”. Another valuable piece of advice for joe could have been “stick to what you know” but the old men seemed “so sure
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Far too much attention is given to beauty products and treatments. Do you agree? Male or female‚ everyone desires to be well presented to others. Hence‚ beauty products and treatments are used and done respectively to enhance the beauty of a person regardless of the gender. The attention given to these skin-deep goods such as cosmetics‚ manicure‚ Botox or liposuction is becoming more and more prominent in recent times. It is not uncommon to find people applying beauty products whenever they have
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Feminists Ahead of their Time: Veronica Franco and Leona Florentino I found several feminist themes in the works of both Franco and Florentino. The works of Veronica Franco were more laden with feminist themes than that of Florentino. Although both writers produced their work in times where the feminist movement had not yet been established‚ their works address and promote issues of women‚ which I will discuss further in this chapter. Franco and Florentino sighted feministic themes repeatedly throughout
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HOME READING ASSINGMENT The Road Ahead by Bill Gates I Answer the questions: EXERCISE 3 3a How was the work of these three people important to modern computer systems? Charles Babbage‚ Claude Shannon‚ John Von Neumann - Charles Babbage is the first man who had an idea to make a machine which can work with numbers‚ and which can do different jobs by following different orders. That was a hundred and fifty years ago. - After the hundred years‚ during which people worked on Babbage’s
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CASE STUDY TOO MUCH TOO SOON NISHANT THAKUR 1775563 MGMT 121/ SM05(1) Synopsis The scenario is about Sara Patel; she has finished college and is working in a company called Maddison for three years. The first two years she had worked in sales department but now she is working as a sales trainer in the sales and development department. For a while everything was going smooth‚ all the people in the department liked her and there was an air of openness‚ until the department started expanding
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In “Credentialing Versus Educating”‚ the third chapter of Dark Ages Ahead‚ Jane Jacobs discusses a change in the intent and practice of higher education at universities and colleges. “Credentialing‚ not educating‚ has become the primary business of North American universities” (Jacobs 44). The institution of education has shifted its focus from passing on knowledge and teaching students to have critical faculties for the stability and growth of society‚ to simply certifying individuals in order to
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Are we taking it too far by blaming fast food restaurant for obesity? Although throughout the years many people have claimed that obesity is a genetic disorder for the most part; results of recent studies strongly indicate that lifestyles rather than genetics are what are causing an obese society‚ because people choose to not exercise‚ not watch their diet‚ and eat fast food. For the past few decades‚ food companies had aimed their marketing at single meals‚ pushing to inflate portion sizes. That
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When do we know when the police goes too far? The police are supposed to prevent people braking the law. They are supposed to keep order. However‚ some does not for fill the justice and fairness. I think the situation can be divided into two groups. The individuals‚ those who are actually not qualified to the job and the Law infirmed. The one who decide what the people can do and cannot do. Sometimes the world are not as beautiful as some believes. For personal gain There are many police officer
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In his book The Road Ahead‚ Bill Gates relates to a non-technical audience the history‚ growth‚ and future of technology. He discusses how the trends‚ technologies‚ and issues of the Information Age are affecting society. Gates makes predictions and gives advice on how to adapt and succeed in the future of incredible change in computing and communicating. His book is written with two major concerns: the development and future of technology‚ and its influence on society. Bill Gates begins by
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Readers are introduced to a cyclist‚ who seems to enjoy exploring around with his bicycle‚ however after one adventure‚ things take a rocky turn. Author‚ Joe Kurmaskie‚ starts of his passage‚ Rough Road Ahead: Do Not Exceed Posted Speed Limit‚ However‚ he follows it up by changing up the saying‚ "Never accept travel advice from a collection of old-timers who haven’t left the confines of their porches since Carter was in office" (Kurmaskie)‚ giving the readers a feel that the story will be about traveling
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