Questions | Answers forLove in the Cornhusks byAida Rivera-Ford | Answers forNanking StoreByMacario D. Tiu | 1. Give the gist of the short story. | Aida Rivera-ford present in her “Love in the Cornhusks” how the love story of a former housemaid and a tractor driver ends. Tinang gave up her work as her lover‚ Amado‚ deserted their workplace. She’s then married to Inggo whom she gave their first Bagobito. Ford uses flashbacks effectively in highlighting each character and situation being shown. The
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An essay on The Chieftest Mourner by Aida Rivera-Ford The short story focuses on Filipino conventions during the wake of loved ones. It’s also a twist of Filipino stereotypes regarding social conventions such as the ‘kabit’ or the second wife/mistress‚ as compared to the first wife. The story is narrated in a somewhat unbiased‚ childlike tone but it’s actually flavored with insight and implicit descriptions that shows the protagonist’s maturity. There is a good balance of insight‚ as if to give
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Web Catalog Revenue Models: The seller establishes a brand image‚ and then uses the strength of that image to sell through printed catalogs mailed to prospective buyers. Buyers place orders by mail or by calling the seller’s toll-free telephone number Advantages: 1/ A wide variety of consumer items‚ including apparel‚ computers‚ electronics‚ house wares‚ and gifts. 2/ Customers can place orders through the Web site or by telephone Disadvantages: For many types of products‚ people are still
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planning model and its main function within the financial planning process‚ with specific focus on the review stage of the process and how it is affected by an individual’s life course or changes in the social or economic context. The financial planning model is a cyclical model‚ and is designed to help individuals or households achieve financial goals by managing their income and expenditure. [pic] Figure 1: Stages of Financial Planning (Brown‚ 2007‚ pg 38) I will explain the model using
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various aspects of my life‚ based on their personal characteristics‚ accomplishments‚ and values. But‚ when reflecting on truly personal influences in my life‚ no one has had a greater impact than my father. He was and continues to be a positive role model as a father‚ a husband‚ and electrician. My father has worked very hard in his life to make sure he provides his family with everything they need. Even though my father worked all of the time‚ he still managed to make time for his family. He took
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Security and the OSI Model Network security is a topic that reaches far beyond the realm of firewalls‚ passwords‚ and user ID accounts. For a network and data to remain secure there must be protective measures at each level in the OSI interconnect model. While each layer basically operates autonomously of the other it is important to ensure that the data being transmitted from the host to destination has not been tampered with or is being prevented from reaching its destination. There are
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LEARNING MODELS OF ADDICTION Behavioural approach say that addiction is learnt and it could be learnt through operant conditioning‚ classical conditioning and social learning theories. Individuals will typically learn to persform behaviours because they are associated with the onset of something pleasant(e.g. feelings of euphoria) or According to operant conditioning‚ Classical conditioning sees addiction occurring through stimuli being associated with each other. One of these‚ the UCS produces
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thinking is a very important component of social analysis that can also help us to become better global citizens. Below are three examples of social analysis tools that can be used to help us engage in social analysis: 1. Ideologies are important tools in framing the source of social problems based on their area of focus. Neoliberalism and neoconservatism are examples of two dominant ideologies that exist in today’s society. Neoliberalism ideologies promote individualism and free enterprise ideas
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is reflected on them. Sometimes this is a good thing and other times it is a bad thing and this is why celebrities need to function as a role model to their audience because of today’s celebrity-obsessed society. I plan to expand this theory and reasons behind the celebrity-obsessed society. Celebrities now know that they have a function as a role model to their fans if they want to keep their celebrity status. They have a responsibility now‚ that celebrities did not have many years ago. The mass
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What is Blockbuster’s Business Model? Blockbuster was established in 1985 with the firms objective of renting and selling videos. Before information technology really influenced the world’s business‚ Blockbuster’s business model‚ like most businesses‚ was a traditional model. Blockbuster Headquarters Physical Store Consumer The simple business model consumers visit their nearest Blockbuster store to hire videos over a period of time e.g. 2 nights or a week‚ then return the hired videos
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