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    System software- Consists of the programs that control or maintain the operation of the computer and its devices. Operating systems- is a set of programs containing instructions that work together to coordinate all the activities among computer and mobile device hard ware. Start and shut down a computer or mobile device- If a computer or mobile device is off‚ you press a power button to turn it on. Provide a user interface Manage programs Manage memory Coordinate tasks Configure devices

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    proposed ideal led to the implement of “Natural Superiority” or a social pyramid in society. In many cases people assume that their race‚ religion‚ or way of life is correct and anything else is wrong. One example of this is in “The Man to Send the Rain Clouds.” The Laguna tribe had to hide the fact that their relative‚ Teofilo‚ had died. “Thank God for that. Teofilo is a very old man.” “No he won’t be doing that anymore now.” “Well‚ I’m glad you understand. I hope I’ll be seeing you at mass this week

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    When the word tradition is mention‚ people think of it as an activity of a ceremony or religion activity. Furthermore‚ tradition is passed down generation to generation doing the same thing knowingly it is the right thing to do. Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery" and Leslie Marmon Silko’s "The Man to Send Rain Clouds." Both authors illustrate the importance of the tradition. How each of the characters values the tradition that they carry into their society. They depict how culture can affect their lives

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    In The Man to Send Rain Clouds by Leslie Marmon Silko‚ there are millions of symbols and meanings regardless of how short the story may be. ‘‘The big cotton wood tree stood apart from a small grove of winter-bare cottonwoods which grew in the wide‚ sandy arroyo. Leon waited under the tree while Ken drove the truck through the deep sand to the edge of the arroyo. But high and northwest the Blue Mountains were still in snow. It was getting colder‚ and the wind pushed gray dust down the narrow pueblo

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    To be accepted into the modern world‚ the Pueblo people in the story “the Man to Send Rain Clouds” have adapted to the Western culture that surrounds them‚ but only to a certain degree. They have learned how to keep important traditions alive‚ while combining new aspects of the Western culture and without changing completely. One of the traditions the Pueblo people did not change was the way they conducted a ceremony for a loved one who has passed. This tradition is the main conflict in this story

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    with a misguided moral code. When she prepares for the trip with fellow family members‚ she dresses in the manner the authors suggests she is prepared for an accident and wants the people viewing her dead body to see it as that of a lady. The grandmother is less concerned about the fact that she will already be dead and maybe her grandchildren will also be dead. What is of more concern to her is being viewed as a lady which reveals her moral conviction and selfishness. When she is involved in an accident

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    use nature as its symbols. The rain is one of the most significant symbols in the book. The rain can mean many different things‚ but all serving as bad effects. The rain is an important part of this book because it tells the reader more about the things going on throughout the novel. The rain is the most significant symbol in the book. The novel portrays rain as something bad or something bad that is going to happen. It is used in many different ways. In the novel rain is represented as good and bad

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    QUESTIONS a) When it is considered that rain is acid? = The pH scale measures how acidic an object is‚ when pH is lower than 7 rain is considered acid. b) Which are the compounds that in contact with water origin acid rain? = Compounds like sulfur sulphuric and nitric acids. c) Which are the principal causes of these compounds? = The extra acidity in rain comes from the reaction of primary air pollutants‚ primarily sulphur oxides and nitrogen oxides‚ with water in the air to form strong

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    Plot Summary: One morning‚ an eight-year old farm girl Fern discovers that her father John Arable intends to kill a runt baby piglet. Fern persuades her father to save its life and let her nurse the baby piglet. She raises him up on a bottle and takes him for walks for several months‚ she also gives him a name – Wilbur. When Wilbur is old and strong enough‚ Mr. Arable sends a pig to Fern’s uncle - Mr. Zukerman who allows Fern to visit Wilbur at the farm any time she wants. At Zukerman’s farm Wilbur

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     death is seen as a passing from the physical life to the  spiritual life. By requesting Teofilo to send rain‚ this spiritual aspect of death is demonstrated  in “The Man to Send Rain Clouds“‚ by Leslie Marmon Silko‚  along with cultural traditions such  as face painting. Both of these actions are inspired by the Native­American culture which the  main characters in the story‚ namely Leon and Ken are desperately trying to keep alive. In:  “The Man to Send Rain Clouds“‚ Silko illustrates the coalescence of cultural and religious  dif

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