Jennifer Price‚ in her essay “The Plastic Pink Flamingo: A Natural History‚” provides the reader with a brief account of a fad during the 1950’s. While narrating the article with a mild‚ satirical tone‚ Price also includes a plethora of details to present an anecdote. However‚ by doing so she also embeds her own view on United States culture – a culture she ridicules as overly commercialized and volatile. The sudden “splash” of the pink flamingo into the fifties is a result of America’s capitalistic
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December 2007 Excellus Creates EA and SOA Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield Creates Enterprise Architecture and SOA Solution to Consolidate Disparate IT Systems Executive Overview When several Blue Cross Blue Shield programs in upstate New York merged‚ each organization brought its own business processes and IT systems to the new entity. Because they were so different‚ yet had to be consolidated‚ the new entity‚ Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield‚ wanted to first implement a strong business analysis
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23rd Annie Besant wrote an article ‘White Slavery In London’ in her newspaper ‘The Link’ after witnessing Clement Black’s speech in London on female labour. ‘I had heard of the Pay and conditions in Bryant &May’s Factory and decided that these girls needed to be heard’ Annie Besant told us. She also told us that the women worked upto fourteen hours a day for less than 10shillings a week‚ They hardly ever receive their full wage because of a system of fines‚ ranging from three pence to one shilling
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Auden’s ‘Refugee Blues’ laments the plight of the Jews who were forced to flee Europe when the Holocaust started and they were rounded up and killed or imprisoned under the cruel regime of Hitler. The poem starts with a narrator‚ who is later revealed to be a German Jew‚ describing a large city which is home to ten million people some of whom are well off and live in luxurious large houses while others make do in slums and shabby houses. Yet‚ the narrator tells the person with him‚ presumably a
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1. TITLE HERE Tessa is a beautiful‚ athletic‚ 12-year-old girl who loves lacrosse. She’s always been an exceptional player‚ consistently performing as the top scorer in every game. Although lately her strategy on the field has changed. Now‚ when she has a chance to score‚ her parents notice she’s passing to a teammate. When asked about her new game plan‚ she comments‚ “I don’t want to upset my friends on the team by always being the one to excel.” Stephanie is in choir at her middle school‚ but
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Storm Boy is an Australian movie that has been loved and has given great pleasure and joy to a wide range of audiences for many‚ many years. Not just Australian audiences but also overseas‚ where people have learnt a little of what Australian scenery looks like. The first day of shooting the film was on 24th May 1976 but before this many decisions had to be made. Matt Carroll‚ the producer had to get permission from the author of the book‚ Colin Thiele who wrote the book in 1963. Once he got permission
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Title: Perfect blue Page 1-48 Author: Laura Langston Setting: Grandma’s house‚ School and home. Main Characters: Description: Erin Dog lover‚ really tall‚ Dark hair and responsible. Cassie Prankster‚ loves horses and has light hair. Steve (dad) Joker‚ young and careless
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The Blue Bouquet Have you even been in a situation when you have gone from total innocence to experience in a short period of time? In the short story “The Blue Bouquet” written by Octavio Paz‚ the main character starts off by waking up from a nap and going on a walk even after being warned not to by the owner of the boardinghouse. Whilst out the protagonist gets stopped in the middle of the night by another man with a knife who wanted something very unusual. It wasn’t money or jewelry; it was
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Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” represents the absolute epitome of Romantic philosophies in both its lyrics and visual demonstration in the movie‚ The Wall. Romantics believe that society is responsible for all the corruption in each and every individual. Society spear heads countless unique personalities and identities through a single indifferent mould. In other words‚ society strips people from their true selves through trends‚ systems‚ and authority figures. Romantics argue that a person
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Big Boy‚ by David Sedaris‚ is a short‚ somewhat‚ humorous story equipped with strong messages. It speaks of an issue he faced at an Easter party at his sister’s house and the complications it caused him. Sedaris had excused himself to the bathroom and found a “big piece of work” right in the toilet. He stressed and contemplated over what he should do with it. He even scolded himself for announcing where he was going prior to leaving to the restroom. He began speaking to it. The words he spoke were
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