According to Brandt‚ because ordinary citizens are obligated to have some skills‚ their ability to read and write have strictly developed (Writing about writing 44). She claims that sponsor have more power to finance some events‚ and they make a “reciprocal relationship” with sponsored (Writing about writing 47). Brandt also argues that the exploitation of the power under their clients is apologized by providing favors such as money (Writing about writing 48). “Loaning land‚ money‚ protection‚ and
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In the article from “Sponsors of Literacy”‚ Deborah Brandt compared two children from two different families‚ and how each of them have been affected when accessing and developing literacy because of the environment of family. One‚ Raymond Branch‚ was born in a rich family and lived in resourceful town. Different from Branch‚ Dora Lopez‚ was born in a poor family and lived in the same town as Branch but poor resourced environment. Although these two children had grown up in the same town‚ environment
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Post-Colonial Melancholy: An Examination ofSadness in Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines The article undertakes a study on melancholy and sadnessin Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines ‚ concentrates on theforlorn figures of Tridib and the narrator in an attempt to analyse and evaluate the melancholy atmosphere of the novel. Bearing inmind Freud’s own understanding of melancholy as the uncon-scious mourning for a lost love object‚ the article suggests themoments of gloom in Ghosh’s novel could be better
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Carnival Cruise Lines: Long and Short Term Strategies Contents Contents 2 History of the Carnival Corp 3 Mission and Vision Statements 5 SWOT Analysis 6 Business Ethics for Carnival Cruise Lines 8 Social‚ Cultural‚ Demographic‚ and Environmental Forces 10 Social Forces 10 Cultural Forces 10 Demographic Forces 10 Environmental Forces 11 External Forces 11 Economic forces 11 Government‚ Legal‚ and Political Forces 13 Internal Operations Strengths and Weaknesses 16 Management
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Cable Modems vs. Digital Subscriber Lines Bob Fager Econ 235ഊThe Internet has grabbed on to the world and it isn ’t letting go. Nearly 36 million U.S. homes currently have PCs and everyone is dying to jump on the information superhighway. The Internet‚ which started as a group of government agencies and universities‚ has grown to include almost anyone‚ from home users to large companies and everyone in between. It makes sense then that providing Internet service is big business. The
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EXERCISE 2STRAIGHT LINES Question 1: Write the equations for the x and y-axes. Answer : The y-coordinate of every point on the x-axis is 0. Therefore‚ the equation of the x-axis is y = 0. The x-coordinate of every point on the y-axis is 0. Therefore‚ the equation of the y-axis is x = 0. Question 2: Find the equation of the line which passes through the point (–4‚ 3) with slope . Answer : We know that the equation of the line passing through point ‚ whose slope is m‚ is . Thus‚ the equation
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Problem 5.16 – Delta Air Lines‚ Inc. Computing and Interpreting Risk and Bankruptcy Prediction Ratios for a Firm That Declared Bankruptcy. a. (1) Current Ratio: 2000: $3‚205/$5‚245 = 0.61 2001: $3‚567/$6‚403 = 0.56 2002: $3‚902/$6‚455 = 0.60 2003: $4‚550/$6‚157 = 0.74 2004: $3‚606/$5‚941 = 0.61 (2) Operating Cash Flow to Current Liabilities Ratio: 2001: $236/0.5($5‚245 + $6‚403) = 0.041 2002: $225/0.5($6‚403 + $6‚455) = 0.035 2003: $142/0.5($6‚455 + $6‚157) = 0.023 2004: $(1‚123)/0.5($6‚157 + $5
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“This society‚ it was built on lies…” Why does Funder find it so difficult to uncover the truth? In writing Stasiland‚ Funder is intent on finding out the truth of the East German regime. She interviews various people that either worked for the Stasi‚ or had a run in with them‚ in order to discover the facts about what really happened during the time of the GDR. Uncovering the truth becomes difficult for Funder‚ as she realizes that the entire operation was built on “lie after lie after lie.” The
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Even though the Berlin Wall came down in 1989‚ Stasiland shows that one can never be free from the horrors of tyranny. To what extent do you agree? In Anna Funders investigative account‚ Stasiland‚ the lasting effects of tyranny and persecution are explored. The damage it did to Julia‚ to Frau Paul and to Germany as a whole is shown to still exist. Julia experiences the mental damage done to her by the Stasi daily. Frau Paul is unable to regain the time she lost with her son. The country
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The Stasi were omnipresent in the lives of many East Germans that they even created their own dance known as the Lipsi. The Lipsi was a dance invented by a GDR committee‚ which was the regimes attempt to create a trend for the masses (Funder 127). This dance was a conservative dance that did not emphasize in the hips‚ rather in the feet. Funder stated‚ “The makers of this dance had plundered every tradition they could find and painstakingly extracted only the sexless moves” (Funder 127). The regime
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