Technology Districts level‚ scope‚ and scale of innovation activities in different technology districts are conditioned by the level and form of regional and national economic development (Castells and Hall 1994). Moreover‚ not all efforts to build technology districts are successful‚ and some established districts have experienced difficulties‚ stagnation‚ and decline. Some studies (e.g.‚ Saxenian 1994) attribute this to the rigidities in path-dependent local corporate structure and business
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Peggy Kern Mrs. Derrow AP English III 25 November 2014 Revised ICE Although America gives first amendment rights of freedom of speech to all citizens and celebrates individuality‚ people still are inclined to conform to idealistic goals. In the excerpt from “Training for Statesmanship” by George F. Kennan‚ the most captivating argument made is that American citizens are often disposed to conform to societal expectations‚ and these societal expectations have immense power over people. This argument
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George Simmel In The Philosophy of Money‚ Simmel assesses the impact of the money economy on the inner world of individuals and the objective culture as a whole. In his writings he contends that man is an exchanging animal‚ and money is the most flexible of all exchanges. Man may do what he desires to do‚ and his work or labor is then converted into money. This allows him to work at whatever trade he chooses. Money becomes a bridge between people and objects. He says‚ money drives a wedge between
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College of William and Mary ① College of William and Mary (W&M) is the second oldest university in the United States and is such a prestigious school that it was included in the Original Ivy League. Williamsburg where W&M is located has a Historical District‚ an area which the street of colonial times and American Revolutionary War is restored. At Williamsburg‚ the students are able to experience the history of America’s Independence which cannot be perceived in the other states. Surrounded by traditional
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Yr 12 Shakespeare Essay: Masculinity- ‘Gender and Power’ Masculinity is associated with certain character traits‚ and every time masculinity is mentioned‚ violence soon follows. Discuss this statement in relation to the male characters in the play Macbeth. William’s Shakespeare’s Macbeth tells the story of a man who allows the questioning of his manhood along with his ambition to lead him into a spiral of committing brutal and senseless acts of violence. The characters in Macbeth associate
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Poets like W. S Merwin convey this concept of simultaneity in his three poems‚ “For the Anniversary of My Death‚ Losing a Language‚ and Drunk in the Furnace.” Merwin mixes-up chronological time in his poems to combine the past with the present. Using time as a major tone in these three poems‚ it allows the reader to unfold how Merwin delivers this duality of what was to what is the case. “For the Anniversary of My Death‚” Merwin writes about his appreciation and love for the life he had‚ as he
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President by Pink‚ Magnanimous In Victory by Tim Collins and Nelson Mandela release speech deserve to be in your new book “ Protests that changed the world”. The first text that I would like to submit for your anthology is the song Dear Mr President as sung by P!nk. This song is a protest piece about war‚ poverty and societal classes. The song is full of rhetorical questions asking Former American President George W. Bush why there is so much injustice within his own country. Pink uses many techniques
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In literature‚ as in life‚ things are not always what they appear to be. Most short stories from this unit support this statement. The Monkey’s Paw‚ by W. W. Jacobs‚ is a short story about Mr. and Mrs. White‚ who adored their only son Herbert‚ and lived a happy life. There expectations of wishes on the monkey’s paw were different than the reality. All the Whites didn’t believe in the monkey’s paw‚ but were intrigued. Herbert thinks it would be a good idea to see if it would work so he suggested￡200
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and the interaction that takes place with different types of people. Simmel’s basic approach can be described as "methodological relationism‚" because he operates on the principle that everything interacts in some way with everything else. His essay on fashion‚ for example‚ notes that fashion is a form of social relationship that allows those who wish to conform to do so while also providing the norm from which individualistic people can deviate. Within the fashion process‚ people take on a variety
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Is W. Somerset Maugham a Racist? Webster’s Ninth Collegiate Dictionary defines racism as a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race(1). Racism can also be defined as prejudice or animosity against other races (2). In W. Somerset Maugham’s short story‚ Mr. Know-All‚ the narrator displays racism on at least three different occasions throughout the story. The first occasion is when the
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