Both the presidencies of Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter were considered to be unsuccessful. They brought nearly no progress to the nation and their foreign and domestic policies achieved little. Both of these “weak” presidencies were unable to bring about any long withstanding or significant changes to the United States. President Ford and President Carter often are viewed in negative manner because of their inability to bring about any lasting‚ positive changes in either domestic or foreign policy
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1. Gerald Mahoney’s attitude and performance dramatically changed after a few months on the job. What type of training should Mahoney have immediately received from John Timmson that might have avoided this? Gerald should have received some type of on-the-job training that goes over ever piece of detail that needs to be attended to. John left everything up to Gerald then eventually got upset when business was not being taken care of. The reason for on-the-job training‚ is because John can use
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Gerald of Wales was a medieval clergyman who in 1184 became a diplomatic negotiator of King Henry II(pg 12). The following year Henry II had Gerald of Wales accompany his son John on an expedition to Ireland. After Gerald’s expedition to Ireland he produced Topographia Hibernica (Topography of Ireland) as a gift for Henry II (pg30). Due to his religious point of view and generally critical attitude to the manners and morals of the Irish he uses his book to shed light on Ireland and their need for
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What is it about video games that interest you. The video game world has often been a form of escapism for me from a young age. I often seem to stick to fantasy games that allow me to entertain myself in another make believe world where there are challenges to complete and an alternative dimension to let my mind go free from the common day to day stresses of school and university life. I much prefer escaping in a world and creating a new personality online where there are no boundaries on what I
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Doom’ is a prequel to the first Indiana Jones movie‚ which was ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’ (1981) in the Indiana Jones series and was directed by the world famous director‚ Steven Spielberg. In ‘Tomb Raider’ Angelina Jolie plays the female lead‚ Lara Croft based on a video game. The video game‚ Tomb Raider was developed by Core Design and it was one of the first videogames whose protagonist is an attractive female with appealing features‚ including the ability to carry out smooth moves such as flying
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This ’attention to detail’ would seem to support the representation of Lara Croft as a cyber bimbo as there is a strong emphasis on her being a ’sex symbol’. This view point is supported by the general media‚ despite the creator of Lara Croft (Toby Gards) intentions for her to be sexy "only because of her power". This can be seen through Robert Ashley of Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine description of Lara Croft as the first video game character openly thought of as sexy plus moreover Publications
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Sexism - Women as Sexual Objects Since the beginning of time‚ women have always been described by men as having sexual appeal. However‚ most of the descriptions held a negative stigma in them. In Korea’s fairytale‚ there exists a mythical gumiho‚ a nine-tailed fox who could transform into a beautiful woman so that they can seduce unsuspecting men and eat their livers. What does this tells us? Men‚ beware! There are beautiful women out there who are out to trick you so that she can eat your liver
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In his article Gerald Graff (2001) claims that by connecting non-academic interests to academic study students can become more intellectual and willing to involve themselves in intellectual study. While he doesn’t deny that academic subjects are important he believes suggesting students to analyze the subjects they enjoy they’ll gain more incentive to go into analytical thinking more often. “Students do need to read models of intellectually challenging writing […] if they are to become intellectuals
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to an extent‚ we associate the educated life of the mind with serious subjects and texts. Gerald Graff agrees that students need to read models of intellectually challenging writing‚ he also finds fault with the schools and colleges for not tapping into the street smarts and integrating them into beneficial‚ academic work. Graff believes that “they would
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Describe an person you admire Beauty‚ patience‚ ambition and strength; these words come to mind when thinking of the ideal woman. Angelina Jolie‚ she exemplified these characteristics. She is a famous actress whom I have known as Lara Croft and I have watched all her movies. Angelina Jolie was born on June 4‚ 1975 in California‚ Los-Angeles. She is an American actress and film director. She has received an Academy Award‚ two Screen Actors Guild Awards‚ and three Golden Globe Awards‚ and was
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