Cosmopolitans and locals "If there were only locals in the world‚ world culture would be no more than the sum of its separate parts". Hannerz 1990:249 Ulf Hannerz (1990) argues that the world culture is created through the increasing interconnectedness of varied local cultures where people connect in different ways. He uses Robert Merton’s cosmopolitan-local distinctions in a global context‚ to describe how people identify themselves with the global or not. The term `cosmopolitan’ is often used
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Our assignment was to write a short story. We would later have our classmates read the story and give the reader feedback. The story I wrote was called “The Local Thug”. This story was about a young woman’s relationship with a man that took a tragic turn. In my story‚ I used the perspective of the woman and the perspective of the media about the young man. In my story‚ the young woman starts to date a young man by the name Zaire. She begins to build a relationship with Zaire which soon turns romantic
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Something else: The rating industry is not very accurate. Most M+ and T+ games have the rating put in front of them to show that this game should be up to the parents/guardian to decide whenever or not to let their kids play it. Violent Video Games - Addictive and Dangerous I have observed a young man occupy his precious waking hours for several years now doing violent video games‚ to the sacrifice of his schooling‚ his portion in household maintenance activities‚ his friends‚ communication with the family
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3/8/2012 Learning about Your Computer An operating system is a program designed to run other programs on a computer. A computer’s operating system is its most important program. It is considered the backbone of a computer‚ managing both software and hardware resources. Operating systems are responsible for everything from the control and allocation of memory to recognizing input from external devices and transmitting output to computer displays. They also manage files on computer hard drives and
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CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES This chapter discusses literatures and studies‚ both local and foreign‚ that had been reviewed by the researchers to provide a good basis for the veracity of the researchers’ study. LOCAL LITERATURE According to Gilberto M. Llanto‚ several variables must be considered when the finance management to their studies‚ strategies‚ and methods to use in a course‚ unit‚ or lesson. These variables include: the student outcomes and experiences desired;
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– this is attempt to parse a string into a number. ArithmeticException – this is the result of a divided-by-zero operation for integer. SecurityException – typically thrown in browser. Assertion – are a way to test certain assumption about the logic of a program. It checks formula. 2 Broad Categories of Exceptions: Checked Exceptions – are those that the programmer is expected to handle in the program‚ and that arise from external and conditions that can readily occur in a working
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Local Lawsuit Shari Hart July 25‚ 2012 School of Business 1. Summarize the actions that lead to the lawsuit. 2. Discuss what management could have done in terms of risk management to have prevented the events that lead to the lawsuit. 3. Discuss the ethical considerations reflected in the laws applicable to this case. 4. Determine which sources
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The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food Junk food has been present from many decades ago and still surprises me how we cannot deal with it. There are many people dying because of junk food and even though knowing the consequences that might cause‚ we still consume these things. I see people in class drinking Gatorade or drinking from a huge can of energy drink accompanied with a bag of chips early in the morning and I always wonder how they can feel good about themselves if they are killing
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rarely observed in education research. In the second meta-analyses‚ Jimerson integrated 18 studies of the effects of the retention conducted between 1990-1999. Only about 10% of the studies favored the retained group. The overall effect size was- 39. This means roughly that after the retention or promotion the retained group members were about three school months behind their initially comparable peers. Any early advantage that had been observed for the retained group disappeared overtime.
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Local Park Description Luminous rays of sunshine filled the air‚ compelling children to open the gates and enter the colourful park. Walking towards the park‚ a little girl dragged her laden down mother across the grass. Unable to contain her excitement‚ the little girl abandoned her drained mother‚ sprinting towards the gates as quickly as silver. Towering above‚ the climbing frame looked like a mountain against the sea of small children. The brightly coloured frame attracted a young boy
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