The Pretender by F. Sionil Jose Summary Antonio Samson had just returned from the United States after finishing his doctorate studies. He visited his father in prison and told his father that he will soon be married to Carmen Villa‚ a member of an affluent family in Manila whom he met in the United States. Carmen’s mother did not like Tony because he is poor while her father likes him because he will be good for business. Anyways‚ the marriage was secretly held far earlier then planned because Carmen
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A Reputation-Based Trust Model for Peer-to-Peer eCommerce Communities Li Xiong College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology lxiong@cc.gatech.edu Ling Liu College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology lingliu@cc.gatech.edu Abstract Peer-to-Peer eCommerce communities are commonly perceived as an environment offering both opportunities and threats. One way to minimize threats in such an open community is to use community-based reputations to help evaluating the trustworthiness and
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Peer Review Feedback Sheet Use this sheet to conduct a peer review for at least two of your classmates in Weeks 6 and 8. Week 6 will be a peer review of Assignment 2.1‚ and Week 8 will be a peer review of Assignment 3.1. After you fill it in completely‚ save it in a document and post it as a direct reply in the Peer Review Thread to the student whose work you reviewed. Remember that you’ll complete this twice‚ a different one for two different classmates. Peer Review Feedback SheetInstructions to
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Matthew Johnson Literary Perspectives 011- Professor Pike 10/4/13 Cellphones in Today’s World: Cellphones have become one of the most useful and innovative technologies of the recent decade. Cellphones are so widespread and common that much of the population worldwide owns one. An article from TIME stated‚ “Out of the world’s estimated 7 billion people‚ 6 billion have access to mobile phones. Only 4.5 billion have access to working toilets.” (Wang 1). This statistic is shocking‚ and
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Dec 2011 was the first day of my internship. There was a meet going on that time.In which even I was asked to join. The meeting was for there latest collection for spring-summer 2013. In this meeting I saw and came to know how the designer presents they are ideal and thoughts to the other members of the company. They use drawing‚ printout and small sample of fabrics which they showed to describe they ideals . I was a long time meeting and in this the full office staffs were involve
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Tomas Rivera gives us this book showing us that during the 40’s and 50’s(20th century) Mexican immigrants were treated very inequitable manner. Depicting the struggles and hardships‚ he’s able to make the reader sympathize with the characters and their stories. Stories such as “The Children Couldn’t Wait” and ”It’s That It Hurts” are a pretty great example that shows us the discrimination towards the immigrant children and how they are denied access to water‚ and quality education. Rivera also shows
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University of Phoenix Material Completing the Essay Worksheet Answer the following questions to help complete your final essay: 1. Draft an introduction for your essay based on the best practices you studied this week. Your introductory paragraph should be 5 to 7 sentences. Remember: Your introduction should include a hook to capture the attention of your audience and the last sentence of your introductory paragraph must be your thesis statement. The “domestic” part doesn’t matter—violence
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• What is “peer pressure?” – Influence that people of similar age or status place on other to behave in a certain way • 2 types of peer pressure:- • Positive peer pressure: influence from peers to behave in a responsible way • Negative peer pressure: influence from peers to behave in a way that is NOT responsible. Peers who try to force you to make wrong decisions often just want support for their wrong actions!!!!!!!! They don’t care about your experience of feelings you have as the result
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attended college‚ and studied medicine. When she was mistakenly diagnosed with tuberculosis and sent to a sanitarium‚ she resigned from her pre-medical education‚ and left with an Associate of Arts degree. Alfon has several children: Alan Rivera‚ Esmeralda "Mimi" Rivera‚ Brian Alfon‚ Estrella "Twinkie" Alfon‚ and Rita "Daday" Alfon (deceased). She has 10 grandchildren. Her youngest daughter‚ was a stewardess for Saudi Arabian Airlines‚ and was part of the Flight 163 crew on August 19‚ 1980‚ when an in-flight
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INTRODUCTION A nation forms and transforms its national identity though its symbols that embody its historical and cultural heritage. Nowhere is this more patent in the way the Philippines and the Filipino people have kept alive the memories of Dr. Jose P. Rizal‚ the Philippines’ national hero. It was on December 30‚ 1898 on Rizal’s second death anniversary that the Filipino people could properly commemorate and pay their respect to Rizal as they celebrated the First Philippine National Heroes’
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