claims in his book titled‚ ‘The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century ’(2005)‚ that globalization and technology has flattened the world to a ‘level playing field’. He analyses the ten ‘flatteners’ or events that happened over a period of around ten years to make the world go flat. The first flattener‚ that Friedman writes about‚ was the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and end of the Cold War‚ that brought forward the idea of a globalized world‚ where people from either side of
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Pythagorean Triples Ashley Walker MAT126 Bridget Simmons November 28‚ 2011 A Pythagorean triple is a triple of positive integers a‚ b‚ and c such that a right triangle exists with legs a‚ b‚ and hypotenuse c (Bluman‚ 2005). A Pythagorean triple is a triple of positive integers (a‚ b‚ c) where a2 + b2 = c2. A triple is simply a right triangle whose sides are positive integers. An easy way to generate Pythagorean triples is to multiply any known Pythagorean triple by an integer (any integer)
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* Media convergence is the merging of mass communication outlets – print‚ television‚ radio‚ the Internet along with portable and interactive technologies through various digital media platforms. * Media convergence allows mass media professionals to tell stories andpresent information and entertainment using a variety of media. * Converged communication provides multiple tools for storytelling‚ allowing consumers to select level of interactivity while self-directing content delivery. Convergence
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GLOBAL BUSINESS STRATEGIES READING REPORT Savannah Benton The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman. Pp. 533-579 April 21‚2015 I. Four noteworthy quotes or key insights from the assigned reading. 1. “I believe that capabilities create intentions. If we create an Internet where people can open an online store and have global suppliers‚ global customers‚ and global competitors‚ they will open that online store or bank or bookshop…The history of economic development teaches this over and over: If you
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The world does not have flat feet… Ah‚ a discussion I know something about on a personal level... 1. The advantage of ’knowing the business’ – was that Adida was successful in Europe before coming to the United States and then bought out popular shoe brands in the US to even the ‘playing field’ with Nike. 2. The group most harmed by the buyout was Adida itself in that they underestimated Nike - and their hopes of being Numero Uno did not materialize – even with their other athletic clothing
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Triple Alliance: Mexica (top dog)‚ Tepanec & Acolhua 428‚ 460‚ 462‚ 468-70‚ 480-81‚ 493‚ 497 Who: Triple alliance refers to the alliance between the Mexica‚ the Acolhua‚ and the Tepanecs Mexica: Aztec ethnic group that settled on the adjacent islands of Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco‚ These were distinct communities‚ each with its own ruling lineage‚ but eventually Tenochtitlan overpowered Tlatelolco. The Mexica were so dominant in Mesoamerica in AD 1519 that their name was subsequently applied
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becoming an adult and fitting into the world around you. For girls these pressures are even more extreme due to the burden of being the “weaker” sex. This term is changing‚ but it is changing because it is now expected of girls to do things just as well‚ or better than their male counterpoints. Girls are supposed to be smart‚ docile‚ attractive‚ strong‚ self-sufficient‚ and all around the best at what they do. The triple bind is helpful to teenage girls because the triple bind helps girls strive for excellence
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day and age that we live in‚ technology is becoming an essential part of our daily lives. The twenty-first century‚ largely dubbed as the “Age of Technology” and also the “Era of Globalization‚” has brought on the feasibility of an interconnected world. Globalization is considered to be the unavoidable wave of the future. A few texts from Kwame Anthony Appiah‚ Marshall Poe‚ and Thomas L. Friedman further elaborate on a few important aspects of globalization. Technology‚ a major part of globalization
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beginning to throw in their boots and let robots do the dirty work” (Briggs). Technology in this world has grown over the past decades and we have become more and more reliant on our technology. Agribots and drones is the newest and latest thing in this world that could really boots our crop productivity. Thomas L. Friedman‚ author of The World is Flat‚ argues that‚ “As an individual‚ in a flat world is figuring out how to make yourself as an ‘untouchable’” (280). He then describes ‘untouchables’
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Assignment Title: Individual Assignment – Book Review Book title: The World Is Flat- the Globalization World in the Twenty First Century Author: Thomas L. Friedman Introduction ‘The World Is Flat- the Globalization World in the Twenty First Century’ is a well written book by Thomas L. Friedman based on his personal experience‚ case studies‚ and etc. He explores the political and technological changes that have made the world a smaller place. From the explosion of the internet to the dot com bubble
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