LONG WAY GONE is a prodigal son story about a terminally ill man‚ who once had a promising music career. Upon returning home‚ he reconnects with his old flame‚ a mature country star whose fallen on hard times. They relive their romance through a series of flashbacks which also ignites memories of his childhood traveling around with his father‚ an itinerate preacher/musician. While this story is certainly catnip for the faith-based market‚ the overarching appeal of this film for a larger market
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These days the World is shifting from mass marketing to personal service‚ from focus on mainstream products to popularity of unique and personalized goods. This principle is reflected in the Long Tail theory‚ which explains phenomenon of why revenue from total quantity of items‚ which are out of top positions‚ outnumbers greatly the one brought by a relatively short list of “hits”. Sellers of all kinds are no longer limited by physical space of stores when operating in a virtual environment. Neither
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Before I say anything‚ I’d like to do a little survey. How many of you have an ipad or an e-reader? Do you prefer reading on the ipad or reading a paper book? A couple of weeks ago I read an article on the New York Times website‚ it is called “Long Live Paper” written by Justin B. Hollander. The argumentation of the author was aroused by the US Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s declaration of "Over the next few years‚ textbooks should be obsolete." but According to the author; good old paper
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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2011‚ Vol. 101‚ No. 6‚ 1302–1316 © 2011 American Psychological Association 0022-3514/11/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/a0025497 So Far Away From One’s Partner‚ Yet So Close to Romantic Alternatives: Avoidant Attachment‚ Interest in Alternatives‚ and Infidelity C. Nathan DeWall University of Kentucky Nathaniel M. Lambert The Florida State University Erica B. Slotter Northwestern University Richard S. Pond‚ Jr. and Timothy Deckman University of
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became slaves‚ they are being exploited and abused by white people. The black people were live in bad situation because of the oppression from white people. There were some changes after the black people are no longer slaves. However‚ according to “The Long Walk Home”‚ the black people were in a weak situation‚ and discriminated by white people in the 1950s. Body paragraph 1 Topic sentence: White families and black families have different situations. Supporting Idea: A: White people living situation
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Honors English 1 The Risks for Survival In the novel‚ A Long Way Gone‚ by Ishmael Beah‚ the author discusses the topic of survival. The book tells a story of a boy whose life is affected by war and forced to survive on his own. Beah is trying to send us a message that people often do crazy things in order to survive. The excerpts I provide prove this statement to be true. Sometimes‚ there are situations where people are starving and in great need of food and resources. “One evening we actually
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What is long term care? Long-term care refers to a collection of services that are intended to meet the medical and non-medical needs of disabled or chronically ill patients. These services include social‚ medical/nursing‚ and community services. They often require assisting the patient or patients in performing day-to-day tasks like dressing‚ bathing and eating. Long-term care can be provided for anybody and can be performed in a nursing home‚ in the individual’s residence or in assisted living
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No Longer Human 人間失格 No Longer Human or 人間失格 (Ningen Shikkaku) is a Japanese novel by a famous Japanese author‚ Osamu Dazai. No Longer Human is considered as Dazai’s masterpiece and it is one of the classics of Japanese literature and has been translated into several foreign languages. Dazai was born with the name Shuji Tsushima. He is the eighth surviving child of a wealthy and respectful landowner with a mother who was got weaken after giving birth to 11 children thus‚ Tsushima was raise mainly
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Long Essay Support‚ Modify‚ or Refute: The Monroe Doctrine ushered in a new era of US foreign policy The Monroe Doctrine was established in the early 19th century written by‚ of course‚ James Monroe. This document ushered in a new era of US foreign policy by stepping their foot down and showing the rest of the world how powerful they could be. This was when the US was slowly figuring out the power they could hold. This document stated that the US will not permit the following: Interfering with
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World Literature 03 December 2013 A long Way Gone 75% check‚ 100-151 1. Nauseated (verb) - to feel disgust. “Something inside his brain was still pulsating and he was breathing. I felt nauseated” (Beah 100). 2. Garrison (noun) - a body of troops stationed in a fortified place. “The soldiers set up their garrison in another unfinished brick house‚ and there they‚ socialized separate from the civilians” (Beah 101). 3. Jubilation (noun) - a feeling of or the expression of joy. “Their jubilation
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