In “Credentialing Versus Educating”‚ the third chapter of Dark Ages Ahead‚ Jane Jacobs discusses a change in the intent and practice of higher education at universities and colleges. “Credentialing‚ not educating‚ has become the primary business of North American universities” (Jacobs 44). The institution of education has shifted its focus from passing on knowledge and teaching students to have critical faculties for the stability and growth of society‚ to simply certifying individuals in order to
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Across The Dark Islands was written by Floyd W. Radike who was an officer in the National Guard. He wrote this book to show his experience in the National Guard before and after the war and to also show us how the conditions were in the front lines of the war.He was with his unit in the Battles of Guadalcanal‚ New Georgia‚ The battle of Luzon and also for a short amount of time in Japan. Floyd W. Radike was a junior officer who served firstly as a line company platoon officer and then as time went
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harl I’m Going To See The Exhibition For A Shilling Let all the world say what they will‚ I do not care a fig. The Exhibition I will see‚ If I don’t dash my wig; If I sell the pig and donkey‚ The frying pan and bed‚ I will see the Exhibition While it is a bob a head. Never mind the rent or taxes‚ Dear Polly come with me‚ To the great Exhibition all The wonders
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LONELINESS The dark intense feeling of loneliness is an element of life that is inevitable to all people on a global level. To me it is like a parasite‚ is a virus eating away at the soul. ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ by Steinbeck exemplifies the loneliness of life on a Californian Ranch. John Steinbeck accomplishes this through characters as well as name of the town. A theme should be present during every element of the story‚ there are many themes that are present most of the way such as friendship but
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Themes in ‘Macbeth’. Order/Disorder. * Disorder introduced with the arrival of the witches in horrible weather. * ‘In thunder‚ lightning‚ or in rain?’ * The Thane of Cawdor threatens established order‚ ironic as the new Thane of Cawdor also betrays the King. * ‘Assisted by that most disloyal traitor‚/ The Thane of Cawdor‚ began a dismal conflict’ * The witches prophecies tempt Macbeth into disrupting natural order. * ‘If good‚ why do I yield to that suggestion‚/ Whose horrid
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THIS IS THE DARK TIME‚ MY LOVE THIS IS THE DARK TIME‚ MY LOVE The theme of this poem is about a people whose dreams of a better life have been threatened by the destructive power of the ‘strange invader’. The atmosphere of the poem is one of tension‚ fear‚ anxiety. “Everywhere the faces of men are strained and anxious.” This is because of the presence of soldiers: “all around the land brown beetles crawl about.” Even nature is sympathetic to the cause of the people as expressed in the
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The film ‘The Dark Knight’ directed by‚ Christopher Nolan‚ is a film about a League of Shadows that has been destroyed‚ but when a criminal mastermind who calls himself The Joker comes in to takes over the crime mob. Batman returns to battle his greatest threat yet. But with half the police force opposing but‚ as usual Batman manages to finish it off. The Dark Knight clearly shows and proves the theme of Vigilante justice and the main idea people or a group of community should not take laws on their
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Well-Guarded Markets David J. Bryce and Jeffrey H. Dyer 96 Customer Focus 98 Silo Busting: How to Execute on the Promise of Customer Focus Ranjay Gulati 110 Even Commodities Have Customers François M. Jacques 22 FORETHOUGHT 37 HBR CASE STUDY The Dark Side of Customer Analytics Thomas H. Davenport and Jeanne G. Harris Making the CUT 51 FIRST PERSON Back in Fashion: How We’re Reviving a British Icon Stuart Rose 121 DIFFERENT VOICE Picking Winners A Conversation with MacArthur Fellows Program
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a drama based on love. The drama is about how two foes find love despite an old grudge. The two central motifs throughout the play are light and dark. In Romeo and Juliet the light and dark concepts also exemplify life and death. The two protagonists‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ portray the motifs of light and dark. The two motifs in the play emphasize the theme of how love conquers all the senses. The motif of darkness is expressed throughout Act I Scene I. From the beginning of the play‚ Montague compares
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by persuading Lady Runcie-Campbell‚ who is head of the estate where the brothers work - that Calum is evil and dangerous. Eventually‚ Duror sees no other option other than to kill Calum. This novel deals with the dark side of humanity through the character of Duror‚ and develops the theme by dealing with appearances and the idea of the external and internal. As the novel begins‚ we are introduced to the external of Duror: a handsome‚ respectable‚ composed man. However internally Duror had endured
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