Summary: Are you ready‚ Boots by Maggie Alderson‚ is a short story‚ which mainly takes place in London. It is a youthful atmosphere in a financial world; with new fancy clothes‚ lots of drinks‚ Champaign and parties. It´s also a superficial environment‚ where you are being judged by your look and the clothes you are wearing all the time. The most of the story is in London but the opening‚ which is in Medias res‚ is in New York. The two friends‚ Lulu and Spencer‚ who are also two of the main characters
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Internet and information paper HUM/176 Hello Friend: Having quick access to information can make life quite easy! I say this‚ because not all information you find on digital media sources can be trusted. The one way you can assess the value of the information is to perform research on the information offered or cross-reference the information you find. Since anyone can post anything on the Internet‚ it is best to identify the author and research the author’s credentials. This week
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Are You Ready‚ Boots? Maggie Alderson’s short story‚”Are You Ready‚ Boots?” revolves around the life of a girl called Lulu. On a four day trip to New York‚ with her friends Betty and Spencer‚ she buys a perfect pair of boots. They make her feel like a star. However‚ when she returns home to London‚ she does not wear‚ or even look at her brand new‚ 50% off Manolos‚ for six months. On the night of the grand opening of a restaurant‚ she is talked into wearing her “new” boots by Spencer. This is
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(Portfolio Task: Module 3) When you ask a patient to plantar flex a foot‚ what changes occur within the muscles involved? According to Maitland (1977)‚ the movement of foot in which ankle is bent is termed as Plantar Flexion. Posture where one stands on his/ her tiptoes or gas pedal of a vehicle is pushed‚ plantar flexion takes place. Through plantar flexion‚ ankle muscles and calf are relaxed so that they can properly work. The term “Plantar Flexion” is used to describe the movement of toe in
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In President John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address‚ he provided what is quite possibly one of his most famous quotes: "My fellow Americans‚ ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what can you do for your country." This was followed up by‚ "My fellow citizens of the world‚ ask not what America will do for you‚ but what together we can do for the freedom of man." Exactly 44 years after Kennedy’s Inaugural address‚ it might be worthwhile to revisit the implications of this statement. Can
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Are You Ready‚ Boots? 1) Write a summary The shortstory „ Are You Ready‚ Boots?“ is written by Maggie Alderson and it´s about the young woman Lulu´s live. One day on a four day trip to New York with her pals Spencer and Betty‚ Lulu is thrilled by the thougt that these Manolos boots can be hers. Black knee heels‚ 50 % off and her size! She try the boots and feels wonderful‚ beautyful‚ totally sexy. She feels like a Bond girl. She looks at the mirror an thinks how good the boots make her look
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links lead to topics on Afghanistan and the Afghanistan war. The commentaries on the CNN article were different because they described different accounts of what happened. Some discussed people were still going to the polls to vote while others came from candidates in the election. The same story of voting in Afghanistan was reported in a different way by MSNBC. After reading the article‚ it felt like the information was precise and more accurate. The article included more quotes than CNN and
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Thank you for your submission this week. Here is some feedback to help you assess your assignment contribution versus what was expected in this assignment. Please see the following as a guide for how your responses measured versus the ideal answers to this activity. Assignment: News Media‚ Option 1: Toolwire® Learnscape Credibility and Impact Purpose of Assignment: In this Learnscape‚ students take on the role of Deputy Speech Writer for Senator Owen Johnson. Students use the Internet (via
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Commonly known as the Internet‚ the world’s largest network is used extensively throughout the world today. Since its creation in 1983‚ the Internet has continued to grow in popularity and use as a commercial and private communications medium. Millions of people throughout the world use the Internet in a variety of ways‚ ranging from personal conversations to on-line shopping. According to a survey compiled by Nua Ltd in 1999‚ the number of Internet users rose from 26 million in 1995 to 205 million
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Is the Internet Bad For You? Socrates feared writing would make us forgetful. He believed written knowledge didn’t give us the same wisdom as oral knowledge (100). Hieronimo Squarciafico‚ the Italian humanist‚ believed the easily available books that the printing press provided would lead to weaker minds (100). Writing and the easy access to books‚ two of the world’s biggest discoveries‚ yet they were seen as things that would harm people rather than help. Nicholas Carr advocates the harmfulness
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