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    Sonny tried to barter the price down. The little man did not budge. "Not my problem. You got my price. Take it or leave it." The glass slammed shut. Sonny punched the air as he turned to us. "Bastard got us by the short hairs. Where the hell do we find a brick at this hour?" "Finding it is easy." Kane, shook his head. "Paying and getting back here alive is the problem. North Brooklyn gang called the Sinners got all kinds of weed but they want dealer kind of money . . . if they’re willing to sell to us. Last time I checked, our M15’s are still in the armory." "Like how much?" Red reached for his wallet. "Last year? A brick went for two grand. Don 't ask how I know." No Neck, quiet since they left the barracks broke his silence from behind Kane, "He knows we won’t get a brick. Wants something else." Kane turned around while the other two huddled out of hearing distance. "Like what?" "See how he’s sitting?" Kane shook his head and looked into the booth. "A low chair. Too lazy to adjust it." "Cousin of mine came back in a wheelchair. Always getting us to do stuff for him. Used his only power . . . guilt . . . to make us his slaves. But it wasn’t what he wanted.” "OK genius, so how does that help us?” Sonny stepped in front of No Neck, almost on his toes, and stared down on the shorter man. “What’d your moron cousin want?” "He didn’t know. We had to figure it out --" “Well we don’t have all night. Why don’t you just tell us?” “A hooker. To prove he was still a man.” Sonny…

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    In Tale-Danda Karnad breathed a different kind of life into the poetic texts and historical events by developing a dramatic structure that would ‘explain’ the relation of poetry and religious mysitism to political economy and social radicalism and in the english version of the play he incorporated a generous selection of old and new translations of the vachanas by Ramanujan. The Fire and the Rain was originally written in kannada [Agni mattu Male (1995)] but rendered immediately into english for…

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    women but for all; with his sparkly tux-like outfit he put out a message that a man can wear a sparkles and women can wear tux even though it was made for men. With his plastic surgeries, you can see that he added feminine features to his face. He did this because he wanted to be a mixed human so you could see all of the different types of humans there. This was impossible but he tried to be the image all of the human race. He wanted to blend black and white, male, female, adult, and child…

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    How does language affect the way I think? This complex question has become quite popular over the years. It is difficult to measure, for sure, how significantly language impacts the mind given to the amount of different life experiences and interactions that make up part of how a person thinks. Each person we meet, in some way, affects us. Language is the link that shape our interactions and impacts our minds. Language most definitely affects how we think, but we can never be sure to what…

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    Stereotypes

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    people. Language of prejudice, discrimination, and stereotypes is all around us and people use it to maybe non-intensionally insult someone other race group. James Baldwin states that it’s the way one talks to people or through ones writing you can sense discrimination or an unwelcoming tone, but Brent Staples suggests that it’s through looks and actions. Both would agree with the statement that people stereotype someone through the body language. The way people talk to one another had…

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    Until the 17th century, the English had never laid much claim to the lands of the New World. With the settlement of Jamestown in 1607, England began the construction of a fairly large and relatively diverse conglomeration of colonies. Eventually, developing unity in these colonies became essential to maintaining the thriving English empire in the New World. This solidarity between different colonies was derived from a variety of unique sources. Many individual ideas, legislative acts, and…

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    The idea that Chicano English has a low social status is not novel to speakers of the dialect. Ms. Guerra, a San Francisco native who speaks Chicano English, says she feels like people take her less seriously, especially because her “vocabulary and grammar is not good to begin with.” Note that Guerra may think that her vocabulary and grammar is “not good” because she compares to to the standard and what she was taught in school, and does not validate the correctness of her own dialect. Rather…

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    will probably ever see in their life time.” Viewing the film eased my understanding Cameron’s portrayal of the Indians’ identity crisis. The Indians felt alienated in their own land and their assimilation into the white culture torn them apart. She is unhappy with this state, “I want to banish the society that has fostered those feelings of alienation. I wonder at the amount of assimilation which has affected me….” It was really pathetic that the Indians feel like strangers in their own land.…

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    Scenario 1# Entering/Updating Leads Example 1: A business in Japan replies to a LinkedIn InMail, they say that they are actively searching for English learning solutions. They have 500 people interested and 50 of those people have been identified as high potential employees. The company also wants to be able to assess the skill level that their employees have. This is an example of a lead that should be entered into Sales force and converted to an opportunity. Example 2: Say a day later the…

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    Language Of Facebook Essay

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    The language of Facebook Context: There are many different types of ways that language is used that some people don’t understand, for example, in sports umpires have their own sought of language such as basketball; jump ball, travelling, technical foul and so on. I will be focusing like on the language used in Facebook. What is Facebook? Facebook is free to sign up for and is a social networking site that allows you to chat to your friends and family. It keeps you up to date with what your…

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