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    After moving to the house, Esperanza quickly befriends Lucy and Rachel, two Chicana girls who live across the street. Lucy, Rachel, Esperanza, and Esperanza little sister, Nenny, have many adventures in the small space of their neighborhood. They buy a bike, learn exciting stories about boys from a young woman named Marin, explore a junk shop, and have intimate conversations while playing Double Dutch (jumping rope). The girls are on the brink of puberty and sometimes find themselves sexually…

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    The Wall Street Journal article sheds light on a community of buyers who want to prepare for the worst case scenario. In the article very wealthy buyers want a sense of safety should a natural or man-made disaster occur. The buyers of these underground condos sight growing concern over health scares, sever weather and terror attacks. It should be noted that these condos don’t just provide the basic necessities, but they also provide the best amenities money can buy. The motivation of their…

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    seriousness on the faces of the customs officers whose responsibility were to check passport and question passengers for reason to come to Hong Kong. As I moved closer to the front of the line, I noticed someone reading iconic of economics newspaper “Wall Street Journal”. What a sarcastic contrast to myself, I hope to pursue a new six-year medicine degree in Hong Kong as a new U.S. immigrant and an Economics-major undergraduate student. When I reached the front of the line, the customs officer…

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    cost structure would be in the best interest of the company. Outlined are the risk associated with this change, the probability of reaching the projected net income, and the results of the special order. Comparison of Cost Structure As suggested, Wall Street Burger Shoppe used the fixed cost structure in the months June to October. I found that while using the fixed cost structure proves to be the more risker option, it’s still be a viable option for the shop to implement. For starters, as sales…

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    The Wolf of Wall Street may seem just as another ridiculous comedy film at first glance, however, as with art of all forms, it can be interpreted in drastically different ways. Although the film explicitly portrays how stockbrokers in Wall Street use manipulation to fill their own pockets, The Wolf of Wall Street splendidly conveys different “morals of the story” depending on the morality of the audience: “wolves” hunger for materialistic lifestyle are eager to become filthy rich like Jordan…

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    What: Black Wall Street is a documentary that chronicles the events that led to the loss of 300 plus lives and burning of a prosperous black neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Greenwood, a prosperous black neighborhood was set ablaze by an angry white mob. The journey will take us from the rise of Black Wall street, heralded by entrepreneurs like O.W Gurley through the confrontation that led to the burning. Black Wall Street will also look into the efforts to rebuilding the community, the…

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    control of governments and corporations that had monopolized the channels of communication as the foundation of their power, throughout history.” (Castells, 2012, page 2) The example I am going to focus on for the rest of this essay is the “Occupy Wall Street” (OWS). An American social-political movement, which has used social media and the Internet to gain followers, inform the nation of the cause and attract the mass media. OWS managed to gain a huge amount of supporters, including the…

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    Syifa Afiah 016201400164 The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 American biographical black comedy film, directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenplay by Terence Winter is adapted from the eponymous memoir by Jordan Belfort and recounts from Belfort's perspective his career as a stockbroker in New York City and how his firm Stratton Oakmont engaged in rampant corruption and fraud on Wall Street that ultimately led to his downfall. Leonardo DiCaprio (who also produced the film) stars as Belfort, with…

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    initiative helped to stabilize the housing market while Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ensured the financial system safer for the consumers, investors and all market participant. Several actions such as loan modification and other homeowner assistant action implemented to strength the housing market. The initiatives have set new policies and standards to compact…

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    To the people of past social developments, the Occupy Wall Street dissents that started in New York and spread across the nation have been an appreciated reaction to corporate voracity and the enfeebled economy. However, whether the vitality of dissenters can be tapped to change the political atmosphere stays to be seen. "There 's a distinction between an enthusiastic clamor and a development," said Andrew Young, who worked close by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as a strategist amid the social…

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