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This paper is about growing gaps in information technology and how information and communications are increasingly necessary. Lack of knowledge leads to poorer outcomes and a lesser place in social networks. Goes on to discuss possible solutions.

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"In Disconnected: Have and Have-nots in the Information Age, Wresch argues that while we live in an "information age", information is still unavailable to many. He sees unequal distribution of information causing the gap between the rich and the poor to grow, since oftentimes knowledge (in the form of information) is the means to obtain power and wealth. He sees tyrannical control of information and rejectionists? refusal to access available information as also leading to further inequality and hate, and he points out that with increased information comes the threat of increased information-based crimes. Aside from these worries about information's access are his findings on information processing. Wresch points out that those who don't have adequate education can't make use of the information available to them; as well, psychologically, educated people can ignore information; finally, occasionally there is just so much information out there that sorting through it becomes a Herculean task and so wrong conclusions are reached as some information is ignored and some given more emphasis - this overabundance of information is referred to as "noise", which can metaphorically "hypnotize or deafen" (Wresch, 75). Information itself can also be skewed and one-sided, or too meagre. Wresch specifically points to television, movies, newspapers, radio, and even books as more unavailable and one-sided in less developed countries than in developed countries. Additionally, he sees networking and connections with people as having an effect on one's outcomes; the rich thus have an advantage over the poor, who have fewer connections. Finally, organizations and professionals could also benefit from increased communication and sharing of information."

Tags:advances, communications, computers, differences, gap, institutions, poor, rich, social, society, structure, technological, technology

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This paper examines the poem "The Return" and discusses how loss is a cycle and that we are all involved in a 'return' to places we previously have visited, but which have been diminished in some way because of loss.

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In "Daytona Beach: Beyond the Beats and Rhymes", author Byron Hurt recounts his experience at an event called "Spring Bling", hosted by Black Entertainment television, as a bystander, the author strives to remain disconnected from the events on which he is reporting in order to maintain some level of objectivity. As the essay progresses, the author narrates the events of the event, but then proceeds to evaluate the behaviour of those individuals participating in the festivities. Through a series of encounters, Hurt examines the relational dynamic between men and women against the backdrop of this very specific cultural environment and corresponding setting

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Joe Student Professor's Name Course Code March 10, 2009 Exploring Female Objectification: An Analysis of "Spring Bling" In "Daytona Beach: Beyond the Beats and Rhymes", author Byron Hurt recounts his experience at an event called "Spring Bling", hosted by Black Entertainment television, as a bystander, the author strives to remain disconnected from the events on which he is reporting in order to maintain some level of objectivity. As the essay progresses, the author narrates

Tags:objectification, dominant, hegemony

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The paper identifies serious disconnects between what the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) mandates and what is currently and systemically possible. At the heart of the problems of the NCLB, the paper says, are mandates that teaching methods and systems used must be "proven" by rigorous research to be effective. The writer explains that very little reliable research has actually been made to identify what educational techniques can be used on a large scale basis in the United States and argues that the greatest obstacle to a solution is a failure by educational experts to even agree on what the standards for a "proven" system should look like. The paper concludes with suggestions for new approaches that would provide meaningful and long-lasting reform to the NCLB. This paper contains an annotated bibliography.

Outline:
Abstract
Introduction
Literature Review
Findings
The Need for Reform
Standardized Testing
The Requirements for Useful Starndardized Testing
Objections to Standardized Tests
The Lack of Proven Programs
What Standards Do We Make?
Theory Versus Application
Bridging the Gap
Conclusion

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"Overall, the results of the findings were that at least two key provisions of the NCLB were either misdirected or ineffective. One, that while the NCLB requires under performing schools to utilize "proven" pedagogy and educational programs to increase student performance, no educational program of any kind has met the standards of the NCLB. In fact, educational developers and researchers cannot even agree on what would be considered a "proven" program. Second, while the theory of Standardized Testing was that assessments drive classroom instruction to focus on reasoning and critical thinking skills, in actuality schools often "Teach the Test", abandoning efforts to teach reasoning and critical thinking skills for the goal of teaching students test-taking skills to inflate test scores."

Tags:curriculum researcher performance evaluation requirement, value-added model, academic

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This paper explains that Charles Bukowski's poem, "My Old Man" portrays a conflict between a father and son. The complete opposite of this poem is Nancy Willard's poem, "Questions My Son Asked Me, Answers I Never Gave Him", which conveys affection between a parent and child. The author points out that the themes of these poems are different: Charles Bukowski gives the father and son a strong sense of disconnection and refusal of one another; whereas, in Willard's poem, the theme exposes involvement and acceptance between a parent and child. The paper relates that Charles Bukowski creates a sense of misery with the son having a feeling of unimportance; Nancy Willard's poem expresses a deeper meaning of time through life.

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"The imagery created through the questions and answers in Willard's poem, produces an outlook on life relating time. In the course of the parent and son's intimate relationship, it allows them to involve time on the view of life within the questions and answers. Through time the son will find out if butterflies make noise, if he can eat a star, and if the years ever run out. Even the answers given to him are through time. For example the last question asks, "Do the years ever run out?" This question inquires the time in living every day to a year to find his answer. Even though his parent answers, "God said, I will break time's heart", the son must live and learn so he can eventually interpret the answers to his questions."

Tags:conflict, affection, disconnection, relationship, imagery

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This paper explores the role of isolation in Aflred Hitchcock's 1960 horror film "Psycho". It argues that it is through rejection from general society that Marion is pushed to the criminal act of theft, while Norman Bates isolation from American society turns him into a serial killer. It implies that the increasing isolation of individuals in American culture was an anxiety held by many in the 1950s and 1960s and how that disconnection could turn any one to violence and crime. The paper is based on both the film and an article by Thomas Hemmeter (referenced in the works cited).

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"Since Marion is Norman's doppelganger it is not surprising that her situation, that of social isolation, parallels his. The physical representation of Marion's entrapment is the confined spaces in which she resides. The hotel room where she meets Sam Loomis (John Gavin), her lover, is bland, she shares office space with another secretary, Caroline (Patricia Hitchcock), her sister, Lila Crane (Vera Miles), shares a tiny, impersonal apartment with her, and Marion spends the rest of the film either in a car, at the Bates Motel, and finally the most claustrophobic space of them all, the shower."

Tags:bates, crime, disconnection, doppelganger, horror, marion

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This paper discusses the issue of immigration in Canada and attempts to show that there are differences between the immigration policies of the federal government and the provincial government of Alberta, but that they concur in one important aspect: both place emphasis on the need to attract skilled workers to Canada. The paper continues and relates that both allocate funds in order to attract workers. The paper also highlights the fact that skilled immigrants who come to Canada are unable to find work in their chosen professions, which points out the serious disconnection between the intent of immigration policies at both federal and provincial level. The paper agrees that this is not good for the immigrants nor good for Canada's economy and suggests methods of addressing this disconnection.

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"The federal government appears to be trying to find ways to resolve the disconnections. For example, the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, announced the launch of a Foreign Credentials Referral Office on 24th May 2007. In announcing this, Finley noted that she had often heard stories of "the newcomer to Canada, who came with skills and credentials ... and who has had to struggle ever since to get a job in his or her chosen field" (www.cic.gc.ca). Yet at the same time, she notes that "We need skilled newcomers and we need skilled newcomers to work in their chosen field" Hence, the new Foreign Credentials Referral Office will attempt to facilitate the accreditation of these immigrants, so as to resolve the futile disconnection of a country that needs skilled immigrants, on the one hand, and on the other hand, skilled immigrants who are prevented from working just because they cannot get their foreign credentials recognized in Canada."

Tags:Immigration, Canada, Alberta, Citizenship

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This paper briefly examines Pope's poem in terms of the 18th century society in which it was written. Within this one work, Pope touches on many topics of concern for the 18th century commoner: love, gender, and the generally superficial thinking of the time. One of the poem?s most important themes is the interplay and disconnection between gender roles and love.

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""Rape of the Lock" first and foremost, is a poem about love. Belinda, the Baron, and Clarissa all seek the affection of another; however their strategies in which they go about receiving it are vastly different. Belinda toys with men to eventually win their affections. The Barron takes pieces of the women that he lusts after as trophies to keep them immortalized forever. Clarissa assists the man whom she loves in his conquest. Every classical epic poem contains some sort of battle or conquest. As a mock epic poem, "Rape of the Lock" dramatizes a mock battle between the Baron and Belinda, which takes place in Canto III lines 125 through 160."

Tags:love, society

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This paper argues that the demise of William Shakespeare's "Richard II" was not due to Bolingbroke's invasion of England but due to Richard's own failings to act as an appropriate king. It develops the idea that Richard's character failures, his passivity and inability to act decisively, result in his loss of kingship. It examines how his numerous failures as king, such as his disconnection from his people and land, contribute to his removal form the throne. It shows that despite Bolingbroke's presence in the play, Richard's downfall is ultimately his own doing.

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"William Shakespeare's Richard II, is the dramatic portrayal of a king's downfall. The action of the play surrounds the deposition of an anointed but unworthy king, Richard II. Although he is stately and poetic, he fails miserably in his public role as a king because he is disconnected from his land and its people. Consequently, he is overthrown by his cousin Bolingbroke and eventually assassinated. However, despite Bolingbroke's connection to Richard's removal from the throne, Richard's fall ultimately is a result of his own inability to perform the duties of kingship. His continuous passivity and readiness to succumb to despair prove to be his definitive weaknesses and result in his final defeat. Richard is not fit to be king."

Tags:kingship, bolingbroke, england

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Langston Hughes was one of the world's most important interpreters of the African-American experience in the United States during the decade prior to World War II and the subsequent Civil Rights Movement. Hughes published a variety of famous works, including the thought-provoking poem, "Let America Be America Again". The paper shows that in this poem, Hughes presents a strong awareness of the American dream, yet talks about it as if it were a thing of the past, even to those who had once believed in it and even profited from it. The paper shows how Hughes cleverly uses a method of physical disconnection to demonstrate how Negroes, at the time, never experienced the American Dream. The paper also shows how Hughes' writing style is influenced by his race and culture, showing hints of jazz and blues in the poem.

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"Many critics say that Hughes' poem is written in the tone of a black sermon, as if he were preaching to his audience (Wagner, p. 311). Others say that the poem is written in a conversational style, in which Hughes enables the speaker and audience to interact with one another. Still, the rhythm and rhymes contribute to the overall effectiveness of the poem, in which Hughes conveys his thoughts, emotions and beliefs about America in the 1930's."

Tags:depression, Toomer