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    Reality television is one of the most popular genres featured on broadcast media. Although its name implies an honest and impartial story, reality television is one of the most-edited and manipulated forms of television, where producers decide what is seen by the audience through their careful selection of music, footage, camera angles, and lighting among many other important features. Through their design choices and careful edits, producers are able to create narratives and meanings that otherwise

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    The entrepreneurial company I have decided to do my analysis on is Inboard. Their pitch was shown in episode 10 on Shark Tank. Inboard is a company centered on the sale of electric skateboards to urban areas. There are many electric skateboards out on the market, but the Inboard team believes that their product provides significant value over their competition. The main value that differentiates them from their competition lies within the product design. The skateboard that Inboard is selling has

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    My fellow Americans. A natural disaster has hit the San Francisco area. A category 5 earthquake has destroyed what a lot of you know as home. My self and the first lady extend our deepest sympathy to all of you that’s been affected by this tragedy. I'm speaking to you from San Francisco—a still partly standing, and nearly empty shell of what once was a diverse, proud, and historic city. Today I have signed an emergency funding bill of $1 billion to support recovery efforts that will take effect

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    those people who had personally witnessed the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, and went on to describe the tragedy. Jack London demonstrates the scale of the damage through use of vivid language such as repetition, human characteristics, and emotions in his account of the San Francisco earthquake. Jack London demonstrates the scale of damage through the use of vivid language such as repetition in his account of the San Francisco earthquake. For example, when London was explaining

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    When looking at the Silicon Valley it is apparent that the valley has left its mark on the world and will continue to do so. Those in the Silicon Valley have a unique model by which they feel public service should be done. The model proposed by many in the Silicon Valley is one that for the most part is apolitical, meaning that those in the Silicon Valley do not see government as a driving force in public service. The belief held by many in the Silicon Valley including Facebook is that they can

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    Case Assignment, Chapter 6 (Short Answer) Management What Would You Do? Cisco Systems, Palo Alto, California. Your board of directors wants to know: How should Cisco grow? Your response was, “Well, the way we’ve grown in the past is. . . .” “No. That’s not the question. Looking backward is easy. How should we grow in the future? Should we build or buy?” And with the next board meeting in only 3 months, you don’t have much time to come up with the answer. Cisco started in 1984 as the plumbers

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    The winchester mystery house is a house that has a supernatural background. Some people believe that the house is not haunted however a majority of the people believe that it is indeed haunted. There is a mysterious story to why the house was built in the first place that will send chills throughout your body. You see this isn’t any ordinary haunted attraction that you could find at an amusement park, no no this is a real life mystery house. There have been sightings that all fit together almost

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    Even then, the proposal was rejected for a few years. At the time, San Francisco received water support from Lake Eleanor, but both the lake and the valley was demanded. There was much criticism to set up this dam by many conservatives and Muir himself. The proposal finally passed in 1913 even after much opposition from

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    London’s “The Story of an Eyewitness” is a first-person account of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 and the destruction caused by the fires that large earthquake. The National Archives article reports the same event is a third-person account and differs from London’s account in several ways. London’s eyewitness article provides information, uses real pictures, and uses literary techniques like imdrege to tell the story of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 and the complete destruction of the city

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    The Bribri civilization of Costa Rica/Panama and the Kogi civilization of Colombia were believed to be a secondary area to the Mesoamerican and South American civilizations. However, differences began to surface that distinguished the Bribri and the Kogi from civilizations of Mesoamerica. They formed part of the Isthmo Colombian Area, therefore similarities were expected to exist between the Bribri and the Kogi. These similarities were understood through the rituals that the Bribri and Kogi practiced

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