Ok, I have a question….Do americans know that their media from tv shows, movies, the news and even video games give them a very false view of the world?? The media in america is probably the most stereotypical kind of media on earth which fills the american mind with extreme misconceptions about the world around them. If there a such thing as an ignorant american, he or she is simply ignorant because they believe what they see and hear. For example, I recently traveled to India (I’m from the U.S) and I realized that they have many malls, clubs, bars, restaurants (Modern facilities) and brilliant infrastructure in the major cities ( new delhi, bangalore, hyderabad) and improving infrastructure in Mumbai…But the media in america shows images of poverty and any news of India is always negative when infact it is the second fastest growing economy in the world(information tech and information systems)…Do americans realize this?

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I live in Jersey city… I’ve been to manhatten about twice a week for my entire life. My boyfriend is coming to visit from south jersey and he doesnt spend much time here.. and im trying to plan a nice day in the city and im drawing a blank! I guess being so used to everything i never stopped to appreciate what stores or restaurants there are here.
any suggestions on places to visit?
some helpful info.
we’re 20 years old, hes a musician in a rock band, he likes video games and he’s polish.
ah!

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Extensive information. What subcultural stereotype best applies?
24 year old white male
6′, 250 lbs.
Upbringing: Grew up mostly in a small-medium-sized city in southern Missouri. Upper middle-class. Lived in Central America for a few years.
Education: Three years at a state college, pursuing a BA in Religious Studies, double minoring in Philosophy and Political Science. Dropped out for financial reasons (had no parental help).
Career: I have two contracts (self-employed). One as a writer of tech & gaming news on the internet. Second doing market research for an entrepreneur. Together they pay 35-40k. Long term career goal is to become financially stable enough to start my own business related to the visual arts and the online media. Very little interest in having a family, and would rather die than move back to the suburbs.
Current living situation: Live with one roommate in a working class Hispanic immigrant neighborhood near downtown Chicago. Plan to get a studio in a more upscale (but still very urban) neighborhood in January.
Politics: Democrat, but more liberal on social and foreign policy issues. More conservative on economic issues. Radical internationalist and free trader.
Books: “The Stranger” by Albert Camus, “Solaris” by Stanislaw Lem, “Big Sur” by Jack Kerouac, “At the Mountains of Madness” by H.P. Lovecraft
Movies: French new wave films (esp. Franois Truffaut), moody Sci-fi like Blade Runner and Aliens, films of Billy Wilder, Audrey Hepburn movies, films of Wong Kar Wai, films of Werner Herzog. So mostly classics and foreign.
TV: 30 Rock, Mad Men, Weeds.
Music: M.I.A., Asobi Seksu, Common, Philip Glass, Rachid Taha, The Streets, Goldfrapp, Nine Inch Nails
Glasses: Sleek, black-rimmed Emporio Armani wraparounds.
Tops: Button up dress shirts from JC Penney or other department stores mostly — J Ferrar and Stafford. Dark, solid colors. Usually not tucked in.
Bottoms: Pants are Dockers or St. John’s Bay khakis. Sometimes cargo pants, but usually dressy khakis, off-white or dark brown.
Shoes: Black or brown loafers.
Other relevant info: Total technophile. Have an HDTV, PS3, MacBook Pro, and an iPhone. Don’t like fancy restaurants; mostly try to go to the cheapest Thai or Chinese food place I can find. Not particularly anti-corporate or into organic, free trade, or vegan anything. I think the website Stuff White People Like is hilarious and familiar but it only 40% applies to me.
I’m in the heart of hardcore geek culture because I write about video games and gadgets for a living, but I feel very disassociated because I’ve never gotten into comic books and the whole escapist fantasy subculture (ie, Star Wars).
Very snobbish about films but not about music. Love the show Frasier and everything it stands for, but can afford nothing that it stands for (fine wines, opera, etc). Obsessed with politics. Also like some oddball things, like burlesque.
Heroes are Werner Herzog, Steve Jobs, Franois Truffaut, Albert Camus, and Mikhail Gorbachev.

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i am relocating to san antonio and have a few questions
1. i will be living at the villas of vista del norte zip code 78216. is this a good area? and how far of a drive is it to lackland afb
2. is there any good paved paths to go rollerblading at?
3. is it hard to get tickets to spurs games
4. i am not racist but i do have a question. i am from california and im used to hispanic culture.i lived in south carolina and am used to souther culture. what i cannot stand is ghetto and trashiness.is the hispanic culture in san antonio overwhelming to the point where spanish is mainly spoken or is it not that bad.my exp in california is that the mainly hispanic areas are not kept up and are pretty trashy. is it a clean city or is it run down??
5. my gf and i are into classy restaurants and martini bars and nice jazz clubs. is the river walk the best place to find that? any ideas of which establishments we would like?
6. any lakes or rivers where u can kayak and swim?
thank you!!!

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3. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster had a global impact because
A. The radiation crossed national boundaries
B. The radiation stayed with the Soviet Union
C. The radiation was contained within Chernobyl
D. There was almost no radiation at all
7. Which of the following is not an example of international efforts to achieve collective security?
A. United Nations
B. Ohio National Guard
C. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
D. Organization of American States
11. Which of the following is an example of an exchange of cultural practices?
A. Americans eating French fries in fast food restaurants
B. The popularity of jazz music in the United States during the 20th century
C. Chinese acupuncture becoming popular in the United States
D. Americans playing board games such as Monopoly
12. Which of the following is an example of cultural exchanges in the world of music?
A. The popularity of the Rolling Stones in England
B. The popularity of Elvis Presley in the United States
C. The popularity of the Who in England
D. The popularity of the Beatles in the United States
16. Which of the following would not be a good example of an intergovernmental organization?
A. City Council
B. United Nations
C. World Bank
D. League of Nations
23. Which of the following would not have a direct effect on the environment?
A. Global warming
B. Acid rain
C. Beetles coming from another country
D. Doing homework
24. The best example of the spreading of religion would be
A. The President meeting with his cabinet
B. A speech about education at a teachers conference
C. A Supreme Court Case
D. Missionaries going to other countries to teach their beliefs
31. An example of outsourcing would be
A. Giving a shirt to a relative to sew
B. Selling wheat to the U.S.S.R
C. Having Japan make toys and sending them to the U.S.
D. Selling your bike at a flea market in another city
33. When economies of various nations are interconnected this is called what?
A. Assimilation
B. Globalization
C. Culturalization
D. Civilization
Please Help. This is such a huge assignment it has fifty questions. I have gone over the reading numerous times, and I still cant find these answers…

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I have started seeing a guy. Who was initially charming and intersted in wanting to know me and go out with me.
Now he says I don’t put any effort into the relationship. Even though I suggest a restaurant – he say’s he has already taken a date there. I suggested an activity to do like visit the city he said no lets do this instead, Each time we do go out to dinner anytime I’m wanting to get to know about him things he like’s, etc he will continue discuss is ex then compare me to her. What should I do?

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take your time and have fun
1. How old will you turn in 2009?
2. Do you think you’ll be married by then?
3. What do you look forward to most in the next 3 months?
4. Who was the last person to text you?
5. Who was the last person to call you?
6. Do you prefer calling or texting?
7. Do you have pets?
8. What were you doing at 1 a.m.?
9. What about at 3 a.m.?
10. When was the last time you saw your mom?
11. What are you looking forward to?
12. How many houses have you lived in?
13. How many cities/towns have you lived in?
14. Do you prefer shoes, socks or barefeet?
15. Are you a social person?
16. When was the last time you laughed?
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17. What’s your favorite color?
18. What are you doing for your next birthday?
19. What is your favorite TV show?
20.What kind of jelly do you use on your PB/J?
21. Do you like coffee?
22. What are you listening to?
23. What is your favorite game on your cell phone?
24. Who knows more about you than anyone else?
25. What is one thing nobody knows about you?
26. Do you know how to play poker?
27. What are you thinking about right now?
28. Any plans for this weekend?
29. What is your favorite pair of shoes?
30. Have you already made a resolution for 2008?
32. What is your favorite type of slushee?
33. Have you ever been in an ambulance?
34. Do you prefer an ocean or pool?
35. What are you doing tomorrow?
37. What is your favorite thing to spend money on?
38. Do you wear any jewelry 24/7?
39. Who is the funniest person you know?
40. Shirt tucked in or not?
41. Have you ever told someone something then regretted it?
42. What is your favorite season of the year?
43. What is your favorite time of day?
44. What is the main ringtone on your phone?
45. Do you shut off the water when you brush your teeth?
46. What do you want for Christmas?
47. What is your favorite item to order at a Chinese Restaurant?
48. Do you wish someone was with you right now?

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For English, I have to do a project on the poem Common Magic by Bronwen Wallace and I don’t know what it means. What does this poem mean? I need to know the theme, and what each line discusses here is the poem:
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Common Magic by Bronwen Wallace
Common Magic
Bronwen Wallace
Your best friend falls in love
and her brain turns to water.
You can watch her lips move,
making the customary sounds,
but you can see they’re merely
words, flimsy as bubbles rising
from some golden sea where she
swims sleek and exotic as a mermaid.
It’s always like that.
You stop for lunch in a crowded
restaurant and the waitress floats
toward you. You can tell she doesn’t care
whether you have the baked or french-fried
and you wonder if your voice comes
in bubbles too.
It’s not women either. Or love
for that matter. The old man
across from you on the bus holds
a young child on his knee; he is singing
to her and his voice is a small boy
turning somersaults in the green
country of his blood.
It’s only when the driver calls his stop
that he emerges into this puzzle
of brick and tiny hedges. Only then
you notice his shaking hands, his need
of the child to guide him home.
All over the city
you move in your own seasons
through the seasons of others: old women faces
clawed by weather you can’t feel
clack dry tongues at passersby
while adolescente seethe
in their glassy atmospheres of anger.
In parks, the children
are alien life-forms, rooted
in the galaxies they’re grown through
to get here. Their games weave
the interface and their laughter
tickles that part of your brain where smells
are hidden and the nuzzling textures of things.
It’s a wonder that anything gets done
at all: a mechanic flails
at the muffler of your car
through whatever storm he’s trapped inside
and the mailman stares at numbers
from the haze of a distant summer.
Yet somehow letters arrive and buses
remember their routes. Banks balance.
Mangoes ripen on the supermarket shelves.
Everyone manages. You gulp the thin air
of this planet as if it were the only
one you knew. Even the earth you’re
standing on seems solid enough.
It’s always the chance word, unthinking
gesture that unlocks the face before you.
Reveals intricate countries
deep within the eyes. The hidden
lives, like sudden miracles,
that breathe there.

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I’m an American, so I’m naturally biased to the situation in my own country.To me, there is no story more pressing than New Orleans – what happened there, and what hasn’t happened. In a way, it’s a window on the soul of America. On the one hand we see an unspeakably
corrupt administration. On the other hand courage and generosity that restores one’s faith in human nature.
New Orleans in spite of being 80% destroyed by the failure of the federal levee system is coming back strong. Strong enough to host the NBA All-Star game,to stage over thirty large scale parades during Mardi Gras, to operate its schools, hospitals, roads, hotels and restaurants. The music is back and the incomparable food and culture.
All without the help of the federal government which promised so much and has done so little – and done so much harm.
Three short videos that tell the story:
1. A short art piece which conveys the pain of losing one’s home whether in New Orleans or Bagdhad.
2. A rare and little seen video that captured what it means when a levee fails: “From street to roof in three minutes”
3. A vivid recap of how thoroughly the city and its people were abandoned by the government
whose job it was to help.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us1d0Kvrw

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What do you guys think of my resume? Personal information removed so it may look a bit odd, but besides that, what do you think? I am trying to get my first real job this summer and want to apply at this restaurant. Comments and criticism please!
______
NAME
Address
Home Phone: *******
Cell: *******
Email
______________________________________
Objective: To obtain employment from (Place removed)
Skills:
Hardworking and dedicated to completing jobs
Organized and capable
Trustworthy and honest person
Multilingual and friendly
Reliable and have a flexible schedule
Resourceful and responsible
Punctual and meets deadlines
Leadership qualities
Cooking Skills
Vast computer knowledge.
Confident and outgoing
Follows Directions
Good Attendance
Positive Attitude
Great team player!
Interests:
Family
Friends
Sports
Food/Cooking
Clothes
Medicine (would like to become a doctor one day)
Music
School
Electronics
Education:
NAME OF High School
City
Grade 12 Student
Honors Student
Volunteer Experience:
Canteen Volunteer Place 2006-2007
Prepared and served food at school canteen during lunch hours.
Work Experience:
Volleyball Referee Place September 2007-November 2007
Refereed high school and junior high volleyball games.
Activities and Honors:
High School Honor Roll
Achieved 2007-2008 school year honors.
Recently achieved honors for 2008-2009 school year.
Track and Field
May 2008 June 2008
High School Track and Field team.
Cross Country
September 2008-October 2008
High School Cross Country team.

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