...Different Types of Paragraph Descriptive paragraph: A descriptive paragraph has sentences that work together to present a single, clear picture (description) of a person, a place, a thing, an event, or an idea. Descriptive paragraphs let the reader touch, taste, see, hear and smell what you are describing. The reader should feel as if they can see what you are describing clearly. You want to paint a picture as you write the descriptive paragraph. Samples of descriptive paragraphs: Sample 1 My friend, Andrew, is really weird. First of all, he is only twenty four years old, but he dresses as if he is living in 1950, instead of 2009. He combs his hair completely slicked back, and his clothes are always too small for him, but he seems to never notice. His teeth are also never clean, and his breath is horrible. He thinks he is cool, but he repulses women. One day he tried flirting with a girl, and she ran from him. In addition, he eats the weirdest foods. For example, the other day, he brought over a hardboiled egg and mixed it with peanut butter. Andrew also has the loudest and most embarrassing laugh, and he laughs at things that no one else thinks is funny. For instance, one day he told a joke that no one found funny, but he started laughing at his own joke and loud, which made other people turn around. Furthermore, he has the most ridiculous accent; he was born in America, and his parents were born in America, and none of his relatives have accents. In addition, he likes...
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...START FROM THE BEGINNING: Chronological Order There are many ways to tell a story. Some stories start in the middle and flash backward to the beginning; a few start at the end and tell the story in reverse. But most of the time, stories start at the beginning. Writers often begin with what happened first and then tell what happened next, and next, and so on, until the end. When writers tell a story in this order, from beginning to end in the order in which things happened, they are telling it in chronological order. Chronology is the arrangement of events in the order in which they occurred. Chronology and Transitions: Much of what you read is arranged in chronological order. Newspaper and magazine articles, minutes of meetings, explanations of procedures, and so on are usually arranged this way. For example, look at the following paragraph that might be found in a company newsletter: This year’s employee award ceremony was a tremendous success. The first award was given to Carlos Fe for Perfect Attendance. The second award, for Most Dedicated Employee, went to Jennifer Steele. Then, our president, Martin Lucas, interrupted the awards ceremony to announce that he and his wife were having a baby. When he finished, everyone stood up for a congratulatory toast. Afterward, the third award was given to Karen Hunt for Most Inspiring Employee. Finally, President Lucas ended the ceremony by giving everyone a bonus check for $100. You’ll notice that this paragraph tells...
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...The Information Technology Department Mongo Bay College Alice Drive P.O. Box 66, Mongo Bay #2 St. James October 16, 2012 Dear Sir/ Madame, I am writing on behalf of the Students` Council body for the 2012-2013 academic year. As an assiduous and determined group we have great plans to improve the outlook that both students and staff have of the Students` Council body by putting great effort into improving, to the best of our abilities, this noble institution. As you are well-aware technology is now the order of the day and as such, in order to successfully execute plans one need not only to be technologically competent, but must also be equipped with the necessary technological devices. Presently, the Student Council room is void of a computer to assist us whereas paperwork is concerned. This proves to be a major setback as one of our main objectives is the initiation of a school newsletter. We are dedicated to the process of making this happen but we need your help. It is, therefore, up on the advice of our academic advisor, Mr. Fleher, and our principal, Dr. Samuels, that we approach you requesting a computer, whether new or used, to be placed in our office. Your donation will bring us closer to our goal. Thank you in advance for your consideration. We await your timely response. Yours truly, ________________ ________________ M Grant M Hunter (President) (Secretary) Dr. Harris Bay Community College Alice Drive Box 66,...
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...Internal View of the Castle The construction of the castle was ordered by William the Conqueror and quickly constructed as a wooden Motte and bailey structure. A fortified stone castle replaced the wooden castle in 1260. The two main round towers were built at the front of the castle and the Chapel and large hall were built against the south wall. Various additions were made to Warwick Castle as time passed - Guys Tower and Caesar's Tower were added at the end of the fourteenth Century - these were built on the style of the French Donjon or Great Tower affording more security and luxury to Warwick Castle. The Warwick castle has a moat - this is a man made type of river that prevents enemies form just walking into the castle and attacking Another feature is a drawbridge - it is worked by workers in the castle and they pull the bridge up when enemies are invading. External View of the Castle Castle Layout Diagram Warwick Castle Timeline o 1066 – 1087 William Conqueror o 1087 – 1100 William Rufus o 1100 – 1135 Henry I o 1135 – 1154 Stephen o 1154 – 1189 Henry II o 1189 – 1199 Richard I o 1199 – 1216 John o 1216 – 1272 Henry III o 1272 – 1307 Edward I o 1307 – 1327 Edward II o 1327 – 1377 Edward III o 1399 – 1413 Henry IV o 1413 – 1422 Henry V o 1461 – 1483 Edward IV o 1483 - Edward V o 1483 – 1485 Richard III o 1485 – 1509 Henry VII ...
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...EBSCOhost 9/15/15, 4:02 PM EBSCO Publishing Citation Format: MLA (Modern Language Assoc.): NOTE: Review the instructions at http://support.ebsco.com/help/?int=ehost&lang=&feature_id=MLA and make any necessary corrections before using. Pay special attention to personal names, capitalization, and dates. Always consult your library resources for the exact formatting and punctuation guidelines. Works Cited Shine, Richard, and Robert Mason. "Serpentine Cross-Dressers." Natural History 110.1 (2001): 56. Academic Search Complete. Web. 15 Sept. 2015. SERPENTINE CROSS-DRESSERS Some male Manitoban garter snakes wear the alluring scent of females. Garter snakes may be the most common snakes in North America, but the subspecies known as the red-sided garter snake provides an uncommon annual spectacle. During the severe, six- to eight-month winters in Manitoba, Canada, these small, nonvenomous snakes sequester themselves in deep crevices to avoid freezing. Since such sites are rare in the barren, rocky region between Lake Manitoba and Lake Winnipeg, snakes that have dispersed across many miles in the summer gather by the thousands to spend the winter at the few suitable spots. Some of their major dens are located about seventy-five miles north of the city of Winnipeg and are surrounded by swampland that during the warmer months provides an abundance of frogs, the snake's favorite prey. When dens near swampland empty out in early spring, some of them disgorge more...
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...AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO KOREAN MYTHOLOGY RUSSIA KOREA CHINA CHEJU JAPAN TAIWAN An Illustrated Guide to Korean Mythology Choi Won-Oh GLOBAL ORIENTAL AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO KOREAN MYTHOLOGY Choi Won-Oh First published in 2008 by GLOBAL ORIENTAL LTD PO Box 219 Folkestone Kent CT20 2WP UK www.globaloriental.co.uk © Global Oriental Ltd 2008 ISBN 978-1-905246-60-1 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue entry for this book is available from the British Library This book is published with the support of the Korea Literature Translation Institute (KLTI) for the project ‘Books from Korea, 2005’ Set in Plantin 10.5 on 12 point by Mark Heslington, Scarborough, North Yorkshire Printed and Bound by Stallion Press (Singapore) Pte Ltd Contents Preface Introduction: Understanding Korean Myths The Korean gods Myths about Cosmology and Flood 1. The Formation of Heaven and Earth 2. Shoot for a Sun, Shoot for a Moon 3. A Man and a Woman Who Became the Gods of the Sun and the Moon 4. Origin of the Seven Stars of the Great Bear 5. The Great Flood Myths about Birth and Agriculture 6. The Grandmother Goddess of Birth 7. Chach’o(ngbi...
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...relationship between the alien colonial state and the overwhelmingly larger Chinese population. What made this so? -"laissez-faire and non-interventionism", reducing the potenital of conflict. -traditional political apathy of Chinese -Hong Kong does not fit classical patterns of colonialism -theorize the importance of "segmentation" by race or ethnicity He argues that it is dangerous to overlook the colonial aspects of the Chinese community, and article traces the historical roots between the Hong Kong bourgeosie and the colonial government was not a conquest state, but still retaining the characteristics of a colonized entity. It has a very moderate stance. -Some Chinese may have even credited Britain's of Hong Kong not to them, but to the local Chinese; Hanjian; local Chinese refused to cooperate -Tankas and Loo Aqui (provided the British with fuel and merchant supplies, also courted by other chinese officials and dominated the opium monopoly) -free port attracvted a "great influx of natives" -moved from Macau to Hong Kong Tam Achoy, (Cantonese), had dealings with British before Why were they willing to help the British? LAND REFORM --> they used land to build up the elite MONOPOLIES-->British paranoid with what the Chinese were "selling" Chinese markets run by monopolies Chinese contractors, landowners, merchants did not expansion was "imposed" upon a passive Chinese population ME: These were people who went to Hong Kong themselves, and...
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...In my opinion, the main reason that Turkish government doesn’t recognize Laz Language as a minority language is because the government is concerned about that multi-language usage would lay a threat on the current Turkish authority. According to the radio, Turkish is the only official language and also the only language that allowed to be taught in schools. Since language, for the most of the time is largely associated with culture, not letting the younger generation to carry on the culture that is different from the standard nowadays’ Turkish culture, in the government’s believe, would help the stabilize the current political situation. Tangwang, which uses mostly Mandarin words and morphemes with Dongxiang grammar, is one of the endangered languages in China. Over the years, the local government has done a series of actions to protect this endangered language. Although the language used in school is Mandarin, the government still encourages that parents talk to their children in Tangwang language at home. Every year, the government will hold Tangwang Festival that not only attracts the tourists but also spread this endangered culture. In China, since the dominant culture is Han culture and the major/official language used is Mandarin, it is very hard for younger generations to get interested for their local ancient culture. In my opinion, the government should offer benefit to motivate younger generations, including lower college entrance exam grade required if choose...
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...9/22/2011 MACC 424: WSJ Diary Project China Studies Foreign IPOs 09/21/2011 I. Summary China’s government is considering new regulations to govern a corporate structure, the so called VIE which is known as variable interest entity, that has enabled a wave of Chinese firms to list overseas by circumventing rules against foreign investment in sectors such as the Internet. Under this special structure, Chinese legal entities hold the sensitive permits and licenses required to do business in China while the offshore holding companies in which foreigners buy shares contract with those onshore entities, which are often controlled by the holding companies’ top executives, to get revenue from fees and royalties. Since the China’s domestic exchanges are dominated by state firms thus any move to clamp down on future use of the VIE structure could leave privately owned companies in many industries with limited options for going public especially the Internet industries. It turns out that Chinese officials is decided to set up extensive controls on the Internet, after social-networking sites and other web-based tools are common and essential in people’s normal life II. My Reaction As we all know, most Internet companies in China take VIE structure to make themselves successfully listed overseas, such as Sina, Baidu, Tencent and Alibaba. If VIE structure is illegal, it is devastating to the all the partners or any stakeholders in these overseas listing companies, as...
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...we have ten people here include me, and 80% have ever used Baidu, right? What’s more, we can see 100% Chinese have used Baidu, and 100% people outside China never heard of Baidu. So the results can really tell us some successful parts of this company, and some parts of it still need to improve. OK, let’s go back to the beginning, the following eight minutes I will introduce an excellent company Baidu for you. I’ve divided my presentation into three main parts. The first one is the introduction of Baidu, the second part is analyzing why the company is so successful, and the third part is the future of Baidu. I’m sure if you listen to me carefully you will find something interesting. NAME Baidu is the largest Chinese language search engine. The name of Baidu was inspired by a poem, written more than 800 years ago during an old Dynasty. The poem compares the search for a beauty with the search for one's dream while confronted by life's many obstacles. The poem is …hundreds and thousands of times, for her I searched in chaos, suddenly, I turned by chance, to where the lights were waning, and there she stood." Baidu, whose literal meaning is “hundreds of times”, represents a persistent search for the ideal. Sounds really romantic. MISSION Just like the poem said, the mission of this company is to provide the best way for people to find information online, including Chinese language web pages, news, images. In addition to serving individual Internet search users, Baidu also...
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...Sentence patterns for basic Chinese conversations: zhe4 | this | na4 | that | mei3 | each/every | na3 | which? | yi1 | one | liang3 | a couple | shi2 | ten | Can I (enter, buy)? | wǒ néng bù néng (jìn qu, mǎi) | Can you (help me, sell)? | nǐ néng bù néng (bāngmáng, mài)? | Do you have (an airplane ticket)? | <nǐ> yǒu (zhāng jīpiào) ma? | How much does (this; measure word) cost? | (zhèi {ge, tiáo, běn} ) yào duōshao qián? | I am (Indian) | wǒ shì (Yìndù rén) | I am not( American, Native American) * | wǒ bú shì (Měiguórén, Yìndì'ānrén ) | I have ( passport, 2 pieces of luggage) | wǒ yǒu (hùzhào, liǎng jiàn xíngli) | I do not have (Chinese visa, two photos) | wǒ méi yǒu (qiānzhèng, liǎng zhāng zhàopiàn) | I lost my (passport, money purse, id papers) | wǒde (hùzhào,qiánbāo, shēnfèn zhèngmíng) diū le. | I need (to see a doctor, go to the airport) | wǒ yào (kànbìng, qù jīchǎng) | I do not need (to go to the airport, a taxi) | wǒ bú yào (qù jīchǎng, chūzū qìchē) | I would like to/ think I want to (go to hotel, go to hospital) | wǒ xiǎng (qù jiǔdiàn/lǚguǎn,qù yīyuàn) | I would not like to (rest, eat food) | Wǒ bùxiǎng (xiūxí /chīfàn) * | I will stay in (Beijing) for (four days, a week) | Wǒ yào zài (Běijīng) dāi (sī tiān, Yīgè xīngqí) | Is there a (restaurant, market) closeby? | fùjìn yǒu (fànguǎn,chāoshì) ma? | Please give me ( a receipt, room keys) | qǐng gěi wǒ (fāpiào, fángjiān yàoshi) | Please help me (register, call my...
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...Siblings Disguised as Rivals: Kindred Relationship Between Confucianism and Legalism Legalism is linked to laws while Confucianism is married to morals. The two are often contrasted with each other in regards to their different means of achieving harmony in society. Legalism, as its name suggests, is very much concerned with achieving order in society through laws. To elaborate, strict rules are supplemented with rewards and punishments—people were given heavy incentives to obey the laws and even heavier penalties for disregarding them (Ebrey Textbook, 36). To the contrary, Confucianism is rooted in the ideal that a just society is in need of a moral ruler who will influence his people to also be moral (Ebrey Textbook, 30). In the midst of analyzing the contrasts between these two schools of thought, however, what we often fail to realize is the similarity underneath. Although the differences between Legalism and Confucianism may seem convincing, upon further analysis, we see that their emergent contradictions is transcended by their parallel, underlying views of the despicable nature of self-conceit, the admirability of humility, and the importance of a minister's allegiance to his superior. There is little question that modesty is a Confucian virtue, and the idea of not exhibiting excessive pride is also present in the Legalistic school of thought. To begin, in Selections From Han Feizi, the Legalistic author denounces society for “having it backwards” by honoring those...
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...and early twenty century. There was resistance against immigrants and World War I, definitely did not help due to both the social and economical issues that arose with increase of immigration, the Canadian government became involved in limiting immigration, based on their racist belief of white supremacy and other factors. The Chinese Immigration Act, 1923 is one of the documented law mirror the measures taken by Parliament of Canada banning most forms of Chinese Immigration of Canada. During the year between 1880- 1925 great tension aroused in Canadian because if immigration. Those tension mainly due to racism and unsatisfied workers that felt that immigrants were taking over the Canadian work environments and policies led to increasingly stricter government regulations on immigration. During the late 19 Century the some 15,000 laborers were brought from China to do construction work on the Canadian Pacific Railway, though they were only paid a third or a half less than their coworkers. Chinese immigration was heavily controlled by the Chinese Immigration Act of 1985, which imposed a hefty Head Tax on all immigrants from China. All Chinese immigrations coming to Canada were forced to pay a fifty-dollar fee to enter the country. In 1903, the amount was raised to five hundred dollars, a substantial amount of money at that time. Crown in...
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...The study of Chinese Canadian women looked at why there is a higher cervical cancer incidence and lower screening test rates that the general Canadian population. British Columbia has a high population of Chinese immigrants that have twice the incidence of cervical cancer than the white women population (Hislop et al, 2003). This study discusses the Cervical Cancer Screening Program (CCSP) that was first established in British Columbia. Although the program has been effective, there continues to be more than 1.3 million women that have not been recently screened (Hislop et al, 2003). The importance of the study was trying to determine facilitators and barriers among the Chinese population and use the information to improve the program and continue education about Pap testing that is culturally and linguistically appropriate for the Chinese community (Hislop et al, 2003). The Precede-Proceed model was used to determine predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing factors by comparing women who had never had a pap test in relation to women who had, but not within the last 2 years. The Precede-Proceed model was the conceptual framework used for development and analysis of the survey questionnaire and interviews. There are 10 steps in the model. The first five deal with defining and analyzing the problem and establishing the objectives and the last 5 involve implementation/ follow-up and evaluation (Hislop et al, U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, 2003, 2011). First...
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...Financial Management Introduction A long-term investment, which includes stocks, bonds, real estate, and cash, is an account on a company’s asset side of the balance sheet that represents an investment the company intends to hold on to for more than a year (Definition, 2013). The US firm, Acme, wants to focus on investing in markets in China. There are many factors to consider when doing business in any foreign country, China is no different. The first bit of information to look at is the back ground of China. China, whose capital and focal point is Beijing, with over 4,000 years of verifiable history, is believed to have the oldest continuous civilization. The official language of China, which is derived from a Mandarin dialect, is Chinese. China is a Communist country that promotes atheism and a constitution that guarantees freedom of religion (China Introduction, 2013). Culture The second bit of information to look at is the appearance, behaviors, manners, and communications that China businessmen expect to see. The appearance of businessmen and women should be taken into account when doing business in China. The businessman should wear a conservative suit with subtle colors; the businesswoman should avoid high heels, short sleeved blouses, and revealing clothing. Jeans are acceptable for men and women, however they are...
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