...Descriptive Essay: Describe a Place During a Holiday Celebration Holiday celebrations are often a very fun and festive time in many cultures. One such holiday is the Christmas time of year. Many families have a fun day filled with love, gift sharing, eating, and fun times and laughs. In my family the entire family gathers at my grandparent’s home. Imagine several rooms filled with family of all age ranges. My grandfather is the eldest of 85 years old, and I have a second cousin who is only 3 months old. Not only are the human family members present, everyone brings along their fury friends who are an extension of family. Upon arriving at my grandparent’s home I am amazed at the time they have spent ensuring the décor is spectacular. On Christmas day they keep the decorative lights on all day, so when we drive up to the house all we see is pretty, bright Christmas lights in the windows and the bushes in front of the house. Beaming through the front bay window we are able to see the tall, beautifully snow-flocked Christmas tree. There are also lit up Christmas figurines that line the horse-shoe driveway. This past year my grandparents added a twist to the décor by having a door wreath that was lit up and playing Christmas music and fake snowflakes on the front lawn. They wanted to ensure we got a wintery holiday experience, and they accomplished just that with ease. Once we get past the outside décor and make our way inside, the beautiful decorations do not stop....
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...just that, identical. So it would come to no surprise to Montaigne that out of a class of 30 individuals, only one or two students would have properly understood the material that was “taught” to the whole class. Montaigne states, “Spewing up food exactly as you have swallowed it is evidence of a failure to digest and assimilate it; the stomach has not done its job if, during concoction, it fails to change the substance and the form of what it is given.” (Screech, 169). Our education system has been out-of-date for quite some time now. Teaching groups of individuals, each with their own mindset, a one set strategy is failure within itself. No one mind thinks exactly alike, so it would be like trying to teach snowflakes the proper way to crystallize. Individual snowflakes follow...
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...The First Time of Taking TOEFL Test Outside the window, only a few houses still had their light on. The street lamps turned the glow color from white to yellow, a warm color that could pacify the anxiety of the passerby. I looked up at the sky. The dark blue sky extended to the boundless distant place, to the other side of the earth—America—the country where I wanted to go to school. To achieve this goal, I had to take two exams, the TOEFL and SAT. I took a deep breath, thinking about my TOEFL exam. Test Of English as Foreign Language, the first barricade I need to go through, now bothered me a lot. I was forced to practice it again and again, to make sure my score was good enough to apply the American universities. But my reading, listening, speaking and writing skills could not assist me to get an excellent grade. I knew it well. So I could not stay outside for a long period of time. I needed to come inside and begin my practice once more. “It’s time”. Dad sipped his hot tea, reminding me to continue my work. “Go do your work.” His gentle voice sounded like a ringing clock, low and deep but powerful, pushing me to obey his order. “Yes”. I responded, and turned on the computer to listen to the online TOEFL course. I attempted to note down all the key point the teacher said. She then started a listening practice. As the lecture began, I worked on taking note of the key words for the questions that would come out after the lecture. Hours later, after finishing...
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...operational environment (OE) and incorrect problem definition resulted in an impractical operational approach to the Iraq war until reframing occurred with the 2006 surge. This paper describes General Franks’, Casey’s and Petraeus’ use of operational design. This essay discusses civilian policy shortfalls...
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...Poetry Essay Snowy Woods: a Peaceful Moment or Crucial Crossroads? An essay on Robert Frost's "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening". "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening", when read casually, presents the reader with a quiet moment, a respite, a short break from a journey. Peaceful and sleepy it almost comforts the reader with its imagery and sense of calm. Yet under that calm is a lot of emotional undercurrent, similar to the surface of a frozen river. Its what's under the ice that is more interesting. Our main character, tells us in the first stanza that he has paused a moment (line 3). He has paused to take in a peaceful scene. The visual imagery of the woods filling "up with snow" (line 4) is rich. The snow is falling fast enough that it seems to be filling as he watches. How long does he pause? That depends on how fast the snow is falling. Long enough to see the "woods fill up" is what he says. The second stanza tells us that he has paused long enough that he's contemplating his horse's thoughts wondering what he thinks of standing there between the woods he is describing and a frozen lake (line 7) on an very dark evening. The darkest. (line 8) The third stanza makes us listen and asks the question, "Are we really supposed to be here?" (Line 10) We hear the horse shaking or tossing his head and correspondingly the harness bells jingle (line 9) and fade into the sound of a light wind and tiny pats of snowflakes landing. (Line 12) The fourth stanza tells...
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...Brooke Bohinski January 24, 2012 English 101 Process Analysis Essay Sit Down and Relax Do you ever get the chance to just sit down and take a deep breath? Well many people say they never get that chance between school and work, but guess what? You finally have the weekend off and you can do whatever you want. Take the time to relax. The most relaxing weekend is the one that you just sit down and do what you like, such as spending time to yourself, outdoors or with people you love. People go to great lengths to relax, however relaxing can be as simple as an enjoyable weekend with no responsibility. First thing in the morning take a long, hot shower or bath to wake you up. You should get out and put on your most relaxed clothing, such as sweats or whatever you prefer to be comfy in. Almost all people wake up hungry, so after getting cleaned you need to fix something hot for breakfast, whether it is pancakes, waffles or just a fried egg. Next comes everyone’s favorite, sit down and watch either your favorite movie or the three episodes of your favorite TV show that you haven’t watched in over a month due to studying all night. After that get Facebook and check up on the latest gossip. By then anyone would be hungry so just fix something simple but good. Popping a pizza in the oven is something simple and good. After eating, you could go outside and enjoy the nature. It can be sunny, storming or snowing but either way you could enjoy them all. Sitting inside listening...
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...2016 one college did the absolutely unthinkable, it attacked safe spaces. The University of Chicago sent a letter to its incoming freshmen telling them that their campus was a hive of intellectual debate, reason, and free speech, scandalous. The blowback from this decision was immense. Tons of Millennials were offended and triggered by the fact that they may have to hear the opinions of people who disagree with them or hear facts, statistics, and jarring world history without trigger warnings, how weak, right? Cameron Okeke on the other hand, paints a different picture of these so called “weak Millennial snowflakes”. In his essay “I’m a black UChicago graduate. Safe spaces got me through college.”...
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...autobiographical non-fiction essay, describing her life growing up on a farm, and its subsequent effect on her life and personality. She is speaking of events in her past, and trying to influence the listener to understand that hard work has benefits, and that what you want may not be what you expected when you get it. In this story, Ms. Hemauer is trying to make the point of how adversity and obstacles, when worked through with support from those around you, not only can be overcome, but can also make you a better person. She is not pleased with her life as a Farm Girl, and she voices her displeasure often throughout the first three quarters of the essay. “I think to myself, ‘A typical ten-year-old child does not have to wake up at five in the morning to do chores!’” (Hemauer, 2011) However, once she realizes the quality of person she has become, she makes an educated and reasoned conclusion that it is due to the work she did helping with chores on her father’s farm. “Though I hated it growing up, working on the farm has taught me many lessons about life, and it has shaped me into the individual I am today.” (Hemauer, 2011) Another point she tries to make as well is that life on a working farm is difficult. She opens with a description of performing her morning chores with her brother and her sisters. This particular morning is described as being very cold and windy due to a blizzard: There is a brisk and bitter wind accompanied by icy snowflakes that feel like needles digging...
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...US History Unit 2 Abstract Our country, like every entity will grow and evolve with time. Even a single celled organism will grow and change through time. The United States Federal Government is no different. Throughout the history of the United States, the authority of the Federal Government as grown dramatically. Some may argue the necessity of this growth and some may even pursue a smaller Federal Government in their daily lives. This essay will explore four different periods of time that the Federal Government extended its authority. The Cold War In black and white, grainy letters appear on screen that say, “Fallout, When and how to protect yourself from it”. In the background, beautiful snowflakes fall, representing the nuclear ash that falls after an atomic blast. The scene fades to white, then transitions into a blast, accompanied by a black plume of smoke that reaches the clouds (Defense, 1955). Images like this could sum up the fears and emotions after World War II; the beginning of the Cold War. At the end of World War II, America was the most powerful country in the World. America’s intervention in the war effectively ended it. A major turning point of the war was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This marked the end of the Japanese Empire and the beginning of a new age in the history of Planet Earth. It was the age of the Atomic Bomb. In 1965, American Theoretical Physicist Robert Oppenheimer was quoted on national television...
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...3En/v Sometimes we do whatever makes us happy, even though it might be rather selfish and might have a consequence for our dearest. This exact scenario is shown in the short story; "Save as many as you ruin" by Simon Van Booy. The story takes place in New York, and even more precise; in a snowy Manhattan. We follow Gerard who is an alone-father with his eight year old daughter Lucy. Gerard loves Lucy as much as a father can love his child. Gerard has been with loads of women, but the one he truly ever loved, and still loves is Laurel, unfortunately is Laurel not the biological mother of Lucy. Issy is Lucy's real mother. Gerard cheated on Laurel, so he could be with Issy. This is the part which can be connected to the introduction of the essay, since Gerard chose to harm Laurel by sleeping with another woman. Gerard haven't met Laurel for eight straight years, which is hard to believe when reading the following quote: "In that moment of recognition he is not consumed by a rushing sensation of love - quite simply a door opens to a room that has never gone away" (l.63) This quote tells us how Gerard has just waited for the only woman he has ever deeply loved, he is not experiencing anything overwhelming nor surprising. Adding the door-metaphor it explains exactly how Gerard has felt about Laurel. The fact Gerard still is enamored in Laurel despite a seven-year break and a relationship between Gerard and Laurel which we must assume isn't in the best of conditions when thinking of...
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...“A Thousand Splendid Suns” written by Afghan author Khaled Hosseini is an example of the portrayal of the lives of women in Afghanistan. The challenges and oppression in the lives of two Afghan women; Laila and Mariam are shown Throughout the novel, which provided or facilities on the relationship between both these women. This novel is a good representation of the cruelty experienced by the Afghan women in their everyday life. “A Thousand Splendid Suns” is a significant piece of text that bring the predicament of the women who have lived under the debilitating shadow of patriarchal oppression on women. Using the vales, the authors comprehension kills and the contributing factors to emphasize key aspects of of this essay. In countries...
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...1. Which sentence uses verbs correctly? Choose 1 answer - ANSWER D – A. Angry cats are wanting to be let outside. –WRONG TENSE should be “want” B. The hungry dogs have ate their breakfast. - WRONG TENSE should be “eaten” C. Yesterday, the teacher prepares the assignment. - WRONG TENSE should be “prepared” D. The children are ready to go to school. 2. Which sentence has the correct subject-verb agreement? Choose 1 answer ANSWER A – ignore the stuff between the commas A. The children, hushed by their teacher, try to keep quiet. B. The books, read by the student, is returned to their shelf. INCORRECT – plural “books” doesn’t match singular “is returned” C. The librarian, anxious to find the books, browse the stacks. Singular “librarian” does not match plural “browse” D. The student, bothered by the uproar, request less noise. Singular “student” does not match plural “request” 3. Which sentence has the underlined word spelled correctly? Choose 1 answer ANSWER A – B is spelled correctly but it’s the wrong use. A. The principal sent the student a letter of congratulations. B. The principle ate lunch with the students. INCORRECT – wrong version of word for sentence C. The prinsipal signs the final grade reports. INCORRECT – no ‘s’ D. The princepal earned minimal interest. INCORRECT – no ‘e’ 4. Classify each sentence according to whether it exhibits or does not exhibit parallelism. Select your...
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...personality. Not only did phycologist have to consider what makes up the human personality; these same brilliant minds came up with several various approaches to the human personality. Each one of the following positions or theories all touch basis on different developments of a person’s personality. Whether it is the dispositional approach that theorist state are key traits in development that make an individual unique to him or her, or the humanist/existential approach which focuses more on the evidence for the stability of genetically influenced personality, more specifically evolution and how it applies to the issues of ambition and leadership. Here we will describe the differences between dispositional personality and humanistic. In this essay we will discuss the role of personality in affecting situational behavior. Following this, examine the personality characteristics attributed to each theory in our approach. Finally, we will explain the interpersonal relational aspects associated with the theories selected. . A number of different theories have emerged to explain different aspects of personality. Some theories focus on explaining how personality develops while others are concerned with individual differences in personality. In the following we will review the differences in dispositional and humanistic and the role of personality in the affecting situational behavior. We will discuss why they are each different from one another and who was the founder of each theory....
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...How did the deregulation of air transportation in Europe foster entrepreneurial behavior and innovation in the European airline industry over the last twenty years? Case studies: SAS Airline & Ryanair Master Thesis in Entrepreneurship and Dynamic Business Contexts Spring 2007 Supervisor: Håkan Bohman Entrepreneurship Master Program Authors: Gilles Helterlin and Nuno Ramalho Acknowledgements We would like to express our gratitude to all who have contributed to the realization of this Master Thesis. A warm thank to our supervisor, Håkan Bohman from USBE (Umeå School of Business), for his guidance, his precious help and his advises during the last months. To Mr. Lundvall, from LFV (Luftfartsverket), Mr. Valinger from Scandinavian Airline and Mr. Wilsberg from SAS Braathens, Jessica Eriksson and Thomas Pettersson from USBE, thank you for your availability, willingness in answering our questions and for their so precious collaboration with interviews, comments and suggestions. Thank you also Sweden for the wonderful moments we have spent here. We will never forget your nature (your elks), your cold winter (-30°C), your long nights in winter and your short nights in late spring!! It has been a great experience and adventure up there in Northern Sweden!! We will miss you… Finally we would like to thank particularly the Studentexpedition for its kindness, without forgetting our family and friends (from Sweden, France, Portugal and Greece) for their everlasting daily support...
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...Data Warehousing Essay, Research Paper Contents 1. Introduction 2. What is a data warehouse 3. Past, Present and Future 4. Data Warehouses and Business Organisations 5. Conclusion 6. Bibliography 1.0 Introduction In recent years, data warehousing has emerged as the primary method of analysing sales and marketing data for a competitive advantage. As the number of knowledge workers using the data warehouse/data mart grows and the amount of data increases daily, performance problems have become a major concern of both the Information Systems staff and the users. Many options have been tried in an attempt to solve the performance problems – from bigger hardware to different software or database tuning and redesign using star schemas or snowflake data structures. However, all have limitations – either in functionality or in terms of cost – and their strengths are almost inevitably outstripped by users’ demands. During the past three years, data warehousing has emerged as one of the hottest trends in information technology for corporations seeking to utilise the massive amounts of data they are accumulating. Managers from all business disciplines want enterprise wide information access, as well as the ability to manipulate and analyse information that the company has gathered for a single purpose, to make more intelligent business decisions. Whether to increase customer value, identify new markets or improve the management of the firm’s assets, the data warehouse...
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