...deal of work required, in writing. Throughout my lifetime, I have been required to write numerous essays and papers for various subjects, all requiring different styles and techniques. Before immersing myself in the writing process I would try and think of whom I am writing to and what I am writing about. I always assumed I was writing for the audience of my teacher. Writing an argumentative research paper is something I had yet to accomplish in my college career, not only was it thought provoking, this paper also challenged me in numerous ways, such as, understanding who I should be directing my thoughts towards throughout the essay, as well as the simple steps of organizing my thoughts...
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...English 093 Professor Miller mmiller@mcc.commnet.edu Essay Topic #2 In light of reading the essays “Dumpster Diving” or “Serving in Florida” analyze your own understanding of homelessness, poverty and making a living with minimum wage in the U.S. You might consider whether the essay(s) changed preconceived notions that you had? Compare these preconceived notions to what you learned through the experiences of either Eighner or Ehrenreich. The following are topics and thesis statements on “Dumpster Diving” or “Serving in Florida.” Please feel free to use these topics and/or the accompanying thesis statements “as is” or with your own modifications: • How Eighner discussed such an informal topic in a formal way: Lars Eighner's discussion of dumpster diving is very methodical, intelligent and polished in contrast to the subject matter of digging through the trash. • Eighner’s attitude toward his lifestyle: Lars Eighner's account of dumpster diving was surprisingly positive given the fact that he is homeless. • The common problems of an employee: Although Barbara Ehrenreich set out to discuss the life of a minimum wage worker specifically, her experience was universal to most working class people. • Problems specific to minimum wage workers: Barbara Ehrenreich's essay "Serving in Florida" revealed the daily struggle of a minimum wage worker in America. General Essay Reminders: Essays are to be submitted via hard copy and electronically...
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...– Criminal Investigation Lesson 4 – Surveillance, Records, and Reporting 9/17/2012 In this paper I will be discussing the four characteristics of a well-written report. As well as what makes them critical to writing a report. The four characteristics are completeness, conciseness, clarity, and accuracy. As stated in the textbook “A report may contain all the necessary information, but if it is poorly written, points may be lost in the prose” (P.189). Simply put, if it doesn’t contain all the key elements your report could otherwise become useless. The first characteristic of a well written report is its completeness. “Completeness means that the report contains all pertinent information” (P.190). Officers have a series of questions they should ask themselves before handing in a report to make sure that it is complete. Reports should contain any and all relevant information so that your report leaves no open questions whether it by a fellow officer or the court. Having all the necessary information in the report will show what actions were taken and it helps to avoid wasted time and effort of having to do it all over again. E-mail addresses have become important in report writing since it is the easiest way to deliver a statement to an officer. “An Added Benefit is that e-mail interviews can be printed out and attached to the supplementary report” (P.190). The importance of the completeness of a written report is crucial due to it needing every detail that was crucial...
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...Ms. Tarabrina the assignments we have worked on helped me on how to choose a genre and improve my writing process skills. The assignments showed me the purpose and use of a genre. A genre is very important it helps readers learn what the text is about and how it relates to the information they are looking for. Although the genre is important it is useless without the writing process. The MWA-1 assignments have helped me organize my ideas and put them on paper. Before I began the assignments I became overwhelmed because I had no idea how to control my ideas, but I learned to calm down and write my ideas on a piece of paper in order to analyze them. I later began on my draft and revised over and over again until, I felt that my ideas were explained...
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...of the main issues that impact negatively the performance of the organization is miscommunication or improper communication of message. The receiver ultimately does not respond in the way sender expects. According Hardeep Anant an idea, no matter how innovative, is useless until it is properly communicated to others and properly understood by them. Brennan (1974) describes communication is the glue that holds a society together. The ability to communicate enables people to form and maintain personal relationships. And the quality of such relationships depends on the caliber of communication between the parties. Communication is the process of sharing ideas, information, and messages with others in a particular time and place. Communication includes writing and talking, as well as nonverbal communication (such as facial expressions, body language, or gestures), visual communication (the use of images or pictures, such as painting, photography, video or film) and electronic communication (telephone calls, electronic mail, cable television, or satellite broadcasts). According to Encarta Communication is the route which comprise of sharing thoughts, data, and messages with others. Communication comprises of writing and talking, visual communication (images, graphs, videos) nonverbal communication (facial expressions, body language, gestures), and electronic communication (telephone calls, electronic mail, cable television, or satellite broadcasts, video chatting, IM chatting)...
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...subject matter that I related to was a little heard to discuss. I had made specific points in the writing where I thought it might be necessary. Also for me the toughest part of the essay was staring it. I frequently will have writers block and can't seem to move on. At times I stared at the screen for an hour or so. I decided to go with the route of writing the body paragraphs first because it was fresh in my head and I had wrote down sample paragraphs and chunked some of the material and into my body paragraphs. At first I needed to have an idea of what my thesis was going to be before I had started my body paragraph's. I had chosen three topics of discussion in my thesis. This had given me a breakthrough on my paper. My pre-writing had consisted of many quotes I had used to compare the authors life to mine. I had wrote down the page and panels for my quotes, giving me an easier time citing. At times I did return to my prewriting because there were certain quotes that didn't fit with the material I was covering. Also I had written down some vocabulary words I didn't understand, so later on I could look them up and understand the meaning. However I didn't use as many vocabulary words as I would of liked from the story The old man, Old Articifer. In my pre-writing I didn't try anything new because the whole idea of pre-writing was new to me. My drafting process consisted of writing the body paragraphs first before my introduction as well as my conclusion. It made it easier...
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...1. INTRODUCTION Specification point: Define a computer system Computers today are all around us in one shape or another. Whilst you are reading this page – how many computers are you aware of in the room? Maybe you are in a classroom right now and you are near to a: Mobile phones Calculator Watch Interactive white board Projector Printer Desktop computer Laptop And more probably. The point is that computers come in all shapes and sizes and are often built into other devices. But they share some common features. This mini-web will introduce you to a computer system. 2. A computer system A computer system is one that is able to take a set of inputs, process them and create a set of outputs. This is done by a combination of hardware and software. This diagram below shows you the idea of a computer system in its most basic form The computer system has one or more inputs to provide data. This data is then processed in some way. The outcome of the processing is sent to an output or it may be stored until some event happens to cause it to be output. For processing to take place, there needs to be a set of instructions of what needs to be done. This set of instructions is called a program. This system is called a stored-program computer. The very first computer in the entire world of this type was built in Britain in 1949 and was called the Manchester Mark 1. The beauty of this type of computer system is that it is flexible-the machine performs a different...
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...just the understanding of speaking and listening even though it is important. Criminal Justice agencies bring forth communication in the channels of formal and informal communication. One channel is the chain of commands; that includes policies and procedures as a part of communication. These forms of communication provide a sense of order and security to a police organization. Strict adherence to formal channels of communication is a time and personnel- consuming effort. Major drawbacks of formal channels of communication are the effect they have on the free flow of information. Formal routes usually require a written record, which may further restrict the flow of information because many people hesitate to put their thoughts or ideas in writing. A fourth disadvantages is the inability of their form of communication to respond rapidly to changing situations. The agency channels the procedures from the top to bottom. Informal communication that is not active is considered unofficial communication and should be noted that there may be a question in regards to the information. Officers need to follow the...
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...The Company Profile: Part of the Bid Process A business presentation is part of the bid process. It comes after you perform a bid/no-bid analysis, and after the decision to send a letter of intent (LOI). Writing the company profile is part of the offer you submit to respond to the call for tender. The content of the offer (and the content of the company profile) usually depend on the call for tender and on the buyer's needs/requirements. The content of the offer is sometimes organized beforehand by the buyer. The buyer may give bidders an official document with all the required criteria and documents. Here are examples of possible criteria for the company profile: official criteria company name head office address company status quantitative criteria number of employees sales figures other financial figures qualitative criteria references success stories certifications Writing a bid and particularly a company profile requires preliminary work: Acquaint yourself with the documents. Try to analyze your business from a strategic point of view. Think about all the components and ask yourself if you're the right applicant. If the answer is "yes," you're ready! Why Write a Company Profile for a Bid? Writing a business profile for a bid is useful for introducing your company to the buyer and creating a positive impression. The buyer must know who you are, whether you're the company that best fits to its call for tenders, and if it can trust you. So...
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...• What feedback did you receive from the Center for Writing Excellence, your peer reviewer, and your facilitator? The feedback that I received from the Center for Writing Excellence, My peer reviewer, and my facilitator was positive and negative. The Center for Writing Excellence said that my paper was 46% plagiarized, and that is a serious issue in the school laws. My teacher informed me that I will need to be changing my paper and summarizing it up into my own words. She explained to me the policy of the school and how serious the offense is of plagiarism. My peer review went well and I got a lot of positive feedback from it. She said that I touched on some good points in the paper and had some good counter arguments. She also stated that there were some parts that I should leave out, or maybe rewrite, because they may chase some of the audience members away. The way that I wrote it may be too harsh for someone that is suffering from the problem, so I may need to look into rewriting some particular areas. There were also some areas that she said her and many other people could relate to, because mostly everybody has a family member that is suffering from drugs. I would say the feedback I got will be useful to help me have a successful paper. • Explain what feedback you will incorporate and what feedback you will not incorporate into your paper. Include a rationale for your choices. The feedback I got from my peer review and my teacher will all be used in a positive way...
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...EN 101. A process essay is a document of one’s procedures and observations, it can also explain a series of steps and events. In order to write a proper essay, is crucial to for the paper to contain a clear and firm thesis or purpose. This essay contains a narrative called, “Stripped for Parts.” Published by Jennifer Kahn, a graduate of Princeton and the University of California. Kahn’s purpose of writing this article was to enlighten the people of today’s society of the hazardous process of an organ transplant harvest procedure. A majority people assume that harvesting organs is a simple task, Kahn even mentioned early on in her documentation that she expected the procedure to be a fast paced surgery that would immediately heal the patient miraculously. When she observed the process and came into the realization that it was an extremely complicated procedure, it was almost as if Kahn felt as if she had a duty or responsibility to bring light to the subject. Kahn tried to get in touch with the audience’s emotions by stating a quote from a surgeon she interviewed, Charles Murray, “You tell yourself it’s for a good cause, which it is, a very good cause, but you’re still...
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...Is Google Making Us Stupid? This article has a very strong grasp on effective writing, in order to explain, you have to understand what effective writing is. What is effective writing? In simple words, effective writing is a piece or writing that immediately involves the reader’s interest and carries the reader through to the final paragraph with no loss of concentration. Some may call it a narrative hook, designed to catch a reader’s attention with a great title but, as the reader reads on they come to find themselves lost having no understanding of what they have just read. As I sat down to write this review I had to make sure the document followed certain guidelines. Is the document able to achieve the purpose it’s intended for and, is the document able to get it across effectively? Is Google Making Us Stupid? At the beginning of the article, the writer uses a very catchy hook to draw the reader. When you ask a question with such great magnitude the reader has a hard time not to investigate. The article then goes on to talk about how technology has changed how we process information and, how we stop using our brains and traded it in for a computer. Technology today is far more advanced than it has been in the last 20 years and it will continue to advance further more in the following years. When reading this I began to question myself, is technology making me stupid? Looking over the past years at how much things have changed, I am inclined to agree that technology...
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...BAUDRILLARD Baudrillard(1929-2005), was a French sociologist ,philosopher ,political commentator ,and photographer .His work is associated with postmodernism and post structuralism .His main interests were in mass media and post modernity .A sharp critic of contemporary society, culture and thought. He was born in cathedral town of Reims, France .According to Gane (1993) he told interviewers that his grandparents and his parents became civil servants. Baudrillard also claims that he was the first member of his family to pursue an advanced education and that this led to rapture with his parents and cultural milieu. His notable ideas were on hyper reality, sign value and simulacra. Baudriallard’ s published work emerged as part of a generation of French thinkers including Gilles Deleuze,Jean- Francois Lyotard ,Foucault ,Derrida and Lacon who all shared an interest in semiotics and he is often seen as a part of post structuralist philosophical school .In common with many post structuralists ,his arguments consistently draw upon the notion that signification and meanings are both only understandable in terms of how particular words or signs interrelate .Baudrillard thought ,as do many post structuralists that meaning ,is brought about through systems of signs working together .In contrast to post structuralists such as Foucault, for whom the formation of knowledge emerge only as the result of power, Baudrillard developed theories...
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...any wrinkles in her life. After judging the venture capitalist’s vault-size closet, Tan realized that she could judge her own personality through the picture of her messy closet. For Tan, She could not discard clothes if they were gifts, and the clutter within her closet is found friendship, memories, hard-learned mistakes, future use, and many more excuses. Also she found that as a writer the chaos and confusion could serve her the best. However, Tan’s new housekeeper transformed her closet, and let her see the foibles exposed in her life. She found that she had many useless old clothes and meaningless buys. In reducing the chaos, the writer also found out that there is some valuable stuff in her life that had been misplaced and buried, and these meaningful memories could truly become her good stories in writing. Most Importantly, through practicing such objective orderliness, and going through the organizing process of her old stuff, the writer had a better sense of who she is and clear memories of what helped to build up...
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...Rushing Transforming Data into Information Transforming data into information is an important part in the decision making process in a business as well as life. In order to make a good decision, one must process data received from various places and convert the data into information. Throughout this paper, it will contain information on how this is done, along with the input, processing and output of data. Also additional information will be covered about, the various computer components, the definition of data and information, the application program along with the operating system, higher language, machine code, and lastly graphical versus mathematical or statistical output. Input, processing, and output are the basic beginnings of turning data into information. When creating any program for any type of information, the first step is to input the data we have received and needed for the program. The data could be for any type of situation, such as how many customers have purchased a certain product or have they been satisfied with the product. This type of information is received due to the customer feedback data. Once this data is input into program writing software, it then must be processed into computer language to give you the information you require. The input and processing portion is very important in the program writing evolution, as it is where the bulk of your work will be completed. Once the data has been processed, you will receive the output information...
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