...Versions Aura Valdes ENG090 Prof. Rachel Hays December 15, 2012 Table of Contents * Assignment 4: Final Reflection – “My Journey as a Writer” * Assignment 3.3: Topic of Your Choice Essay “A Book With Nostalgic Flavor” – Final Version * Assignment 2.3: Changing Our Lives Essay “Changing Our Lives” – Final Version * Assignment 1.3: Experiences as a Writer Paragraphs “Conquering My Fear of Writing” – Final Version “My Journey as a Writer” Aura Valdes ENG090 Prof. Rachel Hays December 15, 2012 “My Journey as a Writer” I have accomplished a great deal in the past three months. As the semester ends I find myself reflecting not only on how I have survived the first semester but also what I have learned. Writing is hard work. There is so much more to it than just writing an interesting story. I also learned another important lesson; just because I worked hard on an essay before presenting it and reviewed the daylights out of it did not mean it was ready for submission. Every time I went back to read it I found new changes, typos and other mistakes I had missed before. Reviewing and revising an essay is an essential part of writing. Reviewing allows me to rewrite and make changes in the essay’s content, organization and sentence structures. It allows me to add, remove, move or substitute words to make sure it communicates effectively the purpose of the essay. The task of reviewing the essays I wrote for this course allowed me to learn...
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...A Brief Summary Of The Situation At Vidsoft Management Essay Since going public Vidsoft Technologies has witnessed rapid expansion and revenue growth. Its CEO, Keith Nash, has created and maintains a strong customer-responsive culture. To uphold levels of motivation employees are given a high degree of autonomy over their work. Teamwork is incentivized and promotions come quickly to those who fit the mold. Alaji Babatunde - in his third year of employment and already a senior manager - manages two product lines and eleven staff. Unable to allocate his time effectively, he contemplates introducing a new layer of management to the organization structure. Babatunde identifies one suitable candidate among his staff and settles to look outside the company for the second. With the consensus of James White, Babatunde offers a management position to Jennah Li, a conscientious and admired member of the group. Soon after, Alex Hsu, a young engineer and a direct report of Li, cites irreconcilable differences and requests to be transferred to the group without a manager. Li, concerned that Hsu’s transfer may be seen as a sign of weakness on her part, insists he continue to report to her. How can this situation be best resolved? Babatunde’s first challenge is to understand why the problem manifested itself in the first place. The second is to match his managerial approach to the situation without further negatively impacting the equilibrium of the group. The solution requires a combination...
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...capital punishment. It became a tool to help reform individuals instead of punishing them, and capital executions became a private practice. It also evolved from being an arbitrary punishment against minorities, to a consistent and steady punishment for anyone who broke the law, eventually morphing into the punishment system of today. As history has progressed, a complete difference has been seen in regards to the rights of the minorities and the poor in the courts of law. The stark difference in the courts opinion toward minorities can be seen if you compare the way that they were tried during the colonization of Mexico with the way that they were treated in English society after the Enlightenment. As Martinez talks about in her essay, blacks were heavily discriminated against. This social tension carried over into the High Courts of Spanish society, which caused them to be extremely biased against the blacks. The courts bias can be easily observed in the Translated Documents from New Spain, in which the courts, under the façade of a trial, punish a group of blacks simply to make an example of them. The effect of the deterrence was undermined by the fact that these punishments were often inconsistent. These punishments were especially cruel, as Martinez describes when she says, “They were being paraded on horseback, shamed before the residents of the vice-regal capital, before all were summarily hanged in front of a large crowd in the [1]central plaza facing the church...
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...bao gồm chủ yếu những giải thích râu ria, những bổ sung của phần ko có trong bài power point. Phần soạn có thể: 1) chi tiết như 1 essay nếu có time hoặc nếu không đủ time thì 2) chỉ nên soạn những gạch đầu dòng ý chính cần nói, gạch bằng bút long để làm nổi bật lên những từ vựng, thuật ngữ mới khó nhớ để đến khi presentation nhìn vào là có thể nhớ ngay ý và từ mình cần nói. Thông tin trong bài presentation nên ít chữ, chỉ bao gồm những ý chính và một số những từ , thuật ngữ khó nhớ để gợi mình nhớ những điều cần nói , chú ý nên có them nhiều hình ảnh, sơ đồ minh hoạ thay cho viêc đưa chữ vào quá nhiều. Sau đó nên thực hành phần speaking trước ở nhà 1 đến nhiều lần tuỳ vào time mình có. Nếu time dư dả thì nên tập nói ko cần giấy, nếu ko thì nên cầm theo giấy những gạch đầu dòng ý chính cần nói trong bài presentation và tập nói. * Trong buổi presentation: * Dò và ngẫm lại trong đầu những gì cần nói dựa vào tờ giấy soạn sẵn cho phần speaking ( tự ngẫm trong đầu, quên mới mở giấy ra). * Chắc chắn sẽ run và hồi hợp. Điều này có thể khắc phục bằng cách hãy tìm chuyện để nói với bạn bè xung quanh để giảm bớt căng thẳng, hít sâu hoặc đặt câu hỏi cho phần thuyết trình của nhóm khác…. Ví dụ đối với nhóm ( cá nhân) thuyết trình hay thì hỏi họ đã chuẩn bị bài presentation trong bao lâu, thong tin lấy từ nguồn nào? Internet hay báo chí hay qua instructor…. Ở nhà có tập nói trước không? Thời gian cho việc tập nói là bao lâu? Tập như thế nào? Có soạn ra giấy ko? …. Nếu vẫn...
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...SAMPLE CV Name Education and qualifications 2008-2009 – Law School Undertaking the Legal Practice Course – Distinction 2007-2008 – Law School Graduate Diploma in Law: Distinction 2003–2007 – University BA Joint Honours in French and German: 2.1 1996-2003 – School A-levels: French (A); German (A); English Literature (A); History (A) GCSEs: 9 A*s and 1 A (Maths sat one year early) Awards Runner-up in Newspaper Law Awards 2009 – presented with £1000 prize by Justice Minister Jack Straw at Lincoln’s Inn ceremony. Essay published on a legal website, Scholarship awarded for essay on Sartre and prize for Modern Languages and Subject prize for History (at school). Work experience Top City Law Firm, London: September 2010 Training Contract Reed Smith Richards Butler, London: summer 2007 Working in the employment department, I created a newsletter for clients on sick pay allowance for disabled employees, compiled tribunal claim for unfair dismissal and breach of contract and carried out research. In the media department, I researched the licences available to online radio station, compiled a glossary for departmental use and carried out proofreading duties. Mayer, Brown Rowe & Maw, London: summer 2007 I conducted research to help an associate in the employment department write an article and drafted a new clause for client’s contract. I also compiled letters, emails and invoices to clients and managed bundles. I carried out research in the IP department, advising clients on patent...
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...to be hard working, responsible, and humble. I believe her intent is to show that hard work and determination pay off favorably. Early in the essay the writer explains how she could not be involved socially at school because of her chores. Once she was finally allowed to join the basketball team, she learned time management skills because she was still responsible for doing her chores. The author writes about her times in high school as she became even more involved and was eventually elected class president. This shows that hard work and persistence pays off. She balanced a job, social activities, and school work and was still able to achieve many goals. I think the writer of this essay was attempting to be somewhat of a motivation for young girls. In my opinion, her purpose was to show how hard work and dedication payoff well for those that apply themselves. This was written as a reflection of her own life and what has made her who she is today. The audience of this essay spans many generations. Young girls may enjoy reading this to learn from her experience. Someone older may read it as inspiration to not quit because things are too difficult in balancing work, school, and life. An adult may read this and reflect on their own life experiences and what has influenced them to be the person they are today. The tone of the essay is very positive. She feels good about who she is and how she got there. She enjoys...
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...its own right, is quite simple: martyrdom. The martyrdom of homosexual men in film and television stems from the idea that homosexuality is a perversion that must not be displayed publicly (“Homosexuality in Film”). To avoid total non-representation, characters are, instead, martyred. In many cases, which will be briefly explored in this essay, gay characters are victims of other people. In other cases, which will also be explored in this essay, gay characters experience a slow and torturous victimhood before ultimately taking their own lives or succumbing to some disease. The latter type of martyrdom in film and television can be more dangerous than the former because it normalizes the self-inflicted plight of the gay man. This sends a...
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...“Take It Like A Man” What do we get when we drop marginalized people, specifically homosexual men, into positions of social prominence? The answer, contradictory in its own right, is quite simple: martyrdom. The martyrdom of homosexual men in film and television stems from the idea that homosexuality is a perversion that must not be displayed publicly (“Homosexuality in Film”). To avoid total non-representation, characters are, instead, martyred. In many cases, which will be briefly explored in this essay, gay characters are victims of other people and are killed. In other cases, which will also be explored in this essay, gay characters experience a slow and torturous victimhood before ultimately taking their own lives or succumbing to some...
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..."Choose a medical condition that interests you and research it. Write about the possible uses of hypnosis in the treatment of the condition as you see them. Induction I have choosen to look at eczema for this essay. It is something that affects me personally. Eczema is a fairly common skin condition. It is an innflamation of the upper layers of the skin. It is seen mostly in children and affects around 1 in 12 adults. There does seem to be a link between eczema, hay fever and asthma, and as yet there is no known cure for it. Atopic eczema is a genetic condition based on the interaction between a number of genes and environmental factors. In most cases there will be a family history of either eczema or one of the other ‘atopic’ conditions i.e asthma or hay fever. The symptoms of ezcema can vary from being dry, itchy and inflamed to being broken and bleeding and raw. Ezcema is linked to stress levels in people and people who suffer with ezcema can develop anxiety around the way it looks and disfigures the skin, which in turn creates greater stress levels and ultimately leads to the eczema getting worse. It can be a viscious cycle. There is not a lot of research done into the power of hypnosis and other therapies such as meditation linked to eczema. The word eczema comes from the Greek word “ekzein” which means “to boil". The most successful treatment with eczema is steriod creams and ointments, one of the main problems with eczema is its extrememly itchy and this...
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...Choose a topic and write an essay of 3-4 pages: 1 Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.” (US Gl. George S. Patton) 2 Management is working in the system; leadership is working on the system. 3 Managers gain authority by position, leaders gain it by influence and character. 4 Every manager should be a leader, while every leader must know management. 5 Leadership and management must go hand in hand. 6 People hate each other because they are afraid of each other; they are afraid of each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they don’t COMMUNICATE” (Martin Luther King) 7 What makes a leader? 8 There is an abundance of managers in the world but very few truly have the characteristics of a leader. 9The challenges we face today are not economic, environmental, social, or legal; they are challenges of character and leadership. 10 Management is nothing more than motivating other people. 11 Good managers increase productivity—great leaders, peak performance. 12 Inventories can be managed but people must be led. 13 Management is neither an art nor science. It is both, and the real trick is to determine the right mixture at the right time! 14. ’Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity!’ (General George S. Patton) 15. The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick...
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...Name: Subject: Instructor: Date: Facebook: An Argumentative Essay Introduction: Contrary to the oft-repeated talk of the social issues stemming from the use of Facebook, it has proven itself to be the most endorsed social networking website. This attribute of Facebook serves as a platform for the benefit of all and sundry. Advertisement and promotional activities reach in the access of maximum number of people and makes it worthwhile. It is now talk of the town that one gets to know about some product through their Facebook page and can also have an instant two-way communication. Companies are now thriving by exploiting the power of social media and saving the sky-rocketing advertising expenses to a great extent. Thesis Statement: This essay discusses the use of Facebook as a social media marketing tool and its positive impact on businesses. First of all, every business aims to gather a great deal of target audience. Now a day, businesses strive for capturing the market share amid billions of sites through different marketing techniques. The best among all is the use of Facebook as a social media marketing tool due to its wide range of audience. It helps to raise awareness among the clients about the product at a great speed. Facebook pages are used to publicize, advertise, generate sales, and create connections between the business and target market while it assists in building good relationship with customer. Researches have studied the...
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...Assignment 1.2, “Facing Poverty with a Rich Girl’s Habits” by Kim: Revised Brionica Leary ENG 115 Professor Rachel Hays November 18, 2012 Suki Kim is the author of “Facing Poverty with a rich girl’s habits”, by Kim. In the essay she talks about how she learned to adapt to a new way of living after losing everything that her family once owned. She explains how she began to accept who she had become, and how her outlook on life changed after this transition had taken place. Kim realized that no matter where she was geographically in this world, that she was still the same person within her soul. Not only was she still the same person from within, but that her cultures and beliefs did not have to change because of where she resided in this world. Kim also came to peace with knowing that there were more people of her culture, who shared the same beliefs living in America as well. Kim’s main purpose in her writing was to explain to her audience that she had experienced a great deal of challenges adapting to different beliefs and cultures living in America, versus living in Korea. She stressed to her audience that it was challenging accepting a new way of living compared to what she had been taught, and was already accustomed to believing. Kim’s genre in this writing could be classified several ways. Overall, her genre was narrative. It was very explanatory. I would also consider it to be a memo. Her audience consisted of people of her race (Koreans), who had...
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...she live?" "Is she useful to anyone at all?" and the fact that the Pawnbroker beats Lizaveta, all added to the justification of the pawnbroker’s death. In the beginning Rodion was contemplating if he should kill the pawnbroker but coincidental events and self-justifications pushed Rodion to ultimately, murder. After hearing the two young soldiers opinions on the pawnbroker, it crossed to Rodion that “why, just at the moment when he had brought away the embryo of his idea from the old woman, had he dropped at once upon a conversation about her?” (Chapter I, part VI) Along with hearing the conversation he saw the pawnbroker’s sister, Lizaveta at the Hay market away from her sister, hopefully meaning that the pawnbroker would be alone, and possibly avoid collateral damage. And the final event that happened before Rodion went to the Hay market was...
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...Accounting 3230 Fall 2014 Part I: Leonard Company sponsors a defined benefit pension plan for its employees. The following data relate to the operation of the plan for the years 20X2 and 20X3. | 20X2 | 20X3 | Projected benefit obligation, January 1 | $ 600,000 | | Plan Assets(fair value and market-related value), January 1 | 410,000 | | Pension Asset/Liability, January 1 | 190,000 CR. | | Prior Service Cost, January 1 | 160,000 | | Service cost | 40,000 | $ 59,000 | Settlement rate | 10% | 10% | Expected rate of return | 10% | 10% | Actual return on plan assets | 36,000 | 61,000 | Amortization of prior service cost | 70,000 | 50,000 | Annual Contributions | 97,000 | 81,000 | Benefits paid to retirees | 31,500 | 54,000 | Increase in projected benefit obligation due to changes in actuarial assumptions | 87,000 | 0 | Accumulated benefit obligation at December 31 | 721,800 | 789,000 | Average service life of all employees | | 20 years | Vested benefit obligation at December 31 | | 464,000 | (a) Prepare a pension worksheet presenting both years 20X2 and 20X3 and accompanying computations and amortization of the loss (20X3) using the corridor approach. (b) Prepare the journal entries (from the worksheet) to reflect all pension plan transactions and events at December 31 of each year. (c) For 20X3, indicate the pension amounts reported in the financial statements. Part II: The accounting records of Scotty inc show the following data for 20X2....
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...Geography Programme, School of People, Environment and Planning ESSAY WRITING AND FORMAT GUIDE FOR GEOGRAPHY STUDENTS Essay Writing and Format Guide 2 Essay Writing and Format Guide Table of Contents Introduction: Why Write Essays? ........................................................ 4 Types of Essay........................................................................................ 5 Analysing the Question: Answering the Question............................ 5 Planning Your Essay ............................................................................. 8 Writing Your Essay................................................................................ 9 Introduction ..................................................................................... 10 The Body of the Essay.................................................................... 10 Concluding ....................................................................................... 12 Editing............................................................................................... 13 Writing Style ......................................................................................... 13 Spelling.............................................................................................. 13 Writing numbers.............................................................................. 14 Grammar: plurals and apostrophes .............................................. 15 Syntax: The...
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