...In George Orwell’s essay, “Politics and the English Language,”, he argues that the majority of political language and writing lack clarity, precision and purpose. According to him, the inability to write clearly has been a roadblock in the political process. Orwell summarizes that one must think and write clearly in order to communicate; once we communicate clearly, we can create political change. (note: Your interpretation is one way to interpret Orwell’s message. I also think that he is dissecting the Political language so people can recognize the faults and lies presented by writers/politicians. The general public may think they are excellent writers and are speaking/writing the truth. But in reality, Orwell is exposing the common rhetorical devices horrible writers manipulate to their advantage.) In human experience ,As Orwell clearly expresses, words are the most powerful vehicle for communication, as Orwell clearly expresses. Words call the unknown into action and create results that otherwise would have ceased to occur. For example, according to Christian faith, God called light “Day” and darkness “Night” in the story of Genesis. Behind words such as these, stem the thoughts that drive the cause. Orwell’s backing for this essay was clearly driven by the thought that there exists a decline in the language of political expression. The writing samples selected in Orwell’s essay, lack purpose and clarity, which initiate confusion for the reader, warranting little...
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...|BINUS UNIVERSITY | |A Case Study Report | |An Investigation on Small and Medium Enterprise | |(Bee Fresh Laundry) | | | |Prepared for Riana – Lecturer (D3261) by Ester – (NIM: 1901459226) | |4/11/2015 | |This is a Case Study Report submitted for the Mid-term Test Assignment for the Subject of English for Business Presentation (LA23) - ( | |ENGL6130) of Even Semester 2015/2016, at BINUS University. | [pic] Contents Executive Summary 3 1. Introduction 3 1.1 Purpose 3 1.2 Scope 4 1.3 Method 4 1.4 Limitations 4 1.5...
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...PROFILE OF PIERS MORGAN 1.0 INTRODUCTION I have chosen to focus on the PRINT MEDIA industry of Mass Communication. This choice has been carefully picked because I am hoping to build a career as an accomplished writer in the print media industry in the next few years.As Coles (2013) said, the place of learning from older experienced professionals cannot be over-emphasized especially in journalism profession. The case study of PIERS MORGAN, as a successful journalist will be looked at with the aim of learning how to enter, grow and succeed in the challenging print media industry while also drawing out useful lessons from his over 26-years career (Herbert 2012). Journalism for this Harlow College alumnus began in 1980 at the age of 15 when he wrote an article about his local area cricket trip to Malta, earning him his first pay of £15 (thisismoney, 2011). This illustrates that it is vital for would-be print journalists to match their interest with corresponding action(s) early enough. This early start no doubt helped him to quickly become established in the profession while working as a reporter for The Wimbledon News and on The Sun in 1989 where he edited entertaining stories. As a reporter right from his days in the South London Press, Morgan had the dexterity of getting to make his interviewees talk even when they do not want to. This fact was corroborated by John Mulcaster, one-time associate editor of Sutton Herald, cited in Herbert (2012) as saying that he Morgan has a...
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...Do ahmadis deserve to live in Pakistan?-Yasser Hamdani Yasser Latif Hamdani is a well-versed lawyer and a prominent writer who has invested a lot of time in expressing his views and perspectives on various issues. He is the author of the book ‘Jinnah; Myth and Reality’ where he argues that Jinnah, the founding father of Pakistan, wanted the country to be a secular democratic state. He is an active writer for The Daily Times Pakistan, The Friday Times and Express Tribune. As a lawyer, he has advocated several public legal disputes such as ‘The Bhagat Case’ and ‘YouTube case’ where he is constantly represents HIMSELF as the voice of the public and ARGUES for the unblocking of the website. He is also notable for endorsing the rights of Ahmadis (a minority group in Pakistan which has few different beliefs than THE Muslims) and champions the termination of oppression on them. This is the reason behind HIM writing the article, ‘Do ahmadis deserve to live in Pakistan?’ which was published in the Friday times in September 2009. Hamdani has presented a gloomy picture of the situation of the ahmadis in Pakistan: HE DESCRIBES IN DETAIL HOW they are persecuted and tortured for carrying out their different beliefs and how the government has always supported these heinous activities. His balanced tone and the logical coherence of the ideas and examples back up his article effectively but the lack of proper evidences makes the article incomplete. (KIND OF CONTRADICTORY. YOU SAY HE PROVIDES...
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...interests, which lie with China and Asia, and traditional ties with the America. General Peter Leahy warns of US-China collision FORMER Australian army chief Peter Leahy has urged Australia to tread warily in expanding its military ties with the US to ensure they do not "lead to increased tension and even conflict" with China. [pic] the Australian, 12 April, 2012 Warning against becoming "caught" between the US as its security guarantor and China as its economic underwriter, Professor Leahy has welcomed Australia's decision to play host to US marines, but noted that "too much of a good thing" could put unnecessary pressure on China. His comments, in an opinion piece in today's edition of The Australian, came as the China Daily state-owned newspaper hit out at Australia's expanding links with the US, warning they could spark a collapse of trust and endanger Sino-Australian economic ties. In a strongly worded editorial, the newspaper yesterday also warned that the Gillard government's decision last month to ban Chinese communications giant Huawei from bidding for work in the $36 billion National Broadband Network had created the perception in Beijing that Australia wanted to obstruct Chinese companies. But, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton insisted her nation wanted close and peaceful relations with Beijing, Julia Gillard rejected the Chinese newspaper's suggestion that Australian foreign policy was aimed at containing China. "Australia's clear and...
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...The beginning of the industry The national demand of the public needing and wanting to be informed of local news stories, made William Caxton to set up the first English printing in Westminster in 1476. Oxford Gazette, printed in 1665 became The London Gazette in 1666 11 March 1702 - First daily newspaper named The Daily Courant The Times - first significant national newspaper (founded in1785 as Daily Universal Register) History development of the industry Time 17th 18th 19th 20th 21th What happened? • Pamphlets • First daily • The “golden • Newspapers • Decline of newspapers age” of have the industry newspapers emerged all over the country • News sheets • Sunday papers • First Ads • The format of papers changed • Decline of the industry • Online newspapers become more popular • Posters What the future may hold? Source Data: provided ABC What the future may hold? • It is estimated that newspaper market declined in 2007-2008 with 21% (Source OECD, 2010) What the future may hold? It is apparent that newspapers will no longer be in the format we are all used to seeing, as a hard copy; Hard copies will be replaced by online versions as a way for the industry to cope with the new technologies. What are the opportunities for a mediumsized player? Time spend on newspaper reading in the UK(2008) No time at all 32,3% Less than 0,5 hour 23,0% 0,5 hour to 1 hour 26,3 % More than 1 hour 18,3% Source:...
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...morning I wake up to the normal sun shooting through the window, blinding me as I try to open my eyes. My dog, Percy, licking my face off. He insists that every morning at exactly 7:04, she has to go outside. It really is starting to annoy me. Can’t that damn dog just rest? After I go outside for exactly 3 minutes, I realise I have to deal with my boss in exactly 48 minutes. I sit and moan for two minutes. Any more I would be late and any less I would be early: it has to be exactly two minutes. Afterward, I do my normal six-minute shower, I take another 6 minutes to brush my hair, 4 minutes to brush – just like the dentist told me – and five minutes to figure out what I am going to wear today. That leaves me 4 minutes to sit and read The Daily Telegraph and moan about having to drive 20 minutes to a job that I can’t stand. Once I arrive, it takes 2 minutes to hear the lame story about what Ron, the guy two cubicles down, did last night and four minutes ’til I get to hear my boss complain that I never do anything right. Spending 9 and a half hours at my job, driving 26 minutes home, taking two minutes to take Percy out and only getting 25 minutes to myself before lying down in my hard, cold bed and not falling asleep for another 12 minutes can really drive someone crazy. At least that is what my therapist tells me. But it doesn’t make me crazy; it makes everyone else crazy for not wanting to know how much time they actually have. The thing that will make you crazy is if...
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...We chose helicopter parenting as our topic because we found helicopter parenting a common issue in todays society. The articles we read in class on helicopter parenting inspired us to make a satire video on the issue. According to Dictionary. com, the definition of satire is “the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, of ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices…” In our video, we use many examples of satire to express our aspect on helicopter parenting. Some examples of satire in our video include five tools. The five tools we used are mock encomium, surprise, invective, inflation, and situational irony. We used mock encomium in the scene when the mom comes into the classroom and interrupts the class to check on her daughter....
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...I joke a lot about only being able to talk about music and standup comedy for extended periods of time and in a lot of ways that may be true. However, one of the reasons I joke about that is because I believe comedians are some of the most intelligent political commentators around right now. With the current state that our presidential campaign is in. I think now more than ever people should stop interpreting political rhetoric and start educating themselves on the politicians they think they support. I also think that it is extremely important to be critical of the news you consume and not look at politics through the eyes of a hate driven spiteful baby man with cheeto covered infant fingers. A lot of the major themes I have currently been seeing in politics is the hate people have towards the Clinton campaign because of the emails and Clinton not getting inedited for said crimes. Before I move on I will say that I was and still am Bernie fan, however to the Bernie or bust population putting Bernie’s name on the ballot in November is seriously like handing Donald Trump the presidency. That is why I myself will begrudgingly be voting for the lesser evil in November. And that may be sad, however, I feel much more comfortable doing that than I do voting for any of the third party candidates. And, instead of telling people not to do that I ask that you critically look at those third party candidates platforms while Gary Johnson and Jill Stein may look appealing to you I encourage...
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...The hangover 2: “It happened again”. The hangover has begun, oh yes it has. The tragic trashed trio have yet again repeated their actions from the first film, where they woke up in a chaotic Las Vegas suite with no memory of what happened the night before at all. But this time, they’d done even worse, and lost their friend Teddy, whose disappearance has totally broken his sister’s husband-to-be, Stu (Ed Helms). The wedding was to be in a couple of hours in one of the world’s amazing and exotic places, Thailand. Although Stu had decided to have a subdued bachelor party due to the unforgettable bash 2 years ago in Las Vegas, Stu is taking no chances and has opted to have a quiet bachelor party. However, this did not satisfy the boys, especially Phil(Bradley Cooper) and so instead, they have a buttoned up pre-wedding drink, and before they know it, they wake up totally demolished inside and out in Bangkok in a cruddy hotel with amnesia, AND with one member of the party missing which they only realise after checking up on their faces. However the worst has yet to come. They are all fully determined to find their friend Teddy although the circumstances are terrible and they have to meet with a series of humiliating disasters, and gross situations. Déjà vu has attacked them again, and what happened in Vegas was a total disaster, but what happens in Bangkok can’t possibly be...
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... On the other hand, it’s difficult to cover everything for any company. To outsource the some services to the third-party is a good choice for the Hotel. The third-party companies are more professional. 2. What recommendation will you make to the GM of The Independent once you finish sipping your cappuccino? What should the Independent do tomorrow? What should it change about its operations, if anything? From the data, we can see that the bookings of the third-party’s website is higher than the hotel website’s. Over time, the difference has become wider. The GM of the hotel should cooperate with a good third-party company. In order to gain the profit the hotel can outsource the online services. As a hotel, it should focus on the daily operation and reduce the input on building its website. 3. What do you think is the key lesson learned the Independent? What general guidelines would you have for your many other clients in and outside the lodging industry? The Internet enters a rapid development period, and the construction of corporate image in the Network Times becomes a new subject. A Hotel can develop its businesses from a successful online service system. There are the professionals. Every company should focus on what it can be excellent...
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...Gordon Orr What might happen in China in 2016? Strategy January 2016 Millions of people being relocated from cities, fewer jobs, greater centralization, and more movie blockbusters are just some of the author’s predictions for the year. In debates about whether growth is a percentage point up or down, we too often lose sight of the absolute scale of China’s economy. No matter what rate the country grows at in 2016, its share of the global economy, and of many specific sectors, will be larger than ever. My snapshot of China in 2016? An increasingly diverse, volatile, $11 trillion economy whose performance is becoming more and more difficult to describe as one dimensional. The reality is that China’s economy is today made up of multiple subeconomies, each more than a trillion dollars in size. Some are booming, some declining. Some are globally competitive, others fit for the scrap heap. How you feel about China depends more than ever on the parts of the economy where you compete. In 2015, selling kit to movie theaters has been great business, selling kit to steel mills less so. In your China, are you dealing with a tiger or a tortoise? Your performance in 2016 will depend on knowing the answer to this question and shaping your plans accordingly. Many well-established secular trends in China will continue in 2016. The service economy’s expansion is perhaps most prominent among them. In this piece, as usual, I won’t spend much time on the most familiar things...
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...Cecilia Washington Professor Dr. Dennis Lawrence ENGL 102 November 2, 2015 Yay or Nay The mission of Wikipedia was to design it to be used as a free encyclopedia and research tool in which readers could obtain verifiable information. Wikipedia has been questioned by many individuals concerning its creditability. It is open to a large contributor base allowing anyone to edit and write anything. Many use information from Wikipedia to do research without second guessing or even thinking that the information being obtained may actually be false. “Users should be aware that not all articles are of encyclopedic quality from the start; they may contain false or debatable information” (Wikipedia: Using Wikipedia as a research tool). Determining whether Wikipedia is good or bad as far as being able to be used as a source of credit worthy information is kind of hard to figure out. Believing that the pros of Wikipedia outweighs the cons, it is still hard to find a balance. When you search for something on the internet, the first link to direct your search is a link involving Wikipedia which some would consider a good sign. Wikipedia is a good source to read when you absolutely have no knowledge about what you are researching. Since entries can be made by anyone, the diversity of different subjects could be beneficial. You could learn how one subject could become many due to the differences in cultural and personal opinions. “Wikipedia takes information from other...
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...Madonna is the perfect example where drive and ambition resulted in her fame and success, not the direct pursuit of money and fame. Madonna had very little musical background and no contacts when she arrived in New York. However, that did not stop her. Even with this lack of training she knew that she needed to meet more people and have more exposure to get ahead. She watched and listened to current trends in music and adjusted her career to the dance music industry that was becoming popular. Madonna was a great relationship builder and motivator. She used those skills to gain more exposure which eventually led to a very successful stint with Warner Records. Madonna also realized that she needed to expand beyond music; through movies, through children’s book publishing, through a distribution deal with Warner Records, and through a contract with Live Nation. She has always managed to stay just enough in the public eye without drawing too much attention, but was very aware that when needed she could turn it on and reinvent herself. She is a brand, and the quote by the London Telegraph says it best, “What doesn’t change and hopefully never will, is Ms. Ciccone’s hypercaffeineated zeal to make the world pay attention” (“Madonna mistress of metamorphosis,” 2008). As our book points out, strategy is about winning. Madonna has shown this through a continued understanding of what it takes to be a success. Madonna whether she realized it or not, was constantly performing...
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...Com 101 Final Paper Racism in the Media “Due to the growing media influence, racism has evolved from “black and white” in the past to the multi-cultural issue it is now.”(Media and Racism) In the past, racism in the media was conveyed only through the use of the newspaper. Newspaper was the fastest and most popular way of receiving media information and was often more direct and bias to the gatekeepers. However, the current day variety of media types and sensitivity to racism has evolved media to sending the message to target different demographics, using an array of tactics to deliver the message. The tactic that we chose to talk about is the satirical presentation approach. In the past there were a lot more people who were racist and spoke out about it. This led to the media sending messages that were more directly to the point instead of “sugar coating” the words or situations. The newspaper or radio would cover stories that would be broadcasted for the people who could afford the paper or to have a radio. These people at the time were also the wealthy white men. The gatekeepers of these papers and broadcasting were usually powerful white men that were heavily racist themselves. This led to people only seeing that blacks at the time were terrible people being punished, this is what they wanted the people listening and reading to feel. As time went on racism started to become more discrete and behind closed doors. People became sensitive to the terms...
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