...Double Entry “[Accounting] now has the potential to make or break the planet” (White p. 8). That is the tone the Jane Gleeson-White used to set the mood of the book. You had warned me that she would be “preachy” in the end of the book, but I didn’t know how preachy. I will cover that in the end of this paper. White explores the origins of double entry in a rather interesting way. She makes you feel that accounting is the most important subject that man has ever created and we owe everything we enjoy to all accountants. She does an excellent job explaining the history and pioneering work of Luca Pacioli. In total the book was very interesting and left me feeling like I had chosen a major that will change the world. White starts the book off with explaining the history of accounting and how we owe any human achievement to accounting. “It now appears that writing, one of the greatest human accomplishments, was invented by accountants” (White p. 11). The early Athenian civilization is known for the world’s first democracy. White states that accounting “and freedom of financial information were considered essential for running the world’s first democracy” (White p. 15). Within the first 20 pages she has basically made the argument that accounting is the reason we have the constitution and democracy. I do agree that there is some basis for her argument, but she does give an extensive history and progression of the accounting system. She shows how Italy became the birthplace for...
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...The Grapes of Wrath is most memorable as the story of the Joad family’s trek across Depression-era America. The long narrative chapters that trace their journey provide a personal context for understanding the more abstract social, historical, and symbolic musings of the shorter alternating chapters. Despite their sometimes preachy tone, these alternating chapters play an important role in the structure of the novel. Most notably, they extend the saga of migrant farmers beyond a single family, reminding the reader that the hardships faced by the Joads were widespread, afflicting tens of thousands of families in the Dust Bowl. Furthermore, these chapters anticipate the circumstances that the Joads will encounter: when the Joads come to the Hooverville in Chapter 20, for instance, the reader has already read a detailed description of these camps in the preceding chapter and thus foresees their difficulties. Alternating between the Joads’ tale and more contextual musings outside the narrative also allows Steinbeck to employ a greater range of writing styles. It is true that Steinbeck successfully conveys a great deal of the Joads’ journey through spare, declarative prose and through the rustic dialect of the family members. However, the short chapters allow him to exceed the constraints of these prose forms, to root his story in a more universal tradition. At times, Steinbeck evokes the repetition and moral bluntness of biblical tales; at other moments, he assumes the clear,...
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...| | | i. What is the best persuasive strategy? It depends on how much and what kinds of resistance you expect. a. Four basic short-term strategies exist: * Direct Request * Problem-Solving Persuasion * Sales * Reward and Punishment 1. Rewards and punishment have limited use, in part because they don't produce permanent change and because they produce psychological reactance. b. Analyze your audience to choose a pattern: * Direct request. POWERPOINT SLIDE * Problem-solving. POWERPOINT SLIDE c. Remember that a strategy that works for one organization may not work somewhere else. * Know the organization's culture. a. CONCEPT CHECK True or False: The direct request pattern is most useful when you expect the audience to strongly resist your request. CONCEPT CHECK ii. What is the best subject line for a persuasive message? For direct requests, use the request, the topic, or a question. For problem-solving messages, use a directed subject line or a reader benefit. d. A directed subject line makes your stance on an issue clear. iii. How should I organize persuasive messages? In direct requests, start with the request. In a problem-solving message, start with the problem you share. e. Pattern for direct requests. POWERPOINT SLIDE f. Pattern for problem-solving persuasive messages. POWERPOINT SLIDE * CONCEPT CHECK True or False: The patterns for direct requests...
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...Two Solitudes is far from being a great work of fiction--it can be hokey, preachy, heavy-handed, trite, and dated--but it is both an entertaining human story and a knowing political novel, only slightly marred by MacLennan's over-idealistic nationalism. The Canada that MacLennan presents, a country in which a citizen is either French-Canadian or English-Canadian (or a rare hybrid) never really existed, but the political climate prompted by this illusion is still with us. MacLennan's novel is one of the most sympathetic (and readable) literary chronicles of the tensions and misunderstandings that gave birth to modern Quebec. --Jack Illingworth “Two solitudes”, which was written by Hugh McLennan at 1945, was his most famous novel. The Author, Hugh MacLennan was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, 1907. There are about seven novels, travel books and uncountable essays that mediate between the European cultural heritage and American vigor and idealism. “Among his many honors, he won five Governor Generals Awards.” And finally, Hugh MacLennan died in Montreal in 1990. It was a literary allegory for English and French Canadian from 1917 to 1939. The author divided this novel into 4 parts. “It is set during World War I, and a cast of “archetype” characters relay the story, being representations of French Canadians or Catholics or Businessman during this time period.” The novel’s plot was focus on the life of the fictional character named Paul Tallard, who is struggling between the...
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...Halcombe, her half-sister, and Walter Hartright face terrific odds against formidable men of power to protect Laura. The title character, The Woman in White, is also an ally of Laura's and a look-alike half sister. The good people eventually prevail with the aid of decent servants, honest solicitors (lawyers) and some luck. The story includes spies, secret societies, identity theft, mistaken identity, murder, illegitimate births, false imprisonment and romance. Collins weaves an exciting tale to prove a point about the dearth of women's rights. Using women from both high and low classes, he drives the point home with example after example of injustice. Though this is a persuasive argument told in story form, Collins does not fall into preachy narrative. He tells an exciting story that...
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... I was informed that some government departs were helping their employees (Emiratis and other Arabic speaking workers) to improve their Arabic. They call the series ‘قل و لا تقل’ which roughly translates as ‘Say, and don’t say’ something like: say this….but do not say this because it is wrong. This title is popular and there is a TV series that has the same title, the format is that each show has a theme, each week the presenter shows examples of how people misuse words or phrases and then shows the correct usage. It is all in classical Arabic and aims to improve the use of words amongst native speakers who have along the way picked up bad habits in their language use. “Arabic books are boring, and hard to read. They are just too preachy,” was the consensus. http://www.scribd.com/doc/37869835/%E2%80%9CArabizi%E2%80%9D-A-Contemporary-Style-of-Arabic-slang “Arabizi” is a slang term (slang: vernacular, popular informal speech) describing a system of writing Arabic using English charac-ters. This term comes from two words “arabi” (Arabic) and “engliszi” (English). The actual word would be “3rabizi” if...
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...Hosseini’s last book, The Kite Runner before. I'll try steer away from comparing the two books here. They're both very good reads and worth your time. But I will say that I consider A Thousand Splendid Suns to be the better of the two. The author's narrative style is stronger and less predictable and he stretches himself, very effectively, to look at the events of the last 35 years in Afghanistan from a woman's point of view. Hosseini does an excellent job of referencing the global and regional political issues in the story without making them a main plot point. The large events are a backdrop, a scene setting device that serves as a canvass for the personal tribulations the main characters endure. In doing this, he avoids being overtly preachy and opinionated. The result is a narrative that keeps its focus on the subjects of the story, while exposing the reader to the cultural and moral pitfalls of Afghanistan during this time frame and, more generally, of any authoritarian society. The story itself gives me new respect for the struggle of the Afghan people, particularly the women, and what they have endured over the past four decades. One point the story makes is that nobody in Afghanistan has escaped loss -- loss of family members, loss of friends,...
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...Annotated Bibliography Annotated Bibliography Kaufman, P. (2006, February 20). The omnivore’s dilemma: A natural history of four meals. Publisher’s Weekly. http:Michaelpollan.com/press.php?id=23. Pamela Kaufman, a reviewer for Publisher’s Weekly, praises Michael Pollan’s book, which follows the food chain of four meals back to their sources, including a McDonald’s lunch and a dinner of supposedly wholesome items from Whole Foods market. She finds Pollan to be a good writer and thorough researcher, not a “preachy” activist. Her brief review is positive, which is why Pollan probably has it posted on his website. This would be a useful source if contrasted against a more critical evaluation of Pollan’s work. Pollan, M. (2002). The botany of desire: A plant’s-eye view of the world. New York: Random House. Pollan outlines the history of four crops-- apples, tulips, marijuana and potatoes. He discusses how humans have influenced their evolution and how crops have influenced our cultures. He recounts real stories, rather than myths, about such characters as “Johnny Appleseed,” an eccentric loner who helped colonize various apple crops across a new America. As a result, we do not have as many varieties of apples as once existed, and the ones we have are less resistant to pests. Pollan, Michael. (2008). In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto. New York: The Penguin Press. ISBN 978-1-59420-145-5 Pollan’s...
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...live for him. He is making all things new, beginning with us. You ask how can dying on a cross possibly forgive our sins? Nothing can be gained or forgiven without sacrifice, and the ultimate sacrifice is death. When a friend betrays you, in some way, you sacrifice a little bit of trust to remain their friend. Jesus was ill to pay the ultimate price so that we can all can have choice whether or not to join him in heaven. Honestly though I do wonder if I am crazy for believing in God or not, but I have faith that he is there and that He loves me. Even if you do not agree with my claims I hope that you least acknowledge that within the population of people in the world that are christians not all of them are as ignorant, judgmental, and Preachy as the stereotype suggests. ...
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...------------------------------------------------- a spiritual gem With nearly two million copies sold around the world, this wonderful fable is becoming recognized for what it is—one of the truly great charmers of the late twentieth century. It's like a surprisingly cool sea breeze coming over the desert in the evening. The innocence and charm of this fable are comparable to Jonathan Livingston Seagull, but The Alchemistis more humorous, more spiritual, and wiser. This is the story of Santiago, a wanderlust shepherd boy in Spain, who decides to act upon a dream he has one night—of discovering a buried treasure at the Pyramids of Egypt. Santiago's journey is not easy, but his humility, faith, and simplicity are simply unshakable. In fact, he is so naïve (in the best way possible) that it does not seem to occur to him that he could be shaken. Reading it, I was reminded of something Søren Kierkegaard wrote regarding spiritual warfare: One thing there is which all Satan's cunning and all the snares of temptation cannot take by surprise, and that is simplicity. After Santiago has his dream, he is soon visited by Melchizedek, the mysterious King of Salem, who tells him that soon after someone embarks upon the path of their destiny, all the Universe conspires to help them, but only for a little while. Soon after embarking upon a trip to Africa, his money is gone and he must struggle, as almost all of us do, with precariously balancing his material needs against not losing sight...
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...Why do we still read Austen today? By Ida Palmer Jane Austen is considered a revolutionary novelist and prose-writer, arguably rivalled only by the likes of William Shakespeare or Oscar Wilde. But, 200 years after her books were written, why do we still read them today? Possibly the most apparent reason is Austen’s ability to make us feel better about ourselves. Her books are awash with moral guidance as we see the main characters go on journeys and encounter obstacles in their quest for happiness, and we cannot help but put ourselves in their shoes and wonder “What would I do?”. Austen uses subtlety to guide us through moral difficulties, avoiding the preachy tone of “You SHOULD do this”, and instead incorporating the delicate air of “This is a possibility.” Our need for guidance and role models relates back to the inescapable human desire for valid instruction from an influential leader; In her time, when unmarried women were virtually invisible on the social scale, Austen was not a typical body for a role model, and so many of her readers would not have uncovered, or expected, the moral messages written into her storylines. Contemporary readers, however, can easily unpick the subtleties in Austen’s work and indentify the intricacy in her “comedy of manners”. Another perfectly valid reason we still read Austen today is simply because she is an eloquent and articulate writer. She writes with wit, flair, irony, and an unmatchable humour in her tone. Her novels, albeit...
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...Cory Monteith dies at 31. What an early age to die right? I was never a Glee fan but for a short period, ummmm say 1 season, I actually enjoyed it because of Noah! Of course, I never did discount the talent of Rachel and Finn. Cory Monteith's life was cut tragically short on Saturday, July 13. The Glee star, who celebrated his 31st birthday on May 11, was found dead in a hotel room at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel in Vancouver, Canada, police announced in a press conference. According to Vancouver PD, emergency personnel arrived at the hotel shortly after noon, at which point Monteith was pronounced dead on the scene by paramedics. The coroner is investigating cause of death. Foul play is not suspected. "We are so saddened to confirm that the reports on the death of Cory Monteith are accurate," the actor's rep said in a statement to Us Weekly shortly after news broke of the tragedy. " We are in shock and mourning this tragic loss." PHOTOS: Stars gone too soon Monteith had recently completed treatment for substance addiction. On March 31 of this year, he announced via his rep that he had voluntarily checked himself into rehab, buoyed by the support of his girlfriend, Lea Michele, and others. "Cory is a beloved member of the Glee family, and we fully support his decision to seek treatment," 20th Century Fox TV said in a statement at the time. "Everyone at the show wishes him well and looks forward to his return." In recent weeks, the actor had seemed happier...
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...SEXUAL ANRTHOPOLOGY: NNLT VS. FEMINIST REVISIONISTS June 2014 In The Sexual Person by authors Todd A. Salzman and Michael G. Lawler (Sawler), we are presented with multiple views on humans and the sexual being. Exposure to traditionalist, Natural Law Theorists, Revisionists, and Sawler’s own perspectives, widens the understanding of the Christian view on sexual acts while providing multiple perspectives that help question the interpretation behind the moral laws. Compare and contrasting the Natural Law Theorists and Feminist Revisionists, I will explore their perspectives on sexual anthropology and conclude with my own interpretation of the sexual human. Beginning with the New Natural Law Theorists (NNLT), their main perspective behind the sexual person is mostly thread within the principles of the physical being while almost completely disregarding the “emotional” or personal human. The NNLT follows the specific natural law, which reflects the human inclination towards reproduction and preservation as a species, much like that of the animal kingdom. The only difference, however, is that humans have the ability to become united through the act of procreation. The NNLT choses to focus on the generic natural law, choosing to emphasize the importance of the biological and natural meanings of a sexual act, rather than the specific natural law, which chooses to emphasize on the personal and relational meanings of the sexual act. The NNLT prioritizes the biological over the...
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...Apple company customer service plan Production of apple company I am running a digital store called apple company which is a multinational corporation that creates consumer electronics personal computers,computer software and commercial servers,and is a digital distributor or media content apple`s core product lines are the iphone smart phone.ipad tablet computer,ipod portable media players,and macintosh computer line Founders steven jobs and steven wozniak effectively created apple computer on 1st April,1979,,with the release of the apple 1,and incorporated the company on 3rd january 1977.in cupertino,Califomia.with the introduction of the successful ipad music player in 2001 and itunes music store in 2003.apple established itself as a leader in the consumer electronics and media sales industries leading it to drop computer from the company`s name in 2007.the company is now also known for its IOS range of smart phone.media player and tablet computer products that began with the iphone.followed by the ipod touch and then ipad.as of 2012.apple is the largest publicly traded corporation in the world by market capitalization with an estimated value of US$626 billion as of september 2012.Apple company`s market cap is larger than that of google and microsoft combined.Apple`s worldwide annual revenue in 2010 totaled US$65 billion.growing to US$127.8 billion in 2011 and $156 billion in 2012. Vision statement Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience...
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...How can we get a better Customer Service in Wal-Mart? Rebecca Jimenez (Polite) ENG 315 Professional Communications Assignment 4 Strayer University Professor Priscilla Patten Table of contents Introduction 3 Problem statement 3 Findings 3 Method used 3-4-5 Conclusion 6 References 7 Introduction The purpose of this report is to inform to people, how we can get a better Customer service? As a customer I choose the store Wal-Mart; because of every store that myself or people that goes to that store have problem with the Customer Service. Everywhere you go you see customers going thought some bad services, 1 or 2 cash registers open for more than 15 people in each line that is open, or when customer need a somebody that work in Wal-Mart to help that customer find the product that customer need and that customer cannot find nobody to help them. And when the customer finally somebody comes is not from the place that customer need that help. So the customer walk around trying to find somebody to help and if customer have the luck to find one, they would help that customer with bad attitude, disrespectful, and they act like they do not want to work that day. Problem Statement As a customer and see other customers react in the store the way we do when is not a good customer services in the store is to get signature of customers in every Wal-Mart in the area and after that write a letter to corporation about is customers...
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