...Course #: COMM 101 Topic: Sarah Palin General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose Statement: To inform the audience of the life and style of Sarah Palin and her career as a politician. INTRODUCTION Attention Getter: How did Sarah get as popular as she is today? Central Idea: Sarah Palin has become a successful Politician, Mother, Grandmother, and Wife by staying true to herself and her beliefs. Credibility: Have read biographies, watched TV series, and speeches about Sarah Palin. Preview Statement: Sarah Palin made a breakthrough in 2006 when she became the youngest and first ever female governor of Alaska. Connective: Quote by Sarah Palin “Some of life’s greatest opportunities come unexpectedly, and this is certainly the case today” BODY I. Throughout her young life, Sarah Palin was a strong willed, popular, and driven woman. A. She was the runner-up in the contest for Miss Alaska B. She picked up the name “Sarah Barracuda” for her intense style of playing high school basketball Connective: She was an avid outdoors enthusiast. II. Sarah felt strongly about being outdoors and living where you could hunt. C. Sarah grew up in small town Wasilla, Alaska D. Sarah was an avid hunter, an enthusiastic fisherman, and rides snowmobiles E. She also supported the families’ commercial fishing business. Connective: Sarah had thoughts of a political career. III. Sarah Palin’s political career commenced...
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...Presidential Election 2008 In 2008 Presidential election, history was made by choosing Barack Obama as the first African American President. This election was eminent because of the possibility of either the first African-American president or first female vice president, Sarah Palin. It was the time when economy was struggling. There were two costly ongoing wars of 8 years, subprime mortgage crisis had taken hold and the nation was hurdling towards recession. Senator McCain represented the status quo of Republican Party which was believed to be responsible for the crisis at the time. After coming in lead in Republican Primary, John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential Candidate. This choice had a very positive effect in the beginning. After announcing Palin as the presumptive VP nominee, the McCain campaign received high favorability numbers and had unified the Republican Party. Contribution to the campaign went up. The Campaign had not only surpassed Obama in white women voters, but also amassed a lead of five percentage points in the Gallup polls. She was phenomenally talented and had the ability to connect with the masses. However as media researched further, people’s perception changed and they started to realize that Senator McCain’s choice was negligent and done in haste. Factors that Influenced John McCain’s Decision There were many reasons behind McCain’s choice of Palin for the VP candidate. The campaign had to do something out of the ordinary to...
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...The Story of Abraham and Sarah (Children's Version) Once there was a man named Abram. One day the Lord came to talk to Abram, and Abram asked, "Who will have all my things when I die". God promised Abram and his wife Sarai that one day they would be parents, even though they were old and had no children. God wasn't sure that Abram understood. So that night He took him outside, and said, "Do you see all the stars that are in the sky"? When Abram looked up, the whole night sky was full of stars, so many in fact that he would never be able to count them. Then God said, "That is how many children you will have". Quite a few years later when Abram was ninety-nine years old (older than even your grandparents) the Lord decided to change Abram's name to Abraham, which means "father of many." He also changed Sarai's name to Sarah. God told them again that they would be parents and that they would have a boy. This time Abraham laughed so hard he fell on his face! It was hard to believe that he and Sarah would have a child in their old age. One day three visitors came to Abraham's house. He hurried to meet them. "May I get you something to eat and drink?" Abraham asked. "Please come in and join us, and have a rest on the couch." The visitors agreed, so Abraham brought them some fresh bread, milk, and hamburgers. While the visitors were eating, they asked Abraham, "Where is your wife Sarah?" Abraham thought this was a little strange, but he replied, "She's in the...
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...he would make him and his descendants a great nation; even though he and his wife did not have a child (childless) Abraham obeyed God and still had faith in all of God’s promises. In Genesis 15 the Lord reaffirmed his promise to Abraham, and Abraham agreed to go to the land that God would show him, and God agreed to make him a great nation. Genesis 16 Abraham slept with his slave Hager, and she conceived and named him Ishmael. Abraham and his children were commanded to be circumcised as a "sign of covenant" between them and God (Gen. 17:10-11). God told Abraham his wife’s name was no longer Sarai, but now Sarah and will bear him a son named Issac. “I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you” (Genesis 17:7) “I will bless Sarah and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother os nations; kings of peoples will come from her.” (Gen. 17:15) * * © 2014 Microsoft * Terms * Privacy & cookies * Developers * English (United States)...
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...As a white upper middle class teen living in an affluent neighborhood with authoritative parents, Sarah was expected to conduct herself in a certain manner than was a reflection of the morals and ideals held by both her parents. Sarah appears to be cloistered in her academic and socially acceptable sphere of her parents influence in the beginning until she starts high school and starts to experience a whole new set of peer influenced ideals. She is bombarded with anxiety of the socially acceptable norm and her hopes for further interactions with this new peer group that causes her cognitive dissonance with her belief system and parental rules. She was under continued stress from her friends’ insistence that she come to the party because it would be fun. Their constant reassurance that she would be missing out if she did not go was a catalyst to her decision. Sarah is internally conflicted with upholding her beliefs in obedience to her parent’s rules and those of her own wants in a more intrinsic need to be accepted by her peers. Sarah was willing to subject herself to her friends’ ideas and wants due to her introvert need of acceptance. Her friends influenced her to break her long held beliefs for a night of fun. Her yearning to be seen as one of them and not an individual lead her to be easily influenced. Sarah’s lack of real concern for her parent’s rule is a prime example of the nature versus nurture argument. She was hesitant for a while due to her conscious belief...
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...Positivism means “scientific” and positivist methodologies argue it’s possible and desirable to study social behaviour in ways similar to those used by natural scientists to study behaviour in the natural world. Positivism A basic principle is that social systems consist of structures that exist independently of individuals; they represent behaviour at the institutional level of society and people experience structures as forces that push us to behave in ways that shape our individual behavioural choices. Example: The rules of language structure the way we socially interact. Systems Actions The forces shaping social behaviour can be discovered using similar methods to those used in sciences such as Physics - systematic observations that create highly reliable knowledge, organised and tested using something like Popper’s HypotheticoDeductive model of research. Study of the causes of behaviour (social structures) rather than their effects (the different choices people make). Structures are real and objective forces; although they can’t be seen, their effects can be (empirically) observed. Reality Methods Quantitative methods are generally favoured because they allow for the collection of factual data. Objectivity Facts The researcher should not directly interact with the people they are studying since this might influence their behaviour (non-participant observation is acceptable, but participant observation is more problematic)...
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...Managing a Daily Teaching Schedule After searching the web for tips to assist with time management, I came to realize the most common stress a teacher carries is dealing with several papers whether they are test, forms, assignments, or anything else a teacher needs in the class. TIP # 1: Use colored folders to file papers: Select different colors for each subject or for each Period of the day. I feel like that is an important tip because if I am going to have the same color for each class, I could place a paper in the wrong subject and spend hours trying to find that paper. I might even have to do it over because I no longer have it to make copies. This can cause a lot of unnecessary stress and take up valuable time. TIP # 2: Designate one day for every month to organize (for example, the third Tuesday of the month) as “filing day”. Use it to file all the papers that have accumulated on your desk during the month. This tip can be a life saver at some point because day after day builds up more papers on my desk and in the file cabinet that I do not need. Furthermore, I can lose track of assignments and possibly lose an important paper for a student. Organizing can help me keep track of my daily papers and stay ahead of the game. TIP # 3: Make a list of all the things that you need to get done in a given time period (day, week, month, etc.) Realistically approximate the amount of time each task will take to complete.. Prioritize the tasks in order of importance...
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...IMPLIKASI KEMALANGAN JALAN RAYA Fenomena kemalangan jalan raya di Malaysia sejak akhir-akhir ini menjadi semakin berleluasa. Saban hari media cetak dan elektronik menyajikan berita kemalangan jalan raya yang mengerikan dan menyayat hati. Mangsa kemalangan jalan raya juga tidak mengenal usia sama ada golongan tua, dewasa, remaja ataupun kanak-kanak. Akibat daripada kemalangan jalan raya tersebut, mangsa akan mengalami kecederaan yang parah atau ringan atau mungkin terus menemui kematian. Pelbagai kesan berikutan kemalangan itu sama ada dari segi fizikal, mental atau emosi akan terus menghantui mangsa yang bernasib baik terselamat daripada maut. Namun, kesan kehilangan nyawa terhadap tenaga kerja dalam negara secara keseluruhannya perlu dipertimbangkan secara lebih mendalam. Kemalangan jalan raya di Malaysia yang telah mengakibatkan insiden kematian iaitu kemalangan maut dan menghubungkaitkan insiden kematian itu dengan implikasinya terhadap kos kehilangan tenaga kerja di Malaysia. Statistik kemalangan jalan raya Malaysia sejak kebelakangan ini menunjukkan bahawa lebih daripada 50% mangsa kemalangan terdiri daripada mereka yang berusia dalam lingkungan 20-35 tahun. Mereka ini merupakan golongan peringkat usia yang paling produktif dan berpotensi dari segi tenaga kerjanya. Mereka mempunyai tempoh masa antara 20-35 tahun lagi untuk menyumbang khidmat bakti kepada negara dalam apa jua bidang pekerjaan. Oleh yang demikian kehilangan nyawa golongan yang produktif ini akibat kemalangan...
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...Revue pour l’examen final SNC 1DF Écologie : Producteur : Un producteur est un organisme qui fabrique son propre nourriture riche en énergie à partir de l’énergie du soleil. Consommateur : Un consommateur est un organisme vivant qui consomme d’autres organismes pour produire son énergie. Décomposeurs : Les décomposeurs sont des organismes qui dégradent les matières des organismes mortes. Ils « décompose » les matières mortes en éléments minéraux. Les autotrophes : Un autotrophes est un organisme qui est capable de former des substances nutritives organiques de substances inorganiques comme le dioxyde de carbone. Les hétérotrophes : Un hétérotrophes est un organisme qui dérive ses besoins nutritionnel de substances organique complexe. Biotique : Être vivants, ses restes et ses caractéristiques en relation a ses activités. (Ex : les nids) Abiotique : Élément non vivant, physique et chimique, d’un écosystème. Niveau Alimentaire (trophique) : Niveau occupe par un organisme dans un écosystème, d’après sa position dans la chaine alimentaire. Énergie disponible pour les consommateurs du prochain niveau : Les chaines alimentaires montrent le transfert d’énergie d’un écosystème. Tous les organismes consomment et libèrent de l’énergie dans leur environnement de manière continue. Il y a une pet d’énergie a chacun des niveaux. Chaine alimentaire : Série d’organismes qui se nourrissent chacun de suivant, montrant le transfert d’énergie d’un organisme a l’autre. ...
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...Overview Sara Lee Corporation has a vision “to be the first choice of consumers and customers around the world by bringing together innovative ideas, continuous improvement and people who can make things happen.” The company’s vision can be summed up simply with their mission: “To simply delight you…everyday.” The company has been trying to achieve these goals since 1939 when the company began. Sara Lee employs a broad differentiation strategy, and has been diversifying since inception, mainly by acquisition. In 2005, the company, in an effort to raise profitability, began to divest eight of its business. The company’s goal was to increase sales to at least $14 billion, and increase operating profit to 12%. The idea was to focus efforts on the good, beverage and household product industry, which were seen as more profitable, and profits would increase. In 2008, Sara Lee launched an initiative called Project Accelerate. This program was designed to cut costs and increase productivity by focusing on overhead costs, streamlining the supply chain and outsourcing. It is expected to save of sum of $350 to $400 million by the end of 2012. By 2010, Project Accelerate had saved the company $180 million. The management team also decided to buyback $2.5 to $3 billion of common shares over a three year period. Despite their efforts, by the end of 2010, Sara Lee has revenues of just $10.8 billion and the operating profit margin was well below the target 12% at 8.5%. In an attempt to boost...
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...A 1. Give an outline of the various views on serving in the army presented in the three texts. The one thing, that the three texts have in common is the theme; serving in the army. In text one, Why they serve, Sarah Palin tells her own story about her son, Track, serving in the army, and she tells about the feelings she has. She sees serving as a way to protect the idea of America, not just geographically. Sarah Palin is proud of her country and the unity, and she is proud of her son. She wonders for what reason some young men and women want to risk their lives to defend their country. For her son, the reason is family. He has young members of the family, and he wants a safe world for them to grow up in. For Track his family is the motivation. As a contrast to Palins positive view on serving in the army, we have the article A soldier’s story: War affects whole family written by David Zucchino. The article is about the Kahlers family who’s son, Ryan Kahler, suffers from a stress disorder. Ryan’s disorder has had a bad influence on the parents, who now also suffer from a less serious stress disorder. In the article the parents complain about the help their son, and all the other soldiers, who has returned from war, have or have not gotten. Ryan’s parents regret that they were supportive about Ryan getting into the war. Joel Pitney is the author of the article The Making of a Marine Officer. The article is about Lieutenant Fick – Nathaniel Fick – who is a former marine...
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...------------------------------------------------- The Army In the first text by Sarah Palin – “Why they serve”, we heat about Sarah Palin and her son Track, who enlisted in the army. The main reason Track serves is family. He has a little sister, baby brother and a nephew, he wants to be a part of making the best possible world, which is safe and welcoming for them. The young American women and men who chose to defend America are not just defending a regular country. America is the only country in history that is not founded on a particular territory or culture, but on an idea. The young people, who are fighting for America is not just defending a piece of land, but also the idea of America itself. The second text “A soldier’s story: War affects whole family” by David Zucchino is about the consequences after you have served in the army. We hear about Ryan Kahlor and his family’s story. Ryan Kahlor has been in Iraq and has got a lot of damages on him, like a detached retina, a ruptured disk and was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. In the story we also hear about Ryan’s parents and how they fell. His dad says - “”I was so naïve. I was a kid from the Bible Belt who thought our country would take care of our soldiers” Tim Kahlor said. “I have guilt for helping him get into this”” (p. 4 l. 27-28). This shows that, a lot of people joining the army maybe have the thought, that It does not happen to me. Even though his parents would rather have Ryan attend to...
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...Kenalin nama gue Sarah Winawan. Gue tinggal di Bandung, kota gue tercinta. Gue sekarang masih berstatus sebagai mahasiswi semester V jurusan kedokteran salah satu universitas swasta di Bandung. Hari ini gue selesai kuliah agak sore. Gue bergegas pergi dari ruang kelas. Satu per satu lorong gue laluin, tadaaa… sampailah gue didepan lift. Tapi.. ternyata lift padat peminat rupanya, kalo gue nungguin lift itu mungkin gue harus nunggu untuk masuk sesi kesekian. Oke gue putusin lewat tangga aja, walaupun sedikit menyiksa, tapi masih beruntung kelas gue yang tadi ada dilantai 3. Satu per satu anak tangga gue pijak, akhirnya sampai di dasar. Hah cukup lumayan menguras tenaga sih. Perlahan gue mulai melangkah ke pintu keluar, lalu gue menyusuri halaman depan gedung. Gue berhenti sejenak. Gue tertunduk sambil menghela nafas.Gue balik badan gue, sambil ngarahin mata gue ke gedung itu, ya ke gedung fakultas gue. Gue bergumam dalam hati sambil tersenyum, “ Udah lama ya ? Gue kangen banget” . Bulan ini , Mei 2013 selalu dan masih ngingetin gue sama salah satu sahabat terbaik gue, Ganda Muliawan. Ganda adalah temen sepermainan gue dari kecil. Kebetulan rumah gue sama dia enggak jauh-jauh amat, bisa dibilang masih satu kompleks perumahan didaerah Gegerkalong, Bandung. Selain itu, orangtua kita juga akrab sejak lama. Alhasil kita jadi deket banget. Kita berdua seakan enggak terpisahkan aja, mulai dari TK kita selalu bareng. Apa-apa pasti berdua. Inget dia, gue selalu pengen ketawa. Karena...
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...Technology Too Powerful? The year was 1997. The date, August 4th. Skynet, a military computer system used as a global defense network, was activated and given command over all computerized hardware and systems belonging to the United States military. The system also had control over military bombers and the US nuclear arsenal. Skynet was created to eliminate human error and respond quickly to enemy attacks. The system taught itself and by August 29th, gained artificial consciousness. The operators panicked after realizing the capabilities of Skynet and attempted to shut it down. Skynet viewed this as an attack and responded. It’s reponse was the extermination of the humans. Nuclear missiles were launched at Russia and Russia responded with a counter-attack. Over 3 billion people were killed that day. The humans were enslaved by Skynet’s army of machines but started a resistance movement. Today, we are still at battle attempting to over power the machines and regain our world. (The Terminator, 1984) The year today is 2015. We are all living outside of enslavement from machines and our world has not been destroyed by nuclear weapons. What you just read was the basis for the 1984 movie, The Terminator. Technology had been made too powerful, gained self-awareness, and took over the world. Thankfully, that is not our world. However, will it be in the future? Technology may not have progressed as fast and as far as the movie thought that it would by now, but it’s getting better by...
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...The fighters of our time Why do countries go to war? In some cases soldiers and innocent people get killed because of countries, which have different ideologies they can’t compromise. In the first story written by Sarah Palin the reader get a motivating story on why the soldiers serve. Why they serve is also the title of her autographical text from 2010. David Zucchino has written a story from a soldiers perspective on how hard it has been to go fight fore the country. At last Joel Pitney round of by sharing another angle on how it is to be in the army. The first text is written by Sarah Palin and is called “Why They Serve”. In this text the reader is given Sarah’s opinion about why young individuals should join the army. She tries to motivate people to join the army to defend their country although it is tough. She uses her own son who joined the army as an example of how people should defend their country. She relates to the mothers who went trough and are going trough the same pain and anxiousness as her. “I was the mom of a young soldier being sent overseas to defend our country” This quote shows the reader that she is proud but also sad that her son left for the army. The second text is about Ryan who joins the army and how it affects his family. Ryan’s father Tim Kahlor encouraged Ryan to go the military although he would have liked the idea of Ryan going to collage better. Ryan says that the military destroyed his life and broke the entire family. “[...] a walking...
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