...John Edgar Wideman’s Our Time is a story of the world he and his family grew up in. In the story, Wideman takes us through the life of his brother Robby. He tells this story from different points of view, using both his voice as well and Robby’s. While telling Robby’s story, he tries to open our eyes to multiple injustices and dilemmas both inside and outside of our legal system. In using Robby’s voice, Wideman attempts to tell Robby’s story from Robby’s own point of view. Wideman attempts to provide insight into Robby’s mind. I have trouble separating Robby’s words from Wideman’s. In the story, Wideman tries to communicate what he went through growing up to the reader. In addition to using Robby’s voice, he also includes the viewpoint of their mother. Our Time starts off with Robby opening up about a very influential moment in his life; the death of his close friend Garth. Robby said to John, “It all started with Gar dying.” (Wideman, pg. 663). Garth’s death was a major turning point in Robby’s life. It cast a shadow over Robby’s own life. Robby already had a negative, cynical outlook on life. And Garth’s death exacerbated it. Robby resented the doctors that they couldn’t do more for him. “It’s our time now. We can’t let Garth down. Let’s drink this last one for him and promise him we’ll do what he said we could. We’ll be the best. We’ll make it to the top for him. We’ll do it for Garth.” (Wideman, pg. 663) By saying this, Robby is letting the deceased control his actions...
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...value of investment after one year. Rewrite the problem without the equation.”(Algebra) For the first equation p will stand for 200 and r will stand for 10%. First I need to turn the interest rate into a decimal. 10%=0.1. Now I can rewrite the equation.2001+0.122. Now that I have my equation written out I can start to solve. I start by dividing 0.1 by 2 to get 0.05. Now I can rewrite 2001+0.052. First I add the 1 and 0.05 giving me 1.05 to square. Any number times itself is called squaring. So now we square (1.05)*(1.05)=(1.1025). Again we rewrite our equation 200*1.1025=220.5. Now we can remove the parentheses leaving us with an answer of 220.5. The answer for this first part of 2001+0.0122=220.5. Second Part On this second part let p stand for 5670 and r will stand for 3.5%. Again I start by turning my percentage into a decimal 3.5%=0.035. Now that we have our decimal we can write out our equation 56701+0.03522 . Now that I have my equation written out I can start by dividing both the top and bottom of the divisor. 0.0352=0.0175 . Now I have 2001+0.01752, now I work my inner variables. 1+0.0175=1.0175. Again we rewrite 56701.01752and now solve for power. 1.0175*1.0175=1.0353. Now we do our final rewrite and multiply 5670*1.0353=5870.1864. Now we remove the parenthesis and this will leave us with a...
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...Objectives - MS Project 2010 * Creating a summary task * Working with subtasks * Establishing task dependencies * Specify lead and lag times A project task list can be as few as 10 or as many as several hundred tasks. With a large project, it can become difficult to locate a specific task. Using MS Project, you can organize the task list by creating a hierarchical structure. This process of structuring a task list is known as outlining. Outlining is used to organize common tasks into groups within the task list. The groups can represent phases of the project. In this lab, we will first use outlining to group the tasks of our project into phases. We will create a main summary task to represent the entire project and then several levels of summary tasks below the main summary task to represent the phases of the project. Creating an Outline 1. Log onto Windows. Open MS Project. 2. Open your project file that you created in Lesson 1, Part A (MyLab1a_XXX.mpp, where XXX are your initials.) 3. Save this file, using Save As, as MyLab1b_XXX.mpp, where XXX are your initials. Creating a hierarchical outline organizes the project tasks list into groups of tasks. Each group of tasks is preceded by a summary task, which describes the tasks within each group. The outline of a project generally begins with a main summary task. The main summary task is a brief description of the project and all tasks are subordinate to the main summary...
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...2012 Page 1 Infant and Toddler Development t A. Physical Development : The physical development in infants and toddlers. From the time, that they are born, they have the world at their hands. They will explore and get familiar with it day by day. Their eyes and mouths are open and they put objects in them. They notice people and things that are there. They are here to be comforted, by the people and things around them. They will learn things as the development and will flourish. The are so dominant in developing so that they are able to grasp, move cry, and let it be know that they have the desire for attention. The first year from birth on they are able to lift there heads a little, make facial expressions, make a fist with there hands. They are able to suck on a bottle, grasp and hold your finger and use the reflexes in their mouth. During the first six months they have gotten stronger and are able to do: reach and touch, crawl, roll over, push body forward, change hands with objects, lift head and chest, and make clearer sounds. Six months and older they will sit up, throw things, roll ball, walking holding on, and standing. By the age of one they are walking picking up things, move to sounds. Age two and up they are capable of turn door knobs. Walking, talking, running, playing games and sharing with other children. They are now able to use crayons, to draw, paint and many other things. The physical development for infants and toddlers is amazing and with every stage...
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...Khaled Start thinking about Judgment Day! But I don't want to be just telling stories, I want you to start imagining, with all your senses that you are there now. I'll try as hard as I can to draw a picture just as if you were really standing there. But please, forget that I am giving a lecture now, I'm not. We are just sitting together, imagining together what will happen on Resurrection Day (Judgment Day). My aim today is not to scare you. My aim is to tell you the facts about that day. How will it begin? "The Trumpet will just be sounded, when all that are in the heavens and on earth will swoon, except such as it will please Allah (to exempt). Then a second one will be sounded, when, behold, you will be standing and looking on!" "The trumpet shall be sounded, when behold! From the sepulchers (men) will rush forth to their Lord!" Today we will only speak about one topic– the standing on resurrection day waiting for judgment. After the trumpet is blown, your body parts start to join together, and your bones start to merge once more. Your brain starts thinking, your eyes open and you start to have life back again. Imagine what this great blow will do? It will bring back all the sand of earth that you were made from thousands of years ago. Imagine the greatness and power of this blow? The trumpet width is like the width of earth and skies together. Your grave cracks and opens from the mightiness of the blow. Are you visualizing this great day with me? So now you are...
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...got diseases and died.In the 1930’s the medical care is not that good. I am now left with my 1 little boy, and His name is Cornicle, He is currently 6 . My son and I live in Kansas in Kansas city.My current job right now is a farmer.My wife's job used to be a teacher. My house doesn't have much and it is very small. It is atrocious but it is just enough for me and my son to live in. I was on my way to my wife's grave stone to visit her one more time before the dust storm hits. As I was on my way home the dust storm hit and my car got trapped and then the dust piled up so it wouldn’t move no matter what and I am currently trapped...
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...standup. They can only hear one voice and that’s coach coop saying relax, take a deep breath, stay calm and don’t panic. He decided the play he was going to call was eagles six. We are going to run eagle six, also win are going to win the game!! The first horn sound, the referee comes to the bench and says that the first horn. Now the second horn sounds and the team breaks the huddle. The referee blows his whistle, loud due to the packed gym and the crowd had the building shaking. The ball is on the side of the court. The gym was hot! All you could hear was the balls boucing on the hardwood floors, the first shot goes up all net swoosh. Now the real fun begins. Ten minutes into shooting drills you hear a loud whistle and a buzzer sound in the gym. Coach Cooper or (Coop) as he refers to his self, yells on the line. Tot the base line. The team is thinking we are going to run. With a huge smile on coops face start running, we are like for how long for? He simply replayed until he was tired. The team responds with laughter to the statement Luke says cannot be like this. The team start saying let’s go, get it done. The team starts running while the clock is just counting up on the score board. After two hours of running the sweat dripping of the players faces the horn sounds. The whistle blows and then you hear a loud thud or smack on the hardwood floor. Sean falls to the floor. Mark and I stand up straight and look over at Sean and walk over to him and...
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...for each of their life stages. The individual I have chosen is Michael Jackson, I have chosen him because I think that his life was very interesting and I’d like to explore all the other aspects of this life. I will need explain what I think could/should happen to Michael Jackson at each life stage. Conception Michael Jacksons parents Katherine Jackson and Joe Jackson would have conceived Michael around about November 1957.Conception is the making of a new beginning of life , now each women should be born with a full functioning birth system sometimes when a women does not function properly she may not be able to have children and conceive. Each month hormones are released such as follicle stimulating hormone and estrogen, these hormones help follicles develop and help the uterus to get thick and to get prepared for the fertilization of an egg. Each egg leaves the woman’s ovaries and it goes into the fallopian tube, then after this process it gets travelled through to the uterus. It all starts during intercourse, when a man has intercourse with a woman he inserts sperm into her vagina about 250 million sperms would have been ejaculated into the vagina. Every sperm looks the same as it has a long tall to enable it to swim and force itself up to the fallopian tube. This is where all the magic happens in the woman fallopian tube, the tube is about 10 cm long and here is where fertilization of an egg takes place. The distance for the sperm to travel through the vagina then to...
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... Embarking new Project Embarking Go to file, select new. This will open a screen for blank project click ok. You can now enter your project information viz. start date, finish date and also how would you like to schedule the project from either start or finish date. You can also chose selection if you will be using night shifts. Gantt Chart Gantt Select Gantt Chart view from the view menu. You’ll have a spreadsheet where you can now enter information of all the activities i.e. task name, duration, start date, end date, predecessors and various other fields. You can enter required information in two ways, in spreadsheet or when you double click on cell you get pop up window in which you can enter all the information of that particular activity. For predecessor activity you need to write activity number. The SW itself will calculate start and end date. Now the Gantt Chart is complete. Adding tasks and milestones to a Project File Adding 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. On the View menu, click Gantt Chart. In the Task Name field, type a task name, and then press TAB. (Microsoft Project enters an estimated duration of one day for the task followed by a question mark) In the Duration field, type the amount of time each task will take in months, weeks, days, hours, or minutes, not counting nonworking time. (By default the time period will be days, but that can be changed to hours, months, etc.) Press ENTER. It should look like the figure below: ...
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...what society believes. In the novel, Huck starts out not accepting religious beliefs. He sees heaven as a boring place, and doesn’t listen to the Widow or Miss Watson. On pages 10 through 11 it says, “Then Miss Watson she took me in the closet and prayed,...
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...information variables. This ensures that we are all using the same settings. First, change the start date and the current date. From the menu, choose “Project,” then “Project information.” Change the start date to January 1, 2006. Then change the current date to January 1, 2006. We’re using this date for the assignment, so that everyone’s simulated project looks the same. Click, “Okay.” Now, let’s change some of the options. From the menu toolbar, select “Tools,” then “Options.” A new window will appear. Select the general tab and type your name in the user name field. Next, let’s set the workweek. Select the calendar tab, then choose, “Saturday.” Since the workweek begins on Saturday and timekeeping data starts on the same day of the week here at the Arc Company, where we manufacture the Zuma scooter product line. Making this the default starting workday for the workweek will better align the actual work hours to the scheduled tasks. We will keep Saturdays and Sundays as non-workdays. Select the “Set as default” button for the changes to take effect for all projects. Next, let’s set the project start date. Select the schedule tab, then choose, “Start on project start date” next to new tasks. All schedules will be developed and maintained by defining the date the project begins. This includes any planning or initiation activities. By setting the start date, we can better estimate how long a project will take. Set the task...
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...check your owner’s manual to find out what kind of engine you have. This will tell you how many spark plugs are needed. Then you can start to gather the things you will need to get the job done. Go to your local auto part store. Tell the clerk what you know so far and he will get you what you need. This is also a good time to get the tools if you don’t have them. You will need a ratchet, ratchet extension, chalk, spark plug grease, proper size socket and a cold drink is all you will need. Now that you have all the tools and supplies, it’s time to get to work. Removing the spark plugs is simple task. Locate the spark plug wires. Pick a spark plug wire to start with. Next, remove that wire from the plug with a little tug. Then, mark the wire and area close to that spark plug with the chalk. They should be similar markings per pair a simple 1, 2, 3 type of order will work fine. After, you have done one set, repeat the removing marking process for the remaining spark plugs and wires. Make sure that each wire has the same number marking as the plug it was removed from. It will come into play with the replacing of the wires. With the wires removed and the markings correct, you can now go to the next step. Start removing the spark plugs with the tools. Now you can ready the ratchet, extension, and the socket. Don’t know how to ready the ratchet? You start by connect the extension to the ratchet then, connect the socket to the extension. The...
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...smelling of the flower) While inhaling the scent Kenny and Wesley will smile with their eyes close. After a few seconds they open their eyes and begin looking out in front of them taking in the beauty around them. SUDDENLY they see two girls. So Wesley and Kenny get up. First they put their left hand on the floor next to them and left foot comes out while their right knee on the floor and push themselves up using their left hand. They will then look at each other with excitement on their faces. They then will throw the flower in their right hand to the ground. Then they will clench their first with their elbows bent and bring their arms towards their body, then when that finishes they will bring their arms down towards their sides and start walking towards the girls. Wesley will wave at the girls really fast and nervously with a big smile on his face and Kenny will wave slowly with a small smile, so Kenny is more calm and composed. (During this dancing scene the girls should look completely normal as possible laughing or smiling) The...
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...see what I see But every time she asks me do I look okay I say When I see your face There's not a thing that I would change Cause you're amazing Just the way you are And when you smile, The whole world stops and stares for awhile Cause girl you're amazing Just the way you are Her nails, her nails I could kiss them all day if she'd let me Her laugh, her laugh She hates but I think its so sexy She's so beautiful Bruno Mars Just The Way You Are lyrics found on http://www.directlyrics.com/bruno-mars-just-the-way-you-are-lyrics.html And I tell her every day Oh you know, you know, you know Id never ask you to change If perfect is what you're searching for Then just stay the same So don't even bother asking If you look okay You know I say When I see your face There's not a thing that I would change Cause you're amazing Just the way you are And when you smile, The whole world stops and stares for awhile Cause girl you're amazing Just the way you are The way you are The way you are Girl you're amazing Just the way you are When I see your face There's not a thing that I would change Cause you're amazing Just the way you are And when you smile, The whole world stops and stares for awhile Cause girl you're amazing Just the way you are Oooh yeah woahhhh My pulse is getting fast My heart is gonna crash Hey I got something to say to you We've been on overdrive Maybe we should take some time apart I'm always on the road...
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...PMR Template Before we start take a moment to make yourself comfortable, feel the chair supporting you. You feel very comfortable and safe, and beginning to relax. Now you are comfortable you will allow yourself to start to relax, you may want to close your eyes now to allow you to focus on the relaxation you are feeling. Focus on each breath in and each breath out, notice how your breathing becomes deeper and deeper. With each breathe you’ll feel more relaxed, allowing yourself to sink slowly into the chair, embracing the relaxation you are feeling. As you concentrate on your breathing you will start to notice the everyday noises around start to become irrelevant to you, even helping you to relax deeper and deeper. You are now starting to feel ever more relaxed than you have felt before. As you concentrate on your breathing and feelings of relaxation know that this time is especially for you, no one wants anything from you and no one needs anything, this time is just for you, you are allowed this time to relax, you now feel even more deeply relaxed than you have ever felt. As you are now comfortable and feeling relaxed I want you to find your special place. This will be somewhere either imagined or real, it is somewhere you feel safe, relaxed and calm, there are no other people around no one to interrupt your feeling of calm relaxation. We will now concentrate on relaxing every muscle in your body, group by group. Starting at the very top of your head, you feel all...
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