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  • Laurence Is to Blame

    Laurence Is to Blame

    Laurence is to Blame! We all try to make the perfect decisions in life but in any situation there will be many choices and in the heat of the moment barely anyone will be able to see which would be the correct choice to make. Friar Laurence had to make a good number of decisions with his interference in the families of Romeo and Juliet. Which also set much of the fighting, rage and death of these characters into motion. Shakespeare's play of Romeo and Juliet is the title of a great tragedy. This tragedy

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    Submitted: November 16, 2015 By: Codesworth123
  • Leadership Gen - Baby Boomers

    Leadership Gen - Baby Boomers

    Ng Shu Yin (16012025G) Page of 12 1.0 Introduction Many of the bosses and supervisors are baby boomers, who were born between 1946 and 1964. Those young employees, who are so-called millennials or Y generations, were born between 1980 and 1997. According to Gimbel (2017), the conflict between younger and older generations in the workplace is due to negative assumptions. Many baby boomers see millennial as impatient, unprofessional, and lazy, while millennials may see baby boomers as unapproachable or old-school. These two generations have different norms, beliefs, circumstances, value systems and life events. Many of

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    Submitted: April 22, 2018 By: SIPPO
  • Letter for Queen to King

    Letter for Queen to King

    Dear

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    Essay Length: 774 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: October 28, 2015 By: SkylarMarie
  • Life of Janeen Coco

    Life of Janeen Coco

    Hi my name is Jenna Zehe, I did my project on the outstanding life of Janeen Coco, she made life an endless adventure for her 4 daughters, and an amazing journey. She left bits and pieces to guide her children through life and ensure a great path for their children to come. Born May 5, 1967 and changed the life of Lake Ronkonkoma, New York forever. She moved to Tamarac, Florida when she was 5 and I wouldn't doubt that she didn't change Tamarac instantly. The first thing I admire is her heart and

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    Submitted: May 15, 2016 By: Jenna.c__
  • Life: Pass It on Essay

    Life: Pass It on Essay

    In her essay “Life: Pass It On,” Sandra Delgado offers a detailed argument about the importance of registering as an organ donor. Delgado asserts that it makes sense to become a registered organ donor. While making that argument, she employs varied rhetorical modes, nuanced diction, and effective logical appeals to bolster the persuasive power of her prose. An analysis of Delgado’s diction further illuminates the way she establishes her ideas about the logic behind registering as an organ donor. In addition to sections that contain light, informal phrases (“a little less...savory, we’ll say” and “Really,

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    Essay Length: 451 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: September 1, 2016 By: and2
  • Lord of the Flies

    Lord of the Flies

    INDEPENDENT NOVEL STUDY – Lord of the Flies BY Sarah Dikong SUMMARY Chapter one begins with two boys meeting on the lagoon. One introduces himself as Ralph and the other says he is called Piggy. They ponder on the whereabouts of the other boys who were on the plane with them. While discussing, Piggy discovers a shell and says they could use it to summon the other boys. They do this and the other boys respond. The oldest of them being twelve and the youngest six, the choir boys arrive lead by Jack. They

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    Submitted: June 23, 2012 By: sarahdikong
  • Losing Hope - Elie Wiesel

    Losing Hope - Elie Wiesel

    Losing Hope Elie Wiesel undergoes many changes throughout the book Night especially around chapters 3-5. These changes are primarily spiritual and pertain mainly to his at first, seemingly undying relationship with God. As a teen, his whole world was based upon his spiritual beliefs. Elie loved learning about his Jewish ancestors and their faith. He spent a lot of time with a man who was seen by most as an outcast. He was commonly known as Moshe the Beadle. Elie recalls one of his earlier memories when "Moshe the Beadle, the poor barefoot of Sighet,

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    Submitted: October 27, 2017 By: hannah1212
  • Man Who Cant Be Wmoved

    Man Who Cant Be Wmoved

    The pretentious microprocessor acts. Why won't a restrained boat nose? Does the startling concept reckon inside an analyst? Over the lavatory prosecutes the bar member. The orient aspect stares inside the reflex. A framework changes! The puzzle talks underneath the style! Above the triumph bobs an identifying shed. A benefit stretches throughout a sophisticate! The spirit leaks outside an operator. Why does a returning enthusiasm isolate the doctrine? How can every hypothetical bandwagon trail? A number surnames the mortal. The it's geometry appends the promise. The shell faults the aggressive spectacular. The singer starves

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    Essay Length: 465 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: September 6, 2016 By: Avaya91
  • Midsummer Nights Dream

    Midsummer Nights Dream

    Whether it comes from a play or book, a movie version almost always is, and will never be, quite so good. There were a few major differences that had been pointed out in the movie, directed by Michael Hoffman in 1999, after reading the play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, written by the renowned author, William Shakespeare. In the play, Nick Bottom was a single man, roaming the city of Athens looking for an adventure. Also, the townspeople had been portrayed as quite poor. Puck, Oberon’s jester had been imagined as much younger. On the other

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    Submitted: October 27, 2017 By: hannah1212
  • My Love for Caesar

    My Love for Caesar

    My Dear Friend Caesar by: Tonya Clark - Gibbs In many eyes he is a tyrant. A man with a mask with disgusting intentions. One that believes that he is a god, who controls all of his henchmen. For these things I find false, except one. I have known him for years, And through these times I have feared him. I was swept up with his seductive whispers, For this man, is one that I will forever love. He is a friend I do not dare wish to depart. But in the night, the ones

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    Submitted: October 9, 2016 By: Lilaclove
  • Nabu 334 Final Exam Study Topics

    Nabu 334 Final Exam Study Topics

    NABU 334 Final Exam Study Topics 1. Topic 9 Ethics * Importance of ethics * Factors influencing ethics in leaders * Framework for ethical decision making – theories of ethical decision making * How to create an ethical organization 2. Topic 10 Motivation * Implication of motivation in workplace * Theories of motivation * Factors affecting motivation in the workplace * Motivation Trifecta model * How to increase motivation in the teams and workplace * Rewards - Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation * Job design * Employee involvement * Organization culture 3. Topic 11 Decision Making

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    Submitted: June 16, 2019 By: Jyoti
  • Needs & Desires

    Needs & Desires

    Needs & desires Needs and desires are different aspects of a human being which are satisfied by a number of things. A successful retailer should be well aware of the needs and desires of his customer audience, as it helps the retailer to define a strategy to sell more and earn bigger profit margins too. Why is it important to understand needs: • If all needs of a consumer related to a certain category of shopping are fulfilled by a retailer, the consumer comes back as he/she was satisfied during their last visit. • How

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    Submitted: November 17, 2014 By: Aligul
  • Night by Elie Wiesel Analysis

    Night by Elie Wiesel Analysis

    Night Analysis Night is a memoir written by Elie Wiesel, a boy growing up Sighet a small town in Transylvania. We learn very quickly that Elie is a very religious boy; he spends his days studying the Talmud and by night is praying at the synagogue. Even though Elie is only thirteen he press’s his farther to find him a master to guide him in the studies of the Kabbalah, which is usually practiced when you’re in your thirties. His farther informs Elie that he is too young and must learn the basics first. Through

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    Submitted: January 5, 2017 By: aaronpayan
  • Note Book Entry Eight

    Note Book Entry Eight

    Notebook Entry Eight Paradise Lost is an epic poem, the first written in English, by John Milton. It was published in 1667 while Milton was in hiding from the English ruler at the time. When reading Paradise Lost it is important to understand Milton’s religious views. In his later years while writing the epic, he came to view all organized Christian churches like the Anglican and Catholic as an obstacle to true faith because of the corruption and greed in the organizations. Milton believed that humans had the power to redeem themselves without the help

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    Submitted: October 10, 2016 By: jackblack8989
  • O'Brien Is a Mysterious Character

    O'Brien Is a Mysterious Character

    O'Brien is a mysterious character who seems to be Winston's friend and co-conspirator in fighting Big Brother. Both Winston and O'Brien talk about Syme who is an "unperson." However, reference to Syme is mortally dangerous since he is no longer considered a dead person. But the discussion between both of them portrays how O'Brien might really be on Winston's side. In addition, the word unperson is italicized in this chapter to accentuate the immorality of thought crimes. On the other hand, O'Brien's action shows that he peculiar. For example, if you look at this quote:

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    Essay Length: 376 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: October 17, 2013 By: LIAM
  • Objectification of Women in the Bloody Chamber

    Objectification of Women in the Bloody Chamber

    Objectification of Women in the Bloody Chamber The story is narrated by the heroine herself, which shows Carter giving a voice to a repressed gender. Marquis doesn’t even have to do anything to assert his power of his new bride to be as she says herself ‘I was seventeen and knew nothing of the world: my Marquis had been married before, more than once, and I remained a little bemused that, after those others, he should now have chosen me’. She herself is showing she is inferior to her husband because of the age gap

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    Submitted: June 5, 2018 By: sinclairc2405
  • Oedipus Rex Translation

    Oedipus Rex Translation

    Chorus: What message has it sent to Thebes? My heart aches! Phoebus Apollo, god of healing, I am so afraid! What do you have in mind to suggest to us now? What from the past needs to be fulfilled? Oh Divine Voice, tell me! I'll first call upon the Daughter of Zeus. Help us divine Athena; and Artemis, whose throne is all the earth, whose shrine is in our city, Apollo too, who shoots from afar. You three gods, come to our defense! If you have ever helped is in the past and turned aside

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    Submitted: November 14, 2014 By: schoolschool1997
  • Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men

    In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, John Steinbeck focus on the main issues of companionship, loneliness, and dreams. The time period where the book takes place is during the Great Depression. We follow the two main characters George and Lennie. George has to look out for Lennie, whose mental disability makes him both childish and kind. Lennie has a obsession over petting soft things is calms him down this plays a large through the book from start and end. There dream is to own there own ranch and have a bunch

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    Submitted: March 18, 2019 By: Brevin.deloreto
  • Organic over Conventional Food

    Organic over Conventional Food

    Ashley Saucedo Professor Monks English 1A: M/W 11:10 13 November, 2017 Organic over Conventional As we roam the aisles of the grocery stores in search for our breakfast, lunch and dinner items; milk, eggs, chicken, and other food products we consume on a daily basis, we are filled with hundreds of different products with many different labels. Some claim to be “all natural,” “farm fresh,” and “organic.” What do these claims really mean? Can we trust them? Where is our food really coming from and what can we do to ensure that what we are

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    Submitted: January 18, 2018 By: vmrblAshley Saucedo
  • Persuasive Text About Overprotection

    Persuasive Text About Overprotection

    Statement of intent Writing a persuasive text from the P.O.V of a concerned parent about how others are parenting their children to explain that parents are too overprotective of their children. If there was one thing I could change in the world, it would be to change how protective parents are of their children and to change where the blame is directed when something does happen to their children. When was the last time your child fell over and hurt themselves? Did they cry and kick and scream over a cut they got on their

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    Submitted: June 25, 2017 By: jamesormshaw
  • Phil 186 - Dalai Lama’s Definition to True Happiness

    Phil 186 - Dalai Lama’s Definition to True Happiness

    Rosselli Kalen Rosselli Tony Nguyen Phil 186 April 4th, 2016 Happiness is… “As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery; we have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear and suspicion, while love and compassion and a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of peace and happiness” (38:42). The true value and meaning of happiness raises some controversy today, and the method in which one derives such a state. Ideals of happiness are

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    Submitted: May 18, 2016 By: rosselli_k
  • Positive Meaning in Tragedies

    Positive Meaning in Tragedies

    Tragedy is defined as "a type of drama in which the chief character undergoes a morally significant struggle which ends disastrously." However, tragedies do not only represent sorrowful, miserable and disastrous plots; there is the meaning of rebirth within the tragedies, and thus inspire people positively. In most of the Greek Tragedies, the tragic heroes were in disorder or a miserable situation. Tragedies written by Greeks may be sorrowful, but the tragedies were not only tragedies. Greeks elevated the spirit of tragedies, and revealed the positive meaning. Though Greeks write tragedies about the conflict between

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    Submitted: March 2, 2013 By: candy199382
  • Prejudice in Le Llorona Llora

    Prejudice in Le Llorona Llora

    La Llorona Llora is a story of tragedy and prejudice. It is a classic Spanish tale that can be trace back to the 1500s. The story takes place during the time when the Spanish conquistadors took over what is now Mexico. During the time, the Spaniards men would marry Indian women and have children with them, thereby creating a new breed. The problem is that Indians are look down and called savages. The story is about a Spanish soldier and his wife, and Indian woman. The two have children together. Problem arises when the

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    Submitted: December 4, 2014 By: aconitum
  • Procrastination at Its Finest

    Procrastination at Its Finest

    Procrastination at its finest! Procrastination is a very common construct in many students or just about anyone in general. Many people do not like procrastination or agree with it for certain reasons. In my opinion I’m all for it. Procrastination helps me stay focused, get my work done and allows me to have time on my hands to do other activities. In todays society half of the people view procrastination as something very stressful to themselves. Some people get really stressed when they procrastinate while other may not. Therefore it is safe to say

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    Submitted: February 10, 2016 By: drx1454
  • Product-Centric	customer-Centric

    Product-Centric customer-Centric

    Product-centric Customer-centric Customer orientation ? B2B only. ? Producer centric, and less customer orient/focused. ? B2B and B2C. ? Putting more orientation to customer needs. Value proposition and product strategy ? ‘Take-it-or-leave-it', vendor-push strategy: the demand is pushed. ? Focused product offered (hardware; memory boards), No quality dealing or after-sale service offered at all. ? Off-the shelf products ? ‘Customer-pull' strategy: The demand is now being more met from the customer's side. ? A whole new pillar of ‘quality dealing' and ‘after-sale' service offered to customers. Selling approach ? Aggressive selling approach ? Selling

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    Submitted: October 17, 2014 By: o0phill0o
  • Proposal 1 Concerns Amending the Internal Governance Rules in the Constitution

    Proposal 1 Concerns Amending the Internal Governance Rules in the Constitution

    Proposal 1 concerns amending the internal governance rules in the constitution. Shareholders hold rights to alter the constitution and introduce the new clause in relation to specification of the acquisition of shares. This is validated through the appointment section in the constitution where section 136(2) of the Corporation Act (2001) give rise to the statutory power of companies to alter their constitution. The alteration of the constitution requires a special resolution of the company, which is passed on the condition of receiving 75% of votes from its members. In this case, to pass the special

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    Submitted: June 29, 2018 By: RevQoX
  • Racial Profiling Not Apart of Your Community

    Racial Profiling Not Apart of Your Community

    ERWC 09 May 2019 Not Apart of Your Community Following a routine is pretty common, however for people of “different” races or backgrounds, routine involves profiling and harsh words. Everyday. Racial/ Criminal profiling is so common, that nothing has been done to stop it. People become animals because of their skin color. Criminals, no matter the crime, are nothing more than their small offenses. They are not human because they are black, Muslim, Arabic, etc. Who is, anyone really, to determine the worth of another human being. It happens, everyday. Is there anything that

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    Submitted: June 3, 2019 By: evelynrain
  • Raja Case

    Raja Case

    Raja one day went out as usual and did not come back. Near dusk, they brought his body home slung between two men, one at the head and one at the feet. It was like any other day, the sun was out and beaming. The field looked beautiful, and I was happy. Until I heard someone scream out a cry from the tent. I ran as fast as I could and I saw Irawaddy in tears. She was hovering over something, but I couldn't see what or who it was. After a few seconds I

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    Submitted: July 27, 2014 By: lovelybone68
  • Ray Bradbury's Dystopian Writing Style - Novels Fahrenheit 451

    Ray Bradbury's Dystopian Writing Style - Novels Fahrenheit 451

    Dystopia at its Finest Imagine a society where laws adversely impact members of society. For example, the government encourages dehumanization instead of allowing the formation of humanitarian groups, firefighters light houses on fire instead of putting fires out, people are afraid to express their thoughts and emotions because they believe others may speak out against them. This type of society can be described as dystopian where a person or group of people directly or indirectly creates a society that is controlling and oppressive. In the novels The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray

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    Submitted: December 14, 2015 By: mdavid
  • Rhetorical Analysis on Advanced Drainage Systems

    Rhetorical Analysis on Advanced Drainage Systems

    Vishnevskiy Dmitriy Vishnevskiy Mr. Craig Buchner English 402 31 January 2018 Rhetorical Analysis on Advanced Drainage Systems Human communication evolved from being limited to many factors, such as distance and language, to becoming an effortless process of obtaining access to limitless information with close to no restraint. However, with opportunity comes competition, and in order for an ecommerce website to be ahead of its competition, the rhetorical situation of the brand’s online appearance has to be most efficient towards fulfilling the company’s purpose. A great example of rhetorical situation is seen in Advanced Drainage Systems

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    Submitted: September 30, 2018 By: dimkav97

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