...The devil It was in the late morning on a spring day. The bazaar had landed at the city and my father and his sister, my auntie, went to look at it. There are dependably bunches of excellent ladies at these voyaging fairs, yet my father needed to see the oddity shows. My father was constantly intrigued with the flexible man, the dairy animals with two heads, the singing chicken and the various irregular attractions these shows give. This time it was somewhat dissatisfaction. There were the ordinary presentations, however only old news new and a rate of the shows were obviously fake. At any rate they met two young people and were getting readied to go hear some unrecorded music when they ran into a short, stubby man wearing a dinner cover who started speaking with them. This pariah displayed himself and started examining the hulk shows. By then he raised his arm and yelled he was the best illusionist on the planet. He said he had a trap that was both alarming and surprising. My father asked in the matter of whether he was a bit of the bazaar. The man said he auditioned for work; however the supervisor turned him down. My father approached him for what great reason. The man said his showing was so startling the holder rebuked him for being the miscreant. In no time my father and uncle were spellbound. They asked with reference to whether they could see the trap. The man said clearly, nonetheless they would need to go to the trailer where he exists. There he would uncover...
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...and he would go with him out of town, but he was not going to really go out of town with him he was helping us so we could arrest him at the park. Detective Tiana took Kyle into a quiet room and talked to him. Kyle said he did not do it because he was out of town. We showed him the fingerprint and the footprint we found at the crime and we took his finger print and they were both the same, but he said he was not there so that the fingerprint was not him. The shoes he was wearing were not the same as the crime, but he could of changed his shoes before he meant up with his friend. “Kyle where were you when the crime happened?” Detective Tiana “At my aunts and uncles out of town.” Kyle “Who’s your aunt and uncle” Detective Tiana “Lois and Bob” Kyle Kyle’s alibi How did I kill Blake when I was out of town. I was staying at my aunt and uncles house the day he was killed I have been staying there for about a month and I did not come back to this town so I am not the person that killed him because I do not have a black shirt or coat....
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...Golamco has portrayed Vuthy as the character to portray this theme. Vuthy has featured in a number of scenarios where he has expressed his concern for the loneliness he is experiencing. Perhaps as a result of his own action or probably, as a situation he had no option as it was natural. One of the instances where this has been pictured is when Ra tries her best not to have her brother, Vuthy, to go with her. She tries to give her reasons to convince her of how he should be grateful of the fact that their auntie is coming to pick him with his computer to her place. Also, she tells him that “it would be bad to move you right now, put you in a brand-new school” ” (Burroway, 2011). Her idea in this comment was to convince Vuthy to “… stay with Aunt Tizza and then they’ll see.” (Burroway, 2011). There she will have...
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...Dubliners Joyce, James Published: 1914 1 About Joyce: James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (Irish Séamus Seoighe; 2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish expatriate writer, widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. He is best known for his landmark novels Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939), the short story collection Dubliners (1914) and the semi-autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916). Although his adult life was largely spent outside the country, Joyce's fictional universe is firmly rooted in Dublin and provide the settings and much of the subject matter for all his fiction. In particular, his tempestuous early relationship with the Irish Roman Catholic Church is reflected through a similar inner conflict in his recurrent alter ego Stephen Dedalus. As the result of his minute attentiveness to a personal locale and his self-imposed exile and influence throughout Europe, Joyce became simultaneously one of the most cosmopolitan and one of the most local of all the great English language writers. Source: Wikipedia 2 Chapter 1 The Sisters There was no hope for him this time: it was the third stroke. Night after night I had passed the house (it was vacation time) and studied the lighted square of window: and night after night I had found it lighted in the same way, faintly and evenly. If he was dead, I thought, I would see the reflection of candles on the darkened blind, for I knew that two candles...
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...Cynthia Howard ENC1101 Essay #2 - Narrative Essay Due Date: February 18, 2011 Username: CHoward4 The plight of the chicken Every time I see a white chicken, fond memories resonate through my mind about the special bond and relationship that I had as a five-year-old girl with my pet chicken. On that day, a lesson was learned about family values and pride. There are many events that have occurred throughout my life that have impacted me as an adult, and this event was one of those events. I can still remember the events that played out during that day, and I believe that I can hear the sounds of the chicken echoing through the woods when I go home for a visit. I was raised on a farm in Kings Mountain, North Carolina with my father, two brothers, and one sister. Although I had siblings to frolic in the woods with, and do fun activities like swim in the creek, or build tree houses, I still felt a need to have a pet for companionship. I spoke to my father about the possibility of getting a pet of my own, specifically a kitten, and he decided that I was too young to tend to the needs of a kitten. He did allow me to pick a chicken from his large coop located in the woods above the house as my pet. If I could prove to my father that I was able to keep up with the responsibilities of caring for the chicken, I may be allowed to get a kitten. This was a ritual that my father had with my older siblings with respect to their desire to have a pet. I remember spending an ample amount...
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...Birth day party: My best friend’s birthday celebration when I was in 12th standard. we all planned a nice birthday party. he asked all of us to come to his house three days before his birthday. It was supposed to be a small tea-party with a few friends and family members. As he is the eldest in the family, he asked me to come and help him with the preparations. A day before, we went to the market and brought the necessary decoration articles. We decided for a few minutes on the food and other things with my friend’s father. We also ordered for the cake from the bakery his father asked us to. We both were really excited. I decided to go straight at his place after college to help him with the decorations. I had already kept my clothes there, so dressing up was no problem. Both Uncle and Aunty are working, so they too were very glad and relieved with me there to help their son prepare for his birthday party. One our way back home from college, we collected the cake and the eatables that we had ordered the day before. Then we hurried back home. We quickly had our lunch and headed for the drawing-room. We changed the table-cloth, cleaned the room and started with the decorations. We decorated the ceiling with paper buntings, bells and stars. We blew balloons and hung them all over. Doing that was great fun as some of the balloons bursted while blowing and others refused to stick to the wall. For our siblings, we had kept a few birthday caps. While I was blowing the balloons...
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...“Any time you want to,” she said. “We’d be glad to have you.” We were on the sidewalk by the Radley Place. “Look on the porch yonder,” Jem said. I looked over to the Radley Place, expecting to see its phantom occupant sunning himself in the swing. The swing was empty. “I mean our porch,” said Jem. I looked down the street. Enarmored, upright, uncompromising, Aunt Alexandra was sitting in a rocking chair exactly as if she had sat there every day of her life. Contents - Prev / Next Chapter 13 “Put my bag in the front bedroom, Calpurnia,” was the first thing Aunt Alexandra said. “Jean Louise, stop scratching your head,” was the second thing she said. Calpurnia picked up Aunty’s heavy suitcase and opened the door. “I’ll take it,” said Jem, and took it. I heard the suitcase hit the bedroom floor with a thump. The sound had a dull permanence about it. “Have you come for a visit, Aunty?” I asked. Aunt Alexandra’s visits from the Landing were rare, and she traveled in state. She owned a bright green square Buick and a black chauffeur, both kept in an unhealthy state of tidiness, but today they were nowhere to be seen. “Didn’t your father tell you?” she asked. Jem and I shook our heads. “Probably he forgot. He’s not in yet, is he?” “Nome, he doesn’t usually get back till late afternoon,” said Jem. “Well, your father and I decided it was time I came to stay with you for a while.” “For a while” in Maycomb meant anything from three days to thirty years. Jem and I exchanged glances...
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...B Bradley the Inventor By Francis Allgood Last year, we got a new kid in our class. His name is "B Bradley." We really didn't notice him much until last summer. I am on the same swim team as B. Every morning, we have swimming practice at 7:30. That is just too early. Our coach is very firm--no goofing around! B and I are in the same swimming lesson and live in the same neighborhood. We've both been complaining about lack of sleep. My mom made me go home from practice with B last week. I really wanted to go to my best friend's house, but we car pool with the Bradley's and mom had to take care of some business. I'll never forget that day. B has a nice home--nothing too fancy. But his room is a real surprise. We walked into an immaculate room. He didn't have any carpet or rugs--just linoleum--black and white. All of his walls are painted black. His bunk beds are built into the wall, up high, like a loft. B has one wall that resembles a chemistry lab. His father built him these chrome shelves that go all the way up to the ceiling. And there is a ladder that rolls along the top shelf. He has hundreds of bottles in rich greens, deep blues, and vibrant reds--each neatly labeled. He has a lap top which contains all of his experiments. I said, "Wow, B! What a room." He looked sort of embarrassed and told me that he and his dad planned it just so. He said, "You're in luck! Today we are going to work out the details of the rocket launcher." Of course, I have no idea what...
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...It was a cold, wet afternoon and Jack and I were on our way home from Uncle Pete’s house. We were walking in the cold slimy mud, in the lashing rain holding boxes of different fruit and vegetables from Uncle Pete’s farm. We walked past the Stevens’ house and around the corner, past Aunty Maple’s shop. I was feeling tired from holding the heavy boxes, Jack saw me struggling and helped me. Jack was a fast walker but even with the amount of heavy boxes he was holding, he was still ahead of me. As we were a few blocks away from our house we heard the shooting of bullets and stomping. I put the brown boxes down carefully, trying not to spill any of the fruit or vegetables and stuck my head around the corner, curious of what was happening. There was a big crowd that gathered around something or someone but it was hard to see. I moved closer for a better look. I saw soldiers standing straight, chest out and serious faces looking straight ahead, though it didn’t seem like they were looking at something. Another one of them was standing on a chair; he was a dull green uniform with a lot of badges so you could tell that he was in charge. I saw Jack in the distance trying to push past the crowd, eager to know what was going on. The soldier in charge was speaking about the war. I looked at Jack and saw the concentration on his face, his round eyes looking straight at the soldier, standing there as still as a statue. He and all the other men were shouting in unison, answering all the soldier’s...
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...the following case and answer question one and either question two or three question on the next page. Please be as direct and to-the-point as possible, and remember to use correct grammar and punctuation. According to a 1996 fiscal report in the Wall Street Journal, venerable Chicago-based Quaker Oats Company was in the midst of a financial downturn caused by serious planning snafus. In particular, Quaker had lost $47.8 million in the second quarter of 1995, largely because of restructuring charges necessitated by its Snapple division’s poor performance and the company’s unsuccessful efforts to improve overseas sales. Quaker did not expect 1996 to be any better. Throughout the 1900’s Quaker Oats was in many businesses including Aunt Jemima pancake flour, Cap’n Crunch cereals, Fisher-Price toys, restaurants and candies. Until 1990 Quaker was still adding new products – everything from clothiers and opticians to Stokely-Van Camp, Gatorade, and Gaines dog food. A prime acquisition was Anderson Clayton & Company, a Houston food-products company that boasted such popular brands as Seven Seas salad dressings, Chiffon margarine, and Igloo ice chests. Then a downturn in 1990 convinced management to refocus the company on food. Quaker implemented this new strategy by increasing its advertising budget, reformulating its dog foods, and launching new products. Determined to emphasize its core food...
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...Running head: AUNT CONNIE’S COOKIES Aunt Connie’s Cookies ACC/561 Aunt Connie’s Cookies How Aunt Connie’s Cookies could use cost accounting systems to determine their product costs Aunt Connie’s Cookies could utilize traditional cost accounting by using a mixture of materials and labor costs and allocating their expenses to each product. It would assume that the more cookies are created, the more overhead there will be. This would be a simple approach for Aunt Connie’s Cookies, but it may not necessary provide them with sufficient data to properly determine their product costs. Aunt Connie’s Cookies could use activity-based costing, in order to examine its costs by type of activity instead of end product. Unlike the traditional method, it would let the company analyze the overall systems with more detail in order for them to see if there are cost inefficiencies. It would be particularly helpful for Aunt Connie’s Cookies if its indirect costs are greater than its direct costs. If Aunt Connie’s Cookies were to utilize activity-based accounting, it would first need to identify its activities, and then designate a cost to each activity. Once that is completed, a determination of the components of each cost must take place, followed by data collection for every activity. Finally, a determination of the product costs can be made by dividing each product into unit-level activities, cost per batch, product-sustaining activities, and facility-sustaining...
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...Aunt Alexandra shows us a lot of inequality between the genders and the certain rules females are to follow as well as the social inequality in the community. The film not including the part of Aunt Alexandra negatively impacts the theme of inequality. In the novel Aunt Alexandra is a character who strongly believes in the past traditions that the Finches hold along with the roles of the different genders. She impacted Scouts behaviour along the way because she wants Scout to be more ladylike and Scout was the exact opposite of that. Aunt Alexandra’s presence showed us what people expected from girls, the rules they had to follow and the way they had to act. Although, in the movie Aunt Alexandra was never mentioned so we don’t get to see much...
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...Aunt Sue’s Stories Langston Hughes poem, “Aunt Sue’s Stories” would fall into the category of didactic poetry. Where this poem is concerned, there is an ethical and moral lesson being taught. This poem illustrates the African culture of telling stories to pass on traditions, keeping the African heritage alive and ensuring history does not repeat itself by gapping the generational bridge. Thus the oral documentation weaves a tapestry of the historical legacy of the African people in America always transcending generations. There is that sense of pride evidential in the elder in the family or community who makes it their moral and ethical duty to pass on these stories. To the younger generation, the firsthand account of historical and family events is greatly appreciated. The poem’s central idea is to portray the maternal bond between an elder and a child as she passes on not just a story but confidence and self-acceptance of being a descendant of slaves. The poem characters are a woman and a child where the setting is on a front porch during a summer evening. Aunt Sue’s Stories begins as the narrator describes Aunt Sue, not physically, but exactly what she is best known for. Aunt Sue’s personality, character and motherly instincts are depicted through her stories. The reader learns that Aunt Sue is emotionally connected to her stories because lines 21 and 22 suggest she may have been a slave. The poem develops into one of her stories about the conditions of slaves, working...
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...Aunt Connie's Cookies LaKesia Johnson ACC\561 March 29, 2011 Tony Guice Aunt Connie's Cookies Aunt Connie’s Cookies is the brain child of Connie Rocha and her grandniece Maria Villianueva. This family endeavor to off in 1986 when Connie would provide her homemade cookies to a fundraiser. She would provide them 600 cookies for a small fee of $55 (University of Phoenix, 2002) . The products needed to complete this order would come to a grand total of $35. This would include items such as sugar, syrup, and flour. She also could bake 300 cookies at one time in her oven and the cost she would incur would be $10 (University of Phoenix, 2002) . After Connie’s fundraiser success her friends encouraged her to start her own business and Aunt Connie’s Cookies was born. Connie has entrusted the position of Chief Executive Officer to her grandniece Maria Villianueva. As of September, Maria has brought me on as the Chief Operation Officer. It my duty to help make wise decisions, keep the company in the black and moving forward. As the new COO, my first task was to revise unit price for the lemon crème and real mint cookies. Maria offered the suggestion of paying our distributors more money because she wants Aunt Connie’s Cookies to be a favorite in the convenience food category. Taking Maria suggestion into consideration I, increased the Advertising Expenditure for both products, this would help get our product name out there. I lowered the unit price of Lemon Crème from $2 to $1...
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...Text A is a transcript of Ruby, aged 3 years and 4 months. I believe the language shown in this text shows that Ruby is in the telegraphic stage of development. However she expresses signs of post telegraphic language. Repetition is used throughout the transcript. Lou often repeats what Ruby says to her if she happens to make a grammatical error within her speech. Ruby says “yeh”; Lou reinforces the correct way to pronounce what Ruby is trying to articulate, by saying “yes” as soon as she has said it. Lou is doing this purposely in order to cushion the idea in Ruby’s head, that she has made an error when pronouncing a certain lexical choice. In this case “yeh” is described as more of a slang word, whereas “yes” is seen as the correct Standard English term. Lou is encouraging that when you say “yeh”, which has the same meaning as yes, it should be pronounced with an ‘s’, as it may be seen as more polite, this supports Skinners theory of language acquisition, he suggested that imitation and reinforcement helps develop a child’s knowledge on how to pronounce and say lexis. We can predict by reading through the transcript that Ruby has taken what Lou has reinforced on board. Ruby later on says “yes”, when Lou asks her if she wants apple juice, Lou again repeats after Ruby “yes”, she does this in order to emphasise the reinforcement that you pronounce “yeh” like “yes”, she has done this more than once as it is more likely to stay in Ruby’s head. This is acting as a kind of ‘role play’...
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