...Writing: Rough Draft, Personal Essay: bring hard-copy to class Thursday (Jan. 28) NO CLASS--I am out of town Writing: Final Draft, Personal Essay: submit on Blackboard before the end of the day Note Lessons 5 & 6 of Style will be due on Feb. 2, so you can get a head-start on that if you'd like 0 Comments Personal Essay Prompt 1/14/2016 0 COMMENTS For this personal essay, you will explore an occasion when your view of yourself and/or the world suddenly changed. This is an intentionally broad topic to give you license to choose from a wide variety of experiences. Maybe you want to focus on when you learned a new skill that transformed how you viewed the world (e.g., the musical instrument you were forced to learn suddenly became a tool for creating something beautiful rather than the bane of your existence). Or maybe you discovered something about your parents’...
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...In Ann Lamott’s essay “Shitty First Drafts,” Lamott writes about the ins and outs of being a writer. Lamott is a distinguished author, and the essay “Shitty First Drafts,” is an excerpt from one of her novels “Bird by Bird.” Ann Lamott’s main point in her essay is that all writers have to begin somewhere and somewhere is with a “shitty first draft.” Lamott claims that people have an unrealistic expectation about successful writers. That writing a perfect first draft would be an exception, not a rule. As a rule, almost all writers start with some form of a “shitty first draft.” Writing takes work. Writing is a process, and one cannot expect to write a masterpiece in one sitting. This process begins with the “shitty first draft.” The point...
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...I preferred Anne Lammot's essay, "Shitty First Drafts" more than Joan Didion's "Why I Write" because it was straight to the point and I understood it perfectly. She made her essay to be very relatable letting everyone know that anyone can go through this tough process of writing. Personally, I have a very hard time writing papers from how to start to how to end. When I try to start papers I feel like I'm going to sit there forever trying to figure out where to start. Lammot seems to reassure that the first thing you write won't be perfect, but it's important to get down any idea's I have on the subject rather than confusing myself trying to pre-organize my thoughts. As for Didion's essay I get that her essay was relaying the same message that...
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...In my Third Draft of my M2 assignment, I found the main flaw was not having my whole essay refer to my thesis. While I did provide great examples and analysis, it was disproportionate to certain parts of my thesis. In my fourth draft I attempted to correct this while keeping the good parts of my essay intact. Although I might have had certain ideas and perspectives in my mind, I did not adequately display them in my essay. My thesis can be broken down into three points of focus, symbolism, juxtapositions and diction. My third draft excelled with my focus on juxtapositions but severely lacked in my focus of diction. In my fourth draft I attempted to correct this. In the fourth drafted, I incorporated how diction can be reflected in how Shakespearean sonnets incorporate speech to sound like everyday people: “was the use of specific language wording or diction in sonnets to mimic everyday speech or life of everyday people”. I included this into my analysis of certain parts of my analysis such as my analysis of “coral” in the sonnet....
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...ENG 121 WEEK 2 NARRATIVE ESSAY DRAFT A+ Graded Tutorial Available At: http://hwsoloutions.com/?product=eng-121-week-2-narrative-essay-draft Visit Our website: http://hwsoloutions.com/ Product Description PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ENG 121 Week 2 Narrative Essay Draft, Motivated Success 1 Not usually but often enough we see the same case scenario, people making it to college and then dropping out within the first year. Why do you think that this kind of thing happens? How many people do you know that have went to college and can honestly say that they are still working in general to graduate? Personally, there are not many people that I know who have graduated from a college which is why we see most people going back to school after so many years. There can be many reasons why a person does not finish school the first time around. May it be because of money issues, their interest were elsewhere at the time, a change in career directed their focus elsewhere, but whatever that may be it happens more than we would like to think. I just so happen to fall into this category of people going back to school after I had been once before but never finished. Throughout this essay I will inform readers on why I am returning back to school, my purpose behind it all, obstacles that have gotten in my way because I am returning and my ambitions that drove me to even consider going back to school. There are many reasons that I am going back to school. One main reason that I am going back...
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...Draft essay Since the Second World War, development has increased rapidly. Modern societies hope to develop the standard of living through growth in economy and technology. However, development also has some negative impact on society. In addition, the negative impact of development is becoming more serious, especially in developing counties. In this essay, the term ‘the social cost of development’ refers to damage to society caused by activities aimed at achieving the goals of society. The concept of the ‘development’ is considered to include the development goals and all systems and legal measures used to achieve development. Further to this the concept that social cost is‘too high’ is considered to mean that too much damage is caused to society before it is possible to achieve the development goals. In view of the above this essay will argue that the social cost of development is too high. This will be demonstrated by analysing of the impact of the social cost of development on the environmental pollution and health. Developing countries will cost the environment to develop the economy. A major reason for this is that it is commonly that in older to solve the poverty, developing countries will cost the environment to develop the economy. Firstly, during economic growth, environmental degradation will increase. According to the result of research by Dinda, “When a country achieves a sufficiently high standard of living, people attach increasing value to environmental amenities”...
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...sources and use the conventions of attribution and citation correctly. 3. To analyze and synthesize information and ideas from multiple sources to generate new insights. Required Texts Please bring both books with you to every class meeting. • Miller and Spellmeyer, The New Humanities Reader, 5th Edition • Kirszner and Mandell, The Pocket Wadsworth Handbook, 6th Edition • Selected student papers to demonstrate and correct errors, or as models of strong writing Assignments and Grading Course Requirements • Write a first day writing sample • Read six selections from The New Humanities Reader • Write five out-of-class essays, minimum of five typed pages each • Write a typed rough and final draft for each assignment (and demonstrate significant revision between drafts) • Give three brief oral presentations in class, including one on grammar •...
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...This is a two part question. I need an outline created then a final draft for a project on turnover rates. The two files that are attached show the requirements and the second one is the outline template that HAS to be used. The two items are based off the following question: Employee turnover rates are high for many organizations, and you have noticed that the company you work for is no different. Research what other organizations are doing to hire and retain good employees in order to combat the high employee turnover rate. Use this research to make recommendations to the management of your organization. ENGL 216 Formal Report/Proposal Outline Template Your name: Directions: Refer to your textbook (Chapter 2, page 48 and Chapter 10, page 311) and the Week 4 Lecture to complete this outline. Write in complete sentences, not single words or short phrases. Be as detailed as possible, adding in-text citations for all references noted on your References page from Week 3, which should also be included here. The more information you place in this final outline, the less work you will have to do for the report drafts. Introduction: This section sets the stage and purpose of the report. See page 320 in the text for help in completing this section. (Minimum of one sentence per point) Purpose: Description/Background: Find the best study resources around, tagged to your specific courses. Share your own to gain free Course Hero access or to earn money with our Marketplace...
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...with Saigon jewels, (buyers) that they will buy back the finished polished stones and jewelry from Saigon over the period of three years at fixed price. Firstly, Midwestern did not do their due diligence on Wisconsin as well as on Saigon. They proposed certain recommendations to Wisconsin on how to structure the transaction. First they advised Wisconsin to get the irrevocable letter of credit from Saigon’s bank with the conformation add to it. And the total amount ($3 million) to be paid in three installments, first at the sight and remaining two in the term of 12 months. Secondly, they advise the letter of credit for three drafts to be drawn on the seller’s bank and to be accepted by issuing bank after shipments and presentation of all documents specified in LOC. And the first draft was to be payable three months after the shipment, second and third draft were to be due in twelve month terms. Lastly, they agree to confirm the documentary credit if requested by the buyers bank. Midwestern bank did not advise Wisconsin to get the EDC insurance to reduce/avoid commercial risks such as quality of goods and delays in payment as it was also their first time in dealing with Vietnamese buyers. Based on the information given in the case, I think...
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...The Beginners Guide Table of Contents 03 04 05 06 34 35 What is ProSite? What is Behance? How do ProSite & Behance work together? Get Started in 6 Easy Steps See Live Examples Need More Help? What is ProSite? ProSite is a website builder that allows you to design and fully customize your personal portfolio. Make unlimited customizations without touching a line of code. What is Behance? Behance is the leading creative platform, and is where you will upload your projects. Your work will appear in the Behance galleries, giving you exposure to millions of visitors who come to Behance to discover creative work. How ProSite & Behance Work Together Your Behance projects sync with your ProSite, so you only have to update your work in one place to enjoy all the benefits of Behance’s exposure and to have your own customized personal website. NOTE: Your ProSite can live on your own URL, and it doesn’t contain any Behance branding or ads. Your Behance PorTFoLIo Your ProSITe Get Started in 6 Easy Steps We have created this 6 step guide to help you successfully publish your ProSite. 1 2 3 4 5 6 STEP 1: Select Your Layout There are 4 templates to choose from that act as a starting point for your ProSite. ALL layouts allow you to customize and adjust many elements of the design & layout in order to create a unique and personalized website. noTe: Even after you’ve chosen a layout, you’ll always have the option to experiment with another...
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...thousands of years, to achieve certain goals through the use of force. The major causes for war are resources, which can be territory, water, gold, minerals or animals; and ideologies: political beliefs, religion, philosophical differences. In other words, brutal outrageous kings, rulers, commanders and emperors possessed the purpose of having power and control over the whole world. But do these egoistic goals really bring benefit to humanity? Many people are sure that any war is unfair and should be stopped, as it brings only harm and damage. People are losing their homes, relatives, lives, but they aren’t even the part of the war. Many men want to refuse participating in war and killing people, but they must do it because of a draft. Millions of innocent people are dying, e.g. casualties in WWI were above 11 millions, in WWII – almost 60 millions, and in the War in Iraq – already near 107 thousands and the death count still increases every day. War also destroys the towns, earth, and nature and brings terrible chaos to the land, where it occurs. Many plants, factories, historical buildings are crushed down and there is the enormous harm to the environment. Mother Nature gives all men so many miracles, and in return it gets great suffering from such a horrible activity as war. Moreover, war affects every citizen, as everybody has to pay money for the soldiers, theirs travels and food. For example, in the WWI 196.5 billion of dollars was spent, in the WWII – $2...
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...CASE I NAVEEN FISHERIES LTD. The managing director of Naveen Fisheries Ltd. (NFL) received a message from one of the members of the crew that their mechanized boats had sunk at sea off Paradeep Port Trust due to unfavorable weather. The other directors of NFL ascertained the detailed information regarding the incident. All the promoters were fresh graduates. Naveem, Praveen, Nagain, Ravi and Chandra were the promoters of the organization (NFL at Vishakhapattanam) with a capital contribution of Rs. 25 lakh each. Three of them had an engineering background. The other two were commerce graduates. They had thought of designing the vessels themselves so that the cost each mechanized boat would be reduced from Rs. 30 lakhs (if they bought them) to Rs. 22 Lakh. They designed three boats and these were sent out with a newly – appointed crew. Two vessels were sent to Paradeep and the third to Kakinada. Unfortunately, the weather was unfavourable. All the vessels sank. The crew also did not have experience. Two workers were injured and the rest arrived sagely. There was significant damage to the vessels and the residue was considered scrap. The cost of scrap of the vessels was nominal. As their working capital was scarce, and they were unable to invest more capital, they were in a dilemma whether to continue the business or not. Case I Questions: 1. What were the reasons for the sinking of the vessels? 2. How could they reorganize the businesses? CASE II MNC CORPORATION ...
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...How to Participate in Discussions It is strongly recommended that you enter an original subject for your reply in order to provide easier navigation. To do so, update the text in the subject box. If at any point you need to clear your reply, you can click on the Cancel button in the upper right or lower right corner. While replying to a discussion thread, you can also save a draft and return at a later time to complete your reply. To do so, click on the Save Draft button in the upper right or lower right corner. You will then be directed back to the discussion thread, and you can view your reply with the word Draft next to it. Example of a Draft in a Discussion Thread © 2015 University of Miami and Laureate Education, Inc. Page 2 of 3 How to Participate in Discussions To open and complete your reply that you saved as a draft, click on the Edit button. Please note that saved drafts can only be seen by the author. Not even instructors can see their students’ saved drafts. As a result, saved drafts will not count as submitted published replies. Example of a Discussion Text Box- Editing a Draft You...
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...Step 1 Create a list of important employee policies for your business. Get help when actually writing your employee handbook. Write drafts of policies or ideas for policies that are important to the way you want to run your business. For example, you may have a certain code of conduct that you want employees to follow or you may wish to draft a policy to ensure that a particular person or department is not overstepped. The U.S. Small Business Administration advises that you should have basic employee policies regarding wages, discrimination and other important issues. Consult the administration and an attorney when drafting policy to ensure it is legal and serves your purpose. Step 2 Write policies in clear, easy-to-understand language. Include definitions where words may have multiple meanings and avoid using words that may be easily misconstrued. For example, the Nonprofit Risk Management Center advises against ever using the term "permanent employee," as it suggests that an employee cannot be fired. Consult your attorney about any other easily misinterpreted words. Related Reading: Employee Drug Policy Step 3 Clearly communicate your policy to your employees and their supervisors. Hold training session during which you explain policies and solicit questions. Address "what-if" questions. For example, if your office has a policy for anonymously reporting sexual harassment, answer the question, "What if I am feeling harassed, but I don't want anyone to know...
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...I've been mulling over how exactly to share my views on this for months. I've been reading all of the draft talk banter back & forth. Pro & con..........good & bad.......reasons for drafting him or not drafting Glenn Dorsey. In addition to all of the other guys we're considering at No. 2. As a long time Ram fan I know what it's like for us to be drafting early. This ain't my first rodeo, & I've been here b4. However an early draft pick, not to mention the No. 2 overall pick in the draft presents it's own set of problems. I'm sure many of us still remember the Lawrence Phillips DISASTER back in 96. We picked him as the 6th overall pick that yr. and he NEVER lived up to billing. All of the crying Vermeil did over that kid, was just a waste of time & that poor draft pick cost us for yrs. Luckily for us we turned it ALL around in 1999, w/ some key signings & the drafting of Torry in the first round. But that wasn't the end (unfortunately) of our Rams making HORRIBLE selections in the first round. Heck even our GOOD selections are a mixed blessing IMHO. Torry Holt has been the BEST draft pick EVER in my recent memory. But what about big Orlando Pace? Ohhhhh yeah everyone loves our big LT, & I admit I've enjoyed watching him wear the horns over the yrs. But everyone seems to forget how much trouble he's given our organization as well. He hasn't always been the team player that many ppl think he is. Ohhh no there has been a Dark side to the BIG O, that alot of ppl have...
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