...The Grammar Monster and Me[INTRIGUING TITLE.] [DON’T NEED THIS EXTRA LINE.] Since the very beginning of my days as a student, I have despised literature. English has always been a subject that I dreaded. I do not loathe literature solely for my lack of writing skills, because I do enjoy reading, rather it’s the fact that I tend to lose my train of thought while writing an essay or while brainstorming an idea I want to address. I struggle with organizing my thoughts and making concise relationsHIPS[?][CONNECTIONS?] between literary texts and the assignments given by my teachers. The only time I do enjoy writing is when I can write freely in my journal. By writing in a journal, I do not worry about the grammar and organized aspect of writingCOMMA and it clears my mind. I find that I am able to write what I feel [easier ]MORE EASILY in my private journal versus writing an essay that will be graded. [NICE INTRO – CONTRARY TO YOUR TITLE, THIS SEEMS AS THOUGH IT’S GOING TO BE ABOUT YOUR JOURNAL WRITING VS. ACADEMIC WRITING, NOT GRAMMAR? ALSO, YOU NEED TO GET RID OF THIS EXTRA LINE BETWEEN PARAGRAPHS.] During [my ]seventh grade, in middle school, I had a very tough English teacher. Mrs. Carson was a very nice person outside of class[,]SEMI-COLON howeverCOMMA her toughness really displayed itself when she graded papers. Her main focus[ed] was grammar and clean organization rather than THE ideas of the topic. The entire year I struggled with her; each assignment I struggled to form...
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...The Myth of Dracula Jenny Martinez, Com 220 University of Phoenix Cole Chatterton January 9, 2008 THE MYTH OF DRACULA In October of 1999, a television series began that would run for approximately four and a half years. This series would again sate the American appetite for vampire stories begun by the likes of Bram Stoker, Anne Rice, Tanith Lee, and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. The name of the series? Angel. The Premise? A vampire, originally named Angelus, had been cursed by a gypsy victim, with a soul, and could no longer kill humans. And if he fell in love with one, his dark side would return, which he feared more than anything else. The series featured many flashbacks to many centuries past because the vampires depicted were several centuries old. Not only that, but the vampire had true eye-appeal for the female audience. He was tall, dark, and handsome, just like almost every vampire in almost every myth America has ever heard (Angel site, 2004). But could such a creature truly exist? Although the vampire myth is present in many societies around the world through the centuries, there is a basis in science and fact, for this legend. To start off with, one of the most popular modern vampire stories, written in 1897, was Bram Stoker’s Dracula. To this day, it sets the bar for the modern vampire. Authors have a tendency to pull juicy pieces of many different tales together to patchwork them into something to hold the reader’s interest. ...
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...My research paper is about the Greek Titan Kronos also known in Greek as Cronus or Saturn in Latin. According to pop culture, he is depicted as a monster who was the father of the Olympians. He was also the king of the Titans, who were overthrown by their own children the Olympians in Greek mythology. Today when we read the Greek myths about him, all we really know about him is his ending. We barely know how his life started and what he was like in the middle of his life. The purpose of this paper is to describe the rise and collapse of Kronos, the god of time and King of Titans. The Titans’ timeline was rather brief in comparison to the Olympians in Greek mythology. However, they have a very strong story about their creation. In the...
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...worldly illustrative of the 1950's, and the danger of atomic fighting. With the memories of Hiroshima Nagasaki still crisp in executive Ishiro Honda's mind, the story of a monster made from the works of war decimate the very society that created its disfigurement. This unleashed monster is an agreeable illustration for the atomic gadgets that fell upon Hiroshima and Nagasaki, wreaking destruction that would keep going for quite a long time to come. Japanese opening of the film was a first after war film to gather addition a global success. Gojira is a science-fiction/horror film around a mutant animal from the Jurassic period with atomic forces, brought to life as an after-effect of the nuclear blast and close-by atomic bomb testing. In 1956, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, also directed by Ishiro Honda, was discharged in the United States as an American rendition of the first Japanese film. This variant was intensely altered with English dubbing and the deletion of many different scenes. These changes occurred deliberately in a political manner for the American audience and appeared as another creature film. While Gojira metaphorically portrays Japan's after war injury, for example, the nuclear bombings, decimation, and annihilation, the depiction of such pivotal messages are lost in Godzilla: King of the Monsters. The original Japanese motion picture sends a solid messages of atomic attacks and teaches the onlookers of commitments to use new scientific advancements in exploratory...
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...no different than the well liked neighbor down the street or the middle school teacher your children love or just another young republican looking at their future in politics down the road after graduation. But this man is different, this man suffers not on the outside but on the inside. He mental can separate what is right and wrong but can’t control is urges as a child nor can he control the urges he has a young adult or even when he is a grown man. No, this man is not a man at all, no he is not the role model to look up to or strive to be, no he is the monster that does not hide in the shadows he is the monster that stands face to face with you smiles and shakes yours hand then as you look into his eyes you believe him and then before you know it you are trapped and helpless and without any hope of survival, the monster has you. The monster in plain clothes as taken you and when it is over we will put the monster in the cage inside his mind and go about his day as if nothing happened. Who is Ted Bundy? Ted Bundy is a psychopathic serial killer and what is scarier than that is he is not alone for there are Ted Bundy’s all around us right now. They hidden inside the minds of those people all around the world who have or show the...
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...The media has always had a love affair with gang’s violence. Going back to the 1980s, many large city media outlet would have some headline news story of gang violence that happened in the city recently. A LA Times reported one said of his newspapers coverage that we “generally painted a scary scene” of gang violence (Metcalf, 2012 pg. 336). In fact, many report used the term “gang-related” with out any official police reports that it was a gang that committed that crime. This is because “it generated interest” in the story and due to journalistic liabilities, because “any group of people who are involved with crime can technically be termed a ‘gang’ even if they have no street affiliation” (Jankowski, 1992 pg. 286). Today, many media will admit, that in the 1980s there was a lot of hype about gangs and other social issues like the crack epidemic. Hollywood and the entrainment industry has also found a great success hyping up street gran activity in producing movies and television shows. Going back to 1961 with West Site Story, to Boyz ‘N the Hood (1991), and recently Dexeptz (2012). Each of these movies grossed millions of dollars. In the past few years you seen a number of street gangs shows on television, like the History Channels, Gangland (2007-2010) and currently The Devils Ride and Amish Mafia on the Discovery Channel. Some of these shows are questionable in the reality and truthfulness, however that just supports the idea on the media still enjoys the hype of gangs...
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...Difference in Nursing Degrees Melissa Rintz Grand Canyon University NRS 430V September 1, 2013 Nursing today has many different levels of degrees. Nurses have choices in the types of nursing schools they can attend. Nurses can obtain their degree through diploma programs that are based out of hospitals, through local community colleges, or through universities. Now in healthcare evidence based research supports that patients receive higher level of quality care with fewer adverse outcomes for patients [ (Friese, 2008) ]. A nurse is not just a nurse anymore. This paper will explain the differences in the competencies between nursing degrees including the differences between the Associate Degree Nurse (ADN), and Baccalaureate Degree Nurse (BSN). The differences will be exposed with patient care situations and the different approach based on the level of nursing degree. Associate Degree Nursing There are many differences between the ADN nurse and BSN nurse, but only a few similarities. The major correlation between the two degrees is they both sit for the NCLEX-RN licensing examination is exam is taken upon completion of your nursing program (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2012). The ADN nurse attends school for two years and takes significantly fewer credit hours and is generally less expensive [ (Link, 2010) ]. In both ADN and BSN programs the core curriculum is somewhat the same. The ADN nurse focuses more on learning technical clinical skills...
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...SUBJECT: Monster.com Case Analysis and Recommendations Monster was one of the most successful online recruitment advertising websites in year 2000. It was the leader of over 25,000 job searching websites worldwidely and it covered half of market share in the industry. With the site traffic of averaging 3.6 million unique visitors in Janurary alone and ability to reach 5% of all US internet users, monster.com was ranked 82th of most popular website globally. Besides an exceptional performance in year 2000, monster.com has realized rapid growth since year 1996. It had achieved a twenty-fold revenue increase, from $7 billion to $134 billion, and during 1998 and 2000, it realized a 4 times US internet visitors increase, a 6 million registered members increment, and 2 more million copies of resumes stored in the database. Not only did monster.com expanded its revenue and market size dramatically in the vertical timeline, it also beated other job seraching websites horizontally by achieving 157.9 power ranking, winner of top 8 career websites and even 4 times higher than second place, Headhunter.net. We determine that they are 4 major reasons to contribute to the success of monster.com. Firstly, monster.com (initially known as the Monster Board) was the earliest online employment adversiting agency and it had gained its competitive advantage by being the first mover. Its learning curve started significantly earlier than the other websites therefore the corporate learning capacity...
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...been growing exponentially; but in the recent years growth has been decreasing. How can energy drinks cope with a dwindling market place? Along with dwindling growth, competitors Red Bull and Rockstar have to deal with smaller startup companies trying to steal market share. This report will analyze market share reports from Snapshots International LTD, as well as many other sources. One company that wasn’t even on the top 5 list in 2005, Monster, is now the second biggest competitor in the market place in 2009. Is there a correlation between energy drinks that sponsor sports events or more of a correlation to sponsored athletes? This report will also examine Price, Place, Product and Promotion that Red Bull and Rockstar use. There is a 50/50 split with energy drinkers and non drinkers alike, how can energy drinks expand their sales outside of the energy drink market. This report will also analyze results from Google trends which shows a graphical analysis of search hits. Along with secondary research, this report also includes a primary research section. Included in this section is a survey posted to Survey Monkey.com. With 100 respondents this survey finds out the primary concerns and preferences of energy drink consumers and non-drinkers as well. Broken down within this section are results from Red Bull drinkers, Rockstar drinkers, non-drinkers, as well as those who drink energy drinks only 1-2 times per week and those who drink energy drinks regularly at least once a day. ...
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...Background The existence of serial killers – a single individual or a pair of accomplices who have committed three or more killings in between emotional cooling-off periods (Miller, 2014) – can be traced back to the beginning of human history. Nevertheless, many scholars of today have argued that social and cultural circumstances have led to a specific modern conceptualization and representation of serial killers in the Western world. One of the primary influencers shaping the notion of the serial killer is the mass media. The modern stereotyped depiction of serial killers is that they range between the ages of 20 to 40 and are typically white, single, heterosexual males (Haggerty, 2009). These common depictions of serial killers are presented...
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...AN INNOVATIVE METHOD IN ENGAGING NEW EMPLOYEE Prepared for Meghan Wynne, Human Resources Director Sylvania North Star, New Jersey Prepared by Timothy Stevenson Human Resources Assistance Camden, New Jersey April 30, 2012 Sylvania North Star 13 Tanner Road Burlington, New Jersey 08016 April 30, 2012 Ms. Meghan Wynne Human Resources Director 13 Tanner Road Sylvania North Star, New Jersey 08016 Dear Ms. Wynne: The attached report, requested by Meghan Wynne, Human Resources Director of Sylvania North Star, on March 23, 2012. The report will describe an innovative way to hire new employees to our company compared to practices currently used. The report will discuss how Web-based employment sites would benefit the company: * Cost-effectiveness in using Web-based employment sites compared to the newspaper ads * Access to a large range of applicants immediately * Speed of replies to job openings * Easy use of the technology I would be pleased to discuss my finding in this report and its conclusions with you at your request. I thank you for your assurance in me to construct this report. Sincerely, Timothy Stevenson TABLE OF CONTENTS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY v PROBLEM 1 BACKGROUND 1 DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS 2 COST EFFECTIVENESS 2 LARGE RANGE OF APPLICANTS 2 RAPIDNESS OF REPLIES 4 EASY USE OF THE SITE 4 Conclusion and recommendation 5 WORK SITE 5,6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Sylvania...
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...destruction, ensuring their winning the battle, and bringing their soldiers home. There were three large contributors to the weapons front of the war: Small Arms, Tanks, and the Atomic Bomb. In this paper, I will explain what those weapons were, what they did, and how they fared on the battlefield. Many of the weapons in the war were small arms, used for combat between people. One of the most common small arms were pistols (World War 2 Weapons). However, they were extremely ineffective, and were only used at close range. The U.S. had some of the best pistols carried, an m1911 (World War 2 Weapons). Pistols were carried by tank crews, infantry officers, and pilots in case of an emergency. The different countries had different pistols, with the U.S. having the best one and Japan having one of the worst. Rifles were also used extensively in the war. However, many people went into battle carrying WWI rifles, which did not work as well as the newer versions....
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...JULIA GREENBERG.JULIA GREENBERG DATE OF PUBLICATION: 06.15.15.06.15.15 TIME OF PUBLICATION: 7:00 AM.7:00 AM THE WEB WILL EITHER KILL SCIENCE JOURNALS OR SAVE THEM GETTY IMAGESSCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IS awesome—we read it, we build upon it, we innovate with it, and we love it.But the process of getting research from the scientists who spend months or years with their data to the academics who want to read it can be messy. It takes a long time. It’s expensive. And the researchers involved give their work away for free—as do the peer-reviewers who approve it. Many researchers have long believed publishing power has evolved to lie in the hands of a few big companies, like, say, Reed-Elsevier and Springer. But none had ever done a study to see if that was true.Vincent Larivière, a researcher at the University of Montreal’s School of Library and Information Science, decided to do what any good scientist does: Test the hypothesis. Turns out the hunch was right. “In fact, we did not think things would be this bad,” he says.In a study published last week, Larivière, along with his co-authors Stefanie Haustein and Philippe Mongeon, found that in the natural and medical sciences as well as the social sciences and humanities, five major publishers “account for more than 50 percent of all papers published in 2013.” Those publishers include Reed-Elsevier, Wiley-Blackwell, Springer, and Taylor & Francis. (The fifth differs for the two major fields—American Chemical Society for the hard sciences...
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...“Let's tell the truth to people. When people ask, 'How are you?' have the nerve sometimes to answer truthfully. You must know, however, that people will start avoiding you because, they, too, have knees that pain them and heads that hurt and they don't want to know about yours. But think of it this way: If people avoid you, you will have more time to meditate and do fine research on a cure for whatever truly afflicts you.” ( Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter). This paper will talk about whether honesty is always the best policy. Honesty is always the best policy unless in certain situations like when someone else's feelings are at stake, personal protection, and self preservation. “ I have three children - how may I teach them to walk...
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...The 3-D Generation Video Gaming Preference of the Youth of Today Written by: Grade 10 – Timothy Chapter 1 Introduction Video games have been the most favored past time of the youth for the past 50 years. It attracts people of all ages, from kids to even the elderly. Through colorful characters, enticing action, and even heartfelt stories it can almost attract anyone. Even through video games one can learn new skills, from driving a car to even flying a plane. Video games is a true marvel of the technological world. Through this research will be able to understand what causes a teenager to explore the world of gaming? How often do teenagers play video games? What type of video games do they play? What do they learn from playing Video games? And finally, How many games do they actually play? This research is solely based on the Grade 6 and High school students of GGCA campus. It only limits the maximum number of 25 students. Any statistical data provided only limits to those 25 students. Further research maybe applied. By reading this research paper you come across terms you may have not seen before. These acronyms and terms are widely used in the gaming community to define game genres or even point of game play. Some examples of terms are: 1. FPS (First Person Shooter) - emphasize shooting and combat from the perspective of the character controlled by the player. 2. TPS (Third Person Shooter) - emphasize shooting and combat from a camera perspective in which the player...
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