...Eight different stand-up comedians gathered on the fourth floor of The B.O.B. in Grand Rapids, Mich. on Thursday, October 27th, where they offered a hilarious comedy show with unpredictable acts. Dr. Grins is Grand Rapid's most unique venue for entertainment. The theatre brings in nationally acclaimed stand-up comedians. TIckets were five dollars at the door and a two drink minimum was required upon entry, but that didn't discourage people from attending. Over 200 people packed the room for an evening full of friends, family and fun. Comedians from the Michigan area included Gary Anderson, Corey Tucker, Josh Courtney, Adam Degi, Derek Hebler, DK Hamilton, Ben Wilke and Casey Stoddard. Professional Comedian Fred Potter, the main act, ended the night with an outstanding performance that had the crowd nearly in tears. Potter was born and raised in Lansing, Mich. where he began his career right out of High School after he was voted as class clown. He has opened for Bernie Mac, Tommy Chong, and Sinbad just to name a few. "Laughter is a beautiful thing, there is nothing more rewarding than doing something you love while making complete strangers laugh" Potter says. As Halloween approached, waitresses, bartenders and security guards put on their costumes to make the night more memorable than ever before. "I never knew about Dr. Grins until this past weekend. I wish I would have known about it years ago. This is good, cheap entertainment at it's best" says Kim Fulton...
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...News Story 1 News Story Your Name HIS 125 June 18, 2012 The Rise of Birth Control Clinics in The United States News Story 2 Today, there is an abundance of information, for any persons seeking birth control. There are different forms for females and males designed to protect against disease and pregnancy. There are also birth control clinics that provide free or low cost services to women. However; this was not always the case with birth control. There have been birth control techniques for thousands of years, which date back to ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. What is now known as “the modern movement of birth control” actually began in Great Britain. The writer Thomas Robert Malthus stirred up the interest regarding the time’s current over-population problem. As a result of his publications, by 1870 a wide range of birth control devices were made available in English and American pharmacies. These devices included; rubber condoms, diaphragms, vaginal sponges, and medicated tampons. Due to the easy access to these devices to the public, both countries created a bill to prohibit the distribution of contraceptives across state lines and through the mail. Before the use of birth control in America, many women had opted for abortions because they either had too many children to take care of or they were simply not ready to parents. In the early 19th century, abortions could be dangerous. Too many abortions often lead the woman’s death because the technology was not yet...
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...Reflections on The Real Story of New Coke On the April, 23, 1985, Coca-Cola Company began to introduce the reformulated Coca-Cola called New Coke into its largest market, the United States, to replace the original formula, which was regarded as a legend in marketing history. The reformulated coke promptly leaded to the country-wide storm of protests by the consumers who resisted the New Coke and called for the return of the original formula. Also, it drove people into a panic over losing their favorite soft drink. Customer Services in Coca-Cola Company and even its office were bombarded by the calls from thousands of fans of coke classic across the America. Even though this chaos ended with the return of coke classic, Coca-Cola Company, again, became the focus of the whole country and re-energized this fabled brand by helping its consumers realize that Coca-Cola was far more than a soft drink. Obviously, Coca-Cola intended to regain the lion’s share in its flagship market by taking this intelligent risk and it succeeded. The story of New Coke did not happen occasionally. At that time, the company was gradually losing its share in its largest market with its most popular product because of its chief competitor’s better performance. Coca-Cola had no choice but to change otherwise it would lose more. However, every change was along with unknown risks and conflicts and the company had to take the risk and face the conflicts. As a legendary company, Coca-Cola Company is never...
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...a very noble man, has the chance to become the new Inca chief for the village. His father exclaimed, “Go talk to Palla! She will tell you what you need.” Palla is a very noble, old woman, but there are a lot of mysteries to her that the world doesn’t know. Sinchi takes a 15-minute stroll until he stumbles over Palla’s hut before almost passing by it. He knocks on the door and then Palla answers. She rushes him inside and says, “Do you want something to eat? We have a lot to talk about.” Sinchi didn’t accept food from Palla he just wanted to know about the important information that his dad was referring to. “How do I receive eternal power? I want to be a noble leader who can protect his people,” asked Sinchi. “There’s an initiation process, a journey to receive eternal power,” Palla explains. Palla tells Sinchi that he needed to find the Yupanqui Mountains where he’s supposed to meet Khuno the high altitude God. On the mountain, there’s a sacred ritual that needed to be performed to give Sinchi the power. “There’s a map for you. Let’s go over it together so you can succeed and be a noble leader.” This is so exciting! I can not wait to be the best for my village! Thought Sinchi. “Okay I definitely need all the help I can get, so I can be a noble leader.” Explained Sinchi. Palla said, “ There are 3 stops before you actually get to the...
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...world that has or had a significant effect on the media resulting to a trend or, otherwise known as a setting of agenda. This paper in particular will look at Amanda Todd’s extortion and cyber bullying leading to the suicide of the 15-year-old girl. With a serious of articles from four different news sources, this paper will look at the history of the girl, what happened in her life leading to the bullying and how the “sextortion” (Kelley, M., 2013) lead to multiple suicide attempts and inevitably death of Amanda Todd. The paper will identify triggers for the articles trending, framing of the storytelling and underlying message within the articles answering questions of importance, publicity, and extortion amongst extortion. Introduction and Background According to Amanda Todd’s mother, Carol Todd, Amanda was a happy, popular, and energetic 15-year-old girl who loved to sing and perform. Despite being very shy, Amanda shined on camera and grew to love the technology that aided in her decision to end her life. In 2010 Amanda was in seventh grade, she browsed the Internet like any other teenager and visited blogging sites as well as chat rooms. She used the chat rooms to meet new people, receiving compliments on not only her voice while singing, but her looks aswell. It wasn’t too long before there were contacts asking for more of Todd. These seemingly nice, school-aged boys needed more and more of Todd to the point where she gave in and exposed her breasts...
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...land and starting a new life in a different county with a different society, language, culture and believes. For some families they leave their home land to come to Canada for a better place to live, building a better future for their kids and a safe place. Immigrants that come to Canada face lots of barriers that are learning a new language, getting to know a new country, finding a home, job and new friends. My dad faced lots of barriers in life coming to Canada he make that choice for his kids to have a better life. My dad was a surgeon in Germany , he studied about 7 years not including the studies he did in his home land. Coming to Canada he had to start all his studies all over again since he had a German medical license not a Canadian medical license. These stories below are written by the authors what they had to face coming to Canada. The first story was by Isabel Vincent “ finding a nationality that fits” Isabel write a story about how their Portuguese family who tried to become “Canadianize” in order to be accepted in society. We often are left on our own to find ourselves in Canada. After a period of time living in Canada, may lose his/her family traditions, beliefs and values and it changes a person. Now, I see more young teens that came here with such innocence being involved in things that they shouldn't be, just because they want to take part in the “in-crowd” like bad habits like smoking, drinking and most of all drugs. Second story is by Mehri Yalfani “...
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...Pictures: When families move to a new country, they are often confronted with a new culture. For the grown-ups this can be exciting to meet a new alternative world other than the one they are used to. But the children on the other hand, often experience the upheaval to be much harder than their parents. Where the parents have a strong anchorage in their old culture and religion, the children have not learnt much about their culture and their religion, which makes it more likely for them to be manipulated. When they are growing up in a society which teaches them one culture with one set of norms and at home they learn another where they have to behave and appear different. This is what the story pictures is about: The story is written by a Pakistani woman; Rahina Khan, and it takes place in the 50’s in a town in England. The story is about the girl Amina. Amina goes to a school where there appears to be mostly British students. This conclusion comes from the fact that they draw pictures from the Christian bible, and that the teacher does not know that Amina is not allowed to draw pictures from the bible. Amina is a young Muslim girl. A guess is that she is around eight years old, based on the facts that she does not know that she is not allowed to draw the Jesus child and they apparently spend a lot of time drawing in her school, so she is probably going in 2’nd grade or so. Amina lives with both her parents in the back room of their shop, where she spends most...
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...joining the army. There are two stories that help to explain what exactly you do in the army and the effects it has on you. One of the stories is "Soldier's Home" by Ernest Hemingway and the other one is "How to Tell a True War Story" by Tim O'Brien. Both stories have similarities and differences. They are told from different points of view and different situations. “Soldier’s Home” is mainly about a boy named Krebs. Krebs is a boy who enlisted in the Marines in 1917 and did not went back home until summer 1919. I think that Krebs is the way he is because he went away to war without being fully mature. He ended up growing up while in the war, away from his family and everyone he loved. He came home from war so much later because he did not want to face the changes that have happened in his town. I think he was scare to come home because war also changed his way of thinking. Krebs does not get involved with women once he's home because he does not want to work to get a girl. He thinks that American girls are too complicated and that he needs to go through many things to get one of them. He got used to the way European women were because without you talking to them, they would become your friend. Now, thanks to his mother's advice, he is thinking of becoming successful in live. Things like getting a job are rounding his mind. “How to Tell a True War Story” is about O’Brien’s own experience as a soldier and a story his friend told him. The story is mainly about things that happened...
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...Who Moved My Cheese? This is a compelling story involving four different characters who look at changes in different ways. While the story discusses Sniff, Scurry and Hem, I consider Haw to be the main character that the story revolves around. The story is about change, and forces one to think about which character from the story they are like. Who Moved My Cheese? is a story about change and how people acknowledge or deny changes that occur in their life. Some are like Sniff; they can smell change coming and are ready for it. Others may be like Scurry; once change happens, they run around to adapt to the change, but sometimes get lost with it. Even more are like Hem and Haw; they become comfortable in their routines and do not notice when change is happening or needs to happen. Hem refused to acknowledge the change and blamed others for it. He felt he was entitled to his ‘cheese’ and did not believe it was gone. While Haw did the same for a while, he eventually began to look at the situation and decided that he needed to change and not let his fears keeps him from doing anything. Being able to leave his familiar territory, Haw went out in search of ‘new cheese’ despite his fears. He took control of his situation and with his new found confidence, despite his hardships, moved in a new direction. He imagined himself with his ‘new cheese’ and the more real it became. When you change what you believe in, you change what you can do. I can incorporate this lesson into not...
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...appearance, but maybe it is really because growing up my dad read me books with lots of colorful images before bedtime and usually the prettier the pictures in the story the better it was. In books for younger kids most books contain extravagant images accompanied by a few simple words. The artist’s job for children’s books is, in my opinion, is more important than the author’s. I relied on the artist to tell the story, like Mozart relied solely on music to get across his story. When I started to move on to chapter books such as the Cam Jansen series, I would flip through the book, letting the pages fly underneath my thumb, and be disappointed at the lack of color. Not a single picture appeared. I thought that it was the worst thing in the world because it meant from then on I would be forced to read dull pages. Contrary to my initial thoughts, when I cracked open that first book I was unable to put it down until I finished. I was amazed at how I had just seen into another person’s mind and lived with a different identity for that hour. I was no longer Sam Maxwell, I was Cam Jansen the crime solver. I had my own private movie showing in my head. I read lots of Cam Jansen books following the first one and really enjoyed my new identity. Each time I read the first line of a new book, not only did a colorful picture appear, but a new universe was created! Bam, I had witnessed the Big Bang Theory. Suddenly reading no longer felt like an obligation but a vacation that I could visit whenever...
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...Mrs. Sen’s The process of assimilation if very difficult for Mrs. Sen. Unlike the narrator of The Third and Final Continent or even Lilia’s parents, Mrs. Sen finds it impossible to integrate into her new country. Her refusal to learn how to drive is the culmination of her distress. Her frustration is voiced loudly only to Eliot, who is dealing with his own distress. There is a childish, tantrum-like angle to Mrs. Sen’s complaints. She even remarks to Eliot that he is much wise than she was at that age; she never thought for a moment that she would be separated from her family. While the reader sympathizes with her plight, her stubbornness seems greater than it need be. Her husband tries to accommodate her, the policeman does not arrest or fine her for the accident, and the workers at the fishmarket put product on hold for her. In the end, it is Mrs. Sen’s responsibility to make an effort. Unlike Mala in The Third and Final Continent – who was equally distraught about leaving her family – Mrs. Sen does not try to adjust. She is trapped in a cage of her own making. As in Sexy, the main characters have mirror images within the story. Here, Eliot and Mrs. Sen are quite similar. He is trapped in his life as well. The loneliness and distress that Mrs. Sen expresses are familiar emotions. He has front row seats for his mother’s sadness. Unlike Mrs. Sen, Eliot is unable to tell anyone about his plight because, again unlike Mrs. Sen, he is truly powerless. The sympathy one has for Eliot...
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...Judy Blagg Mrs. Neal Comp. II 29 September 2015 Character Analysis Essay A story that has very few characters but progresses nicely is “The Necklace”. The two primary characters are Mr. Loisel and his wife, Madame Loisel. They interact with only one other named character who is a friend of Madame Loisel’s, Madame Forestier. Throughout the entire story, the main focus stays on Madame Loisel with her various moods and reactions. However, her husband deserves so much more recognition for his support, than he receives. Without the interactions of Mr. Loisel with his wife, the reader would be at a loss to as why Madame Loisel seems to be so bothered and moved. It’s easy to forget that Mr. Loisel is relevant to the story, for that is the view his wife has. Out of sight out of mind, is what appears when speaking of Mr. Loisel, yet without his support, the story would not read as smoothly. Mr. Loisel is a hard-working man who knows where he stands in society and is content with himself in his place. He is kind-hearted and seems satisfied with his life and his marriage. He goes off to work to be the bread winner for the family and then returns to who should be an adoring wife. Being faced with her constant whining and snooty comments of how mediocre her life is. Mr. Loisel is untouched by his wife’s negativity, always having a quick idea to try to appease her sour demeanor. He tries to make her feel appreciated in ways by complimenting the dinner when Madame Loisel shows disdain...
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...Effective User Stories for Agile Requirements Mike Cohn President Mountain Goat Software Lafayette, Colorado mike@mountaingoatsoftware.com © Mountain Goat Software, LLC 1 Mike Cohn - background © Mountain Goat Software, LLC 2 Monday, March 19, 2007 What problem do stories address? • Software requirements is a communication • problem Those who want the software must communicate with those who will build it © Mountain Goat Software, LLC 3 Balance is critical • If either side dominates, the business loses • If the business side dominates … • …functionality and dates are mandated with little regard for reality or whether the developers understand the requirements …technical jargon replaces the language of the business and developers lose the opportunity to learn from listening © Mountain Goat Software, LLC • If the developers dominate … • 4 Monday, March 19, 2007 Resource allocation • We need a way of working together so that • Project fails when the problem of resource allocation falls too far to one side resource allocation becomes a shared problem © Mountain Goat Software, LLC 5 Responsibility for resource allocation © Mountain Goat Software, LLC 6 Monday, March 19, 2007 Imperfect schedules • We cannot perfectly predict a software schedule • • • As users see the software, they come up with new ideas Too many intangibles Developers have a notoriously hard time estimating • If we...
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...This is the story about a girl who lives within a collection of tiny islands. Each island has a god-speaking leader that sends one child from every household on a boat to one of the uninhabited islands. They do this in the hopes that they will come back as warriors. But the children are told that they will be sent to the afterlife to greet their ancestors and live in harmony with them. The girl is set on a raft, and the raft lands on an island several miles away from original. There she encounters a large ape like creature that she follows around and starts to like. They eventually become friends and she spends 15 years of her life with him, eventually leaving the island on the same raft. As she turns back, she sees that the creature turned to stone once she left. And she looks forward towards her new future off the island. A old important man of a prominent royal family dies, and secrets from his past are recovered bit by bit. As both sides of his family prepare for the funeral, there’s a big debate over how he should be buried based on his conflicting religious views. What if different types of hatred or prejudice were characterized as monsters? And depending on how big and evil the hatred was made the monster uglier, scarier, smarter and harder to destroy. What if there was a group of people dealing with different forms or hatred and prejudice that had to fight these monsters for the sake of their people or community. The process of them being defeated and learning more...
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...as defined at dictionary.com is: “A continuing process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, behavior, and social skills appropriate to his or her social position.” On the other hand, per the American Heritage Dictionary, attribution is: “Something, such as a quality or characteristic, which is related to a particular possessor; an attribute.” Therefore, this section introduces with examples of social behavioral problems in the work place. Everyone is shaped by his or her experiences because of company culture, unique situations, personal history, and other individuals they work with. We all learn and grow as we learn through these experiences…… Story 1 – But Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others Summary of Material Our first story talks about the fact that there is a hierarchy of executives, managers, and workers within an organization. If we are well socialized in an organizational culture, we can see why certain people hold the jobs they have within that company. Usually, it is because they have certain special attributes which make them a good “fit” for that job. Therefore, we can attribute the abilities and motives of managers as the reason they have been given (earned?) the jobs which they now have. This perception can be self-fulfilling. That is to say, “the company must know what they’re doing or that person wouldn’t be doing it.” There are also symbols, rituals, and myths which help to explain attributions of...
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