...Okay guys this is the official first chapter of Hardly Homeless, I'm so excited for this story. This is the only smut/trigger warning you're gonna get. Please avoid if sensitive to abuse, smut and triggers I don't want anyone getting hurt. Feel free to message me anything at anytime I'd love to communicate with you guys. Troyes POV I could hear the mans feet hit the pavement as he moved in front of the building I was behind. I knew hiding was pointless but I continued to sit under my tattered blanket with my legs crossed. I was trying to stay away from Marcus as long as possible. I shivered as I felt a breeze coming through the thin material of my small blanket. I'd found the blanket out on the street almost six years ago the day before I turned ten. When I had found it the blanket it had been flying away in the cool breeze that had washed over the city. I had decided chase after it so I could finally have a source of warmth that wasn't my body heat. The small pink blanket had almost escaped my grasp but I grabbed the frayed edge of it before it could....
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...HOMELESS VETERANS (REENTERING AMERICA) All my life I have always had this thing about wanting to help other people. Maybe it was a calling from a higher power or just maybe I didn’t like how my upbringing was and I vowed to help others. I just can’t stand by and see people suffer. As I got older my passion grew stronger, it was just in me. After I graduated from high school I joined the military, got to travel and see the world. After Desert Strom and being in Bosnia in a “peace mission”, I saw a lot of my fellow veterans come home disabled, lame, and mentally exhausted. That’s when it really hit home I wanted to help anyway I could. First of all I had to get myself together; I didn’t come home all that well either. I suffered PTSD symptoms which led me downhill fast and also, I became...
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...The homeless man It was a homeless man with jaded eyes, ragged clothing and misshapen fingers that changed my life forever. I was at a low point in my life, living inside a bubble without ever protruding from the confortable confines of my existence. Each night, I would envelop my body with the silky warm covers of my bed and my consciousness would slowly ebb away. I was a ninth grade student living in a suburban middle class neighbourhood, without ever experiencing a day feeling hungry or unsatisfied. On the other hand, Dad dedicated his life to providing subsidized meals for the homeless community. He would always vividly divulge the stories of his homeless customers and desperately encourage me to volunteer at the local shelter. As an act of rebellion against my father, I would never express any pity towards the homeless. Why should I feel sorry for someone who is lazy and unambitious? Dad’s desperate optimism was met by the prospect of me attending Take Your Kids to Work Day. When my school mandated that all ninth grade students were to attend this day, Dad was ecstatic, despite my stern...
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...Sometimes, it's just the smallest actions that can make the biggest changes in life. I felt amazing for what I had just did. After grabbing a meal at a fast food place, we quickly ate almost everything. There was one burger left, but none of us were hungry enough to want it. There was a homeless man standing on the sidewalk hoping for enough to pay for his dinner, but none of the passing drivers were interested in giving out anything. It was night and he only had light clothing on, I fail to imagine how miserable it must be. I told my dad to drive over to the homeless man, he reluctantly agreed. I handed over the still warm burger and a smile instantly came to the man's face. He thanked me heavily and left to enjoy his meal. It felt great...
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...All of a sudden the ground you're standing on starts to rumble. You see the ground start to break apart. The year was 1905 and a massive earthquake with a 7.8 magnitude hit the city of San Francisco 3,000 people died . (USGS).The San Francisco earthquake in 1905 was a terrible tragedy. 25,000 buildings burned,and killed between 450 and 700 people, lastly damage estimates topped $350,000,000.(A Brief Account of the Facts). Also a lot of people were found homeless “Finally, after three days the fire burned itself out and rain began to fall. Several camps were set up on the outskirts of the city for the estimated 250,000 homeless” (A Brief Account of the Facts). This shows how the earthquake in 1905 brought great tragedies and difficulties...
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...A successful narrative requires the creation and development of characters. In The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative, the term character can be defined as any entities involved in the action that have agency (Abbott, page 230). Characters are present in some of the most popular narratives of organizations. Olympic athlete Clara Hughes has become a character within Bell and Bell’s Let’s Talk campaigns, Don Cherry has become a character within CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada, and the late Steve Jobs has and continues to be a character tied to the Apple organization. Raising the Roof has relied on creating and building characters to help establish their narrative, and build upon their relationship with their audiences. The Raising the Roof YouTube...
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...achievement and how you were able to add value to your organization. — Johnson The goal in answering this kind of question is to analyze, rather than summarize, an achievement. This advice is particularly true if you're discussing an accomplishment that is listed elsewhere on the application. Your readers want to gain insight into your character, not read a factual summary of what occurred. Here are some guiding principles to use in constructing your answer: (1) Choose something that's meaningful to you. Some applicants feel obligated to choose the most objectively impressive accomplishments. You should write about something that has personal significance, even if you weren't formally recognized for it. What matters is that you write passionately and insightfully about your subject. Unless otherwise specified, you should feel free to draw on academic, personal, or professional successes. (2) Focus on details about the process. Show the reader through concrete details how you achieved what you did. If you want to discuss a grade you earned in a particularly challenging class, show us how you mastered the material. For example, describe creative strategies you used; don't rely on clichés like "I succeeded through hard work."http://www.free-essay-writing-topics.com/index.php?page=mba-application-accomplishment-questions...
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...Africa through Theatre This paper sets out to explore how processes of theatre making employed by The Mothertongue project, provide spaces for women to remap their personal narratives. Mothertongue works from the premise that the development and subsequent performance of stories in theatrical processes affords women the opportunity to re-write and remap their personal narratives and in so doing insert their voices into the landscape of South African Theatre. In an attempt to redress the gender imbalances and androcentricism prevalent in post-apartheid theatre, this paper speaks to the relationship between theatre, liminality and communitas. I am interested in unpacking how collaborative processes of theatre-making provide spaces for women to remap their personal narratives. Remapping in this instance refers to processes of transforming lived experience through story. I address how, through engaging in ritual activities that are central to the stories performed, actors, audiences and the owners of the source stories are invited to physically participate in remapping and transforming lived experience. Linked to this is the choice of form(s) and how this affects or impacts on the performed stories as well as on the construction of performed rituals and ultimately on the processes of remapping personal narratives. I focus specifically on Mothertongue’s 2004 production, Uhambo: pieces of a dream. The production was an integration of theatre and visual art in the form of performances...
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...Homelessness is More Appealing ENG 121 English Composition I Professor Beth Riley October 23, 2013 Homelessness is More Appealing Many of us will never be homeless, and not everyone understands the benefit of having a wife, but after reading the essays’, Homeless (Quindlen, A. n.d.) and I Want a Wife (Brady, J. 1971), one can gain a better understanding of both. I am a wife. Therefore, I can certainly connect with the narrator’s story of I Want a Wife. This is a narrative essay, in which the narrator reflects on why she too would like to have a wife after a visit with a recently divorced male friend, who is looking for a new wife. The narrator gives a list of duties and activities she will and will not do if she had a wife, and she can visualize the benefits a wife could afford her with less responsibilities and more time for school or friends. My other essay of choice is quite different in theme, but it is still relatable. Anne Quindlen’s essay, Homeless (n.d.) is a short descriptive essay with the narrator retelling of an account when she met a woman, who she believes is homeless, at the bus terminal. It is during the encounter that the narrator reflects on homeless people in general, the homeless individual and about herself. Both of these essays’ are well written, however, I feel that Homeless (Quindlen, A. n.d.), is a more appealing essay than I Want a Wife (Brady, J. 1971), as it allows the reader to become more engaged in the descriptions and reflect on the details...
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...describing human trafficking within the “master narrative” and depending on emotional and personalized victim stories, which can lead to an over-reporting of instances of occurrence, however, these personal stories are compelling and can spark action for change (Snajdr, 2013). To work towards policy change in this area, scheduling meetings with appropriate representatives would be beneficial. The use of policy briefs to succinctly describe the issue, review laws in effect, and suggest changes would be appropriate in policy work to support victims of human trafficking, especially in relation to the continued criminal charges faced by these individuals. According to Rocha, Poe, & Thomas, politicians “[deal] with thousands of pieces of proposed legislation each session. Without information from people who have experience with many of these issues, it is very difficult for legislators to make sound decisions on pending bills, and they often rely on information provided by advocates and lobbyists” (2010, p. 319). Conveying information regarding important legislative actions to protect victims of human trafficking, through policy briefs is an effective strategy. Without macro level changes, human traffickers will continue to pray upon at-risk groups, including people who are homeless and children involved in the child welfare system. As such, to fight human trafficking, activities such as getting involved with the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth could lead to policy change. This...
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...VIDEO CASE – CHAPTER 1 MUCHO BURRITO 1ST ANNUAL GHOST PEPPER BURRITO EATING CONTEST Mucho Burrito, created in 2006 by Canadian entrepreneurs Mark Rechichi, Alex Rechichi, and Sean Black, was a fast-food opportunity that capitalized on healthier and tastier food trends. “Mexican food was underdeveloped at that time and what most Canadians experienced as ‘Mexican’ was not delicious, authentic Mexican cuisine,” states Norm Pickering, director of marketing, North America, for Mucho Burrito. He explains that in 2006, other than Taco Bell and a few independent restaurants, Canadian consumers had little choice when it came to Mexican food. Mucho Burrito gave Canadians a new alternative: reasonably priced, good-quality Mexican food in a fast-casual restaurant. Its mission from inception was to provide customers with unmatched Mexican flavour with the freshest and best-quality burritos—made right in front of their eyes. By 2015, Mucho Burrito had grown to over 115 franchise locations in Canada with additional locations in the U.S. The fast-food market is fiercely competitive, and today, Mexican food is one of the hottest food trends in Canada. Taco Bell is a mainstay with its inexpensive, lower-quality “Tex-Mex” food, but there are new U.S. competitors in Canada, such as Chipotle Mexican Grill and Qboda, focusing on higher-quality, fast-casual Mexican fare. Various popular, local, independent establishments also exist, such as Big Fat Burrito, Burrito Boyz, and Fat Bastards. Quick-service...
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...Personal Narrative I enjoy partaking in various activities including sports and clubs, as well as doing much community service. I am on the school swim team, in the Health Occupations of Students of America club, in and serve as the Public Relations Officer in the Business Professionals of America club, and in Student Congress. I volunteer for Volunteer North Dallas monthly by helping to make sandwiches for the homeless, for Special Olympics swimming training over the summer and track during the fall, for Lost Paws Rescue of Texas in the summer by helping rescued dogs get adopted in local areas. In addition, I help teach and tutor kids in math and reading. I will continue to participate in these for the remainder of high school, also. To...
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...[pic] Profesional journals are peer-reviewed, checked for factuality, consistency, citing relevant work, and drawing appropriate conclusions supported by the data. The concept of profesional journal as a means of developing reflective practice has become a popular topic in classrooms, professional journals, conferences, and continuing education programs (Boud & Walker, 1998). Many other names for profesional journal appear in nursing literature, including log, journaling, narrative pedagogy, dialogue journals, reflective practice, and reflective writing. Whatever people says, reflective profesional journal requires writing, a great deal of it. However, journals are an integral part of the teaching/learning in many nursing programs as well as in allied health programs and education in general. The purpose of this essay is to review the literature related to profesional journal and reflective practice and how it can be beneficial in the teaching/learning process. Reflective practice is a means of self-examination that involves looking back over what has happened in practice in an effort to improve performance or to encourage professional growth (Ruth-Sahd, 2003). Profesional journal is a method that is frequently used in nursing education as an active learning technique to enhance reflective practice. Why is reflective practice so important? The literature cites numerous reasons for utilizing...
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...But between me and narrative synthesis of the round table revolution last week thinking about age, essentially, how the contemporary debate struck many in the US history, but essentially personal and -political although several of the narrative between the high and the other fundamental democratic and representative. For Hobsbawm, analysis, or "wide on human affairs" of these methods are really bold and decisive measures the synthesis of what-efforts to count. Perhaps, after all, you want the goose just kind of synthesis Hobsbawm American wealth of experience in the last fifty years of research and diversity is probably not...
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..."The Victorian elements in Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontё" The Victorian Era, in which Brontё composed Wuthering Heights, receives its name from the reign of Queen Victoria of England. The era was a great age of the English novel, which was the ideal form to descibe contemporary life and to entertain the middle class. Emily, born in 1818, lived in a household in the countryside in Yorkshire, locates her fiction in the worlds she knows personally. In addition, she makes the novel even more personal by reflecting her own life and experiences in both characters and action of Wuthering Heights. In fact, many characters in the novel grow up motherless, reflecting Emily’s own childhood, as her mother died when Emily was three years old. Similarly, the vast majority of the novel takes place in two households, which probably is a reflection of author’s own comfort at home as whenever she was away from home she grew homesick. Emily Brontё’s single novel is a unique masterpiece propelled by a vision of elemental passions but controlled by an uncompromising artistic sense. However, despite the relative invisibility of Victorian influence in the plot and content, the attitudes of the Victorian Era make some impact on the story, and the novel is considered not only a form of entertainment but also a means of analyzing and offering solutions to social and political problems. Brontё may not highlight the social aspects in the novel, nevertheless the indications of Victorian society’s...
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