...It is hard to remember books I read while growing up because I was a reluctant reader. I remember two books. Cherry Ames Senior Nurse because it was my first oral book report. The Mayor of Casterbridge because I skimmed the pages before class just so I could make a passing grade on the quiz. If you are a parent of a reluctant reader, don’t force them to read. Encourage them and provide quality books so when the urge or necessity to read happens, you are not scratching your head trying to decide which book is best. Just. Be. Patient. Twelve books were required for my 11th grade year; quickly, I learned to love reading. One book flung me into the life of a girl who found herself in the middle of self-imposed craziness. Anytime I could pick...
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...The 12 Books of History: Test 2 Essay Question The twelve books of history start with Joshua and end with Esther. These Twelve books start with the Israelites entering the promise land and end with them again entering the promise land. They enter the land eventually take control of the land and divide it among the twelve tribes. They don’t do what is right in the eyes of God and eventually are run out of their land. They are then allowed to return in groups. I found a lot of interesting stories in my reading during this time. The first book of history is Joshua and I would like to talk about Rahab the prostitute. Before the Israelites entered the Promised Land Joshua sent two spies into the land especially Jericho to look things over and then to report back the findings. They went to Rahab’s house. The king found out they were there and sent word to bring them to him .Instead of bringing them she hid them on the roof and told the king they already left. Because of her kindness the men agreed to spare her and her family and they keep their promise when they came in and took over the land. The second book of history is Judges. After the Israelites entered the land they didn’t clear the whole land like they were told by God. As the people keep sinning they would kind of hit rock bottom and...
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...damaged that all the crew will be lost. Use virtue ethical theory to decide whether to kill your loved one to save 20 lives, or of taking a risk by waiting, knowing that you could perhaps save all 21 people or perhaps cause all their deaths. 2. ‘A listed company’s duty is to its shareholders and only to its shareholders’. Discuss this statement, using virtue ethical theory to argue for and against this statement. 3. As you sit in the exam room writing your answer to a question, you look up and see that a class-mate is looking at notes they have hidden up their sleeves. This is not only breaking the rule, it is giving them an unfair advantage. However, you know that they have been up late every night this week caring for a sick child. What should you do – report the fact that they are cheating or keep quiet about it? Use virtue ethics to justify your decision. 4. You are walking down Bradford’s main shopping street and see the seller of the Big Issue magazine who is there every...
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...Introduction I´m sorry, I didn´t even catch your name, what was it? Cool, Jennifer! (Smile) Well, you probably didn´t get my name, it´s Milan! (show ID) Who I am / Why I´m here Jennifer, I´m actually a student from Slovakia, it is a small country in Europe (show slick). I decided to work with Southwestern this summer because I wanted improve my English and learn to communicate better. It´s like an exchange program, so we stay with local host families and I am staying with ____________, they are really nice! What I´m doing Jennifer, what I´m doing is showing everyone the Southwestern Advantage study system (show main slick). You might even know some families who I have been talking to (who signed up for this) (go through namelist or pre-approach – ask which grade the kids are!). I think one of the reasons I´m doing so well around here, education is such a high priority, such a high priority. In fact Mrs. _______ said that it is nothing more important to her than to get kids to college. Do you feel the same way? I´ll go ahead and show you how it works. If you like them and you think kids would use them – great! If not, whatever (smile). It just takes a few minutes, and I´d like to show it to everyone who´s at home. Let´s get everyone in here! (Stand up, show action) * What grade are the kids in? * Are the kids more As-Bs students or Bs-Cs students? * Are they involved in any sports...
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...Book Report 3 I – Information about the Book Name of the book: Kane Chronicles 1 – The Red Pyramid Author of the book: Rick Riordan Summary of the book: Since their mother’s death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane. One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a "research experiment" at the British Museum, where he hopes to set things right for his family. Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives. Soon, Sadie and Carter discover that the gods of Egypt are waking, and the worst of them--Set--has his sights on the Kanes. To stop him, the siblings embark on a dangerous journey across the globe--a quest that brings them ever closer to the truth about their family and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs. II – Personal Summarization When Julius Kane tries to summon Osiris through the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum, he also releases Set, the Egyptian god of chaos, who seals him in a coffin, as his children Sadie and Carter Kane watch. He also releases the other children of the Demon Days:Nephthys, Isis, Horus, and Osiris. The British police come to Carter and Sadie's grandparents' home, as Carter is with Sadie because of the twice-a-year visit, and question Carter and...
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...ago I wrote a report titled “How to Hack the Stock Market”. The report is just 62 pages long but it explains a specific stock market loophole I use to make roughly $10,000 a month. After first writing the report I sold it to experienced traders from an online investing community. Within weeks some of the traders were exploiting the loophole and making thousands of dollars. Because of that success I decided to create this website and sell the report online. I apologize for the short quiz I just had you fill out... I only want to teach this strategy to those who will actually put it to use. If someone couldn’t answer those simple questions, they will not have the drive or motivation to make this work. I could write a killer ad for my report. I could fill it with testimonials from successful students and even show you proof of my earnings. But I’m not going to do that – I hate those late night infomercials more than anyone else I know. Instead, I’m just going to let you read Chapter 1 of my report. (I’ve reproduced it below). But first, I need to tell you something. Some of my friends and clients laugh at the title of the report. I mean, I admit "How to Hack the Stock Market" is a little kitsch. But I called it that because... My report won't teach you about "life". I'm not gonna bore you with mindless drivel about personal finance and achieving your dreams. If you want that stuff buy 'Rich Dad Poor Dad'. Or any of the other "get rich quick" books on Amazon. ...
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...The Power of the Word 1 of 4 https://www.lds.org/general-conference/print/1986/04/the-power-of-the-... April 1986 General Conference Ezra Taft Benson President of the Church This address, prepared for delivery at the Friday, 4 April 1986, Priesthood Leadership Meeting, was delivered in part by President Benson. The complete text is printed here at his request. My dear brethren, what a thrilling sight it is to look out over this body of priesthood leadership and to know how many thousands of Saints you serve and how much dedication and faithfulness you collectively represent! There is no other body anywhere in the world today that meets for the same righteous purpose as does this group, nor is there any other group— political, religious or military—that holds the power that you do here tonight. We live in a day of great challenge. We live in that time of which the Lord spoke when he said, “Peace shall be taken from the earth, and the devil shall have power over his own dominion.” (D&C 1:35.) We live in that day which John the Revelator foresaw when “the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” (Rev. 12:17.) The dragon is Satan; the woman represents the Church of Jesus Christ. Satan is waging war against the members of the Church who have testimonies and are trying to keep the commandments. And while many of our members are remaining...
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...Surrounding Jimmy Cross with symbols, O’Brien practically leads his readers to this conclusion. In the initial description of Cross, O’Brien tells readers that Cross carries a compass, maps, code books, binoculars, and a .45 caliber pistol (O’Brien 5). Expert readers immediately understand that the compass and map symbolizes a leader since these are items only leaders carry. Significantly, however, O’Brien also mentions Martha, and the items he carries that are from Martha: ‘love’ letters, the stone, and two photographs. At the time of Ted Lavender death, it was Martha, Cross thought about, and not his troops. Immediately following Lavender’s death, Cross leads his men into the village of Than Khe and burns everything. Later that night, Cross also burns his letters from Martha (O’Brien 15-16). This might not strike a person as important, but as Foster says, “Actions can also by symbolic” (Foster 112). Burning an object means rebirth, analogous to a phoenix being reborn in fire. It also represents the letting go of an object/person akin to the Norse tradition of sending their dead to sea, and burning the boat. As a result of Lavender’s death, Cross leads his men to burn the village to appease his guilt of...
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...La Immaculada Concepcion School High School Department Third Year Level November 5, 2012 BOOK REPORT IN ENGLISH Submitted to: Submitted by: Mr. Cristoff Sia LIMOS, Kamille E. III- St. Lucy of Light I. INTRODUCTION A. The Choice B. Nicholas Sparks *Nicholas Sparks was born on December 31, 1965, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Patrick Michael Sparks, a professor, and Jill Emma Marie (née Thoene) Sparks, a homemaker and an optometrist's assistant. He was the middle of three children, with an older brother Michael Earl "Micah" Sparks (1964) and a younger sister, Danielle "Dana" Sparks (1966–2000), who died at the age of 33. Sparks has said that she is the inspiration for the main character in his novel A Walk to Remember. Sparks was raised Roman Catholic and is of German, Czech, English and Irish ancestry. He and his wife are devout Catholics and are raising their children in the Catholic faith. His father was pursuing graduate studies, and the family moved a great deal, so by the time Sparks was...
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...Understanding Your Role. I report to work in the duty room at the beginning of each shift. The rota is on the wall in the duty room so I can check which shifts I am working also if there are any shift changes.Annual leave - there is a folder in the duty room with the annual leave forms.If I wish to book annual leave I fill in the form and hand the form to the care manager.I check the blue diary to see if the holiday has been granted.Calling in sick – early shift by 6.00 -late shift by 11.00 b .Breaks - 10 minutes in the morning but this is up to the discretion of the team leader and half hour lunch unpaid.Timesheets are in the timesheet folder in the duty room .I fill the timesheet in weekly and total my hours weekly . At the end of the month I total all the weekly hours to get my monthly hours and fill in the box at the end of the sheet and sign the sheet.Pay slips - I go the office and sign for my pay slip monthly .Second employment - you are not allowed to have a second job whilst working at LCD.Staff handbook received on induction.Expenses - I can ask Sue for a form from to claim back any expenses.line management - on my induction a received a chart lay out of the line management .job description I received when I did my induction with Ann on the first day .The signing in book is in the entrance hall as I enter the building .I sign in when I arrive and sign out when I leave. Your personal development I...
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...life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you’ll escape it one day. (pg.54) ~ an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit (n.) 9. I knew id smoke maybe five of them, but as long as I subsidized the Colonel’s smoking, he couldn’t really attack me for being another rich kid, a Weekday Warrior who just didn’t happen to live in Birmingham. (pg.55) ~ to purchase the assistance of by the payment (v.) 10. You live for pretentious metaphors. (pg.59) ~ characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: (adj.) 11. And I vaguely remember Lara smiling at me in the doorway, the glittering ambiguities of a girl’s smile, which seems to promise an answer to the question but never gives it. (pg.64) ~ doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention: (n.) 12. You can check if you’d like, and Sara thought I was being too glib. (pg. 65) ~ readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely (adj.) 13. You’ve violated the sacred covenant between women! (pg.65) ~ an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do or not do something specified....
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...London is a ghost town Tourists who normally travel to London in the summer shine the Olympic city. The Financial Times writes that London has turned into a ghost town. The Olympic Games in 2012 has attracted 100,000 foreign visitors to London, but tourists who would normally have gone to the city to see Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and the Tate Modern has chosen other cities to holiday in. British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has said that the OS will provide 13 billion in economic investment in four years. Much of the money has been estimated to come from tourism. But in a short time, the advantages of OS in many places less visible. - The message that has been put in months is that London would be packed to the roof, and that the transport system would be under pressure and it has scared away many people, Mark field said, a London Conservative MP. Chief executive of Nimax Theatre told the Financial Times that the sale one week after the Olympics was the worst in the year. - We are bleeding, darling, she says to the Financial Times. Already in June 2011 predicted the tourism industry that the Olympics would not be the tourist success as portrayed. Although the Games in London are the most popular ever including the large price increases for hotel rooms and warnings about gridlock scared away many of the usual London tourists. Sales to the theater, museums and other tourist attractions have fallen by between 30 and 35 percent writes the Financial Times. Hotels have...
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...OBST 592 Exam 3—Study Guide Thanks to Brian & Jung for their notes..I used both to complete this. Maybe it can be of some help for whoever hasn’t gotten a chance to fill it out. If there is something that says “I” it’s referring to Dr. Yates…Jung’s notes were transcribed, so its exactly what Dr. Yates said. If anything is wrong or should be added, please let me know This test will cover the books of Zechariah, Joel, Malachi, Psalms, Proverbs, and Job. Some test questions will cover general knowledge of these books discussed in the class sessions on these books. The best way to prepare for these questions is to study through your notes from the class sessions covering these books. Zechariah: Know the three sections of the book: The night visions: The night visions (Zech 1:1-6:14) 1. The vision of the man among the myrtle trees (1:7-17) a. Angels of God going out to judge the other nations b. God will bring judgment against the nations who feel safe and secure 2. The vision of the four horns and the four craftsmen (1:18-21) a. The nations that harm Israel will be destroyed b. Craftsman will destroy horns 3. The vision of the man with a measuring line (2:1-12) a. Jerusalem will be bigger and better than ever before 4. The vision of the new garments for the high priest (3:1-10) a. Cleansing of the priest and the restoration of Israel’s worship b. Satan appears in this vision 5. The vision of the golden lampstand and the two olive trees (4:1-14) a. Joshua...
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...a clear purpose and strategy for your life, but ultimately this means nothing if you are not investing the resources you have in a way that is consistent with your strategy. In the end, a strategy is nothing but good intentions unless it's effectively implemented.” –Clayton M. Christensen (1) Something that really struck me in Christensen’s book was when he talked about how he developed the strategy for his own life. At the time, Christensen was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, and his academic program was very demanding. Yet, Christensen “decided to spend an hour every night reading, thinking, and praying about why God put [him] on this earth.” This daily commitment was challenging to keep because it took him away from his studies, but reflecting upon that commitment and experience, he said: “Had I instead spent that hour each day learning the latest techniques for mastering the problems of autocorrelation in regression analysis, I would have badly misspent my life. I apply the tools of econometrics a few times a year, but I apply my knowledge of the purpose of my life every day. It’s the single most useful thing I’ve ever learned. I promise my students that if they take the time to figure out their life purpose, they’ll look back on it as the most important thing they discovered at HBS. If they don’t figure it out, they will just sail off without a rudder and get buffeted in the very rough seas of life.” (2) In order to answer the question “How will I measure my life?” I have to...
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...Ass The Assignation of JFK and the Conspiracy Theory Jayme Jackson DeVry University Contemporary History HIST410 Professor Lisa Jones December 14, 2013 The Assignation of JFK and the Conspiracy Theory November 22, 1963 was an unforgettable day in American history. On this day the thirty-fifth President of the United States, John F. Kennedy (JFK), was assassinated in Dallas, Texas while he rode in an open limousine with Texas Governor John Conally (Wicker, 1963). He received fatal head wounds caused by one of the bullets from the shooting. Lee Harvey Oswald (Oswald), the only person ever formally accused of the assassination, ran away from the Texas Book Depository where he worked, and was stopped for questioning by a police official. At which time, Oswald killed the officer with a revolver he had hidden (Wicker, 1963). Oswald fled to the Texas Theater and within a short time period he was apprehended by the police and brought into a police station (Wicker, 1963). Although Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of the crime, he was murdered by Jack Ruby and never prosecuted for the assassination. Since the tragic events that occurred in November of 1963, there have been many theories that the murder of President John F. Kennedy was done as part of a conspiracy. As this year of 2013 it has been fifty years since the events and people are still mystified with the assassination of JFK and the possible conspiracy theories. An important fact that Americans and people worldwide...
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