...premiered on June 11, 2013. ON March 26, 2013 ABC family Picked up the show for a fifth season and also announced that a spin-off, Ravenswood, would air in October 2013. Plot- Set in a fictional town of Rosewood, Pennsylvania, the series follows the lives of Spencer Hastings ( Trojan Bellisario), Hanna Marin ( Ashley Benson), Emily Fields ( Shay Mitchell), and Aria Montgomery ( Lucy Hale), who are four girls whose calque falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee, Alison DiLaurentis (Sasha Pieterse). One Year later, they began receiving messages from a mysterious figure using the name “A”, who threatens to expose their secrets. At first, they think it’s Alison herself, but after her body is found, the girls realize that someone else knows their secrets including long-hidden ones they thought only Alison knew. “A” also stalked Alison, and the girls continue to discover more and more information about “A” and Alison’s disappearance all while risking their lives. Main Characters- Sasha Pieterse plays Alison DiLaurentis, former queen bee of her clique and the most popular girl in...
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...“It's when you don't win that you learn things about yourself. Everything I have gone through has made me who I am today.” (Sasha Cohen). Sasha Cohen made mistakes but she was still one of the best skaters in history. Sasha Cohen inspired people because of her love of skating, used striving for accuracy to innovate ways to overcome a back injury, and illuminated the world by becoming a great role model for everyone. Sasha Cohen is one of my favorite skaters and a two-time Olympic medalist(2002 + 2006). She created a roll model for figure skaters around the world, like me. Kidzworld.com referred to her as the "Teen Skate Queen". She started skating at 7 and had her first competition by 10. "By the time she was 15, she was admired for her athleticism,...
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...Sarah Dooley introduces Sasha, a sensitive, emotional girl, that goes through most things a child wouldn’t experience. In the first scene, Sasha is looking for a dress to go to her brothers funeral in, during this time having flashbacks of the old days when her brother and father were both still alive. As this rollercoaster of a story turns, Sasha is put with a foster mother and starts to change. As a series of events unfold, and Sasha's life turns upside down once again, you are torn through a book of both joy and sadness In this companion book, you will read about characters and how they change and evolve in the story. These are dramatic and impacting, and gives the story a bigger meaning. You will also read about inner issues and, toggling relationships that characters are forced to deal with. As well as interpretations of author's craft and why it was used in such ways. Lastly, you will learn more in depth about an issue that Sasha deals with, that being anxiety. Also, including a bonus playlist to go with the books ups and downs. This book will help you effectively change your perspective on Sarah Dooley and Free Verse craft. Chapter 1 In this chapter you will learn about how much detail Sarah Dooley puts into her characters to make them...
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...The final decision had been made between the uncles, about Sasha’s mistake. Sasha had made a false promissory note to a bank and that payment was due three days ago. Now the uncles have to make a decision on whether they should help Sasha by paying the money, or whether he should go to trial. Sasha’s Uncle Markovitch debates that they should pay the money and protect the family name. While Uncle Colonel stands to send him to trial, and take the responsibilities of his own. While all of this was happening Sasha, does not care or worry about any of this. That's why I am with Colonel, I believe that Sasha should be taken to trial. Not having someone valuable does not mean you are not capable of yourself. By the story the author’s purpose is, innocence does not build trust....
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...Hazel Treumann March 2, 2018 Period 9 Argumentative Essay: Breaking Stalin’s Nose Quickly pacing through the hallway, Sasha tries to protect the dominant banner. Slamming the banner into the statue, Sasha was suddenly filled with fear. Because he was given the great honor of carrying the statue, Sasha knew he was in deep trouble. The purpose of historical fiction books is to educate the reader about the past while using fictional characters. Breaking Stalin’s Nose achieves that goal as well as many other purposes of the genre. Above all, this book highlights perspectives of people and events less represented. When Sasha, the main character, witnesses his dad getting arrested by the Secret Police in the middle of the night,...
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...Beyonce. Sasha Fierce or Sasha Satan Monet James Eng102 09/18/2013 Zelda Howard Beyonce Knowles is one of the greatest celebrities of all time. She has sold out numerous amounts of venues and has won a ton of awards. But there is a deeper darker side to Beyonce that some may choose or choose not to believe. When Beyonce revealed her alter ego “Sasha Fierce to the world a lot of question were asked about her religious beliefs. Beyonce believes that when she is performing, a spirit takes over her and causes her to do things she normally would not do. Beyonce has named this spirit or alter ego Sasha Fierce. Sasha Fierce appears to be more fun, more sexual, and very aggressive. Along with her new alter ego, there are many demonic symbols and characteristics that surround Sasha Fierce. Beyonce's album I am Sasha Fierce shows a comparison of the Godly Beyonce and the evil Sasha Fierce. Beyonce claims that Sasha Fierce was born while making her music video 'Crazy in Love'. In the video Beyonce walks toward a speeding car with Jay Z in it. Beyonce then starts to perfom her dances moves which is part of her initiation with the devil. In the last scence of the video Beyonce sacrifices herself by getting blown up in a backseat of a car. She then reappears next to Jay Z as Sasha Fierce. Soon after working with Jay Z on a few records, they decided to get married. Jay Z has already been rumored to be a part of the Illuminati. The Illuminati is a secret organiztion...
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...9 -4 0 4 -0 6 8 OCTOBER 20, 2003 JEFFREY T. POLZER INGRID VARGAS HILLARY ANGER ELFENBEIN Henry Tam and the MGI Team Henry Tam felt tired and extremely frustrated. He was halfway through his final semester in the MBA program at Harvard Business School (HBS), and things were not going as expected. Spring break was about to start, but Henry, like many others in the class of 2002, was feeling the pain of the worst job market in over a decade. Henry recalled the troubled sentiment around campus: Going to business school during the aftermath of the Internet crash changed everything. Before the crash, the feeling was that if you graduated from HBS, you could take on the world. Now people were feeling a lot more insecurity. I was having some doubt about my own capabilities—about what I could accomplish on my own. Anxious to test his abilities and distinguish himself beyond the standard curriculum, Henry had decided to enter the School’s annual business plan contest. About six weeks earlier, in late January, Henry had teamed with HBS classmate Dana Soiman and the founders of start-up company Music Games International (MGI). The MGI founders—an HBS alumnus (MBA ’87) and two professional musicians—later brought two additional students from other institutions onto the team, creating a group composed of diverse views and talents. (See Exhibit 1 for team member bios.) The team was dynamic but very conflicted, and progress on the business plan had been slow. They had a promising product:...
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...I requested Sasha’s parents for 2 hours of their time; however, it took longer that it was expected. In addition, the selected material for the reading aloud session was also quite long for Sasha to read. During, BRI, Sasha was quite shy and her responses were rather short. I should have asked follow-up questions and avoid using the BRI in a too restrictive and rigid way. During the BRI, it is necessary to ask questions about the reader’s sociocultural and linguistic background, as well as, reading preferences. It would be also important to ask questions related to language use at home and family’s literacy practices. References Burke, K. (1980). The reading interview. In B. P. Farr & D. J. Stickler (Eds.), Reading comprehension: Resource guide. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Reading Program. García, O., & Kleyn, T. Translanguaging with multilingual students. Learning from Classroom Moments. Retrieved from: http://lib.myilibrary.com.proxy...
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...A Problem Giving someone too many chances does not benefit either party. In “A Problem” by Anton Chekov the Uskvov’s family debates how to handle their nephews unfortunate situation. The Colonel, a military man, believes Sasha should be held accountable for his poor choices; Uncle Markovitch believes the incident should be covered up and hidden from the public. The families final decision, to pardon Sasha’s wrong doing, was not the right decision. Sasha will not take his second chance as an opportunity to correct his lifestyle. The Colonel is a retired military man. His military discipline and humors caused him to feel a moral obligation to report Sasha to the authorities. The colonel compares the military to their family, the military is...
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...of the founders Sasha, Igor, Roman; HBS group consists of Dana and Henry; and there are individuals, Dav and Alex. While Sasha and Alex were viewed as Americanized Russians Henry and Dana perceived Sasha, Igor and Roman as “the Russians”. The differences were not only in team compositions but also around who brings what to the table. While Henry and Dana thought themselves as strategic contributor Sasha perceived Henry and Dana as mere business plan writer. Igor expected Henry and Dana to contribute not only with the business plan but also with the vision and direction. It is not clear what role Dav is going to play. Roman is the artist as well technical guy but is being involved in strategic vision brainstorming meetings. Alex brings important skills: his experience in the media industry and his skills from business school. Main problem lies in the area of not having clearly defined roles and responsibilities. And the lack of roles and responsibilities can be attributed to the fact that there is no clear leader. The team failed miserably in discussing and defining the values, vision, and norm to achieve the common goal. The organization structure is also completely missing. Without addressing the issue of structure and roles & responsibilities Henry will not able to make much progress. Henry has good relationship with Sasha, Igor, Dana and not bad ones with rest of the team member. Igor is the center point of the trust network which Include Roman, Sasha, Igor most powerful...
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...frustrations arise between the team members because there expectations for one another have not been clearly defined. For example, Henry and Dana saw themselves as strategic contributors to the business plan and direction of the company, while Sasha seemed to see them more as interns or business plan writers. Igor on the other hand, agreed with Henry and Dana’s vision of their roles within the team. Without a clear leader there was no vision or core group values system established. Some of the members wanted to market the product towards an educational route while other team members wanted to focus more on the entertainment industry. After the second meeting, Alex noted that the meeting was ‘’very unorganized brainstorming and there was here was no structure.’’ There was no one to control or guide the team or assess the team’s overall progress. Everyone was constantly drawn back to lengthy ‘’brainstorming sessions’’ on all aspects of the company’s direction without any unified direction being established. Prior to the formation of the new business plan team, roles at MGI were clearly defined. Igor explained that ‘’Roman and myself –we two are not from the business world, we are musicians. This is our idea our creative vision. Sasha is the one that keeps us in check. Sash has experience in business. I...
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...function in the team seems like a wise choice since more ideas mean better productivity and creativity, before we see the first meeting. The whole team seems like to be functioning like a family with extremely loyal best friends who are capable of handling conflict and are cooperative towards the newcomers – Dana and Henry. However, the team is facing the issue of improper management of multiculturalism and diversity and there is low performance. Sasha does not think Dana has the practical experience and Roman and Igor do not understand what Dana wants from the project. The brainstorming sessions, according to Dana and Henry seem to drag on too long. It has an impact on the team’s processes and it affects the participation of the team members– for example, Sasha is highly stubborn and opinionated and highly aggressive and passionate which is good in terms of keeping the team together however, the way he attacks Dana during discussion sessions is leading to an atmosphere of conflict. There is an unequal level of participation and Sasha and Dana tend to dominate the team...
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...17-26.In the current year, Azure Company has $350,000 of net operating income before deducting any compensation or other payment to its sole owner, Sasha. In addition, Azure has interest on municipal bonds of $25,000. Sasha has significant income from other sources and is in the 39.6% marginal tax bracket. Based on this information, determine the income tax consequences to Azure Company and to Sasha during the year for each of the following independent situations. a. Azure is a C corporation and pays no dividends or salary to Sasha. b. Azure is a C corporation and distributes $75,000 of dividends to Sasha. c. Azure is a C corporation and pays $75,000 of salary to Sasha. d. Azure is a sole proprietorship, and Sasha withdraws $0. e. Azure is a sole proprietorship, and Sasha withdraws $75,000. 17-28. Benton Company (BC) has one owner, who is in the 33% Federal income tax bracket. BC’s gross income is $395,000, and its ordinary trade or business deductions are $245,000. Compute the Federal income tax liability on BC’s income for the current year under the following assumptions: a. BC is operated as a proprietorship, and the owner withdraws $100,000 for personal use. b. BC is operated as a corporation, pays out $100,000 as salary, and pays no dividends to its shareholder. c. BC is operated as a corporation and pays out no salary or dividends to its shareholder. d. BC is operated as a corporation, pays out $100,000 as salary to its shareholder, and pays out the remainder...
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...9 -4 0 4 -0 6 8 OCTOBER 20, 2003 JEFFREY T. POLZER INGRID VARGAS HILLARY ANGER ELFENBEIN Henry Tam and the MGI Team Henry Tam felt tired and extremely frustrated. He was halfway through his final semester in the MBA program at Harvard Business School (HBS), and things were not going as expected. Spring break was about to start, but Henry, like many others in the class of 2002, was feeling the pain of the worst job market in over a decade. Henry recalled the troubled sentiment around campus: Going to business school during the aftermath of the Internet crash changed everything. Before the crash, the feeling was that if you graduated from HBS, you could take on the world. Now people were feeling a lot more insecurity. I was having some doubt about my own capabilities—about what I could accomplish on my own. Anxious to test his abilities and distinguish himself beyond the standard curriculum, Henry had decided to enter the School’s annual business plan contest. About six weeks earlier, in late January, Henry had teamed with HBS classmate Dana Soiman and the founders of start-up company Music Games International (MGI). The MGI founders—an HBS alumnus (MBA ’87) and two professional musicians—later brought two additional students from other institutions onto the team, creating a group composed of diverse views and talents. (See Exhibit 1 for team member bios.) The team was dynamic but very conflicted, and progress on the business plan had been slow. They had...
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...College of Music student, Dav Clar – a MIT graduate student, and Alexander (Sasha) Gimpelson, Igor Tkachenko, and Roman Yakub – the MGI founders, seems like an ideal team, with each member bringing different experiences and technical skills to help with the business plan contest at HBS. However, as we will see in this paper, interpersonal dynamics, a lack of clear leadership, resulting in unclear team goals and individual roles, and a lack of healthy group norms, contribute to an ineffective team process at MGI. With the deadline less than three weeks away and the team without even a first draft of the business plan, Henry is certain that the team would not meet the deadline if it continued to function as it had so far. Case Analysis Team Process is defined as the team members’ behaviors and interactions, occurring over time. It is through this process that all of the members’ expertise and knowledge, along with other inputs, functioning in the group environment, manufacture an output. MGI’s team process seems ineffective, resulting a lot of conflicts among the subgroups of the MGI team and inability to complete the business plan. At the “launch” of the team in Mellon Hall on HBS campus, it was clear that the team did not have any specific role for each of the team members, nor was there a clear leadership arrangement. “..It seemed to me that Sasha saw our role as business plan writers, specifically for the contest, whereas Igor understood...
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