...This scene illustrates how Taylor is angry about the baby and doesn’t want anything to do with Nate. (“‘I’m pregnant’… My voice escaping my throat sharply didn’t belong to me; it was that of an animal… I wanted to scream the ugly truth in his face but I couldn’t raise my voice above a shuddering whisper…”) The author uses sensory detail in this scene to show how furious Taylor really is and how mixed her emotions are. They fight over the baby, Taylor saying it’s her baby and Nate saying it’s both of theirs. This contributes to the theme by showing how discouraged and furious Taylor is and how she doesn’t let it completely get her down. The final example is when Taylor starts to lose her grip on reality. This scene explains how Taylor is practically walking into insanity. “ ‘Are you lost?’ In my mind, yes, I was nearly gone. The thought of passing into insanity crept up in my head with clawing, pale arms, the lifeless face turned up in agony. The flashbacks would kill me if the house didn’t. I was lost” (Lindt 149)The author crafts interesting word choice into this...
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...stories. Structure - Usually in chronological order, which events are told in the order in which they occurred Two Tips - 1. A plot summary can help you create a chronological outline. 2. Start with a strong intro to hook your reader into wanting to continue reading. Illustration: Purpose – Clearly demonstrates and supports a point through the use of evidence. Structure – Order of importance: arranges ideas according to their significance Two Tips – 1. Use evidence that is appropriate to your topic as well as your audience. 2. Vary the phrases of illustration you used, it is critical when trying to keep readers engaged Description: Purpose – To make sure your audience is fully immersed in the words on the page by using sensory details. Structure – Spatial Order, depending on the writer, descriptions could go from top to bottom or left to right, etc Two Tips – 1. Avoid “empty” descriptors if possible. 2. Use spatial order to organize your descriptive writing. Classification: Purpose – To break broad subjects down into smaller, more manageable, and more specific parts Structure – Organized by breaking it down into subcategories Two Tips – 1. Choose topics you know well when writing this type of essays. 2. Make sure you break down your topic at least three different ways. Process Analysis: Purpose – The purpose is to explain how to do something or how something works. Structure – In chronological order, step by step instructions on how something...
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...Sensory Perceptions Rodney Edwards Professor Andrew N. Carpenter PHI 210 4/27/2014 Provide at least three reasons for believing in the accuracy or inaccuracy of sensory information. The three main reasons for believing in the accuracy or inaccuracy of sensory information would be Perception, interpretation, and knowledge. Without ours senses we are nothing. We would not be able to Touch taste, feel, or smell. They are who we are. Perception is our sensory experience of the world around us and involves both the recognition of environmental stimuli and actions in response to these stimuli. http://www.studymode.com/subjects/. What we are experiencing at any given moment or our experience in life is what the inaccuracy of sensory information is based on. Knowledge is the key for believing in the accuracy or inaccuracy of sensory information. Knowledge informs decisions about what to believe and how to act. It also aides in making good decisions. More importantly, knowledge is the basis for right and wrong. Identify and describe at least three factors contributing to the accuracy of sensory data. One factor contributing to the accuracy of sensory data would be smell. Our sense of smell is very important. It can send us messages. If there is a fire you could smell it ahead of time and get others to safety. Your sense of smell could tell you messages about your own body if your body did not smell so pleasant, so that you can correct the problem. It can also aid you in cooking...
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...Sensory Adaptation Jessica Munden American Intercontinental University Abstract This paper will define and explain the concept of sensory adaptation. Three experiments were conducted to show sensory adaptation. This paper will report the experiments findings by illustrating what was experienced during the experiment. This paper will also discuss how adaptation is important from an evolutionary perspective. Sensory Adaptation Chemical senses, such as taste and smell, and the skin can be affected by sensory adaptation. It is important to understand the systems related to the chemical senses and the skin in order to understand how they can be affected by sensory adaptation. Three experiments were conducted to help explain sensory adaptation, which will appear later. Sensory Adaptation is defined in Words of Wisdom (2011) as “the process by which senses become less responsive to particular stimuli." In other words, when certain stimulus is continued the brain's sensory responses become less responsive. Adaptation affects the sensory systems, which include the five senses vision, taste, smell, hearing, and touch. When a non-smoker walks into a home, in which a person smokes inside, the smell of nicotine will be overwhelming. After spending some time in the home the smell of nicotine will seem to dissipate because one's system will adapt to the smell (Words of Wisdom, 2011). An experiment was conducted to show sensory adaptation to touch. During this experiment, one rubbed...
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...Promotion of a Restaurant What types of promotions are “frequency-builders” and how they can be implemented? Prior to making any decisions about what promotion to run, one must first ask how well the customer is known. If a business does not understand the target audience, they will never run the most effective or efficient promotion. If the motivations of the customers are understood, it will be much easier to develop positive marketing programs which are both effective and cost efficient. If a business does not know their customers, it is time that they learn about them. Get to know what triggers their visit. Get to know what they think about the inside, the outside, the employees, and the management. Understand that the entire customer area, as well as the customer-visible areas. Items as small as table tents or table stands, successful color coordination of the seats, the window treatments, the carpet or floor covering, the wall covering, the menu covers, employee uniforms; all of these items have a subconscious effect on the customers, and can impact their decision to return. Items such as the choice of music, even items such as the temperature of the dining area and the smells coming out of the kitchen can intensify the customer experience. Having an excellent training program can be beneficial, great staff can be very effective in bringing customers back repeatedly. It is no surprise that customers return more regularly when they know the staff on a first name basis...
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... relaxed tone. It seems as an introduction stating simple, apparently obvious facts. “So many things seem filled with the intent t be lost that their loss is no disaster”. The second stanza continues with this atmosphere, using the imperative to recommend to the reader to “Accept the fluster” of loosing day-to-day objects and time. She only separates this two concepts with a coma, this suggests to the reader that there is a more profound layer to everything she is talking about. There is repentance towards the loss of time even if she tries to hide it and notice the difference between a recoverable simple object and the loss of time, which is completely unrecoverable. The repetition of the phrase “The art of loosing isn’t hard to master” as if it was a mantra seems as if the writer is trying to convince herself of this, she is trying to keep control, even if the tone is still quite relaxed. The juxtaposition in the first phrase and the last one in the first stanza also has a layer of meaning towards her feelings. It suggests us the thematic of the poem and expresses her feelings towards loss. It seems the writer is trying to “Master” and “control” her feelings, however, they are constantly slipping out of her control and ending in disaster, but she is still trying to convince herself that she is strong enough to handle loss. In the third stanza there is a complete change...
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...Final Exam (Part 2) 8 Oct 2012 Researching a Career Path I chose the Protective Security Specialist (PSS) as my career path choice. I chose the PSS path due to the fact that it was one specific area of my past experience that was lacking and it has positions all over the world through the Worldwide Protective Services (WPS) Program (formally known as the Worldwide Personal Protective Services (WPPS) Program). My initial research began with people I worked with on a Static Security project in a high threat area. I soon found out that there were a few large companies, and projects, that would serve as a starting point. Aegis, DynCorp, Global, Triple Canopy, and US Training Center were the major players in the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security Program. I spoke with work colleagues that have worked for one, or numerous, of the aforementioned companies. I was mostly interested in the areas of company vision, work beliefs, and compensation plans along with the individuals’ point of view. I then began an internet search of my top 3 picks (Global, Triple Canopy, and US Training Center). I researched news articles of specific incidents, public views, and awarded contracts. Public forum sites, such as SOCNet, provided a valuable resource on how different companies were viewed & operated by, and at, the lower levels. My final task was the research of each of the company’s specific website; focusing on mission statement, focus, and plans for the future. Networking...
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...From a very tender age up until of late, I used to believe in so many things which I had not put to test yet. I was so positive with life, always believing in everything for the mere beauty of how sincere it looked. Sometimes I would simply believe everything because I was told, not considering the fact that anything emanating from a human being can either be the truth or the opposite of the truth-lies. It always caught me by surprise when I would be brought back into reality with the fact that all I had thought to be true was a mere factor of letting things flow in the right direction to please me-but not a reality of the same. Not only did I believe everything I heard but I would also believe that there are people in this world who are stronger than others in each and every single way. I believed that they were stronger in all aspect; emotionally, spiritually, physically and mentally. I believed that even when shaken, my father was the strongest man in the world. I was little boy by then and I did not know that he also was human and that he had a weakness. From the time I was a small boy, I viewed my father as being a hero and a legend at the same time. He was big physically, rich and had the power to do anything. To me, there was no one on this earth like him. I feared him because he was a no nonsense man. He did not entertain any form of failure. These are some of the qualities that made him respected and feared by everyone around him. Even my very own mother feared...
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...foreign nation compliance, one should examine the reasons why an organization has entered into that foreign market. The primary objective is typically profits, a secondary could be expansion, an initiative to become a globally known brand and gain international market share. Once the fundamental question of “why” is answered, the remaining issues, such as foreign government policies, can be addressed as well. So should a company comply or defy? Proponents of both sides of the fence are up in arms and ready to debate their stance. Proponents argue loss of market share if a company decides to leave a potentially new market, especially an international market. And proponents of defying the compliance terms are citing moral and ethical beliefs which make it wrong to comply with a communist government (http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5246.html). So who is the victim and who is the winner? I think that both sides are equally at loss as well as gain. If a company decides to leave due to compliance issues, chances are their competitor will step in and dominate that market. It is often difficult for a company to enter into the market as a secondary and gain market share. Foreign investments are both risky and expensive to finance, organizations determined to gain market share should certainly comply with the rules and regulations of the foreign market in which they wish to do business in. On the other hand, do we forego our moral and ethical values simply because we are on foreign...
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...Never Went To Church The loss of a family member can be a hard thing to deal with, and some people get despaired by whether they should start to believe in something - a religion, to help them get through the rough times. This is what Mike Skinner does in the song “Never Went to Church” from 2006, which is dedicated to his late father. Skinner finds help in his father - even though he is not with him anymore. The loss of his father makes him consider the thought of going to church, and at least he decides to take his advice. He is going to hedge his bets by visiting a priest, a rabbi and a protestant clergyman - he is trying to find something to believe in. Skinners loss makes him go through a thousand thoughts about what he has left to remind him of his father. He is afraid that he has lost him ‘for good’ - that he does not have anything at all left. At first he cannot find anything to remind him, but the more he thinks about it, the closer he comes to the conclusion that he actually does have something; himself: “I guess then you did leave me something to remind me of you, every time I interrupt someone like you used to do, if I do something like you, you’ll be on my mind all through because I forgot, you left me behind to remind me of you” (p. 2 ll. 13 - 14). Skinner realizes that he has himself to remind him of his father, because they have some of the same traits and habits. The whole song trough, Skinner sings about how his father was and what he is supposed to...
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...arriving into Sacramento versus Didion’s experiences as a native decedent of Sacramento. Joan Didion’s Sacramento is a very different place compared to Ernesto Galarza’s , for him it’s an immigrant place where Mexican, Yugoslavs, Chinese and many other different cultures come together to make one home. For Joan Didion, Sacramento is a place that with the pas of time and the changes that has come with time, have forced memories to be lost and most importantly identities. Didion highlights the true nature of Californian lifestyle and how with its gradual disappearance more than the past is being lost, but a new generation is also losing an understanding of its true roots, its true history and as a result a loss of knowledge. The loss of knowledge is equivalent to the loss of identity because if one doesn’t know where they came from how one can truly know who they are. Didion talks about her own experiences as a child in Sacramento and adulthood. She compares how much Sacramento has changed since she left. For example, in her essay Didion observes the changes in Sacramento beginning with the introduction of industrialization; she mentions that prior to modernization, Sacramento was nothing but an isolated land mass and with the discovery of gold Sacramento abruptly developed into a town and later on a city. Didion...
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...suicide, or just a symbol of the madness she had fallen in to. I think everyone on this Earth is bound to suffer some heart ache at one time or another. Losing my first love was one of the worst gut wrenching things I ever experienced. I also have some experience in seeing someone erode from stable healthy mental state to a complete and udder mess. Mental stability is a somewhat tenuous thing that I feel society’s take for granted. Here are some of the theories that I agreed with, about Ophelia taking such a tragic turn. 1) She is heart-broken over Hamlet. “The idea that Ophelia is more heart-broken over the loss of her father or more heart-broken over the loss of Hamlet tells you a great deal about her character and what she values.” (Informing Bethany Lutheran College's, 2013) 2) She is heart-broken… over Polonius. “Again, for her not to be deeply affected by the loss of her father is equally unlikely. I don’t care if she’s a lovesick teen, if her father died, she will be distraught over it.” (Informing Bethany Lutheran College's, 2013) 3) She is pregnant. “Some speculate that there are clear signs in the text that Ophelia has lost her maidenhood to Hamlet and is pregnant.” Being a symbol of virtue in this era would definitely be detrimental to her, if this was the case. (Informing Bethany Lutheran College's, 2013) 4) She is torn...
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...we can see that there has been a gradual decrease in profitability, from a 21.51% in 1989 to -1.36% in 1991. We made a table including the 2nd quarters or the last 3 years, and we say that there has been an increase of 1.23% in the commission & other expenses over gross premiums, which is related to the policy as agents get 25 % instead of 7%. While new policies profit increased a 5.9%, the renewal policies decreased the same amount. However, this change has brought as result that of a total of 3900 (including processed within TAT, out TAT and loses) total Renew requests in the 2nd quarter of 1991, there were 926 loses, taking us to 23.74% loses and 23% processed after TAT. As the RUN and RAP method were being emphasized, there was loss of renewals according to the data provided. The RAPs are converted into RUNs in 10 days and then 3-5 days in getting completed. The SCT is less for RERUNs. So we can conclude that RERUNs also takes less time to get completed. Table 2: Volume 2nd Quarter Table 3: Commission Analysis The commission paid to agents for completing a RUN and RERUN is 25% and 7% respectively. They get more money if they complete RUNs and RAPs. This encourages them to prioritize their work by addressing RUNs and RAPs first, which just delays the RERUNs further. Even though renewals did not have the same initial value of new policies but losing renewals still...
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...in the range more likely than the next. Issues 1. Is the lawsuit considered a loss contingency? 2. Will the loss be accrued, and if so for what amount? 3. What disclosures should be made in the company’s financial Statement? Analysis – Issue 1: Is the lawsuit considered a loss contingency? FASB Accounting Standards (ASC) 450-20 provides information on contingencies, covering the definition of a loss contingency as well as providing examples of loss contingencies. Contingencies are described in (ASC) 450-20-20 as follows: Contingency: An existing condition, situation, or set of circumstances involving uncertainty as to possible gain (gain contingency) or loss (loss contingency) to an entity that will ultimately be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. As can be seen the company has an existing situation (lawsuit) involving uncertainty (estimated range of $1-3 million in damages) which could make it considered a contingency. FASB goes on to describe loss contingency as a “set of circumstances involving uncertainty as to possible loss”, making this a loss contingency. FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 450-20 provides examples of different types of loss contingencies in par. 05-10 05-10 The following are examples of loss contingencies that are discussed in this subtopic. a. Injury or damage caused by products sold b. Risk of loss or damage of property by fire, explosion, or other hazards c. Actual or possible...
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...personal interpretation, discuss the distinctive features of the text that allow it to be valued by a contemporary audience. You will need to refer to other sections of your text to validate your discussion. Good morning teachers and classmates, the dramatic reading I will be doing today is of Gwen Harwood’s Poem, “Mother Who Gave Me Life” <Read “Mother Who Gave Me Life” (MWGML)> Throughout this poem I think Gwen Harwood explores a universal theme of loss as a distinctive feature throughout her poems, in particular loss of loved ones, which can be valued by contemporary audiences today due to it being an issue that is faced by everybody in their life at some point. When a loved one is no longer part of an individual’s life, one may experience grief and as a result realise the role and importance of that loved one. From my perspective, Harwood presents the concept of loss of loved ones through MWGML with the euphemism “You left the world so”, which highlights that her mother was not only a loss to her life but also a loss to the world, suggesting that she had great value and respect for her mother. There is a similar significance placed on her mother’s life that is stressed with the use of alliteration in “lived nearly thirty thousand days”. This presents the idea that she lived daily as a mother contributing to the lives of her children. Harwood also introduces a cloth motif in her poem, through the line “when she died she was folding a little towel” to highlight the importance...
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