...there lived a hobbit”, that's a good introduction for a book! Introduction and Background info (birthplace, birthdate, any relevant childhood info, relevant relationship info, etc.): If you haven't guessed already, I am John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. I had a military and writing career. I am best known for writing The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. Thesis: My life was shaped many aspects, but I will mainly focus on my youth, my military career, my career as a professor,and finally, my writing career. Main Idea 1: Youth I was born on January 3rd 1892, I am an Englishman, but I was actually born Bloemfontein, South Africa. I have very little recollection of Africa, but I have been told that...
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...Unlike the RIP, I got started on this right away and was able to do a significant amount of research and structuring of the essay completed early. To begin the writing process, I looked back at my freewrite to create a clear thesis for my paper: Tolkien fills his writings with many eurocentric themes to emphasize the distinction between good and evil within the story, distracting audiences from understanding the rationalities and reasonings behind the villains. I felt this was a good basis for a paper as it was narrow enough to have specific talking points, while not being too specific. At the same time it was also not so broad that I could discuss anything and everything in Tolkien’s writing. I then started to do some research behind the topic which I found quite easy as there is a lot of information on both eurocentrism and the villains of Tolkien’s books. Because I had drawn inspiration from my anthropology class to create this thesis, I thought back to the readings I had done for that class and chose to use the reading which related to Tolkien’s writing the most. I had also been given a recommendation in class while researching of Edward Said’s...
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...College Abstract A summary of your paper that introduces your reader to the topic you are about to discuss and its’ main points (Bullock, Goggin & Weinberg 2013, p562). There are 3 different types of major abstracts, there are Information Abstract, Descriptive Abstract & Proposal Abstract. Informative Abstracts state in one paragraph the essence of a whole paper about a study or a research project. That one paragraph must mention all the main points of parts of the paper: a description of the study or project, its methods, the results, and the conclusions. (Bullock, Goggin & Weinberg 2013, p150). Description Abstracts are usually much briefer then informative abstracts and provide much less information. Rather than summarizing the entire paper, a descriptive abstract functions more as a teaser, proving a quick overview that invites the reader to read the whole. And last but not least Proposal Abstracts contain the same basic information as informative abstracts, but their purpose is very different. You prepare proposal abstracts to persuade someone to let you write on a topic, pursue a project, conduct an experiment, or present a paper at a scholarly conference. SPCC Library- Http://www.spcc.edu/student/resources/libraries/ Course Textbook – (Bullock, Goggin & Weinberg, 2013.) THE NORTON FIELD GUIDE TO WRITING WITH READINGS AND HANDBOOK I See Fire- Shereen, E. (2013). I see fire [Recorded by E. Shereen]. The Hobbit [ST]. Tweet- Hower, M [MaKennaHower]...
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...have almost all white casts. In her videos, she tries to make racist issues when there are none, such as the color nude and white, and ignores the practical reason of why those colors were chosen in modern medicine and the fashion industry. She thinks it is racist that only white people are on American money, even though this country came in to being via European conquest and colonization. She lives in the United States, is part of that culture, and belittles it. Franchesca Ramsey does not seem to make any strides to conduct any real research. Seeming to only view people for the color their skin and sees those people through a collectivist approach of generalizations. In her video called 13 Things White People Take For Granted, the opening statement is by an Asiatic man. “It is a white, white, white, world and we get to live in it” (Decoded, 2015). This sentence could be taken one of two ways. Either...
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...havoc upon the lands. Frodo, a hobbit from the Shire, is "gifted" the ring of power from his uncle Bilbo, when he stumbled upon the ring from his adventures in his past time. Gandalf the Grey, an old friend of Bilbo, figures out this ring Frodo beholds is the one ring of power and decides the only option is to destroy the ring from where it came from, Mordor. Frodo stumbles upon people who accompany him on the way to Mordor, when they all decide to form a "fellowship" with all the same mission to help Frodo the destroy the ring. This fellowship starts off as a group of mostly strangers to each other in the beginning, but across the three movies they all become a family. (IMDB) They all split up in different ways at the end of the first movie, but each group becomes a family within a family throughout the movie. Enemies become friends, friends make sacrifices for each other, and each "family" serves a purpose for the quest of destroying the ring. I'll explain more in the paper about each "family" and why I'm writing this paper on this movie. While re-watching this whole series from a sociological standpoint, it opened my eyes in a different way. I wasn't just astounded by the acting or directing, but by the whole plot and how it indirectly points out conflicts in today's society. I always had the same mind-set when going to watch this movie, "damn this movie is awesome". So I had a lot different outlook while watching his movie again. Throughout this paper, it will discuss how this...
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...Name: Christopher Buxton Course Title: Diploma of Management Unit Code: Develop Workplace Policy and Procedures for Sustainability Unit Code: BSBSU501A Assessment1. 1. Review the case study information provided and determine all legislative and regulatory documents that describe compliance requirements for this company. After reading the case study for the Tiny Opera Company I have determined through my own research that the following legislative and regulatory requirements will need to be adhered to so that they are compliant. To start off the Tiny Opera Company will need to have their own Code of Conduct available to all employees and anyone attending the venue. This code of conduct will outline through Key principles what the company’s expected behaviours are and how everyone should conduct themselves while employed at the venue in all areas of employment. Having a code of conduct in place will make sure that everyone who is attending the venue whether employed or as a patron/customer conducts themselves in a way that shows respect for each other in a positive manner. Tiny Opera Company will need to also have Safe Work Procedures in place and will need to meet the obligations of the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2011 and the NSW Work Health and Safety Act 2011, this so that it has steps in place to prevent accidents & injuries when employees are undertaking tasks so that potential hazards can be eliminated and/ or controlled at the venue to protect everyone...
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...Prepared exclusively for Montelymard What Readers Are Saying About Seven Languages in Seven Weeks Knowing multiple paradigms greatly influences our design abilities, so I’m always on the lookout for good books that’ll help me learn them. This book nicely brings prominent paradigms together. Bruce has experience learning and using multiple languages. Now you can gain from his experience through this book. I highly recommend it. Dr. Venkat Subramaniam Award-winning author and founder, Agile Developer, Inc. As a programmer, the importance of being exposed to new programming languages, paradigms, and techniques cannot be overstated. This book does a marvelous job of introducing seven important and diverse languages in a concise—but nontrivial—manner, revealing their strengths and reasons for being. This book is akin to a dim-sum buffet for any programmer who is interested in exploring new horizons or evaluating emerging languages before committing to studying one in particular. Antonio Cangiano Software engineer and technical evangelist, IBM Fasten your seat belts, because you are in for a fast-paced journey. This book is packed with programming-language-learning action. Bruce puts it all on the line, and the result is an engaging, rewarding book that passionate programmers will thoroughly enjoy. If you love learning new languages, if you want to challenge your mind, if you want to take your programming skills to the next level—this book is for you. You...
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...of assigned readings by writing concise summaries that identify the author’s main point (thesis) and supporting ideas, paraphrasing and quoting key words and phrases when necessary to avoid plagiarism they require considerable thought to write – it is easy to get them wrong and create a learning strait jacket. Learners will identify the shape of text (e.g. introduction, body, and conclusion) by reading non-fiction essays and articles. Description of activity and assessment: Since the intent of the unit is to assess writing standards, I know that they needed to provide a well-written product. In this case, I would still provide them with some choice. Additionally, the standards I chose had to do with evidence, and so they needed to do research, cite evidence, and make sure that it aligned to their ideas in their written product, a common, standards-aligned rubric that would be used to assess all the products to ensure that all students were meeting the same outcomes. Activity 4 Duration: 15 – 20 minutes Language: I may assign my learners one of the following projects or ask them to choose a project to complete individually or in a group of...
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...A Comparison of the Security of Windows NT and UNIX† Hans Hedbom1,2, Stefan Lindskog1,2, Stefan Axelsson1 and Erland Jonsson1 1Dept of Computer Engineering 2Dept of Computer Science Chalmers University of Technology S-412 96 Göteborg, SWEDEN {sax, Erland.Jonsson}@ce.chalmers.se University of Karlstad S-651 88 Karlstad, SWEDEN {Hans.Hedbom, Stefan.Lindskog}@hks.se Abstract This paper presents a brief comparison of two operating systems, Windows NT and UNIX. The comparison covers two different aspects. First, we compare the main security features of the two operating systems and then we make a comparison of a selection of vulnerabilities most of which we know have been used for making real intrusions. We found that Windows NT has slightly more rigorous security features than “standard” UNIX but the two systems display similar vulnerabilities. The conclusion is that there are no significant differences in the “real” level of security between these systems. †Presented at the Third Nordic Workshop on Secure IT Systems, NORDSEC’ 5-6 November, 1998, Trondheim, Norway. 98, 1. Introduction It has been claimed that the security of Windows NT is far better than that of previous commercial operating systems. In order to verify (or refute) this statement we have made a brief comparison of the security of Windows NT to that of UNIX. UNIX was selected as a reference since it is well-known and widely spread. Thus, the target systems were (1) a networked Windows NT 4.0 and...
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...[pic] JPPSS ELA COURSE GUIDE 2011-2012 ENGLISH I The JPPSS Instructional Sequence Guides are aligned with the LA Comprehensive Curriculum. JPPSS Implementation of Activities in the Classroom Incorporation of activities into lesson plans is critical to the successful implementation of the Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum. The Comprehensive Curriculum indicates one way to align instruction with Louisiana standards, benchmarks, and grade-level expectations. The curriculum is aligned with state content standards, as defined by grade-level expectations (GLEs), and organized into coherent, time-bound units with sample activities and classroom assessments to guide teaching and learning. The units in the curriculum have been arranged so that the content to be assessed will be taught before the state testing dates. While teachers may substitute equivalent activities and assessments based on the instructional needs, learning styles, and interests of their students, the Comprehensive Curriculum should be a primary resource when planning instruction. Grade level expectations—not the textbook—should determine the content to be taught. Textbooks and other instructional materials should be used as resource in teaching the grade level expectations...
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...Q: There is a toy train that can make 10 musical sounds. It makes 2 musical sounds after being defective. What is the probability that same musical sound would be produced 5 times consecutively? ( 1 of _____) ? Answer: 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 = 1/32 32 will be the answer. QAlok is attnding a workshop "how to do more with less" and todays theme is working with fewer digits. The speakers discuss how a lot of miraculous mathematics can be achieved if mankind (as well as womankind) had only worked with fewer digits. The problem posed at the workshop is :"how many 7 digit mnumners can be formed using the digits 1,2,3,4,5 (but with repetetion) tha are divisible by 4? Can you help alok to find answers? 15625 6250, 19532 19531 Q Peter and Paul are two friends. The sum of their ages is 35 years. Peter is twice as old as Paul was when Peter was as old as Paul is now. What is the present age of Peter? Answer: 20 years. Q The ages of two friends is in the ratio 6:5. The sum of their ages is 66.After how many years will the ages be in the ratio 8:7? Answer: 12 years. Q (There was a long story, I'll cut short it). There are 5 materials to make a perfume: Lilac, Balsalmic, Lemon, Woody and Mimosaic. To make a perfume that is in demand the following conditions are to be followed: Lilac and Balsalmic go together. Woody and Mimosaic go together, Woody and Balsalmic never go together. Lemon can be added with any material. (Actually they had also mentioned how much amount of one...
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...學校的情況而定，比如浙大和清華一直有飛躍手冊的傳統。這就是這本冊子的一點 小動機，希望可以給香港的同學，特別是香港理工的同學們留下我們在這個過程中 的經驗和教訓。 本來只是打算跟老王他們一起寫點經驗，貼論壇上就罷了的。後來想想還是 多收集一些資料給大家看看，於是就去找了 EIE(又稱 ECE,EE)的一些同學（畢竟 EIE 是大系，申請的人也比較多），大家一齊寫了一點點小經驗。小編自己人脈不 廣，還有很多大牛沒約到稿，以至於這本東西比較單薄，內容也不是很全面。不過 還是希望這個小冊子還是可以作爲一個傳播經驗的小管道。如果還有什麽問題，可 以直接來問作者，有些作者給了聯系方式，如果你實在需要找別人，先來問小編吧 （hector.liu@connect.polyu.hk) 小編對原文做了一些簡單的處理，主要是清理了一下句子。免得剛開始准備 申請的同學會糊塗。 文章是按照大家交稿時間排序的:p Hector Sep 22, 2012 於 界限街 1 HOBBIT 本科：EIE (Electronic and Information Engineering) 電子及資訊工程學 碩士：牛津 CS GPA: 4.00/4.00 TOEFL: 108 GRE: Verbal - 690 Quantitative - 800 Analytical Writing - 3.5 申請方向：Natural Language Processing (NLP) 最後去向：PhD in CS @ University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) 在我自己看來，能夠在賓夕法尼亞大學（以下簡稱“賓大”）電腦與資訊科學 系就讀博士，進入她的自然語言處理組，是我的學習生涯當中又一次比較“幸運” 的轉折。 在我申請的時候有過來人告訴我，申請學校就像是談戀愛，講究的是 match， 最後得到的還往往是你一開始意想不到的。這句話是有道理的。但是那時候的我對 這個觀點不以為然，因為我深深地、深深地相信”功夫不負有心人“。順便說一 下：我 GPA4.00+/4.00；我在大二的時候參加全國大學生數學建模比賽並且取得獎 項；T: 108; G: 690+800+3.5; FYP 做的是跟博士研究相關的專案；申請時本科已畢 業，在牛津大學電腦系讀碩士（一年制）。用身邊同學的話說我的 academic 背景 比較 consistent，沒有什麼硬傷。但是最後申請結果出來，我拿到的 offer 有且僅有 賓大一個。我的短處是申請材料缺乏亮點：沒有發表 research paper（我大三的時候 在中文數學期刊上發表過線性代數方面的論文，但是對申請基本上是零幫助），沒 有北美名校的交換經歷。時隔一年回頭看去，沒有進入電腦專業排名頂尖的學校， 說明我的努力存在不足，同時整個申請過程中也存在許多”隨機因素“。下面我就 按順序談談怎樣”努力“準備申請和申請過程中的隨機因素。 2 黃金鑄造期 首先，英語中有諺語 No pain, no gain，話雖然這麼說，並且我們在申請的時候 也用類似的話相互鼓勵，但是不要把申請當成是一個 painful 的過程。一個好的申 請者應該有充足的自信，把遇到的困難當成是對自己的挑戰，這樣才能有勇氣敲開 好學校的大門（畫外音：訓練自己樂觀的迎接挑戰是十分重要的，因為出國才是密 度更大、強度更高的挑戰的開始）。 自信是與準確的個人定位分不開的，閱讀飛躍經驗一個最重要的目的就是衡量 自己有希望被哪些學校錄取。對於這一點我認為越早準備是越有益的（Year 1...
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...Return to contents 1 Contents Page Introduction 1 1.1 1.2 General information about citation Style More than one citation from the same author in the same year 1.3 1.4 Quotations and page numbers Citing references for items you have not actually read 1.5 1.6 2 3 3.1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Issues associated with dates Multiple authors (et al. or and others) The Harvard system: style options Books Electronic books Journal articles Newspaper articles Websites Theses and dissertations Blogs and wikis Social networking sites Personal communications Conference proceedings Maps Audiovisual resources Visual resources Performance Parliamentary information Legal references Standards and patents Market research reports Further support and help 3 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 16 18 23 24 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 34 38 39 42 44 45 45 Return to contents 2 Introduction Welcome to the 9th edition of Citing References This guide has developed into a resource that offers recommendations and practical examples for intext citation and referencing using the Harvard system. Accurate citation and references are both cornerstones of good academic writing and you will be directed by your tutors to adopt the style used by your particular course or module. If you need advice about what method to use, contact your tutor. There are many methods of citation and this guide outlines aspects of the Harvard system guidelines given in BS ISO 690 (British Standards Institution...
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...32 Innovations That Will Change Your Tomorrow The electric light was a failure. gets you there. It’s bad financial decisions and blueprints for machines that weren’t built until decades later. It’s the important leaps forward that synthesize lots of ideas, and it’s the belly-up failures that teach us what not to do. When we ignore how innovation actually works, we make it hard to see what’s happening right in front of us today. If you don’t know that the incandescent light was a failure before it was a success, it’s easy to write off some modern energy innovations — like solar panels — because they haven’t hit the big time fast enough. Worse, the fairy-tale view of history implies that innovation has an end. It doesn’t. What we want and what we need keeps changing. The incandescent light was a 19th-century failure and a 20th- century success. Now it’s a failure again, edged out by new technologies, like LEDs, that were, themselves, failures for many years. That’s what this issue is about: all the little failures, trivialities and not-quite-solved mysteries that make the successes possible. This is what innovation looks like. It’s messy, and it’s awesome. Maggie KoerthBaker Invented by the British chemist Humphry Davy in the early 1800s, it spent nearly 80 years being passed from one initially hopeful researcher to another, like some not-quite-housebroken puppy. In 1879, Thomas Edison finally figured out how to make an incandescent light bulb that people would buy. But...
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...SECOND DRAFT Contents Preamble Chapter 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Background Rationale Aims Interface with the Junior Secondary Curriculum Principles of Curriculum Design Chapter 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 1 Introduction Literature in English Curriculum Framework Strands and Learning Targets Learning Objectives Generic Skills Values and Attitudes Broad Learning Outcomes Chapter 3 5 7 9 10 11 11 13 Curriculum Planning 3.1 Planning a Balanced and Flexible Curriculum 3.2 Central Curriculum and School-based Curriculum Development 3.2.1 Integrating Classroom Learning and Independent Learning 3.2.2 Maximizing Learning Opportunities 3.2.3 Cross-curricular Planning 3.2.4 Building a Learning Community through Flexible Class Organization 3.3 Collaboration within the English Language Education KLA and Cross KLA Links 3.4 Time Allocation 3.5 Progression of Studies 3.6 Managing the Curriculum – Role of Curriculum Leaders Chapter 4 1 2 2 3 3 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 21 Learning and Teaching 4.1 Approaches to Learning and Teaching 4.1.1 Introductory Comments 4.1.2 Prose Fiction 4.1.3 Poetry i 21 21 23 32 SECOND DRAFT 4.1.4 Drama 4.1.5 Films 4.1.6 Literary Appreciation 4.1.7 Schools of Literary Criticism 4.2 Catering for Learner Diversity 4.3 Meaningful Homework 4.4 Role of Learners Chapter 5 41 45 52 69 71 72 73 74 Assessment 5.1 Guiding Principles 5.2 Internal Assessment 5.2.1 Formative Assessment 5.2.2 Summative Assessment 5.3 Public Assessment 5.3.1 Standards-referenced...
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