...Title: Pit Bulls Don’t Bite People, Bad Owners Do Speaker: Amelia Auerswald Specific Purpose: To persuade people to my belief that pit bulls are not bad dogs. Thesis Statement: Pit bulls have lived – and died – under the stigma that they are vicious as a breed for decades, when in truth it’s owners who have used them in cruel ways that have given them such a heinous reputation. Introduction Before we get started, I want to tell you a story. This is a picture of my pit bull, Honey. I rescued her several years ago from my ex-husband’s brother, who was abusing her. Despite Honey’s bad youth, she was a sweet dog. When my oldest daughter was a baby, she would lay on the floor with her and let her chew on her ears. But Honey had a bad habit. She would jump the fence into my neighbor’s yard to play with her dog. One day, while I was at work, my neighbor called animal control and claimed that Honey had ripped through the screen in her kitchen door and attacked her. So animal control came to my house, took my dog while I wasn’t home, and put her down. All I received was a notice in the mail a week later, which I had spent looking for my dog. The funny thing is, there was no damage to my neighbor’s door, and she never had a mark on her. She was put down on the word of a cantankerous old woman simply because of her breed. My name is Amelia Auerswald, and today I hope to show you that pit bulls don’t bite people, bad owners do. First, we will look at some myths and facts about the breed...
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...English 101 Prep Quiz #3 Genre Open-Form Prose Open-form prose resists reduction to a single, summarizable thesis. It is characterized by narrative or story-like structure, sometimes with abrupt transitions, and uses various literary techniques to make the prose more memorable and powerful. * Often organized chronologically or has a story like element * Often used to heighten or deepen a problem, or show human significance * Often has an implicit theme rather than a thesis. * Often violates rules of closed-form prose by using literary techniques Closed-form Prose Closed-form prose can be defined as writing with a hierarchical structure of points and details in support of an explicit thesis. It is characterized by unified and coherent paragraphs, topic sentences, transitions between sentences and paragraphs, and forecasting of the whole before presentation of the parts. * Thesis explicitly stated in introduction * All parts of essay linked clearly to thesis * Body paragraphs develop thesis * Body paragraphs have topic sentences * Structure forecasted Autobiographical Narrative Autobiographical narrative writing can help us explore, deepen, and complicate our perceptions of the world. This narrative is any significant even or moment in your life. * Focus on rhetorical aim “writing to express or share.” * Autobiographical narrative something significant in your life Literacy Narrative This narrative is centered on...
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... Analytical Summary Without a doubt, similar to shake and move, hip-bounce in some cases makes you think our men don't care for ladies much by any stretch of the imagination, but to generalize them as trophy pieces or, as contemporary vernacular orders, as infant mommas, chicken heads, or bitches. Be that as it may, pretty much as it was out of line to deride men of shading in the 60s singularly as wild-peered toward radicals when what they needed, in the midst of their wrath, was a little opportunity and a little power, today it isn't right to completely release hip-jump without taking into genuine thought the financial conditions and the numerous record names that anxiously endeavor and profit by the lack of awareness of a considerable lot of these youthful craftsmen that have prompted the present situation. Alternately, to summarize the late Tupac Shakur, we were given this world, we didn't make it. Kevin Powell, Notes of a Hip-hop Head. In addition to hip-bounce's defenders, you were given this world and you laud it. You were given this world and you secure it. You were given this world and you profit by it. You were given this world and even in your most extravagant fantasies you decline to envision whatever else however this world. Furthermore, any individual who assaults your sexist dream and offers an option vision is a hater, or more regrettable, an adversary who simply doesn't get it. What is there to get? There is nothing profound or new about misogyny, realism...
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...Tablet I Summary The story begins with a prologue introducing us to the main character, Gilgamesh, the Priest-King of Uruk. Gilgamesh’s mother is Ninsun, sometimes referred to as the Lady Wildcow Ninsun. She was a goddess, endowing Gilgamesh with a semi-divine nature. Lugulbanda, a priest, was his father. Gilgamesh constructed the great city of Uruk along the Euphrates River in Mesopotamia, and surrounded it intricately decorated walls. He also built a temple for the goddess Ishtar, the goddess of love, and her fatherAnu, the father of the gods. Gilgamesh is credited with opening passages through the mountains. He traveled to the Nether World and beyond it, where he met Utnapishtim, the sole survivor of the great flood that almost ended the world, the one who had been given immortality. When he returned to Uruk, he wrote everything down on a tablet of lapis lazuli and locked it in a copper chest. As the story begins, Gilgamesh is a tyrannical leader who shows little regard for his people. He takes what he wants from them and works them to death constructing the walls of Uruk. He sleeps with brides on their wedding night, before their husbands. It is said that no one can resist his power. The old men of Uruk complain and appeal to the gods for help. The gods hear their cries and instruct Aruru, the goddess of creation, to make someone strong enough to act as a counterforce to Gilgamesh. Aruru takes some clay, moistens it with her spit, and forms another man, namedEnkidu. Enkidu...
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...FORM 5 Novels The Curse Table of Contents Introduction Synopsis Elements Activities Assessment Answer Key Glossary Panel of writers THE CURSE NOVEL What is a novel? Only in a novel are all things given full play – D. H. Lawrence (( A novel is a long narrative in literary prose. Novels tell stories, which are typically defined as a series of events described in a sequence. The novel has been a part of human culture for over a thousand years, although its origins are somewhat debated. Regardless of how it began, the novel has risen to prominence and remained one of the most popular and treasured examples of human culture and writing. There have been stories and tales for thousands of years, but novels must combine a few unique characteristics in order to be defined as such. First, a novel is written down, rather than told through an oral account. Secondly, novels are meant to be fictional in form, differentiating them from myths, which are said to have their basis in reality or theology. Although some modern scholars argue differently, there is no truly established guideline for length, point-of-view, or even establishment of a moral or philosophical point in novels. Sources : http://www.wisegeek.com Date accessed : 5th July 2010 : http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novel Date accessed : 5th July...
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...| Product Analysis: Monster Energy Drink | Bill ClymerWednesday August 14, 2013Written by: Maira Khalid | PART A Situation Analysis Monster Beverage Corporation The Hansen Beverage company (recently changing their name to Monster Beverage Corporation on January 5th of 2012), was a family owned and operated company in the 1930’s, selling freshly squeezed juices to local film studios. In the 1970’s, one of the Hansen brothers decided to transition their beverage business into marketing ‘natural sodas’. This was the upturn of the company that led them to where they are today. Today, Monster Beverage Corp. has transformed into the largest energy drink company in Canada with sales of more than $ 2.1 billion in 2012. Monster beverages have always been, and still claim to be free of preservatives, caffeine, sodium, artificial flavours and colours. Although many people believe that all energy drinks contain high levels of caffeine and are not healthy, the company’s mission statement which has not changed since Jan 5th, 2012 when the company changed its name, states otherwise. The Mission Statement The mission of Monster Beverage Corp. is to satisfy consumers' needs for superior quality and great tasting, healthy, natural and functional beverages. Our beverages will be positioned as an upscale brand and will often be marketed at a premium to competitive mainstream products. This mission statement provides Monster Beverage Corp. with the information needed for...
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...HOW TO BEAT THE DEALER IN ANY CASINO How To Beat The Dealer At Any Casino The Proven System ISBN NUMBER1-884350-84-4 © COPYRIGHT 2002,2003 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright American Publishing Corporation. All Rights Reserved. This instructional Manual is a copyrighted property of American Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved under the laws of the United States and provisions of the PanAmerican and International Copyright Conventions. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical — including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or hereafter invented — without express written permission from the publisher. This report is for information purposes only and is not intended as an offer to sell nor a solicitation to buy securities. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered, but it is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering legal, accounting or other professional service. If legal advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional person should be sought. The publisher does not guarantee or warrant that readers who use the information provided in this report will achieve results similar to those discussed. Printed in the United States of America 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN NUMBER1-884350-84-4 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$...
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...A User’s Guide to Administrative Decision Making Delivering good decisions A User’s Guide to Administrative Decision Making 1 2 A User’s Guide to Administrative Decision Making A User’s Guide to Administrative Decision Making WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF The Guide? ARE YOU AN ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION MAKER? This is a guide to the issues that administrative decision makers need to consider when making decisions. Its goal is to help decision makers make better decisions that have proper regard to people’s rights and interests and are less likely to be challenged in a court or tribunal. This guide should be used in combination with detailed training in administrative law. Common examples of administrative decision makers are ministers, officers working within government departments or local councils, and people authorised to make decisions on behalf of those ministers or officers. WHAT IS ADMINISTRATIVE LAW? Administrative law is a set of principles contained in both court decisions and legislation. It sets out how administrative decision makers must make decisions and provides affected people with a way to challenge those decisions. Administrative decisions are usually made under legislation and are directed towards a particular person (or organisation). They are different from contractual and commercial decisions and policy and political decisions. Examples of administrative decisions include: ●● ●● Issuing a licence to...
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...First Interview vs. Second Interview | | | First interview and second interviews differ in major aspects. First interviews are normally carried out by a human resources officer, whose intention is to check out your academic background, skills set and work experience against the info on your resume. There is greater flexibility in the format of second interviews, which may involve a one-on-one meeting (probably with your potential immediate supervisor), panel or group interviews, or a series of interviews. The second interview is out to probe two key areas: 1. Your competency for the position 2. How you will fit in with the company and the staffFor more handy tips for the job hunt, grab your copy of JobStreet Classifinder, out every Sunday with the Philippine Star. | 1. Take along interview essentials, such as pen and paper and your portfolio, which should include copies of your resume, transcript of records, work samples and a list of references. 2. Get a good night sleep on the interview’s eve so you’re fresh and alert on D-day. Eat a good breakfast and take along a small snack to keep you going throughout what might be a long day. 3. Don’t forget the cardinal rules of any interview: Arrive on time, wear proper business attire, and maintain eye contact with the interviewer. And don’t forget to smile! 4. Prep even more for the second interview, which may involve more people (including group or panel interviews), more tricky and in-depth questions...
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...raids deep into the Roman provinces. Despite the danger of wars on two fronts, the Roman empire was able to manage well enough from the 160s until 235, when the decline became precipitous, and brought with it radical economic, cultural and religious changes. This chapter, therefore, will look at the empire in its relatively golden period, from the first century until the death of Alexander Severus, the last of the Severi, in 235. The classes This was a stratified, hierarchical society in all ways. In civic status the top of the pyramid was the emperor, followed by Roman provincial governors, senators and other officials, then by the local gentry, and next by the rank and file of Roman citizens. Of all the free men in the empire, only about a third ranked as Roman citizens. Right behind the Romans were the Hellenes (in the Greek-speaking eastern provinces the Hellenes were enrolled as such in the municipal census), then came Judaeans, and finally the other barbarians. So in Alexandria an “Egyptian” had fewer privileges than Judaeans and Hellenes, and far fewer than Romans. This hierarchy was illustrated, as we have seen in Chapter Five, by the difficulties Pliny encountered in promoting his Egyptian physician to the “Roman” rank.1 A significant change in the hierarchies occurred in 212, when the emperor Caracalla conferred Roman citizenship on all free men in the...
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...Rules 2003 OrignalTurtles.org T able of Contents Volatility Adjusted Position Units Examples F O R E W O RD 14 14 Free Rules? Are you kidding? 1 The Importance of Position Sizing 15 The Origin of the Free Rules Project 1 Units as a measure of Risk 16 The Ugly Truth about the System Sellers 2 Adjusting Trading Size 17 Rules You Won’t Follow Don’t Matter 3 The Genesis of the Project 3 C H A P TE R F O U R Entries Breakouts The Turtle Experiment C H A P TE R 5 18 Adding Units 19 Consistency I N T R OD U CT I ON 18 20 O N E A Complete Trading System 7 C H A P TE R The Components of a Complete System 8 Stops 21 Markets – What to buy or sell 8 Turtle Stops 21 Position Sizing – How much to buy or sell 8 Stop Placement 22 Entries – When to buy or sell Alternate Stop Strategy – The Whipsaw 23 Benefits of the Turtle System Stops 24 8 Stops – When to get out of a losing position9 F I VE Exits – When to get out of a winning position 9 C H A P TE R Tactics – How to buy or sell 9 Exits 25 Summary 9 Turtle Exits 26 These are Difficult Exits 26 C H A P TE R S I X T W O Markets: What the Turtles Traded 10 C H A P TE R S E VE N Tactics C H A P TE R Entering Orders T H R E E 27 27 Position Sizing 12 Fast Markets 28 Volatility – The Meaning...
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...AN ANALYTICAL STUDY ON EFFICACY OF ALGORITHM FOR BOTH TRADING AND INVESTING AN ANALYTICAL STUDY ON EFFICACY OF ALGORITHM FOR BOTH TRADING AND INVESTING ABSTRACT INDEX AIM OF STUDY PURPOSE * The main agenda of this study is to test the basic oscillators like RSI and OBV is to identify the behavior of these early indicators in various types of market. The agenda of using moving average lag indicators like Bollinger band is to check how well these bands work in giving out trade signals. * The study aims to find out using Bloomberg terminal that whether combination of studies and Risk management help to enhance the performance of the indicators and do they really help to make a more profitable decision. * This study also intends to use some basic fundamental indicators to identify whether they can be used as tool to invest in securities and how well they are able to perform as compared to a benchmark index. The aim is to use a matrix of indicators, so that it can be also assessed whether combination of basic indicators are good enough to make portfolio creation judgment that can lead to market beating portfolio or not. * All the testing has been done using the Bloomberg terminal. LIMITATIONS * There are many lead, hybrid and lag indicators available in the market however not every single one can be tested. * The testing only targets the NSE that is typically Indian market, hence the results may be non-inferential for international markets...
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...plays a far greater role than IQ in determining leaders’ effectiveness, and thus their organizations’ success. To increase your emotional intelligence, start by understanding the skills that define it. Then learn how to flexibly interchange those skills to meet the needs of shifting circumstances. Finally, use mood contagion (a powerful neurological process) to create positive chemical connections between your and your followers’ brains. COPYRIGHT © 2008 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Featuring the work of Daniel Goleman, this HBR Article Collection shows you how to foster and spread the positive emotions that drive quantifiable business results in your firm. The Articles 3 Article Summary 4 What Makes a Leader? by Daniel Goleman Emotional intelligence comprises five self-management and relationship skills. Selfmanagement skills include 1) self-awareness—knowing your strengths, weaknesses, and emotions and their...
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...Part 1: Defining Marketing and the Marketing Process (Chapters 1–2) Part 2: Understanding the Marketplace and Consumers (Chapters 3–6) Part 3: Designing a Customer-Driven Strategy and Mix (Chapters 7–17) Part 4: Extending Marketing (Chapters 18–20) 4 Marketing Information to Gain Managing Customer Insights Chapter Preview In this chapter, we continue our exploration of how marketers gain insights into consumers and the marketplace. We look at how companies develop and manage information about important marketplace elements: customers, competitors, products, and marketing programs. To succeed in today’s marketplace, companies must know how to turn mountains of marketing information into fresh customer insights that will help them deliver greater value to customers. Let’s start with a good story about marketing research and customer insights in action at P&G, one of the world’s largest and most re- spected marketing companies. P&G makes and markets a who’s who list of consumer megabrands, including the likes of Tide, Crest, Bounty, Charmin, Puffs, Pampers, Pringles, Gillette, Dawn, Ivory, Febreze, Swiffer, Olay, Cover Girl, Pantene, Scope, NyQuil, Duracell, and dozens more. The company’s stated purpose is to provide products that “improve the lives of the world’s consumers.” P&G’s brands really do create value for consumers by solving their problems. But to build meaningful relationships with customers, you first have to understand them and how...
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...fourth EDItION fourth EDItION This clear, learner-friendly text helps today’s students bridge the gap between Its comprehensiveness allows instructors to tailor the material to their individual teaching styles, resulting in an exceptionally versatile text. Highlights of the Fourth Edition: Additional readings and essays in a new Appendix as well as in Chapters 7 and 8 nearly double the number of readings available for critical analysis and classroom discussion. An online chapter, available on the instructor portion of the book’s Web site, addresses critical reading, a vital skill for success in college and beyond. Visit www.mhhe.com/bassham4e for a wealth of additional student and instructor resources. Bassham I Irwin Nardone I Wallace New and updated exercises and examples throughout the text allow students to practice and apply what they learn. MD DALIM #1062017 12/13/09 CYAN MAG YELO BLK Chapter 12 features an expanded and reorganized discussion of evaluating Internet sources. Critical Thinking thinking, using real-world examples and a proven step-by-step approach. A student ' s Introduction A student's Introduction everyday culture and critical thinking. It covers all the basics of critical Critical Thinking Ba ssha m I Irwin I Nardone I Wall ace CRITICAL THINKING A STUDENT’S INTRODUCTION FOURTH EDITION Gregory Bassham William Irwin Henry Nardone James M. Wallace King’s College TM bas07437_fm_i-xvi.indd i 11/24/09 9:53:56 AM TM Published by McGraw-Hill...
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