...The Center Tear is a classic utility device in mentalism. Learning it is simple, and once you have learnt it you’ll have an impromptu method to gain a spectators thoughts, needing nothing more to hand than a pen and paper! Some people think that the center tear (and billet work in general) is somewhat antiquated and old fashioned, but I can assure you that with the right handling, you can create extremely powerful mind reading effects. Mentalism godfather Tony Corinda says of the center tear in his iconic book, 13 Steps to Mentalism: “The center tear is perhaps my most celebrated method of all those used in the art of mentalism.” So, lets get on with learning how to do a center tear. Though first, a quick word of warning. There are literally dozens of methods and presentations based on the center tear. I use the one that makes most sense to me – it’s loosely based on one used by Corinda. How to do a center tear You will need: - One small piece of paper (around 4×4 inches) – not see through or too thick. - One pencil (or pen) - One spectator with a mind worth reading (rare) - One ashtray (not essential) 1. Take the square of paper and explain you want them to write the name of someone close to them, that you do not know. 2. Draw a line just below the center middle of the paper, just so they know where to write. Do this casually and as you explain step 1. 3. As they write, look away. Explain that when they are done, you want them to fold the paper in...
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...Maya Angelou continues to use various context clues throughout “Champion of The World” to show the importance of the exciting event about to occur. The fight that was about to take place was a huge deal to the black race. Back in this time period, the world had never seen a colored person win against a white man to become the champion of the world. With that being said, the fight wasn’t just about winning to them. It was also about the slavery laws and the fear that more black men and women would be raped or hung. If Joe Louis, the colored man about to take place in the boxing match, won then it would be more peace for the black race. Angelou explains this to the readers by saying, “This might be the end of the world. If Joe lost we were back in slavery and beyond help.” When reading this short story, you can easily see things from the author’s point of view when she gives plenty of examples of the suspense at the grocery store where everyone had gathered to listen to the fight through the radio. The very first sentence is a great example to show the eagerness of the crowd by saying, “The last inch of space was filled, yet people continued to wedge themselves along the walls of the Store.” This shows the readers how important it truly was to them. There is more anticipation leading up to the end of the fight and the crowd listening can’t determine the winner until Joe himself speaks into the microphone at the end of the fight. Angelou does an excellent job explaining the winner...
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...Josie Gates Local Transportation: There are private buses and taxis that are used to get around the city. Taxis are available 24 hours but they are a little more expensive than taking the bus. Please be aware that after 23:00 there will be an extra 20 per cent surcharge. Drivers do not expect to be tipped and most don’t speak English. Car hire is also available. The roads are generally in excellent condition, with a good highway network connecting all the major cities. In Taipei there is a MRT network consisting of a monorail train and underground metro serving all of the Taipei and its suburbs. The MRT runs from 6:00 to midnight every day, and has stations near all the city’s main tourist attractions. Living Arrangements: We will be staying at our resort. Everyone will have their own room and if more space is needed for family please let one of us know immediately. The tap water is unsafe so please only drink bottled water and be aware when bathing. The urban environment is often crowded and chaotic. The electricity is 110V. Sockets are American type, normally not grounded. Modern appliances such as cell phones and laptops normally are 220/110 V a simple adapter, that can be bought everywhere, will be needed. Currency: Taiwan’s currency is the new Taiwan dollar (TWD). There are 100 cents in one dollar. Notes come in denominations of TWD2,000, 1,000, 500, 200, and 100. Coins come in denominations of TWD50, 20, 10, 5, and 1. Foreign currency can be exchanged...
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...Dear Reader, Below you will find my intellectual journey as I have undergone a critical reflection on various forms of interpretations of children’s literature. This paper is essentially an academic endeavor, but it does differ from an academic essay in that the conclusion is reached in the same way an insight is formed: by starting out with an idea, thesis, antithesis and finally sublation. The resolution is an epiphany of sorts that, like a quest, comes only at the end, after having undergone various trials. I would like to think that this piece of writing exhibits the point I wish to instill: the necessity of imaginative freedom in myth. Let Absurdity Reign Erich Fromm interprets the story of Little Red Riding Hood as the “expression of a deep antagonism against men and sex” (TFL 241). Men (who are represented by the wolf) are seen as “ruthless and cunning animals, who turn the sexual act into a cannibalistic ritual” (CFT 7). A man is a heartless animal driven by the two most primary animal faculties: lust and hunger. Susan Brownmiller contrasts this position with her interpretation of the same tale as a “cultural story that holds the gender bottom line by perpetuating the notion that women are at once victims of male violence even as they must position themselves as beneficiaries of male protection”(CFT 8). Thus, according to Fromm, it is the wolf himself that symbolizes men, whilst for Brownmiller the story itself perpetuates a message of gender prejudice and stereotyping...
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...Task 3B Planning a novel Detective novel Summary Slave of B is a detective novel that takes place in New York. We get to know the detective team and get even closer up on the criminal detective Wold and his new assistant Anthony Grey. In the first pages we experience the secound murder in a serie of five. The book also follows the murders mentality in cursiv, and we soon discover that he is not the person he seems to be. He, we don`t get to know his name before the last chapter - is being controlled by a man that goes throught the half book by the nickname B. You just might think that these two guys are composed, cold-blooded murderers, but as you turn the pages you will know that it is mutch more to it. Both of them have more than one reason for their actions. In each murder, B need to find a number that is tatooed some place on the victims bodys. But what does he need this numbers for, and why do these people have a tatooed code on them? The code is the most important clue in the book, and B is the only one that knows what it`s for. Just maybe the victims aren`t so innocent like they seem? And what happends to Wold when someone close to him becomes involved? Time is a considerably fact between life and death of more than the victims, and has to be followed like a shoe on a foot. In the middle of the book we reach the top of tension as the slave of B is about to do a big mistake and almost gets...
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...------------------------------------------------- List of kennings From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A kenning (Old Norse kenning [cʰɛnːiŋɡ], Modern Icelandic [cʰɛnːiŋk]) is a circumlocution used instead of an ordinary nounin Old Norse, Old English and later Icelandic poetry. This list is not intended to be comprehensive. Kennings for a particular character are listed in that character's article. For example, the Odin article links to a list of names of Odin, which include kennings. Only a few examples of Odin's kennings are given here. For a scholarly list of kennings see Meissner's Die Kenningar der Skalden (1921) or a good edition of Snorri Sturluson's Skáldskaparmál ------------------------------------------------- Source language abbreviations[edit] * OE - Old English * D - Danish | * G - Germanic * Ic - Old Icelandic * N - Norse * ON - Old Norse | * Nor - Norwegian * S - Swedish | ------------------------------------------------- List of Kennings[edit] Primary Meaning | Kenning Translated | Original Kenning | Explanation | Source Language | Example | axe | blood-ember | | | N | | battle | spear-din | | | N | Snorri SturlusonSkaldskaparmal | blood | slaughter-dew | | | N | | blood | battle-sweat | | One reference for this kenning comes from the epic poem, Beowulf. As Beowulf is in fierce combat withGrendel's Mother, he makes mention of shedding much battle-sweat. | N | Beowulf | blood | wound-sea | svarraði sárgymir |...
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...7 Things you should know about THE READY SET Scenario home. The food in the freezer in rotting, The wold as we know it today is powered we cant charge our cellphones or by electricity. How many devices you own computers, and we don't have internet or at home that need to be plugged in or cable. One of my friends lend me their charged that help you throughout your extra Ready Set, that charges with solar daily live? In my house I can count more energy, it is pretty small and it provides than 15. Electricity is something vital for us with the energy necessary to plug in our society know a days. Without it we our most valuable items, like phones and wouldn't have communication like we are light. We got to keep track when its used too. Electricity is something that running our of energy and plug in the doesn't come cheap, specially with the solar panel to it for it to continue providing amount of items we own that need it. us with energy. Its portable so it can Because of climate changes and other come with me to my friends home and concerns with fossil fuels, having clean even to help at rural places that have no energy is becoming increasingly popular energy at all. The only problems is that I for our society and its future. Recently in had to buy an AC inverter, to connect my the area I live in, we have had energy other stuff such as my laptop and my problems because of the heavy rains this lamps. season, and there is no electricity in my What it is ? © Copyright 1999-2011...
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...Sea world Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Part A 2.1 The history of Sea World 2.2 Management performance evaluation 2.3 Roles of competing value framework within Sea World 2.3.1 Co-Ordinator 2.3.2 Monitor 2.3.3 Mentor 2.3.4 Facilitator 2.3.5 Innovator 2.3.6 Broker 2.3.7 Producer 2.3.8 Director 3 Part B 3.1 External pressures 3.2 Recommendations to the management of Sea World 4 Conclusion 5 References 1 Introduction The objective of this report is to review the historical development of Sea World from management perspective and to evaluate management’s performance against the competing values framework. Secondly, based on the findings, recommendations will be made to Sea Worlds management to address shortfalls. 2 Part A 2.1 The history of Sea World In 1958, Australian businessman, Keith Williams bought a large tract of land along the Nerang River in Surfers Paradise and established the Water Ski Gardens. Williams’ primary objective of the venture was to attract tourists to Australia from abroad. Due to the expanding tourist numbers, the attraction was moved in 1971 to Split, Main Beach as 'Ski Land Australia'. (Tomar, 2012) SeaWorld took a giant step forward in 1973 when its main competitor, Marine land, was purchased by Williams. The famous aquatic performers were transferred to SeaWorld, strengthening the quality of its employees (A Short History of Sea World on the Gold Coast, 2012). To differentiate...
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...CS25110 Mid Wales University Scenario Analysis Report – Recommendations for University ICT Strategy Written by Findlay Cruden Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Custom Designed Server Room 3 3. Project Management 4 4. Computer Hardware 5 5. Computer Software 6 6. Security 7 7. Naming and Directory Services 8 8. Business Continuity 9 9. On-going Management 10 10. Overall Summary 11 11. Bibliography 12 1. Introduction The main focus of this report is to detail the necessary resources and preparations that would be necessary in order to create and manage the ICT systems for this University. By using information from outside sources, I will make observations as to the various aspects that will be necessary to create and manage our network in an efficient and efficient manner and in a way that allows the ease of use to the various users who will be using the network and its resources. These resources would include both the hardware that would be running and managing the network such as the mail and web servers in addition to the hardware that the users will be interacting with such as the desktop computers, printers amongst others. 2. Custom Designed Server Room As this room would function as the nerve centre for the entirety of our network, stringent security measures should be implemented to protect the room itself as well as the equipment stored within it. As detailed both in a further section of this report a high priority should...
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...Axia College Material Information Security Policy Axia College IT/244 Intro to IT Security Dr. Jimmie Flores April 10, 2011 Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 1 2. Introduction 1 3. Disaster Recovery Plan 1 3.1. Key elements of the Disaster Recovery Plan 1 3.2. Disaster Recovery Test Plan 1 4. Physical Security Policy 1 4.1. Security of the facilities 1 4.1.1. Physical entry controls 1 4.1.2. Security offices, rooms and facilities 1 4.1.3. Isolated delivery and loading areas 2 4.2. Security of the information systems 2 4.2.1. Workplace protection 2 4.2.2. Unused ports and cabling 2 4.2.3. Network/server equipment 2 4.2.4. Equipment maintenance 2 4.2.5. Security of laptops/roaming equipment 2 5. Access Control Policy 2 6. Network Security Policy 3 7. References 3 Executive Summary There are several threats to the security of networks and data. While there is no definite way to prevent all of the incidents that can befall a network, by developing a proactive security plan that will encompass many of the known threats data loss and corruption can be minimized. Sunica obtains different levels of customer information and records large amounts of financial information on their network. The best way to prevent the loss...
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...A Case study of Apple CEO - Steve Jobs. From a tender age he had show a lot of interest in disruptive technology. He went to Homestead high school and briefly attended Reed college before dropping out. He had a background in microcomputer creation. He was of a principled mind as evident by his meticulous planning and creation, a visionary depicted by the constant changes or add ons in his technology. He is also Soft- spoken but detailed oriented. He pionnered the first state of the art microcomputer, brought in a fresh life to listen to music at a touch of a button. He Introduced ipad and iphone revolutionary technology to the wold. He was a leader with cyrstal clear directions and how to achieve them, extremely passionate and fearless when it came to growing and bringing in new technology to the apple company. He pictured and created a user friendly environment that would work conviniently to all the clients at a touch of a button. He was original in whatever he was doing and had an extraordinary ability to push his company and employees to limits without going over the edge. In addition, if he knew you were a potential customer or an existing one, he made you undersatnd why you had to have an apples’products and services. He was the ultimate salesperson. His main aim was to revolutionize the world through his apple products and services. Eventhough he was kicked out of his company his passion grew into creation of an animation company known as pixels which ended...
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...We see that most of our children that get victimized have it happened by ether one of two classed of people,family members make up the largest percent of the people that victimize children. When we think of family we think of just a mother or father ,but in our later years we see the cycle come full circle and just about anyone imaginable has been involved inn some form or fashion with violence to a child.ow we address the topic of ho w we approach the social culture where it will have a lasting and meaning full impact. The easiest solution would be jail to some and long term treatment for others,but the masses need to be taught because most of our entire culture is reliant on deviant behavior hence why we have such a nasty epidemic involving...
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... 14 February 2014 The Astonishing Creature There are tons of astounding creatures in this world. Ones of different size, shape, and color. Yet, the one most humans do not think about is the honeybee. A quick Google search of honey bee defines the insect as, “a stinging winged insect that collects nectar and pollen, produces wax and honey, and lives in large communities. The honeybee was domesticated for its honey and usually lives in hives.” While researching information about the honeybee I realized just how helpful and interesting the insect is. However, they can be a huge burden. My goal in this paper is to state accurate information and inform a reader about the unique creature, the honeybee. Honeybees are important to our wold. Not only are they one of the biggest pollinators, they also provide some people with food and a source of income. They live in large colonies called hives. In those hives there are millions of bees, called worker bees. Worker bees are female honeybees that are not sexually developed. It takes approximately twenty days for an egg to hatch. After the first three days of being birthed the egg turns into larvae. They older and mature worker bees take care of the larvae, feeding it royal jelly, pollen, and honey. Royal jelly is the leakage of the bees that provides the larvae with the nutrients they need. The worker bees tend to larvae and forage for food. They forage for three main types of food: honey, propolis, and nectar. Propolis is a sap...
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...loss can happen. It is important for a business to involve themselves in risk financing due to the fact that it can bail a tremendous financial problem. Investment banker advise their clients on high levels of financial organizations. By selling the company in shares the investment banker makes a profit. The banker purchases the issue from the corporation arranges to resell the issue to investors. Investment banker is important because in the introduction they assist what the public has to offer initially. They also propose and complete strategies for acquiring and merging other companies and managing the selling of a companies stock. Financial management, simply manages finances for businesses. Whomever, is in the field of finances wold be responsible for controlling,...
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...service plan has its pros and cons. If could help those customers that make those large purchases in the course of a year, then again for those who may not be able to make them, it make not be what is best. For those able to take advantage of the large purchase can take take advantage of the great incentives that will help them. For those that cannot they end up with different perks, which could cause them to start looking elsewhere for someone to help out the “little man”. There could be many types of problems Mac Gibson’s could be facing is just the fact of change. Staff and clients alike may hesitate at the thought of change. Another problem make be the likelihood that proficiency may be lost. Purchasing in a large quality wold have a large impact on the way the current service plan is. Currently clients do not have to purchase large amounts of product to get a good deal or incentives. Currently clients can buy and if they want buy more the next day with the same service expectation. The new proposed plan will help the company have more cash or sales meeting their day to day operational cost. The working capital now improves in this situation, the company produces smaller debt days and be able to pay there bills to supplies on time. When purchasing less then the $100,000 worth of product each year client are going to loose the customer service experience they are used to, when they purchase on an as needed basis. References Gerhart, B., Hollenbeck...
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