...Robert B. Johnson EDU 210 August 17, 2013 <Instructor> Knowing where you come from. Marcus Garvey once said a people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. If education is that tree, constantly growing and sprouting leaves, then we must know our roots so we can keep this tree strong. Education has come so far over the course of time, and though constantly evolving, has seen many adversities. Overcoming segregation, culture diversity, and the struggle to implement programs that create equality, shows the desire to build a better future. However, have we truly learned from our problems of the past or are we headed to a state of regression? It’s no secret that our nation is built on a dark history of slavery and segregation. However, the second the first slave owner taught his slaves English to better communication and increase productivity, he also inspired the desire to learn and sparked a flame of change. Though this change was on the rise the need for segregation was still enforced. In 1892 Homer Plessy a Creole man who could easily pass for white, sat in a white’s only car of the east Louisiana Railroad and proclaimed his was African American. Plessy was arrested for his actions, and in 1896 his case was made that the law which stated separation as long as equal was unjust and went against the 13th and 14th amendment. Unknown at the time his arrest would pave the way for a major educational change (Womer...
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...“Where are you from?” – Perhaps one of the most common questions I have ever been asked, and yet, a question that continuously stumps me. For most people, a one-word answer is sufficient, but for me, can a short, concise response truly capture my journey in life so far? In all reality, I consider myself a part of numerous places and nations, and so choosing one seems like a betrayal to the others and a discredit to the multifaceted nature of who I am. Another question that arises from this is how one defines the feeling of comfort when one feels at “home”. I consider myself lucky, as in (not needed) my entire life I have felt at home in several extremely different places. Provided that I am originally of Palestinian descent and identify...
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...The piece from the first half of the semester, that I believe should be cut from the course in the future, is “The Story of an Hour.” “The Story of an Hour” to me was completely boring, and not very teachable. It also was not a very memorable story; while I was easily remembered all other stories when trying to determine which story should be removed, I completely forgot about this one. I don’t believe it is very teachable because there isn’t very much to say about what happens. The piece from the second half of the semester, that I believe should be cut from the course in the future is, “Saboteur.” Ha Jin’s Saboteur is well written, but it was unable to grab my attention. Maybe it is because it was assigned for the end of the semester, which is a very hard time to focus, but nonetheless, it was not interesting. The ending frustrated me and was quite disappointing. I feel as though we could have read something better that tied in with the general theme we had going on with the rest of the stories....
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...e:Module 1 DQ 2 I look forward to completing my BSN in due time with great motivation and good organizational skills that will enable me to excel in the program as a nurse. My greatest fear is failure. I know with proper planning and good time management, these fears can be overcome. Starting the BSN program was like a joke to me. I had wanted to do it a while ago but was not sure whether I was ready physical and emotionally for it. When my friend told me about the program, she had started in November 2013 at GCU that is not as bad as I think. I became very interested right away in the program. Here I am working towards the BSN. In my final year in the ADN program, I was scared to death. That if anything go wrong and I don't graduate what I will do. With these fear in my head, I Had to rearrange everything around me. My busy Family, work schedules and personal activities to be able to accommodate my success. I had to come out of my beautiful shell now by asking questions in class, and also realize that my professor and I make a team. They are there to help me succeed in the program. I did engaged myself in discussions sessions with my peer groups, meet with my instructors one on one after lectures regarding topics that were not cleared to me and assignments. They were very helpful in all areas, like how to study for exams, websites for nxclex practice questions, and how to use rationales to study for exams. They saw that I was ready to learn and don't want to fail...
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...access. The president has asked you for your recommendations on how to make the upgrades while keeping the up-front costs to a minimum. The president wants to allow employees remote access to the network. Upgrading a NOS (Network Operating System) can be a vital piece of software to incorporate in any NOS. There will be a dramatic change to the server as well as how the NOS will function for users, and let us not forget the potential risks for users accessing the servers over the Internet. Using Windows 2003, and Windows 2008 network operating system can be implemented simply because, if any clarity and/or assistance for help is needed while making changes, calling a Microsoft technician for support is always available. The recommendation previously used a star topology with a collapsed backbone. Further research has concluded that using a serial backbone network will accommodate the upgrades that the Ocper Inc’s president wants to implement. Networking the new serial backbone in a daisy-chain fashion will allow for the many different devices to interconnect and function on the server. Quite often, “Hubs and switches are often connected in a daisy-chain to extend a network” (Dean, 2012). A serial backbone can be easily incorporated which will allow for upgrades now and in the future as the company grows. A serial backbone will allow for upgrades, new users, and support for additional hubs, and routers. In the case of adding additional hubs, you can add a hub to the current hub...
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...-----------Essay l0lz get it? (mehican gangster) Your use of language sends out lots of little messages, not only just about your level of education and where you come from, but how you would like to be perceived. The use of language one uses sends out messages of how the speaker wants to be perceived by others or to the speaker him/herself. People can rapidly change their language depending on situation and context, in the public eye one will choose their language to create an identity or sell a point of view toward how they would like to be perceived. Language can be a determiner of your level of education or a locational marker but these ‘common traits’ are usually quite generalized and will change depending whether an individual is trying to achieve an overt or covert prestige within a group or greater public. Many Australians who have come from overseas speak in an ethnolect; the variety of English these people speak that promotes maintaining or increasing social distance and stresses common bonds, experiences and knowledge between the speakers. It is a way for these migrants to keep their accent and embrace their culture because this is how they would like to be perceived by their cultural groups and how the migrant themself wants to be perceived. A good example of this is the ethnolect variety “wogspeak” (term coined by Jane Warren) which is spoken mainly by ethnic groups of Lebanese and European. Jane Warren states that “Language plays an essential role in the...
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...company can have, it's a great addition to your skillset to know a little bit about SQL (pronounced “sequel”). SQL stands for Structure Query Language and is the standard language that is used to access and manipulate data and databases. With SQL you can execute commands known as “queries” that will either retrieve data, insert data, update data, or delete data. You can also do other administrative things that we’re not going to cover today like add/change tables, set permissions, and more. Why would someone use SQL? Anytime you want to store data, updated it, or retrieve it quickly in reports AND the data is too complicated (due to the amount or type) to manage in Excel, a DBMS can be used to maintain this in a database. SQL is the language you use to manage the data in the database. Examples of programs that use SQL would be Microsoft Access, SQL Server also by Microsoft, or MySQL which is a open source DBMS but there are many others) Background on the Structure of a Database and Tables A database most often contains one or more “tables”. Each table is identified by a name (e.g. "Customers" or "Orders"). Tables contain “records” (rows) with data. In this lab we will use a sample company database. Below is a selection from the "Customers" table: CustomerID | CustomerName | ContactName | Address | City | PostalCode | Country | 1 | Alfreds Futterkiste | Maria Anders | Obere Str. 57 | Berlin | 12209 | Germany | 2 | Ana Trujillo Emparedados y helados | Ana Trujillo...
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...Video provides a powerful way to help you prove your point. When you click Online Video, you can paste in the embed code for the video you want to add. You can also type a keyword to search online for the video that best fits your document. To make your document look professionally produced, Word provides header, footer, cover page, and text box designs that complement each other. For example, you can add a matching cover page, header, and sidebar. Click Insert and then choose the elements you want from the different galleries. Themes and styles also help keep your document coordinated. When you click Design and choose a new Theme, the pictures, charts, and SmartArt graphics change to match your new theme. When you apply styles, your headings change to match the new theme. Save time in Word with new buttons that show up where you need them. To change the way a picture fits in your document, click it and a button for layout options appears next to it. When you work on a table, click where you want to add a row or a column, and then click the plus sign. Reading is easier, too, in the new Reading view. You can collapse parts of the document and focus on the text you want. If you need to stop reading before you reach the end, Word remembers where you left off - even on another device. Video provides a powerful way to help you prove your point. When you click Online Video, you can paste in the embed code for the video you want to add. You can also type a keyword to search online for...
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...into our bodies is our choice. However, have you ever stopped to think about where the food you buy at the local supermarket comes from? When we think we are eating healthy are we really making the right choices? What about where does the food from the supermarket comes from? How did it get to the supermarket before it made its way into your shopping cart? These are all questions we want to think about when we make food choices. Not only do we want to make right choices but we also want our choices to have a positive outcome on our community. Supermarkets are usually stocked via grocery suppliers or grocery wholesalers. One of my local chain supermarkets, Shaw’s, has different vendors that they use. Their website does not list the different vendors but it has access to their policies and how they choose their vendors. A Consumers International report from July 2012 says that supermarkets buy from suppliers and then sell to consumers. Supermarkets have both retailer and buyer power which means they have influence on both suppliers and consumers. “The more supermarkets buy, the better terms they get. The better terms they get, the more they sell.” (Nicholson, C. & Young, B., 2012). If I were to purchase all the items for my meal, chicken, lemon, rice, mushrooms, greens, almonds, wheat roll, butter, milk, and apple crisp, from Shaw’s Supermarket I would not know where any of my items were being sourced from. I would not know how long the chicken’s been...
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...Think how exciting it would be to discover a book that told all about the family of your great-great-grandmother or grandfather, or anyone else in your family line. This book is a chance for you to make such a discovery possible for your descendants. Fill it in, add pages of your own, and then pass it on to your children. They’ll probably put it in a box and then, in 100 years or so, a great-great-grandchild will rediscover the book to his or her great delight. Use these paragraphs to write an introduction for the book, or delete them if you want. Think how exciting it would be to discover a book that told all about the family of your great-great-grandmother or grandfather, or anyone else in your family line. This book is a chance for you to make such a discovery possible for your descendants. Fill it in, add pages of your own, and then pass it on to your children. They’ll probably put it in a box and then, in 100 years or so, a great-great-grandchild will rediscover the book to his or her great delight. Use these paragraphs to write an introduction for the book, or delete them if you want. book book family family my my Contents Introduction (message from the author) Page 0 about my family Family Tree Page 0 Family Story Page 0 Father’s Story Page 0 Mother’s Story Page 0 My Parents’ Courtship and Marriage Page 0 My Brothers and Sisters Page 0 Medical History Page 0 Family Traditions Page 0 Military Service Page 0 Heirlooms Page 0 special events:...
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...is my grandmother. He is my neighbour. He is my classmate. He is my colleague. DAY 2 How are you? How is life? How are things? How is your married life? Fine. I am fine. Pretty well. Fantastic. Fit as a fiddle. I am fine. What about you? Fine. How about you? I am fine and you? How is your father? How is your mother? How is your brother? How is your sister? He is fine. Oh, well. He is doing fine. How is everybody? How is everybody at home? Everybody is fine. All are fine. DAY 3 May I know your name? Your name please? Your good name please? What's your name? I am Mary. I am Miss. Catherine. I am Mrs. Obama. What are you? What do you do? Where do you work? Where are you working? I am working in Google. I am working as a Advertising Agent. What is your father? What is he? Where does he work? He is working in MSN – USA. He is working as a software engineer in WIPRO. He is a software engineer in WIPRO. DAY 4 Where do you live? Where are you living? Where is your residence? I live in London. I am living in London. I am residing at London. Where are you from? Where do you come from? Which is your native town? You belong to which place? I am from Chicago. I come from Chicago. My native town is Chicago. I belong to Chicago. Where does he live? Where do they live? He lives at Paris in France. They live in at Paris in France. DAY 5 What is your...
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...1. ECPI is an accredited institution. Who is the accrediting body, and what does this mean for you as a student? Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, It means that our diplomas are real and can be used in the real world 2. What 4 academic programs or courses of study does ECPI offer? Technology, Business & Criminal Justice, Health Science, and Culinary Arts 3. Who are the department heads for each program (for days and nights it’s the same Dept. Heads - a total of 4 persons)? Computer & Information Science – Dr. Mark Pardue Computer Electronics Technology – Dr. Wael Ibrahim Arts & Sciences – Gerry White Criminal Justice – Stuart Innes Business – Larry Brett Graduate Program Director – Dr. Gregory Patrick Student Assistance Coordinator – Nadine Newhart Academic Support Coordinator – Martha Cerkez Student Records Coordinators – Jennifer Canning and Tia McClenney Veteran’s Benefits – John Nichols Tuition Assistance – Angela Jenkins Library Director – Rebecca Tabakin Continuing Education Director – David Abeshaheen Housing Administrator – Kirk Mangham Director of Admissions – David Preece Director of Student Financial Services – Kathi Turner Director of Career Services – Gina Cassidy 4. Who is the founder of ECPI? Alfred Dreyfus 5. Who is the Director of Academic Affairs? William Salice 6. When was ECPI founded? 1966 7. Who is the Night Manager Monday through Thursday evenings, and who are the managers...
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...Talk” & Joyce Carol Oates’s short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” are supposed to be the same story, one can only wonder if the same message is actually being presented. Through extensive research on the criticisms of both the story and the film, I have come to the realization that the overall moral & the characters of the story have been changed so much for the film version that at the end it’s questionable at best if the overall message of the story comes across as intended. Beginning with the moral of the story, in an article by Joyce Carol Oates herself entitled "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? & Smooth Talk: Short Story into Film” she discusses how she “deferred in the end to Joyce Chopra's [The Film’s Director] decision to reverse the story's conclusion… [in which] the film ends not with death, not with a sleepwalker's crossing over to her fate, but upon a scene of reconciliation, rejuvenation” (Oates, “Where” para 10). Yet, as this deferral might seem slight, in actuality it changes the whole tone of the story, as critic John Simon put it, “[this] disgraceful ending… turns allegory, Gothic horror, and tragedy into soap opera” (Simon, “Lowering” para 1). Yet, besides the ending Joyce Carol Oates did approve of the film, in the same article she also stated, that “Laura Dern is so dazzlingly right as "my" Connie that I may come to think I modeled the fictitious girl on her” (Oates, “Where” para 9). Before I go on I would briefly like...
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...You and I both know why you’re here. You’re fed up on eBooks that simply don’t work no matter how many hours you put in, no matter how much you invest, you just can’t earn a penny. Well, that’s all about to change! Quickshot Revenue is an eBook which will guarantee that you earn. Unlike the majority of other eBooks, this eBook doesn’t have your common methods that you’ve tried and tested several times in the past. This eBook will offer you a fresh concept on how to make money online, a concept I’m sure you’re going to love and I’m certain you’re going to earn money with. Quickshot Revenue is based around articles, but worry not, it’s NOT about writing them. The methods are things like finding pre-written articles, spinning them to make them unique and then uploading them to sites where you can paid straight up cash for your articles. Also, for those who want to invest and make money even quicker, the eBook will entail how you can purchase unique, pre-written content and submit them for HUGE profit margins. I’m sure you’re eager to get cracking, so let’s get onto the method! Spinning Articles What we’re going to be doing with this method is either spinning articles, or purchasing articles for $1-$2 and submitting them to various sites. Now, before we dive into these methods, I’d like to point out that we will NOT be writing any articles whatsoever, nor will we be submitting them to sites like Hub Pages and bubblews. Now, there are two ways to obtain unique articles, spinning...
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...Connie from “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” is odd from the people around her. She is the beautiful and pretty one in her family and she believes that she is atop her mother and her sister because of her beauty. In the book, she is so overflowing with some awkward teenage habits that are commonly seen in teenage girls and she does this when she is around her friends and boys. These habits involve nervous giggling and always constantly looking in the mirror. She also wants to live in her dream world where she listens to music all day and lives with her prince charming. Connie’s confrontation with death comes in the form of the stranger, Arnold Friend. He symbolizes death in that he comes to take Connie away from her home and the world that she once knew. Although she didn’t actually die, she dies in spirit and would never be the same person again. Connie’s longing for independence has a bad result when Arnold Friend comes along and takes her out forcefully of her...
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