DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE A Memoir of War‚ Disasters‚ and Survival ANDERSON COOPER To my mom and dad‚ and the spark of recognition that brought them together Contents Introduction 1 Tsunami: Washed Away 9 Iraq: Inkblots of Blood 47 Niger: Night Sweats 83 Katrina: Facing the Storm 121 Photographic Insert Aftermath 165 Epilogue 203 Author’s Note 209 Acknowledgments 211 About the Author Credits Cover Copyright About the Publisher Introduction I WAS TEN WHEN my father
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Comparative Commentary The two texts ‘Daddy‚ what did you do in the war against pollution?’ (text 2a‚ written in 1995) and ‘Stay Cool’ (text 2b‚ also written in 1995) are both dealing with the problem of global warming. While text 2a is an advertisement and text 2b is an excerpt from an editorial in the magazine ‘The Economist’‚ the texts are both for mass communication; the texts are available for everyone. I will analyse these two pieces in terms of content‚ point of view‚ structure and imagery
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The diction‚ tone‚ and structure of Sylvia Plath’s poem “Edge” create disturbingly calm imagery and symbolism that illustrate the peace and perfectness found in the finality of death. The poem opens with diction emphasizing the unsettling imagery that carries throughout the poem. The detached third-party speaker looks on a “dead body” with “bare feet” “perfected” and wearing the “smile of accomplishment” under a white “toga.” This raw‚ pure and positive diction in the presence of suicide creates
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Subject: English Format: Commentary “The Visitor” by Gibbons Ruark Through rich‚ sensory details with flowing‚ enjambed lines‚ “The Visitor” by Gibbons Ruark is an elegant prose poem which elaborates on the sensuality of music through the vivid experiences of the first person narrator instead of the visit of a piano tuner‚ the inferred visitor in the title. Utilizing the narrator’s impressions‚ Ruark portrays the ‘blind’ (l. 1) piano tuner in the first lines as a frail‚ vulnerable‚ dependent
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Guidance for completion of your reflective commentary A reflective approach to your educational and culturalexperience will bring about changes in the way you perceive your academic environment. Further‚ this reflective approach can go on to produce changes in attitudes and awareness which may‚ in turn‚ benefit your personal and professional growth. While a single experience in isolation‚ such as your overseas or homeplacement‚will be insufficient to achieve such growth‚ that experience coupled
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10 Great Companies That Lost Their Edge By RICK NEWMAN August 19‚ 2010 RSS Feed Print * * ------------------------------------------------- Comment (16) * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- * inShare7 Related Articles * Law Schools With the Highest Median LSAT * Start a Business in Business School * Make Money in Social Enterprise With
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ECONOMICS COMMENTARY – 1 Recently‚ demand for Aluminium has increased (data mentioned in article). Demand is the various quantities of a good a consumer is willing and able to buy at different price levels during a particular time period. The supply of Aluminium is steadily increasing‚ but the demand is likely to overtake supply‚ which is the various quantities of a good a producer is willing and able to produce at different price levels during a particular time period. This surge
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The Final Year Project of “Competitive Edge of VITASOY” Coventry University - BABA Table of Content Chapter 1 Abstract…………………………………………………………………….3 Chapter 2 Background…………………………………………………………………….4-5 2.1) Background of VITASOY 2.2) Aim & Mission Chapter 3 Research Objectives Chapter 4 Literature Review Chapter 5 Methodology Chapter 6 Conclusion Chapter 7 Recommendation Chapter 8 Ethical considerations…………………………………………………………...19 Chapter 9 Scope and Limitation……………………………………………………………20
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o Create outline – use line numbers from extract to find your place (color code!) (10 minutes) • Presentation time – 13 – 15 minutes o You talk uninterrupted for 10 – 12 minutes **10 is the magic number for your own uninterrupted commentary o I ask follow-up questions for 2 – 4 minutes Fact Sheet for Part 2 Works Example – The Catcher in the Rye Note: Catcher will NOT be on the IOC; this is just a sample! |Category |Example
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QASMT Yr 10 Pre-IB English Commentary on a Speech A Guide to Preparing Your Draft DRAFTING THE INTRODUCTION Using the information from your planning doc‚ write the introduction. DRAFTING THE BODY Writing a commentary is just the same as writing an essay in many respects. Both commentaries and essays all have: A Subject Statement which usually highlights one of the themes (Ideas) that is explored. Arguments are the ways in which this Subject statement is explored eg through the use
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