Speech to Entertain: A Guide Joann Babin Rationale and Definition If your instructor assigned you to do a speech to entertain‚ you are lucky. Since so many public speaking text book authors declare entertainment as one of the three major goals of a public speech‚ it is a great skill to practice. It is hard to deny the value of entertainment. Humor has been used to soothe many difficult situations. At a board meeting in San Francisco where there was a heated debate about closing Golden Gate
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and black roses come from? What are yellow bananas? Sexual Selection Why do peacocks –and many other birds - have such beautiful plumage? A predator can find them easily‚ so why have they evolved that way? A ‘festive’ example (cough): ‘Why do reindeer have antlers?’1 Do Mammals Have Emotions? Do mammals experience fear‚ happiness‚ sadness‚ grief? I hope to address these and other questions during Science. In the meantime‚ here is a collection of books which you may or may not find useful:
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CONTENT Introduction …………………………………………………………………………3 1 Borrowings as a way of upgrading vocabulary 1.1. The notion‚ causes and ways of borrowings………………………….............5 1.2. The types of borrowings……………………………………………………….8 1.3. Classification of borrowings according to the borrowed aspect and degree of assimilation…………………………………………………………………………...12 1.4. The borrowing process as the reflection of cultural contacts …………………...14 2 Analysis of Russian borrowings based on the examples from monolingual dictionaries
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INTRODUCTION “At Build-A-Bear Workshop®‚ our mission is to bring the Teddy Bear to life. An American icon‚ the Teddy Bear brings to mind warm thoughts about our childhood‚ about friendship‚ about trust and comfort‚ and also about love. Build-A-Bear Workshop embodies those thoughts in how we run our business every day.” (Build-A-Bear Workshop - Our Company 2009) Build-A-Bear Workshops was started in 1997 by current CEO Maxine Clark‚ and there are now over four hundred Build-A-Bear Workshop stores
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`ISS 225: POWER‚ AUTHORITY & EXCHANGE Study Guide‚ Final Exam‚ Fall 2012 Unit IV: Courts and Civil Liberties Professor Molloy The final exam will be given in the regular classroom 109 South Kedzie Hall Section 001 will take its final on Monday‚ Dec. 10 from 7:45-9:45 a.m. Section 002 will take its test on Monday‚ Dec. 10 from 12:45 - 2:45 p.m. The classroom is not large enough to accommodate two large sections‚ so you must take the exam when it is scheduled by the university
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Name: __________________________ Date: _____________ APES Mid-Term Possible Exam Questions The exam will consist of 100 questions selected from the 175 questions on this review sheet. ___ 1. Potential locations for wind farms include: A) mountain passes B) islands C) coastal areas D) grasslands E) all of these ___ 2. Landscape ecology: A) is the study of human-designed communities B) examines the influences of human activity on natural ecosystems C) is exclusively concerned with
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Constitutional Law II Professor Peter J. Smith Fall 2011 Outline Introduction Background 1. Originalism v. Non-Originalism a. Originalism i. Characteristics 1. Historical inquiry. 2. Original meaning of Constitution; intent of Framers; application by first Congress is authoritative. ii. Scalia is a big proponent. 3. Liberals‚ e.g.‚ Stevens‚ occasionally employ originalist methods. iii. Criticisms
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Food and Economy Canadian cuisine is best characterized as eclectic rather than consistent in content. Food in Daily Life. The agricultural and ethnic richness of Canada has led to two distinctive characteristics of everyday food consumption. The first is its scale. Canadians are "big eaters‚" with meat portions in particular dominating the Canadian meal. There are generally three regular meals in a given day. Breakfast‚ often large and important in rural areas‚ but less so in urban areas‚ is most
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A Work in Progress: Educational Autobiography of Wendy Suarez University of South Florida “The true joy of life is being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one instead of being a selfish little clot of ailments and grievances.” –G. B. Shaw. “For the scholar-practitioner‚ his or her being and becoming are socially constructed through practice. Therefore‚ the leader’s ethical self understandings are not gained through observing facts‚ but in his or her value-laden narrative
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Lesson Plan Unit Jaclyn Ippolito English Methods Professor Cella 5/12/08 “There is another world‚ but it is in this one.” – W.B. Yeats The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Individual Unit Plan Grade/Course: 8th grade ELA class Unit Length: 5 Weeks Educational/Classroom Culture: Small suburban school in Upstate New York Approximately 25 kids per class Mixed ability levels Single‚ 50 minute periods Novel
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