American University of Sharjah Department of Writing Studies WRI 101: Academic Writing Spring 2014 Instructor: C. Horger Meeting Times: Mon/Wed 8:00‚ 9:30‚ 11:00‚ 12:30 E-mail: chorger@aus.edu Meeting Location: Lang 102 and 109 Telephone: 515-2717 Office: Lang. 220 Office Hours: 10:00-12:00 S/T Course Description Academic Writing challenges students to recognize‚ understand‚ and
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Personal Statement I distinctly remember the time I was first introduced to programming. My friend was running a C program on his computer which could‚ based on some yes/no questions guessed the number a person had thought of in his/her mind. This capability of machine mesmerized me. “Can Machines Think?” – This question which was proposed by Alan Turing‚ has significantly advanced the field. Imagine his joy if he’d be able to witness IBM’s Deep Blue beating world champion chess player Gary Kasparov
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Why do you wish to participate in the DSS Leader Ship program? I wish to participate in the DSS Leader Ship program to strengthen my leadership skills‚ to gain knowledge and skills in order to advance to a higher position within DaVita. The skills I will learn will allow me to encourage higher education and advancement in my teammates. In this essay‚ I will describe my interests‚ expectations‚ and goals to participate in this leadership program. First‚ I believe this program is an excellent
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2. Do you agree with Negroponte’s decision to partner with Microsoft? Yes I agree with this decision Negroponte partnerships with companies such as Microsoft‚ which is very trustworthy‚ and reliable name in the computer sector for the operating system and software. Nicholas Negroponte‚ founder and director of the MIT Media Lab‚ introduced the idea for the $ 100 laptop in 2005. The laptop will be directed towards the child in "developing countries." The intent is to help education in those countries
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Ap Stats: 76% of Naperville students have been alcohol free in the last 30 days. Mr. Baird believes that AP stats students are different. Write the hypothesis statements for his belief. Assume a= .1 Some of his students take a random sample of students and comes with a 90% CI of (.80‚ .90) Based on these results‚ what will the results of Mr. Baird’s test be? Explain. H0: p=.76 Ha=p=/=.76 Your answer should include: Reference that a 90% Confidence interval corresponds to a 2 sided test
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image‚ gives higher expectation on girls‚ and contributes to lower one’s self-esteem. First‚ Barbie dolls have an unrealistic physical appearance that creates psychological damages to everyone‚ especially on girls. All of the dolls sold in the market do not have cellulites‚ hanging flabby arms‚ or bulging belly‚ but Barbie have the most remarkable and unimaginable body proportion of them all. Anschutz stated that girls specifically in Western part of the world who owns an
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the story of a shipowner whose ship sank and drowned all aboard. Clifford things the shipowner is guilty of their deaths even though he sincerely and in all good conscience believed the ship was sea- worth. What do you think? Do you agree with Clifford? Why or why not? Answer: I think that Clifford is absolutely correct in the scenarios that he provided. Quickly‚ Clifford made it clear that the shipowner was fully aware that his ship had not been built well‚ and because of this the ship had needed
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1.0 What do you think caused Deborah to react in such manner towards Melinda? Do you think these reactions are justified? Usually in every organization‚ there are myriads of ways how people resist change. People often show resistance to change in a very rational response based on self-interest‚ fear of unknown‚ fear of failure‚ personal conflicts‚ cultural values and assumption‚ politics etc. Therefore‚ it can be established that there are innumerable reasons people resist change and many of them
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Do you think advertising to children should be banned? Why or why not? It is an established fact that companies might benefit from right understanding of the children’s role in purchasing process. It is considered to be the case adults are loyal to those brands which they are used to enjoy in their childhood. Moreover‚ getting elder‚ children may influence their parents quite deeply. Parents tend to work more and earn more to make up the deficiency of the time to spend with their children by making
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Song-hui Yang (2009012940) Prof. Dr Christelle Davis Advanced English Composition 15 April 2013 What Do You Think of Korean English Education? Since the development of transportation and communication made the whole world a global village‚ English has become a compulsory subject. Most countries focus on English education to maintain friendly relations between the other countries. Again Korea also has focused on English education. In Korea ministry of education there are some of the goals
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