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    difficult to decide what is important enough to view‚ and what isn’t. That job falls into the hands of news sources whose purpose is to gain as much attention as possible. Today the headlining story is the most dramatic story‚ not the most important. Stories beyond the scope of the United States and its interests are unlikely to garner the attention they deserve. The film Nightcrawler captures this idea best “to capture the spirit of what we air‚ is think of our news cast as a screaming woman running

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    because it is now impossible for her to visualize the world presented within the book. It is also impossible for her to focus on a book because of the short attention span she has developed‚ and reading books just takes too much time for her. Television presents the world to her‚ a different world every thirty minutes‚ which holds her attention. This now leaves her no mental work to do‚ except to decide which channel she would like to watch. Because watching television requires no mental work‚ the

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    The Sloth: Paying Attention to Detail Theodore Roethke‚ a twentieth century American poet‚ was a pioneer of poetry by varying his use of form and focus of attention in his writings. Due to intricate childhood history‚ including his father passing away and uncle committing suicide‚ his creative life was affected. Furthermore‚ shaping the way he writes from a young age. In “The Sloth”‚ Roethke insinuates that humans can be lethargic and tiresome through his use of figurative language‚ traditional

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    Date Examples of Good Self-discipline Areas for Improvement Examples of Progression Set backs Sample Diary Entry (not to be copied or used as a personal diary entry.) This was my first week of college and I tried to impress my tutor to show him I was serious about doing the course. I did this by dressing appropriately; buying all the equipment I needed‚ getting to college on time and not being distracted easily by others in the class. I really enjoyed this first week and got to know everyone quickly

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    Outline electronic and non-electronic methods of communication Audiences There are a range of factors to consider when identifying the audience for business communication; Age and Attention span Gender and Ethnicity Special Needs and Accessibility Reading Ability Legibility Interest Distraction Avoidance Business/ related Experience Non Electronic Methods of Communication Letters: Memorandums- Reports- Fax Email – Telephone/ Mobiles - Video Conferencing - Intranet – Communicators need to

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    It is interesting to think about how television could possibly affect your attention span. In Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death” (1985)‚ he states a particular fact that “the average length of a shot on network television is 3.5 seconds‚ so that the eye never rests‚ always has something new to see.” This fact alone shows that your attention is constantly shifting and changing focus to see what else is there or what is coming next. With the coming of the internet age‚ written narrative is coming

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    For experiments 1and 2‚ many different tests were conducted in order to investigate the different microbes found on the different types of turkey sampled. To begin‚ our group obtained 5 different forms of turkey that are encountered in everyday life: Inspirations deli turkey from Hannaford supermarkets‚ turkey bacon‚ turkey jerky from Whole Foods‚ Inspirations ground turkey from Hannaford‚ and a raw whole chunk slice of turkey breast form Whole Foods‚ these foods were considered experiment 1. Experiment

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    audience support for your goal prior to the audience members hearing your speech? Justify your answer. Is your work performance judged primarily on tasks you perform versus managing others? This question really should get the attention of the audience because everyone wants to be a boss. 2. Which question and corresponding results provide the most evidence that it might be difficult to achieve the goal for your speech? Justify your answer. Does

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    NCFE LEVEL 3 SUPPORTING TEACHING AND LEARNING IN SCHOOLS Please save the Learners Declaration to your PC‚ add your details‚ and upload with your completed assessments. Assignment 1 – Understanding development and supporting equality‚ diversity and inclusion. QUESTION 1 a. Explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development from birth – 19 years The main areas of development include: physical development‚ social and emotional development‚ intellectual development and language

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    School officials were under the impression that having this technology would further engage their students in learning‚ though what they failed to address is other things it might engage their students in. Teenagers of this age already have short attention spans‚ and when using the internet‚ the moment a student gets bored they can click out and focus on something that suits them more than hundred year old articles about the Declaration of Independence‚ and instead spend hours scrolling though Tumblr

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