Let’s talk dirty. A few years ago‚ oddly enough‚ I needed the bathroom‚ and I found one‚ a public bathroom‚ and I went into the stall‚ life: use instead‚ I and it was‚ where does this stuff go? And with that question‚ I found myself plunged into the world of sanitation -- there’s more coming -- (Laughter) —sanitation‚ toilets and poop‚ and I have yet to emerge. And that’s because it’s such an enraging‚ yet engaging place to be. To go back to that toilet‚ it wasn’t a particularly fancy toilet‚ one
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Close Reading Exercise (Assignment 1) The Artist (2011) Section 1 A) Sound Uses the conventions of the 1920’s silent film era using live orchestral music that reflects‚ reacts and contributes to the atmosphere on screen. This is expressed through Valentin and Miller’s tap dance in which the music becomes diegetic and synchronous. No dialogue and the use of silence gives homage to silent cinema‚ which its unexpected success was grounded on the idea that the silence made emotions on screen
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Susan McKinney Steward was the first African-American physician in the state of New York and the third in the entire nation. Not only was she a stunningly intelligent doctor‚ but was also a passionate musician and an accomplished author. She was able to balance her demanding career but still manage to be a caring wife and mother as well as be very involved in her church. Although she faced much ridicule for entering what was considered to be a “man’s work”‚ she never stopped proving that she was
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Susan B. Anthony is a woman of history‚ a civil rights activist who fought for women’s rights‚ anti-slavery laws‚ and fought against alcohol. Not everything she fought for went her way‚ but a lot did during and after her lifetime that had a huge effect on America. Susan was born on February 15‚ 1820 in Adams Massachusetts to a Quaker family. She was the second oldest out of eight‚ and only six of those kids lived to be adults. After the death of two of her siblings‚ her family moved to Battenville
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things simply because of your gender? That’s exactly what Susan B. Anthony and all of the other women in America during the civil rights movement had to go through. Today‚ women are now able to vote‚ thanks to Susan. Susan B. Anthony made it possible for women to do things that they weren’t able to do before or during the civil rights movement‚ by standing up for women in the women’s suffrage and getting involved with the government. Susan B. Anthony was a woman who stood up for women’s rights by
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A. English 1C B. Spears 4 March 2015 Stereotypical Perceptions In “Lust” by Susan Minot the narrator reflects upon sexual encounters and the responses that follow from herself and the opposite gender. For the time period of 1984 the responses are stereotypically accurate based on the narrator’s perceptions of the situation. Many times it is our own perception that creates the reality that one lives. In the case of our young narrator it is her own self worth and perceptions that are creating a stereotypical
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Susan Mills is the supervisor of nurses in the pediatrics section of a 700-bed hospital in a metropolitan area. She has been in this position for six months‚ having moved from a similar position in a much smaller rural hospital. The first problem is task performance. Susan can’t get the nurses to perform tasks that need to be done. She asked a nurse to help her clean up the nurses’ station and the nurse responded‚ that’s the janitor’s job. The second problem is that the nurses don’t have that much
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English 12 R Ms. Melon Al Qaeda 01‐16‐2014 Al Qaeda the global militant Islamist organization founded by Osama Bin Laden‚ has attacked civilian and military targets in various countries including the September 11 attack. Al Qaeda has two major strategic objectives which are to get control of a nation‐state and to get the control of weapons of mass destruction. Al Qaeda or Al Qaida is a
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believes that introverts can do things extroverts do‚ like being a public speaker or a leader for example. Susan Cain is living proof that introverts can be great leaders and great public speakers. Susan Cain is an introvert but she does not let that stop her. She overcomes things people tell her she cannot do‚ even though there are bumps in the road. In the TEDx Talks “The Power of Introverts” by Susan Cain‚ she said that she once felt like she had to “prove to myself that I could be bold and assertive
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In a jurisdiction using a paper system‚ voters choose by marking a ballot. In most jurisdictions the ballots are pre-printed with names of candidates and the text of the referenda. The Philippines (until 2007) and Japan are an exception. There‚ voters must write the names of their candidates on the ballot. Election officials manually count the ballots after the polls close and may be recounted in the event of a dispute. In a jurisdiction using an optical scan voting system‚ voters choose by filling
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