Brian Gikunda Diamond ENC1101 09/17/2014 Assignment 1: Article Summary In this article‚ James Aston and John Wallis talk about the apocalyptic movies that are released before and after the attacks on the United States on September 11‚ 2001. They look at the fears and Issues following the 9/11 attack such as: the war on terror‚ American imperialism and other issues that involve the environment. This articles looks at movies with the same patterns and show the same disaster and apocalyptic genre
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Article Summary With the increase in online courses‚ along came an increase in the drop out rates versus the traditional sit-in environment. During this study‚ valuable information was offered to increase student success and minimize drop out rates. There needs to be communication among peers and instructor to have success in online courses. A group of students from the University of Pretoria‚ were enrolled in a Masters program‚ and their online activities were tracked for 8 weeks‚ by a program
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Human Resource Management Article Maximizing your return on People Submitted to: Miss Deep Kiran Submitted by: Arsal Amjad STD: 13050 Maximizing Your Return on People by Laurie Bassi and Daniel McMurrer Managers are fond of the maxim “Employees are our most important asset.” Yet beneath the rhetoric‚ too many executives still regard—and manage—employees as costs. That’s dangerous because‚ for many companies‚ people are the only source of long-term competitive advantage. Companies
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required to determine the reliability and validity of information from various sources‚ such as journals‚ text books‚ and web pages (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu). The article in question looks at “the impact of early dementia an outdoor life”. Bennet (2001) is the framework that will be used to help structure the evaluation of this article‚ as it should then give an indication if the information is clearly justified or not. The study was carried out by four researchers: who have clearly stated their
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Kloo‚ A.‚ & Zigmand‚ N. (2008). Coteaching revisited: Redrawing the blueprint. Preventing School Failure‚ 52(2)‚ 12-20. The authors’ focus in this article is defining‚ evaluating‚ endorsing and improving the practice of co-teaching. As they state early on‚ co-teaching is the most commonly used format for delivering special education services to students with disabilities. This increase in co-teaching is a direct result of the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education
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Running Head: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS 1 Article Critique: Through the Looking Glass: A Comparative Analysis of the Career Patterns of Rural Female Administrators in Saskatchewan and Texas Kailee Brennan Educational Administration 310 Professor George Smadu February 11‚ 2011 THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS 2 Article Critique: Through the Looking Glass: A Comparative Analysis of the Career Patterns of Rural Female Administrators in Saskatchewan
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in making a decision to continue a pregnancy or to abort an unplanned pregnancy. In analyze the information in the article the reliability‚ credibility‚ and validity of the data used by Kenny‚ Ph.D. and Swope comes from independent psychological analysis of women’s hidden‚ emotional response to pregnancy‚ abortion‚ and motherhood (Kenny‚ Ph.D. & Swope‚ 2013). The writers of this article indicated that the interviews took from 75 to 110 minutes‚ which require them to visualize‚ replicate‚ and use relaxation
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Strengthen the Economy Even though the government can ’t regulate everyone growing it‚ legalizing marijuana will bring in an abundance of revenue to the United States because billions of dollars are spent on seizures of crops as well as the prosecution of offenders. The legalization of marijuana can help reduce the $16.4 trillion deficit in the United States because it can bring in an abundance of taxable revenue. According to‚ “Miron‚ Jeffey A.‚ and Waldock‚ Katherine‚ "The Budgetary Impact of Ending
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article: Alex W. H. Chan.‚ Hoi Yan Cheung.‚ “Cultural Dimensions‚ Ethical Sensitivity‚ and Corporate Governance” (2011). Introduction and brief summary of the paper Corporate Governance has become an essential tool for improving corporate performance and advancing the development of market-oriented democracies. Good governance practice maintain the integrity of business transactions and in so doing strengthen the rule of law and democratic governance. Chan and Cheung’s study determines
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Child Obesity Article Review HCS/457 September 7‚ 2014 Ahmed Jamal Child Obesity Article Review A leading community health issue throughout the world would be obesity. The Albemarle Regional Health Services in Perquimans County offers informative education about obesity. The background provides the ability to educate patients and family with the skills needed to self-manage his or her health. Patients with obesity issues can expect to live a full and productive life‚ however; changes in lifestyle
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