The Alternate Speaker The story The Alternate Speaker is about a boy named Daniel‚ who is in a speech competition and has high hope in getting into the regional competition. Unfortunately‚ Daniel comes in as fourth place which means he can’t get into regionals‚ unless someone can’t make it. Daniel becomes sad‚ and looses hope in ever making it to regionals. He looses all hope until a girl in regionals gets sick and Daniel has to compete. Daniel gets so excited to compete in regionals. He enters
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The Red Crested Night Heron in the short story‚ “Night calls” by Lisa Fugard‚ symbolizes the dad’s depression and sadness for the loss of his wife. The start of the story explains how Marlene‚ her dad‚ and her mom lived in a happy sanctuary for animals. The county graciously granted to the family‚ a beautiful and endangered‚ Red Crested Night Heron‚ to keep in their sanctuary. Sadly the mom‚ died in a car crash and Marlene’s father completely shut down and sent her off to boarding school. When Marlene
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Alternate Families: Same-Sex Couples Can Raise Children As it has been in debate for years since it was first brought to light‚ the concern of same-sex parenting continues to be brought up with jabs at its ethics and practicality. Since June 26‚ 2015‚ all U.S. states have legalized gay-marriage‚ making a huge breakaway for society. Yet‚ even with this huge development in our culture‚ the disputes against it still manage to work their way into society and daily discussions. With the recent legalizing
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CHAPTER 9 ALTERNATE PROBLEMS Problem 9.1A Determining the Cost of Plant Assets Podunk College recently purchased new exercise equipment for its gym. The following information refers to the purchase and installation of this equipment: 1. The list price of the equipment was $180‚000; however‚ Podunk College qualified for an “educational discount” of $30‚000. It paid $20‚000 cash for the equipment‚ and issued a 3-month‚ 12% note payable for the remaining balance. The note‚ plus accrued
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Working in the O.B. Clinic I am a nurse who has been working in the Taiwan Adventist hospital O.B./GYN. department for eight years. I love this job‚ because I have the opportunity to see many pregnant women safely deliver normal babies nine months after their prenatal check–up. It makes me happy! That is a very nice experience. Now I will tell you a true story about a patient; I am proud of her courage and goodness. It happened three years ago; the patient was a thirty–five year old woman. She
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is about a Blue Heron‚ a bird‚ that is looking is looking for food in November. As I was reading the poem‚ I decided to focus on the first half of the poem for my melody. Picturing a Blue Heron walking through the cold ponds in November with his gray hunched shoulders made me think of the tempo and the dynamics for this piece. Right from the start‚ I knew that this melody could not be fast‚ allegro‚ or even
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Alternate ending to “The Landlady” ‘’Why have only two boys been here for a long duration of time’’? Asked young Billy. “Trust me‚ there have been many‚ many people here over the years”. Exclaimed the women. “Why have only two signed in then”? “Please dear‚ won’t you come over here to have a cup of tea with me” Shuttered the old women. “Why If you insist‚ may we talk about this later though‚ I am quite curious”. Said Billy Right around that time‚ Billy heard the most peculiar noise he had ever
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Hayne 201304542 1 The truth about “Happy Endings” In Margaret Atwoods Happy Endings the narrator introduces 6 different alternative storylines each with there own version of a happy ending. The stories are labelled A-F‚ throughout the stories the author is challenging the idea of a “happy ending.” Throughout our culture whether it be in movies
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Comparing Endings In ancient Greece plays were a big part of society. They had festivals to celebrate these plays and crown the best at each of these festivals. Many plays were written and‚ thus‚ many different types of endings were created for them. Sometimes this would entail a technique known as Deus ex Machina. This would involve a god coming in at the end of the play and settling all of the issues. To act this out they would have the actor come down from a crane like machine. Other playwrights
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Disadvantages of alternate fuels The truth about the manufacturing and use of alternate fuels‚ as with everything else in life‚ is a mix of benefits and cost. Electricity is one of the alternate fuels that made it to production. The Chevy Volt is one such vehicle. The problem with this car is that it cost $41‚000 to buy one‚ and the battery life for a charge is only 37 miles. There would be no value for us to use electric cars. (Courture‚2011). Ethanol
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