Reflection In Tuesday‚ Feb. 9 at Winona state university I attended Common Book events American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang‚ the author started the events with some PowerPoint sliced then he talked about himself and how he become an author and the opportunities that he got also the difficulties that he faced in his first graphic novels. Also‚ about the graphic novels that he works on. He showed some of the graphic novels of some authors and he talked about the characters of those graphic novels
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Man-made disasters are disasters is the element of human intent‚ negligence or involving a failure of a man-made system that leads to human suffering and environmental damage. Man-made disasters are sometimes referred to as anthropogenic. The term anthropogenic designates an effect or object resulting from human activity. Man-made disasters can be divided into different categories and they include technological hazards‚ sociological hazards and transportation hazards among others. These are
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MAN-MADE HAZARDS A hazard is a forceful natural or man-made event with the potential to adversely affect human life and property‚ or the environment. Natural hazards are a normal consequence of the internal and external forces that are constantly transforming the earth (e.g.‚ earthquakes‚ hurricanes‚ tornadoes‚ volcanoes‚ etc.). Man-made hazards arise from deliberate human actions (e.g.‚ war‚ terrorism‚ humanitarian emergencies‚ etc.) that are usually predictable and preventable. They may also arise
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COMM210 July 15 Speaker Critique of George Lucas Inspirational Speech This video is in the speech held by Academy of Achievement. The Academy of Achievement is a Washington‚ D.C.-based non-profit organization that aims to bring high profile‚ successful people from various fields together with "young achievers" to inspire them to succeed. The speaker of this video is George Lucas‚ which is the creator of Star Wars and it is in Aug 12‚ 2013‚ Washington D.C. George Lucas talk about his life experience
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10/10/07 (3nd Revised) Made In China Everyone needs to shop. We shop for daily necessities‚ such as groceries‚ clothing‚ shoes‚ ‚ and the many products we need for basic every day living. Sometimes‚ we shop in a department store when we need to purchase an occasional gift for someone; we also need to shop for lots of Christmas presents every year too. Usually‚ we will compare prices before purchasing‚ but we may not realize by much our lives are dominated by the Made in China label on the products
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HOW IS CHOCOLATE MADE? Ever wondered‚ “how is chocolate made?” Let’s pick up with the arrival of the cacao beans at the factory. At the factory‚ the cacao beans are first sifted for foreign objects- you know‚ rocks‚ machetes‚ whatever got left in the bag. The cacao is weighed and sorted by type so that the manufacturer knows exactly what type of cacao is going into the chocolate. Some manufacturers use up to twelve types of cacao in their recipes‚ and they must carefully measure so that the flavor
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Born to Fly is a book about a girl named Bird McGill who lives in a small town. She and her father are very close to each other because they both share a common interest. They both love flying airplanes. Bird is pretty good at flying them but still working on how to land them safely on the ground. But when her world falls apart because the Japanese hit Pearl Harbor which sends her dad to fight in the war‚ her life will change in ways on clear to her now. After her dad has be gone for awhile
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We all make mistakes and sometimes we change because of them. In the book‚ American Born Chinese‚ the main character‚ Jin Wang‚ has direct intentions of fitting in at his new school. One character tries to escape reality by changing‚ and eventually loses who he actually is. Even though some will go through anything to change themselves‚ don’t be fooled by how they seem. Some may seem a certain way at first‚ but after time and familiarity‚ it can become apparent that people are not always what you
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audience-centered speaker? An audience-centered speaker is to dramatize the importance of connecting‚ let’s contrast the speaker with two speakers who fail to connect. 3. How can a speaker get advance information about an audience? The speaker can get advance information by knowing who your listeners are. But if you’re not familiar with your listeners‚ collect information about them by means of interviews and surveys. 4. What are taboos‚ and why are they an important concern for a speaker? Taboos is
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Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July an adaptation of the memoir by Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic. Tom Cruise ‚ in a role that was a brave departure for him in 1989‚ plays Kovic in his adult years. Kovic grows up as a child of the American dream in 1950s Long Island. He’s a God-fearing‚ baseball-hitting‚ patriotic man who lives in an environment full of parades and malt shops. As a high school senior‚ young Ron doesn’t think twice about signing up for the Marines‚ believing that he’s doing the
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