presentation Sample Introduction I. Introduction A. Attention Material: What comes to mind when you see candles? We associate candles with celebrations (like Christmas or birthdays) or special occasions. Candles date back to the Ancient Egyptians who are credited with making the first candles. They used torches made by soaking the spongy core of reeds in melted tallow (National Candle Association: History of Candlemaking‚ p. 1). B. Tie to the audience: I’m sure that all of us at some
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1 Communism Map Interactive Transcript Worldwide Expansion and Contraction of Communism Question: Which parts of the world were enveloped by the expansion of Communism in the 20th Century? See below for a list of communist countries by year. You can see how the number of communist countries seemed to grow almost exponentially in only a few years. 1900: None 1917: Russia 1921: Russia‚ Mongolia 1925: Russia‚ Mongolia 1930: Russia‚ Mongolia 1935: Russia‚ Mongolia
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television set‚ which has later become the main source of income for BBC and guarantees highly autonomous‚ editorial and Reporting Independence of the media giant. By the way‚ the total income of BBC is consist of 4 parts—license fee which possess 72%‚ business commercial 22%‚ government grant 5%‚ and others 1%. The total income of BBC in 2013 is over £ 5 billion. In fact‚ the whole BBC was running under the discipline of its Royal Charter. The current Charter came into force in 2007 and runs until the
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This review paper will be evaluating and discussing the book “When I was Puerto Rican” by Esmeralda Santiago and some of its important themes. This book does an amazing job at giving a voice to countless minorities who have faced similar situations‚ struggles and triumphs that many of the characters in the book experience. It serves an important purpose by allowing a candid view into the lives of so many who are often misunderstood and misrepresented. There are many important themes that are addressed
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Cultural Presentation: Native Americans –Eastern Cherokee What are the top 5 things a nurse or health care provider would need to know about someone that identifies with this culture? 1. Results of this study suggested that providers and patients often left the medical encounter with significantly different perceptions of “what happened” during the visit. This discordance was most often a result of the patients’ tendency to evaluate provider behavior more positively than did the providers
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Introduction Esmeralda Santiago’s When I Was Puerto Rican focuses on island life in the 1950s. In the immediate period leading up to the 1950s‚ Puerto Rico experienced a rapid change in the economic situation of the island. The island began to change from a primarily agricultural economy to one dominated by industry and commerce. Sugar plantations (owned by the wealthy and worked by the poor)‚ cattle ranching‚ and subsistence-level agriculture gave way to a more urban style of living. In the 1930s
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Case 1: Toyota’s Global Expansion Toyota is expanding aggressively to overtake General Motor’s first position in volume. Its goal won’t be achieved if Toyota only focusing its manufacturing plant only in Japan‚ because as the volume increase the demand stay still in Japan‚ and if Toyota exporting their product it will make their cost higher and resulting uncompetitive price. So Toyota built their manufacturing overseas by considering country’s law‚ agreement‚ demand‚ taxes‚ currency and cost
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For this assignment‚ the movie I decided to watch was called ‘Avatar’. This movie is about humans‚ or “sky people”‚ travelling to the planet Pandora to conduct studies over the natives that live on the planet‚ and to gain resources that the planet provides. The natives on Pandora are called the Na’vi‚ and they are blue creatures who are much different than humans. One of the humans that travelled to Pandora to study the Na’vi is named Jake Sully. Jake is a paralyzed ex-marine who decided to travel
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One of the key parts of westward expansion in the US was The Homestead Act that was implemented on January 1st‚ 1863. This act stated that men and women (who were not married) and 21 or older could apply for up to 160 acres of land in the west. The requirement was that they must live on the land for 5 years and “improve upon the land”. If they did this then the land would become theirs for $10. The Homestead Act favored white homesteaders and they were able to acquire over 285 million acres of land
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Puerto La Cruz‚ Venezuela‚ a place where tourists come from all over the country to enjoy the sun‚ the beaches‚ the islands‚ and the coral reefs. Puerto La Cruz was a getaway for a lot of people‚ just some place to go on vacations and have a good time‚ but for me it was my home. The spring of 2014‚ by that time every morning when you walk outside your house you can feel the sea breeze and even when it’s cold‚ you close your eyes and smile‚ because it warms your heart. Now if I close my eyes‚ all
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