Anita Desai (b.1937) – formerly Anita Mazumdar Indian novelist and short story writer‚ especially noted for her sensitive portrayal of the inner life of her female characters. Several of Desai’s novels explore tensions between family members and the alienation of middle-class women. In her later novels Desai has dealt with such themes as German anti-Semitism‚ the demise of traditions‚ and Western stereotypical views of India. "Even though his cigarette stank - it was a local one‚ wrapped in a tendu
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When the trailers for “El Presidente” were released‚ it seemed entirely possible that an entertaining historical epic could be made depicting the life and times of Emilio Aguinaldo. Fortunately for future filmmakers‚ that epic has yet to be made‚ as Jeorge ‘ER’ Estregan and his team have come nowhere close to creating it. Based partly on Emilio Aguinaldo’s memoirs‚ “El Presidente” details the life of the future president from his days as a 17-year old cabeza de barangay in Binakayan‚ Cavite
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Assignment 1: Language Analysis Part A: Mary goes to work at 8.30. A) The name of the structure (if there is one) Present simple tense B) The form of the structure Subject + base form-es C) The function Describing habits and routines D) The phonological features Weak form: to > / ’tә / Sentence stress: Depends on the context. Intonation: Falling at the end. Pronunciation: Mary > / ’meɪrɪ / E) Possible student difficulties Conceptual difficulty:
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Interview Techniques Task 1 Task 1- In the form of a written report or oral presentation. 1.1 Describe (P1) the reasons why a media professional may be required to carry out an interview? Consider the following when writing your answer and provide examples to support the points you make. (500 words max written) Purposes of interview: research; enhancement of audience understanding; presenting information; interpretive e.g. expressing or justifying opinion‚ accountability; emotional e.g. allowing
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2. To illustrate the use of the effective interest rate formula or the APR‚ assume you agree to pay $440 for a washing machine. A down payment of $40 is made leaving $400 to be borrowed at a stated interest rate of 10 percent. The loan is to be paid off in 18 equal monthly installments. The finance charge can be calculated using the simple interest rate formula‚ I = PRT: I = $400 x 0.10 x 1.5 = $60 You are borrowing $400 (P) for 1.5 years (T) and you will owe a $60 finance charge (I). But is
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Ezekiel Amarh Celta Assignment 2: Focus on the Learner For this assignment‚ I interviewed Ibrahim A Rabie‚ a 46-year-old Sudanese student from my intermediate class. Ibrahim works night shifts as a security guard in west London and spends most of the day recovering from the long twelve hour shifts. Ibrahim’s first language is Arabic which he speaks at home with his wife. He came to England to live with her in 2007 and has been studying English on and off for the last year and a half. Ibrahim
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the entire process consists of significant pre-purchase inspection issues. This article will highlight those various issues along with mechanic’s dilemma who perform the inspection and identify some high level recommendations before purchasing aircraft because pre-buy prevention is better than all unwanted lawsuit hassles. First of all‚ I think one should make sure that they are not just making an airworthy inspection of the aircraft during their pre-buy inspection but looking for additional maintenance
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Interview Guide for the Corporate Sector Interviews for both internship and permanent recruitment across the corporate sector will usually focus on an individual’s fit to the company and passion for the industry. Interviews can vary from two to four sessions and will be predominantly focused on competencies for the role. For those who are interviewing for strategy / intern al consulting roles in a corporate you should expect a case interview. The interviews are usually conducted at first
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The two tasks that were used will be referred to as the ‘phone’ scenario and the ‘file’ scenario. The ‘phone’ scenario involved participants being instructed to walk to the first floor of the Psychology department‚ collect a key that was placed in an envelope outside of the post room‚ and proceed to find a lockbox‚ which was located in the staff kitchen. A mobile phone was inside the lockbox‚ which participants had to return to the experimenter. The ‘file’ scenario followed a similar sequence of
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What is an Interview? One man‚ asked if he does much interviewing‚ thinks of the time he chose his secretary and of the day he had to counsel one of the management trainees- and answers practically none’. Another man with a similar job thinks of the many informal discussions he has with his superior and with customers‚ with colleagues and subordinates- and answers that he is interviewing all the time. The difference lies not in their work but in their interpretation of the word interview. The interviewer
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