Justice to the Original: Smooth Talk and Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? Ideas for the story lines of many motion pictures get their inspiration from other works of writing often. Books are usually a main source of inspiration for movies‚ for instance‚ the movie Smooth Talk was based off of Joyce Carol Oates’ short story Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?. Most of the time however‚ you hear that the movie did not give justice to the book. Smooth Talk is an exception to this common
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INTI career week‚ there was an exciting series of insightful talk from 3rd to 7th June 2013. INTI invited a grand line-up of speakers of various business groups who willing to give budding achievers the first-hand knowledge they need in pursuing their careers. Employers who have joined in this comprehensive series of skills and career development workshops include IBM‚ HSBC‚ Shell‚ Padini‚ Air Asia‚ Maybank and Mahsing. The title of a talk I attended is ‘Lets Fly With Us’ which was held on 4th June
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“Plain Talk” Lessons From a Business Maverick. The book “Plain Talk” Lessons from a Business Maverick written by Ken Iverson‚ was a truly inspiring‚ and refreshing look into how a small company like Nucore a very small company of 500 people at the time could take on behemoth companies like United States Steel Corp. and Bethlehem Steel and ton for ton out produced them in a proportional manufacturing race of steel. The Goliath’s of the industry sitting fat and happy stuffing there corporate
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TED Talks Assignment The speaker of “In search of the man who broke my neck” is Joshua Prager. His topic is his journey and what he learned in search of finding the man that hit him and broke his neck in a car crash. I chose this speaker and topic because the title of the video caught my attention and it looked interesting. The speech was organized in the sequence that the events he went through took place. He started by standing up and speaking of the crash in Jerusalem when he was 19 and
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Trash Talk As a passionate vegan‚ interested in the future of our environment‚ I am interested in articles regarding America’s growing trash problems. I was curious to see what J. Winston Porter had to say about the subject in his article‚ “We’ll Trash USA Today‚ Too‚” published in the newspaper USA Today. As the attention getting title suggests‚ Porter questions what we are all doing about our mountains of trash and overflowing landfills. Most of us throw trash away without thinking twice about
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A Serious Talk The concept of a relationship being over is hard for some to grasp. Ending a relationship is many times one person’s decision. For some‚ the concept of not feeling wanted by that other person is too hard to handle. Feelings of jealousy surface and people choose different ways to deal with this. Denial‚ anger‚ and resentment are classic ways of coping with the hardships of losing a partner’s love and support. "A Serious Talk" by Raymond Carver expresses this inability to let go of a
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Kiana McNair Talerico/ 3rd Period AP English 10/20/13 Revision " A Talk to Teachers" Analysis Essay Every african american has their struggle in life. they struggle with mostly finances and trying to find a job. but now a days most african american struggle with trying to find their child the best education they deserve. in the 1960’s african americans had problem with educational system. in the speech "a talk to teachers" james baldwin begins his arguement by describing the purpose
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In the article “Money Talks” the writer Tracey Robinson English explains how college students acquire debt‚ penalties‚ bad credit‚ and finical ruins before their graduation from the use of credit cards‚ student loans‚ and poor money management skills. Where college students with no knowledge money management and no financial responsibility unknowingly sign up for numerous credit cards with no limit spending from credit card companies ‚ whom prey on them knowing that they have no idea about the debt
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A Talk to Teachers By James Baldwin # 1 ‚ 2‚ 4‚ 6‚ 8‚ 12 1. In the beginning of the second paragraph‚ Baldwin establishes a respectful aura by talking about the schoolteachers’ way of teaching material and says he is not one himself‚ creating a sense of respect for those who are and ultimately putting a value on what they teach‚ just that he doesn’t agree with it. Though he points out that he is rather intimidated by the fact that he is doing such action‚ he proves himself wrong by continuing with
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In the Ted Talk video “The Surprising Science of Happiness”‚ Dan Gilbert discusses the effects of how happiness works in regards to certain situations‚ such as in times of success and loss. In his discussion of happiness‚ he states that people not only have a biological immune system‚ but also a “psychological immune system” in which people can “synthesize happiness” (CITATION). To break these concepts down‚ the immune system functions to protect the body against diseases that can result in death
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