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    John Gast’s painting of American Progress from 1872 shows the progress of modernization. The American Progress is Gast’s most known formerly piece of work. It shows many different advancements and improvements in areas such as technology‚ transportation‚ political‚ economic‚ scientific and personal growth. This painting was used in travel brochures to promote the Westward movement. It encouraged Easterner to move out West and to begin a new life. During this time‚ many early Americans believed in

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    Satire in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn In the novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ makes use of satire to undermine the morals and beliefs that are upheld in modern people. By underscoring the follies of everyday people‚ he reveals the real‚ sycophantic ways of people‚ where morals and beliefs are only upheld if the majority believes it also. The fear that people have of being ostracized hinders them to change and defy the majority. When Sherburn killed the town drunk

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    marriage and is saying it is okay. Overall Effectiveness of the Satire: I think the satire is effective. It shows people the governments’ true beliefs on same sex marriage and the way they are taking care of other issues. The main techniques used in this episode is sarcasm; when Stewie tells Meg it is okay for guys to marry other guys and for her to get going on it is basically saying that Stewie and others believe she is a guy. The satire was effective enough to make me laugh but to also think about

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    do. -How far do you agree? -What criteria should be used to decide how much people are paid? Work is an important part of our lives. For everyday life‚ jobs are important components which cannot be lacked for everyone. As a result‚ salary is always a controversial topic when people discuss it. One opinion says nurses‚ doctors‚ film actors and company bosses are paid fairly despite there is a big difference among the amounts. Others are against emphasizing there should be a criteria so payment

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    embrace the concepts of Level 5 Leadership‚ Group Responsibility and Servant Leadership. The purpose for a property manager is to well manage and coordinate persons‚ activates‚ and available resources in order to accomplish community objectives as set forth by the Regional Property Manager and property owner. They must report their District/Regional Manager. Has a property manager you have to supervise the entire on-site staff (Assistant Community Manager/ Bookkeeper‚ Leasing Coordinator‚ Leasing Consultant

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    DISCOURSE-IN-USE David Bloome and Caroline Clark The Ohio State University Manuscript prepared for Complementary Methods for Research in Education co-edited by Judith Green‚ Greg Camilli‚ and Patricia Elmore to be published by the American Educational Research Association. Address for correspondence: David Bloome‚ Language‚ Literacy & Culture‚ School of Teaching & Learning‚ The Ohio State University‚ 216B Ramseyer Hall‚ 29. W. Woodruff Avenue‚ Columbus‚ Ohio 43210 bloome.1@osu.edu

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    testing‚ experimentation‚ customer feedback‚ iterative design and agile development) and Eisenmann et al (managing uncertainty: minimum viable products‚ staging‚ and transferring risk to partners). Looking back from the perspective of December 2003‚ how closely did Gianforte‟s approach to the startup conform to these concepts and guidelines? Where did it differ? What were the implications? 2. Consider RightNow Technologies‟ growth trajectory in the light of the models of organizational growth and

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    Analyse the ways in which satire can engage and provoke its audience Satire aims to expose to its audience the shortcomings of humanity through an assemblage of wit and mockery; it provides momentum for change and reform through ridicule. Robert Sitch’s television program ‘The Hollowmen’ seeks to expose the nepotistic and often superficial nature of Australian politics through the use of political satire‚ showing us that Australian politics is “inherently without values or moral grounding’ (Louise

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    My story To be a part of a discourse community‚ one must be credible‚ possess factual knowledge and draw on the values of its members to be accepted into the community. At the same time‚ a person must learn typical ways people in that community communicate and argue. When I entered the discourse community of my high school athletic department I acquired knowledge‚ established credibility‚ and drew on the values and emotions of other members of the community. Although‚ one might question my standing

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    between amusement and critique is a central dynamic of successful satire‚ as it is through humour that the satire may censure its target‚ prompting the respondent to revaluate their own perspective with that of the satirist. Through his hyperbolic depiction of the nepotism inherent in the diplomatic posting system in The Ambassador‚ Sitch’s series The Hollowmen reveals the malleability of political values. Sitch furthers his satire of such political expediency through his ironic depiction of the policy

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