inspiration in the beauty and whimsy of your creation‚ and may we never lose the love of story you have woven into our very souls. Lord‚ on behalf of my schoolmates‚ I ask you to electrify this sacramental rite of passage as we graduate from Santa Rita College and commence the rest of our lives. We ask that you energize this celebration so that each of us feels the significance of this important milestone. Lord‚ we stand here today filled with gratitude. We are grateful for the constant support
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Alberto Alvarado Professor Kenneth Lee Comm 101 - Spring 2012 Informative Speech Outline April 15th 2012 A Piece of the Puzzle General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: By the end of my speech the audience will be able to tell people certain things about autistic people. Thesis Statement: It is difficult living with autism Introduction A. Attention-getter: It was the Saturday before our topic choice was due‚ for professor Lee’s class. I was stressing‚ I could not figure out
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she disapproves of‚ and what it stands for … Once … I heard Rita say to Cora that she wouldn’t debase herself like that.” (Atwood 10). Marthas in Gilead take on the role of maids‚ cooks‚ and nannies of households. Once again there is a type of victim blaming between the statuses of women. Rita knows that Handmaids do not choose to be Handmaids‚ yet she still thinks that were she in Offred’s place‚ she would find a way out. The reality of Rita being different from all the other Handmaids is unlikely
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Gender Roles in Tootsie “Men are the same as Women.” Some see this as a tautology and others see this as a contradiction. This perceived similarity or difference between men and women is what forms the basis for opposing viewpoints and positions that lead to the concept of gender politics. The 1982 box- office hit Tootsie is an excellent example of gender politics and roles in our society. The writers of this film had particular perceptions about the roles of men and women and how they acted
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The recent hurricanes‚ Katrina and Rita‚ along with global warming amplify Jared Diamond’s thesis in "The Last Americans" that humans are responsible for the downfall of civilizations. Throughout history‚ many civilizations have collapsed due to numerous reasons such as incompetent leaders and environmental negligence. Many people view the United States’ current environmental crisis with apathy. These people feel that the environmental collapse of ancient societies such as the Mayans is only pertinent
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Her new foster mother Rita is perfect‚ but sunny just dislikes her rules only healthy food. Sunny loves the way her life is with Rita her new foster parent and does not want to change a thing about it‚ but there is one thing that she cannot get off her mind‚ finding her twin sister. Sunny plans to escape but does not want to get into any trouble out there and also does not want to lose Rita. As sunny was walking she saw something that was unusual‚ she looked
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to topics specific to young Puerto Rican Americans‚ while addressing issues universal to young people. At fifteen‚ Rita‚ the narrator‚ is at odds with the world of her Puerto Rican grandparents‚ whose eccentric‚ old-fashioned ways strike her as ridiculous. A typical teenager‚ she is hypercritical of the adults around her‚ and finds them invasive and disrespectful of her boundaries. Rita has been sent to the island to stay with her grandparents to keep her out of trouble with boys. Initially she is
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could control everything that went on around him every day. He was able to save peoples’ lives and ultimately win the woman that would save him in the end. If it had not been for all of the coincidental incidents that he “happened” to stumble upon‚ Rita would not have found him so interesting. Because of his unfortunate circumstance‚ he was able to have the woman he was in love with‚ fall in love with him. 2. Phil’s solution was to limit his own desires by putting everyone else’s life ahead of his
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This alone is likely sufficient to distinguish the outcome of this case from that in Kimbrough. Furthermore‚ nothing in the district court’s explanation of its reasoning‚ as documented in its sentencing order‚ indicates that this case is atypical. In Rita‚ the Court acknowledged that‚ in every case‚ “both the sentencing judge and the Sentencing Commission
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Law Assignment Answer 1: There is no enforceable contract between Joanna and Rita because under Contract Law it is stated that the first requirement for any valid contract to become existent is an agreement that contains the elements of “offer” and an “acceptance”. In the case provided‚ Joanna did put forth an offer for Rita who then laid a condition of accepting the offer‚ therefore a counter-offer; also Rita had not yet accepted the offer completely. She stated in her response‚ that she would
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