Dimanchophobia: Fear of Sundays‚ not in a religious sense but rather‚ a condition that reflects fear of unstructured time. Also known as acalendrical anxiety. Not to be confused with didominicaphobia‚ or kyriakephobia‚ fear of the Lord’s Day. Dimanchophobia is a mental condition created by modernism and industrialism. Dimanchophobes particularly dislike the period between Christmas and New Year’s‚ when days of the week lose their significance and time blurs into a perpetual Sunday. Another way
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English 101 Section 1257 Fall 2013 Alex LaNava Topic: Autocross. Do you know anything about autocross? Have you ever been in a car that went so fast that it sucked your stomach to your spine? Never thought that you were old enough for something so intense?If you answered “No” to any of these questions‚ you need to listen up. Autocross could be the perfect sport or hobby for you‚ and let me begin to tell you why. It is a hobby that has been around many years. People of all ages‚ and all
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The center of the stage is where I am. I am surrounded by a thousand or so people. The sound of the organ blasts through my ears. The lights leave a warm feeling over my body but all I can see around me is the darkness of the walls. I am standing in the Sydney Opera House. (BEGIN SLIDE) The Sydney Opera House‚ located in Sydney‚ Australia‚ is one of the most majestic buildings in the world. In its short time‚ the Sydney Opera House has earned the reputation of a world-class performing arts center
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Alpha Dog Have you ever been driving down the road in your town and you noticed a Police cruiser with a K9 sticker on it? Well that obviously means that the Police Officer is riding around with a Canine partner‚ a 75 lbs.‚ black and tan‚ gorgeous German Shepard. He is equipped with a nose that can track a man for miles and 42 razor sharp teeth ready to tear up anything that gets in his way. If you have ever wondered what type of training that K9 has been through‚ to be able to be part of one of
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English 103-PR 5 paragraph essay October 21‚ 2013 My Favorite Hobbies There are a variety of activities that I do to have fun and to keep me busy. I’m an outgoing person who loves to have a good time. My taste in things are very unique and I love being different. We all love to have a good time by doing hobbies that we enjoy the most and I would like to talk about mine. When I’m feeling down and out—or need to be around something positive‚ I go to my family. I feel that family always has
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Informative briefing essay After several days of thinking‚ I decided my topic for informative briefing. At the beginning I wanted to talk about traditional Chinese food‚ and then Chinese history‚ and then the Chinese Zodiac. But finally I chose one child policy as my topic because it has been a controversy topic in China and all over the world. Besides‚ there has been a recent change in the policy. So I think it will be a good idea to talk about it to my foreign classmates. During my research
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Informative Speech Assignment Type: Informative Speech – must contain the essential characteristics of an informative speech: clarity‚ association of new ideas with old ones‚ coherence and motivational appeal. Length: Speech will be from 5 to 6 minutes. Topic: Above and beyond all else‚ an informative speech must share information with the audience that they don’t already know. Pick something that you know about and are interested in enough to research. The topic must also be relevant and/or
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Speech Topic: The Importance of Sleep Rhetorical Purpose: To inform my audience about how a bad sleep can influence our body physically and mentally‚ and steps to improve the quality of sleep. Audience Analysis: (Refer to chapter on Audience Analysis)(RU Core Goal: a) Summarize Audience demographics‚ prior exposure/knowledge‚ common ground/interest‚ disposition/attitude‚ and situational characteristics. Recognizing that most of my audiences are busy with study and after-class activities‚
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David Hopper COMMS 2110 Austenfeld 04/02/16 Informative Speech Formal Outline Thesis: There are physical and social effects of alcohol that are not only detrimental to your own physiological and psychological well being‚ but also to those you interact with. I. Alcohol is a general term denoting a family of organic chemicals with common properties. Members of this family include ethanol‚ methanol‚ isopropanol‚ and others. This introduction discusses the physical‚ chemical‚ and physiological
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Informative Speech Evaluation The speaker‚ Regina Glover‚ gave an informative Speech about the history‚ significance‚ and aesthetics of AfriCobra. The content of her speech was well developed‚ in how she choose to organize it. It was clever for her to give a brief history first so that the audience could have a glimpse of how AfriCobra began. To present the significance of AfriCobra second was also smart‚ because the audience would have wanted to know the overall purpose of the art‚ which made Regina’s
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