Corresponding author: sarimah@uum.edu.my 1 ABSTRACT Purpose – This paper is part of a larger study which explored postgraduate students talk around academic texts via Facebook (FB). Our exploration is largely guided by the idea of reading as a social practice. In this paper‚ we specifically focus on the students’ reflections of their online experience of talking around academic texts. Method – The qualitative data used in this paper were derived from students’ reflective diaries‚ students’ FB
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Social structure can influence people to act against their own moral code such as in the cases of a manager and her fiancé ordering a teenage girl to strip and her following their commands‚ ordinary soldiers torturing prisoners‚ and normal male employees harassing their female coworkers. All of the listed cases demonstrate how difficult it is to violate an established social structure‚ even when following the social structure violates personal morals. Milgram’s findings‚ as read in the article
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Chapter 1 Power Sharing Power Sharing in Belgium Belgium is a small country in Europe. Division of Population Flemish (Dutch speaking): 59% Wallonia (French speaking): 40% Remaining 1 % speak German. In the capital city Brussels‚ 80% people speak French‚ while the rest speak Dutch. The minority French-speaking community is economically and educationally well-to-do in comparison to the Dutch-speaking majority. For accommodating the interests of the minority and the majority‚ Belgium
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You Decide Page 1 FI561 – Mergers & Acquisitions – Week 3 Scenario Summary This is based on Merck’s Acquisition of Medco: Case 5.1‚ pp. 124-125. Your Role/Assignment You are the Chairman and CEO of Merck. Make a recommendation to the Board of Directors of Merck & Co. regarding this acquisition based on the recommendations of the three associates and your own analysis. You are the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Merck & Company‚ and you will make the final “yes” or “no” recommendation
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There are lots of things you are forced to share in college: a teeny tiny living space‚ a bathroom‚ and pretty much every place you go on campus that’s outside of your residence hall or apartment building. When it comes to sharing with a roommate‚ then‚ it’s understandable that many students want to keep certain things as their own‚ as splitting things can often seem like more of a hassle than a benefit. There are a few things‚ however‚ that can actually be smart to share. You can save yourself time
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In her essay‚ Where are you going‚ Where have you been‚ Joyce Carol Oates‚ underscores the importance of communication to develop her story. Both the presence and absence of communication are utilized in the evolution of Oates’ purpose. The author relates each of her subjects to archetypal characters in order to firmly cast them into a category. Through careful consideration of detail‚ Oates’ offers a particular understanding of Connie’s relationship with her parents and the world around Connie.
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If You Were a Millionaire It is true that miracles do occur in man’s life. If I become a million¬aire by the blessings of Almighty‚ my dreams will become true. I have certain plans in my mind regarding the investment of money. As man is selfish by nature arid I am also a man made of flesh and blood first of all I will invest half of my money for the upliftment of my own family. I will set up a beautifully decorated departmental store in some posh colony of the city. I will make some investment
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“Why don’t you buy a sensible house out in the country‚we could all cone visit you” ( Wurio‚1). This quote shows that the family thinks uncle basil should spend his money on a house in the country so they could come visit and have horses and he keeps saying no. “He doesn’t have to be so stingy‚that’s
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"Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" By Joyce Carol Oates A short story titled "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?" tells a tale of an adolescent girl who suffers consequences of growing up in the unsupportive environment and the society preoccupied by the media. It is considered to be the most famous work of Joyce Carol Oates‚ an American writer‚ the winner of many significant literary awards and a two- time candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The story was first
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“First Poem for You” is a poem by written by Kim Addonizio‚ an American poet. This poem “First Poem for You” is a closed-form poem but written as an English sonnet. The poem a person who loves the tattoos in his or her lover’s skin. At the same time the tattoos scares him or her by their permanence. The thoughtfulness and the depth of details expressed in this poem makes us conclude that the persona or speaker in this poem is a female. The speaker is certain about the permanence of the tattoos on
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