Pros and Cons of Gated Communities When you think of a gated community‚ what comes to mind? Probably things like safety‚ security‚ exclusivity‚ expensive homes‚ and more. But what else lies behind those gates? Privacy and Security Gated communities provide a lot of benefits to the residents that live within them. The number one reason people choose to live in gated communities is likely the security element.Because gated communities are private‚ they are more difficult to access than a
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AP English 5th Hour 11-13-13 Community Service Albert Einstein‚ one of the smartest men to ever live‚ is quoted saying “Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.” This is achieved through striving to uplift those around you with volunteering. Anything from cleaning up garbage to offering companionship to elderly and disabled people is a way to change the world‚ bit by bit. However‚ no single person can change the world on his or her own. There must be a constant effort from all of
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Neighborhood Watch and its Effect on the Community The Neighborhood Watch program is one of the oldest forms of organized community crime prevention in the United States. Its history dates back as far as the late 1960s. As a method of fighting and preventing crime in residential communities‚ this program has shown to be very effective. This paper will cover the beginning of the Neighborhood Watch program‚ its growth up to the present day‚ and a few of its success stories. Neighborhood Watch
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different discourse communities even though we don’t realize it‚ but we actually get ourselves involved without even knowing. Discourse communities are everywhere not just in schools‚ colleges‚ nor churches they are all over our community. From interacting with your roommate in your dorm to since club you are involved they are all discourse communities. Dancing by its self won’t function as a discourse community but once we talk about Dance Teams we are creating a discourse community within dancing.
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In our book‚ Writing About Writing‚ John Swales defines a discourse community as a group of individuals who share “a broadly agreed upon set of public goals” that use “mechanisms of intercommunication among its members” in order to achieve their objectives (795). I have chosen to examine how the College World‚ the Adrian College school paper‚ operates as a discourse community through the use of various mechanisms in order to solve the main issues that arise. More precisely‚ the research will explore
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I was able to complete over two hundred hours of community service in 4 years of high school. I have done several communities services such as volunteering summer camps‚ family markets‚ and providing tutoring for students at a local elementary. In the summer camp that I have volunteered‚ I have chosen to be a coach and teach children how to play soccer. I have learned a lot from my service because it has demonstrated me that I work well with others‚ especially children which made me realize that
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Sign Language is a very complex method of language that is used by the deaf community to replace spoken words. It is an extraordinary language when considering all that encompasses this replacement of words‚ such as gestures‚ vision‚ body language‚ tone‚ rhythm syntax‚ facial expressions‚ industrialization‚ and culture (Sign Language). The hand‚ body and facial gestures can represent objects‚ emotions‚ actions‚ numbers‚ letters‚ and can even ask questions. This visual mode of communication is
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The theory behind a community of practice was first introduced by Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger (1991). Firstly described within their novel Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation (1992)‚ yet their theory was not noticeably defined until Penelope Eckert (2006) gave this theory the title community of practice. Eckert defines a community of practice as “a collection of people who engage in an ongoing basis in some common endeavor” (Eckert‚ 2006) which is exactly what we see within the
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Youth Growing Up In Urban Communities Need Support Shirene Cirino- Mosley HSM/230 07/15/2012 Prof- Robin Van Kirk University Of Phoenix Youth Growing Up In Urban Communities Need Support In urban communities today‚ many youth fall short from what is really needed to grow up and live a successful life. This is due to the fact they are missing much needed guidance and support from their parents and families.
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Communities of Practice (COP) Assignment On Table of Content Serial no: | Topic: | Page No: | 1. | Introduction | 3 | 2. | Communities of Practices | 4 | 3. | Communities of practice and knowledge management | 5 | | I. Importance of teamwork for Knowledge Management | 5 | | II. Sharing ideas to the success of KM | 7 | | III. Connection of COP to Knowledge Management | 8 | | IV. How characteristics of COP help to bring success
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