I try to remain productive in my spare time‚ using it for self-betterment whenever I can. Life is competitive‚ so even though I try to relax and enjoy the time I have to myself‚ I do things that help me develop useful skills and healthy habits. Reading is a great passion of mine. From fiction to biographies‚ my tastes are eclectic and span many genres‚ all of them useful. Biographies reveal the flaws and merits of successful people‚ which are invaluable for reflection. Fiction allows one to enter
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Time and Tide Time and tide‚ a feature article by Tim Winton expresses the concept of belonging though his reflection and strong connection with the sea. He tells of his belonging through many techniques such as similes‚ metaphors‚ repetition‚ accumulation‚ personification‚ first person persona‚ descriptive language‚ juxtaposition‚ the use of short sentence structure and imagery. The opening paragraph uses deep emotive language of his past in which “sustains a sense of childlike wonder” keeping
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do so much that I don’t have time for my assignments. Learning how to overcome that obstacle will lead me in the right direction as it ties in with my professional obstacles as well. I will have to learn to tell my supervisors that I can’t work overtime if I have homework to complete or a class to attend. What are two specific time-management strategies you can use to help maximize your time during this class and reach your educational goals? One specific time-management strategy would be
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What is professionalism? There are many different forms of professionalism depending on whose opinion of professionalism it is. I will go with my opinion of professionalism. For the thirty years of my life I must say‚ I have learned a lot about my experiences in life. I’ve learned from myself‚ I have learned from my friends‚ and I have learned from mere strangers. I have seen people succeed in their goals. I have seen people fail in their goals. Failing doesn’t mean that you can’t try again
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Adventure Time (originally titled Adventure Time with Finn & Jake[2]) is an American animated television series created by Pendleton Ward for Cartoon Network. The series follows the adventures of Finn (voiced by Jeremy Shada)‚ a human boy‚ and his best friend and adoptive brother Jake (voiced by John DiMaggio)‚ a dog with magical powers to change shape and grow and shrink at will. Finn and Jake live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo. Along the way‚ they interact with the other main characters of
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papers and a TED Talk presentation reflecting on how the accelerating pace of life and the distractions/noise in form of new means of communication are affecting our concentration and vanishing our “sanctuary” where we can dedicate time for thoughtful reflections. * “No time to think: Reflections on information technology and contemplative scholarship”‚ David M. Levy. (2007) * “Speed and the Unsettling of Knowledge in the Digital University”‚ Ray Land‚ (2011). * TED Talk “5 ways to listen better”
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the moon‚ or even another galaxy could be skipped by taking a shortcut. Now imagine time as a ribbon with ripples. The same idea could be applied to time. What if you took the ribbon at the base of two ripples and joined it? The longer distance between those two points in time‚ now out in a loop‚ could be skipped by passing where the ribbon touches. There are a few problems though. When travelling through time‚ one can only travel forward. Travelling backward seems impossible because changing
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nAME: id: * * 1. Find the future value of $10‚000 invested now after five years if the annual interest rate is 8 percent. * * a. What would be the future value if the interest rate is a simple interest rate? * * * * * * b. What would be the future value if the interest rate is a compound interest rate? * 2. Find the present value of $7‚000 to be received one year from now assuming a 3 percent annual discount interest
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Closeness: A New Privacy Measure for Data Publishing Abstract The k-anonymity privacy requirement for publishing micro data requires that each equivalence class (i.e.‚ a set of records that are indistinguishable from each other with respect to certain “identifying” attributes) contains at least k records. Recently‚ several authors have recognized that k-anonymity cannot prevent attribute disclosure. The notion of ‘-diversity has been proposed to address this; ‘-diversity requires that
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Riddhi Joshi 7 Villages- Backbone of our Country. Mahatma Gandhi once said “if you want to see India‚ see the villages. Near about 70% of population lives in the villages. India is a land of villages. The name itself brings in a lot of happiness. The place where we can smell the land‚ we can greenery all around and peace far away from the chaos and hustle life of cities. Village is the place‚ our daily rice and wheat comes from. It is very true to say that the prosperity of our nation depends
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