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    The Idiot’s Guide to Courage If someone asked you what courage meant‚ you would probably think of The Cowardly Lion from The Wizard of Oz. Or maybe you think of some hero from Greek mythology‚ like Hercules. If you asked the web‚ you would find that courage means “The quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty” (“Courage”). People often put courage into a person‚ again‚ like Hercules‚ or Odysseus. But is this really right? I mean‚ is courage really someone you can just go

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    More than Code. More than Design. More than Advertising www.logicgateone.com Logicgateone: Blogger’s Grammar Blues What Really Matters To be or not to be -- that remains the question today when it comes to the subject of grammar. No‚ not the school subject which can be traumatic and nose-bleed-inducing but the subject of applying grammar for blog-writing. And it covers just about all levels since ordinary people write blogs‚ just as senators (or their writers do) and professional writers

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    MANNERS MATTER! Try four easy ways to teach kids how to behave © 2002 By Dr. Charles Fay In all parts of their lives‚ children with great manners have a powerful advantage over those who do not. They make friends easier‚ get along better with their teachers‚ and eventually make much better employees and spouses. Here are four techniques that will give your child this life-long gift: Tip No. 1: Make a list Sit down with your kids and make a list of the specific behaviors polite people

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    What is technology? What tools are considered to be technological devices? To begin‚ technology has changed greatly over time. Jim Porter’s text‚ “Why technology matters to writing: A cyberwriter’s tale”‚ helps explain this great change in technology and the important role it plays in society. Technology matters a great deal to writing‚ the two of them go hand in hand. Porter says that how technology matters varies depending on the particular technology‚ the writer’s attitude‚ and the context of

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    How Do You Write? What makes “good” writing? A question often asked by English professors at different levels of education. Instructors often wonder whether anyone can really be taught how to write; and why their students do not know how to write at a certain level. To begin to understand what makes writing and writers “good‚” we need to ask the larger question: What is writing? It’s easy to agree on the definition of writing if we limit it to something like putting pen to paper or typing ideas

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    The revolutionary changes that took place in the 1970s lead to many new ways of thinking and new fields of study‚ one of which was women’s studies. After such a change‚ the academic world was flooded with new perspectives and studies on the positions of women throughout American history and how that position had changed over time. One such examination was done by Mary Beth Norton in her book Liberty’s Daughters‚ a detailed examination of the roles of women during colonial times and how their roles

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    democracy that is still used today. Democracy gave equality to all of Athens’ citizens as well as many freedoms compared to other governments like an aristocracy which Sparta used or an oligarchy. Some freedoms such as freedom of speech brought many great thinkers and minds that greatly influence to modern science‚ philosophy‚ and mathematics. Also citizen can hold office and vote creating greater equality in Athens. Athens is better the city state compared to Sparta and today I will tell you why! II

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    Critical Overview: The film The Field has gotten many reviews‚ most of them were negative in a sorts. Many thought that the play which the movie is based off of‚ should have never been made into film. For example‚ Roger Ebert‚ a critic for the Chicago Tribune said‚ “This was not a work called out to be filmed” (Ebert). In his opinion he thinks that when the film was in play format one was able to care more about a field. However‚ when it’s filmed it seems stilly that the whole surrounding area

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    College Writing and Some of What It Entails Peggy Igl Everest University Online College Writing and Some of What It Entails According to the University of Maryland University College (2011)‚ college writing is assigned by your instructors to teach you critical thinking and communication skills needed to communicate not only in your courses‚ but your workplace as well. The assignments an instructor will assign will be of many different types and under many different circumstances too.

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    SPEECH CRITIQUE In this paper‚ I will critique the speech ‘How to Buy Happiness’ by Michael Norton. This speech was delivered at TedxCambridge and was filmed in November of 2011. I gathered my information from the TedTalks series. This critique will focus on the organization of the speech‚ the content of the speech and lastly Mr. Norton’s delivery of the speech. INTRODUCTION I believe Mr. Norton started his speech a little apprehensively. He showed signs of nervousness by touching his

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