Department of Lifelong Learning: Study Skills Series Note taking skills - from lectures and readings Introduction When you are at university‚ the sheer amount of information that is delivered to you can be daunting and confusing. You may even think that you have to copy down everything you hear or read. When you are at a face-to -face lecture it is sometimes difficult to tell what is important and what is not. Distance learning students might feel the need to copy out fact after fact from
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story will be filled with fantastic and fictional events and characters‚ but sometimes in this oh so real world of ours things happen just as they would in the fantasy realm of comic books and the line between fiction and reality is blurred. Death Note is a Japanese comic book that in recent months‚ has received huge attention due to a bizarre twist of events involving the comic’s author and chief illustrator. The series revolves around a young man named Light who acquires a notebook with supernatural
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Acceptance speech: An Acceptance speech provides an expression of gratitude for some form of award which has been given on the basis of merit or excellence. How to Write An Acceptance Speech? Answer An acceptance speech is delivered when a person receives an award or some kind of recognition. Within the acceptance speech‚ you may include some background and history behind your accomplishments. You may choose to thank or acknowledge individuals who have helped you along the way. You may also
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“A Troubled Note” It was another warm day in Fort Leavenworth‚ Kansas where others and I are in class learning Math‚ Science or English. My day was different from the three or four hundred students at Patton Junior High‚ very different. In English class‚ I sat two tables from Ms. Pam. It was group project day and I was paired with Quintin Barnes and Megan Vanderham. “Ugh‚ Ms. Pam I do not like him‚” yells Megan from across the room. She gives both Quintin and Ms. Pam the “eye.” “Oh well‚ you
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You’re in the car driving to your destination and the next thing you know that your cell phone received a message or a phone call. You decided to look at the text message or answer the phone. You’re on the phone texting back or talking and you started to pay more attention to your phone instead the road‚ and then BANG! You’re on the side of the road with a broken back‚ neck with a concussion or worse dead. This could easily be avoided if the person ignored the cell phone and pay attention to the
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The Born Free Generation. –Dani Beleli Good afternoon Mr Tennant and fellow students. We live in an age of worshiping the newest apps‚ following the latest tweets and checking the most recent social media crazes‚ where E and MTV is more important than the daily news. Our ‘Born Free’s’ or otherwise known as “The Me Me Me Generation”‚ are driven by their own self wealth and material well being. Apparently‚ this is a generation that is representing the free adolescence. The youth has not yet been
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Never Give Up On Your Dreams There is nothing more beautiful or valuable to humanity than the god instilled inbred passion that inhabits the very depths of who we are. That passion is a dream‚ Your dream can either take you to heights you never could imagine or you can choose to let it die and be buried in the complacent tomb of fear. You have time to fulfill your dreams. There was a guy who wanted to become a doctor‚ but was unwilling to go back to school for
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For the worst crimes‚ life without parole is better‚ for many reasons. I’m against the death penalty but not because of sympathy for criminals. It doesn’t prevent or reduce crime‚ costs a whole lot more than life in prison‚ and‚ worst of all‚ risks executions of innocent people. The worst thing about it. Errors: The system can make tragic mistakes. In 2004‚ the state of Texas executed Cameron Todd Willingham for starting the fire that killed his children. The Texas Forensic Science Commission
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Cultural Artifact Assignment 1. Introduction: a. Attention Getter: There is one of the most refreshing and thirst quenching fruit available years around. It is not only delicious but also has a lot of benefits we should know. b. Topic Revelation: Today I will tell you about the benefits of watermelon and its significance in Vietnamese culture. c. Relevance Statement: Watermelon has come to our world for more than 6‚000 years ago. According to Live Gourmet webpage published in 2011
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English 1A 27 April 2012 Death penalty The death penalty is one time punishment‚ usually imposed on one‚ by the court of law. It follows as a punishment against acts caused against humanity. One may receive a death penalty after being proved guilty of an act like murder. Mostly‚ a crime involving death receives a penalty of death. One may also be sentenced to death after being proved guilty of robbery with violence. All these are crimes that the criminal justice court endeavours to eliminate from
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