Book Report #1 “Airborn” by Kenneth Oppel is about a 15 year old boy aboard an airship. He works as cabin crew and as lookout in the Crow’s nest. Matt Cruse tends to wealthy passengers that want a smooth ride across the seven seas. One night‚ he comes across a dying balloonist who speaks of magical creatures flying high in the clouds. Matt doubts the man’s ravings‚ but when he meets the man’s granddaughter‚ Matt realizes he’s in for a real adventure. The man had a journal‚ that gave his
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Chapter One The first chapter gets the reader acquainted with Mr. Alex Rogo and his apparent problems with his production plant. This is shown through a confrontation between Mr. Rogo and his boss Mr. Peach‚ the Division Vice President. The dispute is over an overdue order #41427. Through their conversation it’s learned that Mr. Peach will not settle for anything less than the order being shipped today‚ and since the plant is neither productive nor profitable‚ Alex has three months to show an improvement
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The writer of ’The Luncheon’ William Somerset Maugham‚ in this short story‚relates about a lady who is an admirer of his stories. She wins the author’s favour and expresses her wish to meet him at a high class restaurant.William exposes the false motives of modest eating habits‚ of the middle classes with a touch of humour. Twenty years ago the author was living in Paris‚ when he had met a lady‚ who is an admirer of his stories. She had met him at a play and relates to him the incident during
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In Gwen Wilde’s essay‚ “Why the Pledge Should be Revised‚” Wilde strongly believes that the Pledge of Allegiance should only be used for the sole purpose of patriotism. Included in her essay were many facts of the original pledge. She states that the first “original” pledge‚ which was issued in 1892‚ read as such‚ “I pledge allegiance to my flag‚ and to the republic for which it stands: one nation indivisible‚ with Liberty and justice for all.” She then included in her essay that in 1923‚ “my flag”
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Adi-Parva‚ First Book: The Origins of the Families The story opens as Sauti‚ a storyteller returning from the snake sacrifice of King Janamejaya‚ approaches several wise men‚ or rishis‚ in the forest of Naimisha. He relates to them the Mahabharata as he has heard it from Vaisampayana‚ a disciple of the poet Vyasa. Sauti begins by recounting the death of King Parikshit of the Bharatas at the hands of Takshaka‚ aNaga‚ or snake-man. King Janamejaya‚ Parikshit’s son and successor‚ had held the snake
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Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion of a fetus or embryo from the uterus‚ resulting in or caused by its death.[1] An abortion can occur spontaneously due tocomplications during pregnancy or can be induced‚ in humans and other species. In the context of human pregnancies‚ an abortion induced to preserve the health of the gravida (pregnant female) is termed a therapeutic abortion‚ while an abortion induced for any other reason is termed an elective abortion. The term
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The purpose of this paper is to summarize one section of three chapters in ‘Developing Communicative Competence in a Second Language (Issues in Second Language Research)’ written by Robin C. Scarcella‚ Elaine Andersen‚ and Stephen D. Krashen. The main focus of this section is to examine how second language learner’s develop discourse competence. The term discourse competence was first used by Canale and Swain to refer to knowledge of how to combine grammatical forms and meanings to achieve a unified
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The Books of the Old Testament The Pentateuch/ The Torah (5 books) Genesis - Genesis‚ which means "beginnings‚" begins with the creation of the world and man. The first half of the book also covers the early history of man‚ the story of Noah and the Flood‚ and the Tower of Babel. The second half of the book is about the Patriarchs of God’s chosen people ... from Abraham to Isaac to Jacob. It ends with the story of Joseph and the Israelites moving to Egypt. Exodus - Enslaved in Egypt for
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Logistics - a practical approach Part 1: The foundations of Logistics Chapter 1: Introduding Logistics - Logistics is more than just Transportation - Involves aspects like procurement (Beschaffung)‚ sourcing‚ planning‚ storing‚ control and distribution (Verteilung/Austeilung) - Shift towards placing production in Central Europe b/c production is cheaper - Delivery: customer gets what he ordered‚ where he wants it and at the right time‚ not too early & not too late
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8 |Pagethe following days‚ the trainee had already worked just like a regular employee of the ERFE &ASSOCIATES.May 11‚ 2012‚ it was the day when he appointed at Evaristo Unit Project where heassigned to encode a plan and to make a 3D model/ perspective of TV cabinet at lining room.May 15‚ 2012‚ it was the day when the trainee finished his 100hrs OJT training in ERFE& ASSOCIATES and it was also his second day on the site. On the site‚ the trainee noticed thatmost furniture in the unit/ project site
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