Less Is More Some say that short stories are pointless‚ who could possibly write a story in just 55 words and it make sense? Well it has been done and it works quite well! It takes an author of great skill to be able to put so much information into such a small piece of writing‚ to be able to fit in all the necessities. These authors have their own genre of writing. Some of these amazing authors include Lydia Davis‚ Margaret Atwood‚ and Terry L. Tilton. These are just a few of the outstanding brains
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2000-014 10/01/2012 “Helping the Less Fortunate” If I were a president of an organization‚ that made millions of dollars each year; I would create an organization within my organization that caters to the less fortunate. My organization would help to remove people off of the streets and give them a place to live‚ feeding the homeless in soup kitchens while passing out clothing‚ and also funding the education of those who cannot afford it. I believe that taking random people off of the streets and giving
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Leadership: and why women make better leaders than men Leadership What makes a good leader? Toughness‚ authority‚ drive and determination? A lot of people would naturally serve up these attributes as being those of a good leader. However‚ the times they are a changing….albeit slowly. Think about from where our habits and ideas on leadership originated. Most likely in the military‚ perhaps from Roman times‚ or even further back; Greek orators‚ European royalty. With the exception of some Queens
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the 21st century‚ many global issues have erupted and taken over the world. One of these problems is Sea Mammal Hunting‚ which occurs mainly in Japan. The Japanese are hunting sea mammals‚ resulting in horrific effects on the sea mammal population. The organization Greenpeace has addressed this problem. They are working to end this problem by educating about it‚ through anti-sea mammal hunting campaigns being broadcasted worldwide. Sea mammal hunting is a major issue in Japan. Recently 333 Minke
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A shorter attention span almost always denotes the lack of a persons ability to concentrate - which is necessary in most tasks today. It is also linked to forgetfulness and overall means that we are a lot less productive then we ever were or could be. Irregardless of decreasing attention span‚ the work hours have not decreased so one is expected to stay focused through out this time period. Shorter attention span most importantly means that we have a hard time retaining information which is a major
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Janet Sarjeant Feb 17th‚ 2012 The Important day of my life The life is a complete journey in which every second is a new experience for us. Some remarkable experiences can change our whole life and we learn from them many different things that we cannot forget ever. Same way‚ I remember the first most memorable and important day of my life when I went to my first journey‚ out of my country‚ away from my family‚ when I was 12‚ which then led to a life changing experience for me. I got
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In Zinsser William essay “The Right to Fail”‚ he talks about people’s right to take risks and chances. He explains that there is nothing wrong with making mistakes‚ but a lot of people consider this as a bad thing. In order to become successful‚ sometimes we need to fail couple times to learn new things‚ to find out what our strengths and weaknesses. Simply failure is a way to achieve that. People weren’t born perfect. Perfection or success is an achievement which takes time‚ practice and patience
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then looked down at the cake on his hand and the beggars‚ biting his lip‚ as if to think about something‚ a brick firm steps walked to the beggar. "Well‚ it’s for you‚ this is the last thing I bought with pocket money." The boy said. Beggars opened his eyes‚ awakened from a dreamless‚ "to me? Thank you so much." He spoke‚ he trembled with his hand and slowly took the cake. But he confused the cake to the side of a child. Children immediately gobbled up. "This is my son‚" the beggar said: "He has
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psychology‚ there are two types of attention: selective attention and divided attention. Divided attention is the state of paying attention to more than one stimulus or to a stimulus rather than focusing on one certain action or thing. Where selective attention on the other hand can be described as a type of attention which involves focusing on a specific part of a scene while ignoring other aspects. We can multitask or scan as long as anything we are doing is not too complicated or requires a rapid
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As an individual’s‚ we carried something in our lives that meant something that could be a small object or something inside us. In “The Things They Carried‚” many outlook on the things the soldiers carried or dealt. It shows us the many reasons why and how the soldiers possessed these things individually and how it was important for them. This doesn’t happen only in the war but in a daily day‚ we carry something special that has meaning. It could be any small object that tells something about us
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