The Last Spin The Last Spin is a short horizontal surface written by Evan Hunter in 1961. Its written most two boys from rival gangs‚ Tigo and Dave‚ who were picked to settle an argument by playacting russian roulette after a shooting at a candy shop. During the story they started to realise that they actually had a lot in common and gradually became friends. Towards the end they determine to call it quits and go for one last shaft of light but it all ends horribly when Dave dies. The story is
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speech 131 Introduction I. Attention Getter: Has anyone here ever added someone on a social networking site‚ whom you did not know? Well Megan Meier did and it was the tragic end of her. II. Reveal the topic: Today I will be discussing with you‚ social networking sites and the unhealthy effects it has on our society. III. Establish credibility: I myself am associated with social networking sites‚ and know firsthand the dangers they can cause. And for the past couple of days I have been
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2 OUTLINE TOPIC: Social Networking ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERN: Topical SPECIFIC PURPOSE: Informative THESIS STATEMENT: I will be informing the audience about social networking in three aspects. INTRODUCTION ATTENTION GETTER: When you log onto your computer and start up a web browser‚ what is the first website that comes to mind? Facebook? Myspace? Maybe Twitter? These websites are just some of the worlds top social networking sites in the worldwide web
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show a better GP. Adressing the risk of window dressing Window Dressing is a technique employed by enterprises to cover up the weak status of operations or present a better looking set of financials that what actually is. Overstating of closing stock is an example of how one can boost Gross Profit. Even Charging of depreciation at lower rates shows higher profits and stonger backing by fixed assets in the balance sheet. The motive behind window dressing might be to 1)show a better
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Social Networking Social networking is the rage of this age. Social networks are formed when people sharing certain interests including hobbies‚ religion‚ politics‚ etc.‚ coalesce into groups or communities. In modern times it refers more to online communities because this is where most social networks tend to exist. To facilitate such social networking‚ there are many websites. These social networking sites include Facebook‚ MySpace‚ Orkut‚ Twitter‚ Fropper‚ etc. Such sites help people to keep in
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“Window dressing” is a practice that has gone on inside companies for years. Due to the recent financial crisis however‚ more and more companies are making this practice a “norm” within their organizations. Although this is technically a legal process‚ it can mislead and deceive shareholders and potential investors of the company. Is this practice ethical? These companies seem to think it is ok to hide things for a short amount of time to make end of the year numbers look better‚ but what effect
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47% of American adults used social networking sites like Facebook‚ MySpace‚ Twitter‚ LinkedIn‚ and Classmates.com in 2011‚ up from 26% in 2008. [26] On social media sites like these‚ users may develop biographical profiles‚ communicate with friends and strangers‚ do research‚ and share thoughts‚ photos‚ music‚ links‚ and more. Proponents of social networking sites say that the online communities promote increased interaction with friends and family; offer teachers‚ librarians‚ and students valuable
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zx The Johari Window Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham developed the Johari (Joe and Harry) window model for a program in group process. It has become famous in the human resource development field as a communication and feedback model to depict how we give and receive information about ourselves and others. The model depicts a four-paned window (see figure). Looking at the four panes in terms of columns and rows‚ the two columns represent the self; the first contains “things I know about myself‚” and
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billion monthly active users‚ Facebook is the largest social network on the Internet. 6: Now‚ with everything‚ there is usually a positive and a negative to it. 7: Lets look at the positive effects of social networking first. The first positive effect of social networking is that is connects us with our family and friends. It helps us to keep in touch and to maintain a relationship. 8: Another positive effect is that it reduces our communication barrier. 9: With a social
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Window Tinting 1) This learner group is diverse in age‚ there ages range from 20 to 40 years of age. They are mostly female with one male‚ all have good English. Live in the south/south western suburbs of Sydney. They have no physical or mental disabilities in the group. They have an average to above average literacy and numeracy standard. All have completed high school level or beyond. All have previous knowledge of WH&S and are physically able to perform the task. All learners have no previous
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