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    Nouveau riche I know I shouldn’t have done it but I couldn’t help myself. It was just lying there and the temptation was overwhelming. “Christina!” My heart nearly jolted out of my chest. “I need you to finish counting your money and then close your register. Take your break and I expect you to be back within an hour.” “Yes‚ Richard.” “Richard‚ a customer wants to confirm that the senior discount has been revoked for the saltine crackers‚” the new recruit said. “Samantha‚ just show them

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    Module Code: CE 20000-4 Title: Engineers? Men with oily rags and hammers! Chapters. 1. Synopsis. 2. Definition. 3. The early days. 4. Real life definition. 5. UK. 6. International. 7. Conclusion. 8. Sources. 1. Synopsis. The term ‘engineer’ has many different meanings and‚ depending on whom you ask‚ they will give you their own interpretation of an engineer. As the term is so commonly used on a daily basis‚ its true meaning has become somewhat distanced

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    The Vikings wanted riches and exotic items from other places in the world and this led to them voyaging and raiding. As the Vikings began traveling the: “Viking merchants were soon chasing these exotic products in trading emporia across northwestern Europe such as forested in Frisia and hamwic”(Hubbard). As trade routes began crossing through Scandinavia and Europe‚ goods from all over were being traded. The Vikings wanted these exotic riches and began raiding in order to obtain them. The need for

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    Essay “A good name is better than riches” Today there isn’t practically any person who argues about what more valuable material is or however spiritual demands and whether wealth can frequently take the place of everything? Probably solution of this issue also depends on people’s age: a modern youth long for riches and immediate satisfaction of their wishes‚ as for older generation‚ they commence to rate spirit and everything that relates it. Reputation is such thing that sometimes in difficult

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    Q. Apply at least two theories or ideas to a media text or genre: The Shawshank redemption – Vladimir Propp’s narative theory relates to this movie. In every narrative there are always certain people that play certain roles and the theory is correct in it’s assessment when compared to this film. Beginning with the hero – this character leads the whole narrative and is usually looking for or trying to achieve something. In this case it is male who is also the main character being Andy Dufresne‚

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    "All you have to do is make a better mousetrap and the world will come running to your door‚" said the American writer‚ Ralph Waldo Emerson. Sadly this isn’t true‚ as thousands of inventors in the United Kingdom find out every year. Making a financial suc­cess out of your initial ideas can be a complicated and time-consuming pro­cess. But for some‚ the rewards make tine effort well worthwhile. Dr Ruben Rausing‚ inventor of the modern card­board drinks carton‚ made a fortune from his invention‚ and

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    management is likely to become a critical issue in the coming years. Rag pickers play an important‚ but usually unrecognised role in the waste management system of Indian cities. They collect garbage in search of recyclable items that can be sold to scrap merchant (paper‚ plastic‚ tin...). This activity require no skills and is a source of income for a growing number of urban poor. There are two types of scrap-collectors: the rag pickers‚ mostly women‚ who collect garbage on dumping grounds‚ in residential

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    On- the – Job Training (OJT) is the most old‚ common but effective way to train every individual student in order to enhance their skills‚ knowledge and not only to their actual skills but also to their mental and physical abilities. For there to be able to know their strength and weaknesses‚ and their social ability to communicate to their co-workers/co-trainees and especially if they doing so their given task and if they also follow the rules and regulations of the company that they are working

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    Why do we need courage? We need courage for many reasons. Without courage we wouldn’t be able to do anything. We would do the same things and not learn anything new. It would be the same thing over and over again. In the book “Staying Fat For Sarah Brynes” by Chris Crutcher it shows many reasons on why we need courage. Courage helps us live the best we can‚ help us do things we don’t want to do‚ and stick up for ourselves. With courage you can live life the best way you possibly can. When Sarah

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    Bishops’ sonnet‚ “Sonnet‚” has strong imagery and metaphors which add to the speaker’s questioning and acceptance observed in the sonnet. Symbols of tools were used‚ for example in lines 1-2 and 3-4‚ “Caught- the bubble in the spirit-level” and “the compass needle wobbling and wavering” which allude to a compass and level. However‚ the words surrounding them alter their meanings. By describing the bubble as “caught” which has connotations of being trapped‚ and stolen‚ and in a spirit-level that is

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