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    Leadership Development in South Riding Council Leadership skills development is often a neglected area in local councils across the UK. South Riding Council has sought to address this issue through establishing its own local leadership institute. The council‚ like all other local authorities‚ is facing the challenge of developing the leaders of tomorrow within a turbulent operating environment. The recruitment and retention of key staff is not easy in an area hit by a long-term decline in the local

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    story. Choose one short story from the course text about which you have not yet written‚ and analyze it in terms of point of view. When writing your post‚ consider the following questions * How would you categorize the point of view [e.g.‚ first-person‚ second-person (i.e.‚ “you”)‚ third-person limited‚ third-person omniscient]? * Is the point of view consistent throughout the story (told from the same perspective)‚ or does it shift at any points in the narrative? (If so‚ make note of

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    with an intellectual disability and spends her time riding buses every day. By taking this novel and analyzing it with concepts about the sociological views of disability gives a better understanding of how the concepts connect to real life. Thus we will look at the parental first encounter when finding out your child is disabled to the neurodiversity depiction of being disabled and lastly how disabilities and culture coexist. The parental first encounter when finding out that your child has

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    In her essay “On Seeing England for the First Time” (1991)‚ Jamaica Kincaid expresses her hatred for England by revealing England’s oppression of Antigua. Kincaid supports her claim by using irony‚ imagery‚ and constant repetition of the words “made in England”. She also reflects on her experiences living in a British colony to further show her oppression. Her purpose is to show what it is like living under another country’s control in order to communicate her negative attitude towards England

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    During the time of the Vietnam War‚ people were losing loved ones left and right. Many could not cope with seeing the belongings of the people they had lost. “Riding With Private Malone” is about the spiritual feeling something special can leave behind‚ and David Ball depicts this through tone. To start off stanza one‚ it talks in a happy tone. David Ball talks about how he’s snagging a nice car for cheap. He goes on through stanzas two‚ three‚ and four talking about how he gets the car running

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    Little Red Riding Hood is the classic tale of wolves‚ grandmothers‚ and why it isn’t a good idea to mix the two. As nearly anybody could tell you‚ the story starts with Little Red going to visit her poor‚ sick grandmother. However‚ she is beat to her grandmother’s house by a cunning wolf‚ attacked by said wolf‚ and is saved by the heroic Huntsman‚ who happens to stumble upon the cottage at a very convenient time. But‚ like any story that has stood the test of time‚ it has been changed slightly

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    With Time Comes Change “Now is the time when I would have wanted / to bestow this armor on my own son‚ / had it been my fortune to have fathered an heir / and live on in his flesh.” (2729-32) In the beginning Beowulf is focused on one thing‚ the task of defeating the monster Grendel for the rewards of gold and glory. He achieves these things not only after killing the monster Grendel but its mother as well. When he returns home he is greeted with honor and respect from his people. Beowulf

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    Fairy tales are universal stories and were often told to send messages‚ especially to children. The purpose of these stories is to instil moral values into children in an entertaining way. The stories “Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault” and “Little Red Cap” by the Brothers Grimm tell the same fairy tale to convey similar messages of young girls listening to their elders and not trusting all strangers. This is done through fairly tale conventions like plot structure‚ icons‚ themes of innocence

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    check over their shoulders‚ missing the opportunity to see a small shadow running after them. The novel‚ “The First Time She Drowned” by Kerry Kletter targets the theme on parental mental and physical abuse. The main idea of the novel is that the transgenerational cycle of abuse can only be broken through confrontation. Three points to help understand the main idea of the novel is‚ first‚ Cassie O’Malley’s (the protagonist) mother never truly resolves her own abusive past. Secondly‚ Cassie opens

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    THE FIRST TIME I GO TO CAM RANH CITY In this time last year‚ I had an adventurous trip to Cam Ranh. Some friends and I do not travel in groups. Every one just had a backpack‚ a train ticket and then we started exploring in new land. This trip gives me a lot of experience with vehicles‚ accommodation and places to visit ... Train from HCMC to Nha Trang losing more than 400km. If you want to go to Cam Ranh you must to catch a taxi for 45km. Cam Ranh gradually appeared in front of me but we realized

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