Poetry Book By: Aaron Bastian English Period. 4 Mrs. Seeck 1/09/13 Speaker For The Dead written by: Orson Scottcard My Depart By: Ender Wiggin The time has come for me to go To leave this place I have called home It’s beautiful snowy landscape of mountains and seas where the cold of the climate is outdone only by the warmth of togetherness It will soon be but a memory the thought of abandoning my beloved Valentine for whom I care for like no other forces me to remember
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Theme: Ever Timely‚ Ever Timeless There are a lot of philosophical issues or questions that are mostly involved in philosophy‚ but not all of these issues are preserved‚ some of these ideas are now unknown‚ yet many are still used and the argument about it is still ongoing. As of today‚ people still have questions about a lot of things. Although a lot of different philosophers have given their insights about a certain topic. Through all the centuries‚ only a few of these issues are used as their
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Enron Scandal In 1985‚ Enron was formed by Kenneth Lay after the merging of Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth. In the 1990s‚ Lay helped to initiate the selling of electricity at market prices. Markets made it easier for Enron to sell energy at higher prices‚ which caused the company to get richer. Enron was the largest merchant of natural gas in 1992. In November 1999‚ the creation of EnronOnline enabled Enron to develop‚ negotiate and manage its trading business. By 2001‚ Enron became a
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The Adelphia Scandal In 1952‚ John Rigas purchased his own cable company. By the late 1990’s‚ he had turned it into the sixth largest cable company in the United States with 5.6 million customers. The business was always run as a family style business which led to fraudulent acts among family members and upper level executives. The family has been accused of stealing $3.1 billion from Adelphia and is now facing criminal charges. Adelphia was forced to file chapter 11 bankruptcy and as of April
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Lenora Lubega Introduction Hello‚ my name is Lenora Lubega and I would like to welcome all of you to our focus discussion group. I will be the moderator. Our purpose for meeting today is to discuss ‘hands-free’ cellular telephone use while driving in the State of Tennessee‚ and to get your feedback on how you feel about the driving while using a cellular device. This focus group’s intent is to openly and discuss the question: “Should the State of Tennessee require ‘hands-free’ cellular
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describe different ways to improve our English in our free time and to say which is better and why. READING BOOKS AND MAGAZINES It’s really useful to read books‚ magazines or whatever we can think of! It increases our vocabulary letter‚ teaching us lots of new words and things that we need to learn in order to be good. We can go to a bookstore or an international press store and we can find an enormous collection of books and magazines for all ages. SPEAK THE LANGUAGE What could be better than
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Analytical Rhetoric: “’Center of Attention’: The Gender of Sports Media” In Michael A. Messner’s article of the topic of sports portraying in the comparison between the genders‚ he justifies the theme by claiming that “Sport is a man’s world.” Throughout history‚ sports in America were mostly participated and entertaining to the masculine role. As for the women‚ through the men’s eyes‚ the female role in sports are observed as pawns in the game‚ only described by Messner’s translations‚ “Women
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Influential Speaker Commentary Political views aside‚ most can agree that Barack Obama is an influential and very effective speaker. He is able to inspire masses of people with his simple‚ yet articulate use of words. He always speaks with a sense of smooth confidence‚ yet never near the spectrum of arrogance. Most importantly‚ he is so effective because he accurately knows his audience before performing the speech. Obama is truly talented in his ability to make people identify with him‚ because the
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The Watergate Scandal The Watergate Affair‚ is the worst political scandal in U.S. history. It led to the resignation of the president‚ Richard M. Nixon‚ after he became implicated in an attempt to cover up the scandal. "The Watergate Affair" refers to the break-in and electronic bugging in 1972‚ of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate apartment‚ and office building complex in Washington D.C. The term was applied to several related scandals. More than thirty
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economy? The Enron scandal is an example of a historical exposure of unethical behaviors within a company and it is also one of the largest corporate scandals in America. Enron started as a gas pipeline company. It soon expanded into the world’s largest and dominant corporation focusing on trading gas‚ electricity and water – the most essential needs of a citizen living in North America. In December of 2001 Enron filed for bankruptcy. The moral concern from this scandal was the immoral practices
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