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    McCormick’s novel Sold is extremely relevant because of the enormous human trafficking industry in not only South Asia‚ but many other parts of the world. Worldwide‚ the US State Department estimates that nearly half a million children are trafficked into sexual slavery a year‚ and about 12‚000 Nepali girls are sold by their families intentionally and unwillingly into sexual slavery in India annually. The issues of poverty‚ the shaming and subordination of women‚ rape‚ unsafe sexual practices and

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    Greatest Movie Ever Sold

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    Ryan Anderson Product Placement Assignment 2/3/2013 Greatest Movie Ever Sold In this movie‚ Morgan Spurlock studies the world of marketing by attempting to sell brands a chance to be apart of the film. The movie gives you an in depth look inside the business of advertising by showing the steps and decisions involved. Whether people are turned on or off by this film‚ it should help viewers gain knowledge on the reality of today’s society at large. The key steps such as brand selection for

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    In Patricia McCormick’s non-fiction novel‚ Sold‚ thirteen year old Lakshmi is sold into sexual slavery by her stepfather. She believes she is going to work in the city‚ as the breadwinner‚ but her step-father is in it for the money and revenge of the eldest son he doesn’t have. Lakshmi’s biggest priorities are her mother and brother‚ and her stepfather could care less about her or the family‚ he has an addiction to gambling. Instead of working hard and paying for a tin roof‚ he gambles his money

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    there are many different types of charity appeals most of which we have been exposed to time and time again. Here is a sample charity appeal that we have written and we would like you to say what you think about it Q and A questions: - What was affective about this appeal - What was not so affective - Overall what do you think is better a speech spoken orally or on a tv or radio Appeal follow up: (if it is tv – then say personally I think that)In general charity appeals that are spoken orally

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    I want to start by saying I haven’t done any service yet because Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte is waiting for my references to get back in touch with them. I have communicated with my references so that they will do that as soon as possible. I apologize for this situation professor. The program that I am working with is Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte and they are a Christian ministry of charity‚ service‚ and justice. Their mission is dedicated to providing help to those in need

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    Braque’s oil painting is a cubistic still-life. It’s content seems to be made up of what looks like his belongings – a violin‚ a fruit bowl‚ a candlestick‚ a newspaper etc. As he lived in Paris at the time this painting was produced‚ these belongings would have been in his apartment in one of the most artistic city in the world. I am guessing the process he used to create this piece is by dabbing paint onto the canvas instead casually painting with it. This gives texture to the painting rather than

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    I found my favorite quote after I read the book SOLD in class. The book was about a young girl who got sold into the sex slave trade and it illustrated her realization of how horrible the world can be. Even the people who should depend on can cross you and become untrustworthy. My quote is by Patricia McCormick who writes a main character named Lakshmi. The main character snuck down after a customer and saw the woman who owned her paying off a police officer to look the other way. She began to realize

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    is the Auction"‚ Emily Dickinson claims that creating works to be published disparages the author. In the first two lines‚ Dickinson provides a very demeaning description of publication by comparing it to auctioning off one’s mind. The capitalization in the phrase "Mind of Man" suggests that Dickinson considers the mind to be of great importance. The capitalization of "Auction" in the first line adds emphasis to the word and suggests that the auction being spoken of is not just any auction but the

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    St. Jude Charity Speech

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    LINDA NGUYEN OUTLINE CHARITY SPEECH St. Jude’s Children hospital‚ fight for childhood cancer Purpose: To inform my audience that there are kids out there that need our help and to have the audience persuade to donating. INTRODUCTION ATTENDTION GETTER/ RELEVANCE; Think back to a time when you were younger‚ maybe the time when you played dress up using mommy’s make up. Maybe it was a time when you when you pretended that you were a power ranger‚ to tell you the truth I wanted to be the pink

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    | Charity and the Media | An Australian Example | | Aidan Simmons‚ Bachelor of Journalism/Arts | 3655477 | “There are an estimated 600‚000 entities in the not-for-profit sector which contribute around $43 billion to the economy of Australia making it larger than the communications industry‚ agriculture or tourism. The majority of these are small unincorporated neighbourhood groups or associations that provide support for and wellbeing in the community”. – Office of the Not for Profit

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