During the 2012-2013 school year‚ I had the privilege of serving Mississippi State University as an Orientation Leader. An Orientation Leader is responsible for not only recruiting the next class of incoming freshmen‚ but also overseeing the successful transition of these freshmen into their new lives. Being an Orientation Leader is an exclusive right of passage at our school‚ only afforded to about 5% the students whom apply. I truly cherished my time serving the university‚ the lessons learned
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WEST BENGAL STATE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY LIMITED Technical Specifications for A.C. Single Phase ‚ 2Wire Solid State ( Static) Fully Electronic Energy Meter Accuracy Class: 1.0 ‚ Current Rating (5-30) A‚ With Backlit LCD Display for 240 V System Fitted inside Pilfer Proof Meter Box 1.0 SCOPE a) This specification covers design‚ engineering‚ manufacture‚ testing‚ inspection and supply of A.C. Single phase‚ two wire solid state (static) fully electronic energy meters of accuracy class 1
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Kristie Tran English 11 Summary: Fourteen Years of Doublespeak In the article‚ the author describes the Committee on Public Doublespeak as a group that tries to change the people’s judgments through working with the government and others who have great influence on the public. They do so by creating the Doublespeak Award‚ Orwell Award‚ and most importantly through Quarterly Review of Doublespeak‚ which is a newsletter that carries tons of examples of doublespeak from areas like education
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Film Authorship Ricciotto Canudo (1828) pointed out‚ “Cinema is the seventh art”. Any artists in each type of art have its own artistic style‚ even it is a film. Mise-en-scène is a good example to distinguish these artists. Every time we watch a film‚ we can find some period or some shots that we can identify the unique style. In film‚ we call autheurism. Although every film have its own story‚ different setting and different contents‚ we still find something whatever in comedy or tragedy that they
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Learning Goal: Understand the opening of the west. Montrell Simmons TB1 4/18/12 Westward Movement‚ the populating (by Europeans) of the land within the continental boundaries of the mainland United States‚ a process that began shortly after the first colonial settlements were established along the Atlantic coast. Despite those decades of continuous westward pushing of the frontier line‚ it was not until the conclusion of the War of 1812 that the westward movement became a significant outpouring
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The Union’s strategy in the West When the Civil War started the Union was hurt because they weren’t an organized front as compared to the south. The Union had 3 Generals in the west compared to one in the south. Each Major General was in charge of his area or "Departments." The Union had a Department of Kansas‚ a Department of Missouri‚ and a Department of Ohio. All of these states were boarder states and very important for the Union to protect. The Union made keeping Missouri and Kentucky
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adventure to the soul. When it came to him‚ he never hesitated to say what was on his mind. He was always throwing jokes. I think Holbrook’s portrayal of Mark Twain was mostly effective‚ but other times not so much. In the text "Cub Pilot on the Mississippi River"‚ Mark Twain was a steamboat crew member. He was ordered by his captain whose name was Brown. Brown was very harsh with Twain‚ but he did what he was told. Twain finally had enough and killed Brown. He was approached by one of his crew members
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Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Struggle against Adversity “No one’s life is a smooth sail; we all come into stormy weather.” This statement has more truth to it than one may think. In life‚ everybody reaches a rough point‚ a point where the light at the end of the tunnel seems dim‚ or even nonexistent. But overcoming this adversity is what builds character. Accepting and prevailing over life’s obstacles are what separate strong‚ independent-minded and forward-thinking people from those who give
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Cultural Criticism in Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi (1883) -Throughout “life on the Mississippi‚ Twain seeks to delay time‚ to make it pause long enough to make some sense of it‚ even as he realizes that detah will end all speculation. -He writes of his day as a pilot that “time drifted smoothly and prosperously on‚ and I supposed – and hoped – that I was going to follow the river the rest of my days‚ and die at the wheel when my mission was ended. But by and by the war came‚ commerce was
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be a place of extreme racism and increasing violence‚ the North appeared to be a bit more accommodating‚ although still not a true area of equality. This difference can be seen in two literary works‚ Anne Moody’s autobiography‚ Coming of Age in Mississippi‚ and Nella Larsen’s novel‚ Passing. These illustrate the contrast between North and South‚ and the struggles that black women had to endure in the twentieth century. Most of the legislation passed and movements relating to the rights of both minorities
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