Essay 1: Close Reading Blood Money Anyone with even a modicum of experience with writing has experienced the struggle of formulating an introduction and conclusion for their work. Stronger writers will ensure both the beginning and end add significance to a composition; neglecting to do so will often lead the reader to feel dissatisfied, confused, or critical. Articles are still being written about the controversial ending of the acclaimed television series The Sopranos, despite concluding nine years ago (Evans). Unlike The Sopranos, one does not need over three days total runtime for a conclusion to impact the thoughts of a consumer; similar rigor is found in the authoring of short stories.…
The film Azucar Amarga opens with protagonist, Gustavo, looking at himself in the mirror. A photograph of Fidel Castro wedged behind the mirror makes up half of Gustavo’s face, being one of the director’s first clues to Gustavo’s love for Castro and communist Cuba. Gustavo is Cuba’s ideal “new man”; a term coined by the famous Che Guevara to describe a “selfless and cooperative, obedient and hardworking, gender-blind, incorruptible, non-materialistic, and anti-imperialist”[1] man. Gustavo truly believes in the revolution; he studies hard in hopes for a scholarship to study aeronautical engineering in Prague, he tries to convince his father to continue being a state employed psychiatrist instead of beginning a new job in the tourist industry,…
Goophered Grapevine In the short story Goophered Grapevine, written by Charles W. Chestnutt, the author tells a story of a married couple in the 1800’s. Due to the wife becoming ill, their family doctor advised them to move to an area with a different climate. They decided to visit North Carolina to see if it would be a good fit for them and if the area would be suitable for his growing grape business. Upon arriving to the plantation, the couple ran into a “colored” man nearby, feasting on grapes.…
On November 1, 2016, you were assigned a project to make minor revisions to Standard Procedure 001:48:1, Disposition of Authority Property. Following the assignment of the project, you were instructed by me to: • Correct language errors, if any, in the published document On November 18, 2016, you submitted a draft procedure to me with the language error corrections you were recommending. The approximately 15 one-word recommendations you made included the following errors: • “Maintains an inventory of stored furnitures for use in Central Office (CO) locations.” • Coordinates the transfer and disposal of office furnitures at CO locations only. (In both cases above, you added an “s” to furniture even though the word furniture is an uncountable noun.)…
Introduction: Alka-Seltzer is a medication used to alleviate ailments such as heartburn and acid indigestion1. The ingredients that the tablet is made up of helps explain the name of the medication, the sodium bicarbonate is used to balance stomach acid, help spread the aspirin which allows the speed of absorption to increase, and reacts with citric sodium which produces carbon dioxide2. One initial observation of the Alka-Seltzer tablet and water is that when the tablet was dropped into the water, it began to fizz and make the water look like a carbonated drink such as Sprite. Carbon Dioxide is the gas that humans exhale and what is produced with Alka-Seltzer and water react, the chemical equation of the reaction is, (H2O + C6H8O7 + 3NaHCO3…
For many years the Cocoa Bean has driven the chocolate industry, allowing not only chocolate but other cocoa derived products to become very hot commodities around the world. This fruit is most commonly found in Western African countries, like Cote d'Ivoire, and Latin American countries where it is harvested all year round (Food Empowerment Project). As stated previously the chocolate isn’t the only thing produced from the Cocoa Bean, but Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Powder, Alcohol, and various Cocoa Extracts (“Products That Can Be Made From Chocolate”). Due to wide range of merchandise that is made from the Cocoa Bean, currently Americans spend around 16 million dollars on chocolate and Cocoa bean derived products per year (Vitello). Additionally,…
Ida B. Wells-Barnett is sitting in her train seat, reading a book as the conductor of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company stomps up to her Train Conductor: Ma’am you have to move to the smoking car Ida B. Wells-Barnett: Excuse me? Train Conductor: You must relocate at the smoking car Ida B. Wells-Barnett: Why? I have done nothing wrong, I paid for my ticket, you can see my stub if you’d like.…
Valuation Methodology In order to value Graincorp’s stock, this report used two-stage discounted cash flow (DCF) model. This model is chosen considering that Graincorp is in the mature stage, with the characteristics of paying high dividends and has a high leverage. Moreover, management stated that they are building another silos by this year, so it is assumed that Graincorp will have an increasing growth for several periods and will drop to the stable growth afterwards. Hence, the first stage of this model would be the increasing phase for 5 years and then followed by the stable growth phase.…
In the poem Wisteria Vines, the speaker uses the motif of beauty springing from ugliness from The Bean Trees to communicate the theme of the importance of family and community, emphasizing how family, regardless of how atypical it may be, is necessary to "bloom" into something beautiful. This concept is stressed in the final stanza of the poem, when the speaker states, “The rhizobia are not actually a part of the plant, but they always live with the legumes: a kind of underground railroad moving secretly up and down the roots.” The rhizobia, a form of bacteria, are intended to be symbolic of the unconventional family assembled in The Bean Trees; Mattie, Taylor, Lou Ann, Estevan, Esperanza, and the rest of the group, lacking any relation by blood, all develop…
Nothing beats the thrill of breaking the rules, but getting caught doing so is never fun. In Powder, Tobias Wolff reveals that people resort to extreme measures to avoid consequences. The father broke the law in order for his wife not to punish him. Not only that, he motivated his son to be an accomplice in the crime. The father made bad decisions to avoid the consequences of previous bad decisions.…
I do not feel that even an established patient should be able to call their physician and ask them to call in a prescription refill. When a physician writes out the patient's prescriptions and refills, they will write enough of a supply to get the patient through to the next office visit. The supply includes the first prescription with a refill or two following making a renew cycle of 3, 6, 9, or 12 months. Once a physician that calls in a prescription without the patient coming in for an office visit they are accepting responsibility for the action and any resulting consequences. These consequences may include, any new symptoms developed that might require diagnostic investigation, medications interfering with new drugs that the patient…
Julia Alvarez is a New York born Afro-American. Shortly after her mother gave birth to her, her family packed their belongings and moved back to the Dominican Republic. At the age of 10, Alvarez immigrated back with her family (“Julia Alvarez” 1). It was this move that opened her up and forced her to experience a clash of cultures. This childhood shaped with a dual culture becomes evident in many of her most popular works.…
Quantification of Iron in Whole Grain Cereal Jacob Rickman and Yasmeen Coan Submitted to: Curt Zanelotti CHEM 1045, Experiment No. 12, April 15, 2016 LABORATORY WRITTEN REPORT Honor Code Signature: _________________ Objective In this experiment, we gained an understanding of the relationship between chemistry and food products while developing and enhancing good lab techniques. We applied dilution concepts to carry out the experiment.…
It’s easy, cheap, and good for you. This is how advertising works for many products and Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes is no exception. Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes is a cereal brand that sells sugar-coated corn flakes. This cereal does appeal to the healthy ideas of society as many Americans are becoming more health conscious and start caring about eating a meal 3 times a day.…
PESTLE ANALYSIS Pestle analysis which sometimes is also referred to as PEST analysis is used as a tool by companies to track the environment they are operating in. It gives a bird eye view of the whole environment from the many different angles one wants to check and keep a track of while contemplating on a certain idea or a plan POLITICAL: Guwhati tea factory had to be shut down due to threat and extortion it faced ECONOMIC: There has been a hike in oil rates yet HUL maintains its profits and pricing power SOCIAL: In 2009, SANKALP an initiative was taken by HUL managers to introduce health and hygiene drives in rural areas TECHNOLOGICAL:…