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The Gestapo, abbreviation for Geheime Staatspolizei, was the secret police force, created by the Nazis, that “protected” Nazi Germany. The Gestapo originated in 1933 shortly after Adolf Hitler took power in Germany. Herman Göring was the creator of the police force. He created the force to eliminate anti-Nazi forces in germany. The purpose for the Gestapo was to hunt those who were considered a threat to Nazi Germany. They often went door to door interrogating innocent citizens of Germany. At…

Alessandra Potenza basically talks about how using informal IM-ing language that you would normally use to communicate with friends, family, and others. According to Amanda Lenhart, “If you are using a particular slang term, or a particular shortcut or abbreviation it may not be surprising that it ends up in your school work” (qtd in Potenza 23). Furthermore, from Gena Babineaux “If you want the job, you need to make sure that everything is done properly” (qtd in Potenza 22). This quote…

The letters between John and Abigail Adamses helps us to see them as real people, not just characters from our History books. Despite their different levels of schooling, John having graduated from Harvard whereas Abigail’s schooling was a combination of homeschooling and self-taught, their letters demonstrate a similar intelligence (Baym and Levine 625-626). Their friendship is made obvious by Abigail’s attempts to find subjects that might interest John and limiting discussions of family,…

The assignment I chose to make revisions to was the Resume and Cover Letter assignment. I chose this assignment not only because of my letter grade, but also because I feel this assignment will be beneficial in my future when sending off a cover letter and resume to potential employers. To begin, I made changes to my cover letter. There were a few sentence structure errors. For example, “With reference to your advertisement in The University of Tennessee Knoxville Center of Development, I am…

\section{Experimental Results and Discussion} In this section, we report the result of assessing neonatal procedural pain for all the 31 subjects (Section VI.A) as well as the results of assessing pain for a specific group such as a female group of neonates (Section VI.B). We also provide a comparison of our results with the results of existing similar works (Section VI.C). \subsection{General Model} To assess neonatal procedural pain, we conducted two set of experiments. In the first…

Educational nursing games expose nurses to experiential learning. They learn by doing something, rather than just watching someone do something or listening to how something ought to be done. Student nurses, especially, will benefit greatly from these games. Institutions providing nursing education programs struggle to find enough clinical assignments, instructors, and opportunities for their students to effectively practice their clinical skills. Institutions may also be heavily saturated with…

Self-Evaluation Strengths 1. Time Management Manage time effectively by prioritizing tasks and by delivering quality care in a timely manner. Action Plan: My plan in continuing to uphold this skill is to effectively prioritize task by allowing enough time to plan my day before shift start. Continue to completing urgent task first will decrease stress and anxiety promoting healthy mental state. I will consider how much time it takes to complete each task, giving tasks that are not as time…

In "Does Writing Affect Writing" by Michaela Cullington, Michaela discussed and conducted several experiments on how textspeak is hindering the writing ability of student in formal writing. Ever since texting was invented, it began to spread like wild fire among teenagers. Textspeak was common in texting, it allowed people to express their ideas in fewer words. As a result, teachers noticed rapid decline in student’s writing quality, blaming textspeak was the cause. On the other hand, some…

introduces an expert on the subject, Dr. Crystal, to talk about the period declining in use. A trend incited by social media empires Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter, Crystal says, omitting the period soon became a social norm. In addition the usage of abbreviations such as “lol”, “rotf”, etc., has been increasing in usage due to these social media trends. Instead of saying “yes” or “okay” while texting, students, in a study conducted by Dr. Crystal, tended to say “yeah”, “sure”, or “yup”.…

exponentially and our dependance ad addiction to them has been growing alongside them. However, I don't think it's for the best. Technology transforms us by making us dumber. For starters, the usage of texting doesn't help one become smarter. Using abbreviations and other writing shortcuts makes one forget how to write well and without mistakes. The number of text message users is growing at a fast pace. They usually want the message they're sending to be written and read rapidly. This causes…