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readers read” (Gibbons, 2002, p. 84). A good way in order to provide this reading activities with a particular text is by dividing it into three main stages: Before Reading, During Reading, and After Reading (Gibbons, 2002, p. 84). The before reading activities occur at, as their name mentions, before reading, and they are done with the purpose of prepare the students for the linguistic forms or any difficulties they will deal with during the text and to activate their prior knowledge (Gibbons,…

retailers or manufacturers [can do is] have their own data… It might not be broken down by demographic, but they can look at spending by certain product attributes, size of distribution,” Gibbons said. “...The closer the data gets to the consumer, the more it becomes actionable.” When analyzing these trends, Gibbons points out that there are many more layers to each generation than just what life stage the different-aged consumers are in. For example, each generation’s member also has race,…

Cameron Park Zoos’ history explains how the zoo started, and how it became a main attraction of Waco today. A small group of animals in the 1950s grew into the Cameron Park Zoo Central Texans know today. The small collection of animals was put together to educate visitors, as well as show real, live animals to the public of Central Texas. In 1955, wildlife volunteers displayed mammals and reptiles at the Heart O’Texas Fair. As a result, people started donating money in support of the formation…

The comic book, Watchmen, by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons is filled with numerous aspects of deconstruction from each character to the overall story to the layout of comic. One character that tears apart the traditional superhero is Rorschach. He is far from the traditional superhero in many ways such as how he became a superhero, his physical appearance, his costume, and his methods. These traits are either over emphasized or deemphasized by Moore to break the mold of the traditional superhero.…

reported because they believe they are feared. The boss in the film who abused their power is VP Lumbergh. There is a scene where Gibbons is trying to leave for work before Lumbergh spots him to ask him to come in on a Saturday. Once Gibbons stepped out of his cubicle, Lumbergh was already there. Lumbergh asked him to come in the whole weekend without considering Gibbons personal life and walked away. The abuse of power in this scene shows that Lumbergh does not care much for his employees and…

“Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises to pay debt for the common defense and the general welfare of the United States, but all duties imports and excises uniform throughout the United States.” Congress doesn’t have the power to control taxes. Congress also doesn’t have the power to control commerce laws. The year is 1781 is it okay for Congress to have any power? If you look back in history at the year 1781 the thirteen colonies created the…

Rhetorical Devices used by Prentiss: Prentiss (2005) utilizes rhetorical devices to influence her readers, she provides statements that give a negative spin towards Hayden’s work at the Keatley Creek site (Gibbon 2014). Prentiss (2005:178) uses dyshemisms as she critiques Hayden’s argument regarding climate change. She mentions that Hayden merely used a single pollen study and this is problematic since pollen is a poor indicator of short-term variations in climate and even worse when using only…

flourishing. The Supreme Court finally heard their first case that tested these specific powers. Gibbons v. Ogden involved two steamboat operators, Thomas Gibbons and Aaron Ogden. Gibbons was a steamboat operator from New Jersey and Ogden was a steamboat operator from New York. The two of them had a dispute; Ogden received rights to operate off the coast of New York from the state of New York, and Gibbons received rights to operate off the coast of New Jersey by an act of Congress. As a result…

Marbury vs. Madison In 1803, the case of William Marbury vs. James Madison went before the Supreme Court. Marbury, along with others, had been appointed by President John Adams in the final days of Adams’ presidency to be a justice of the peace for the District of Columbia. All the proper steps to make the new commissions valid were taken except they were never delivered. When Thomas Jefferson was sworn into office in March of 1801, he ordered James Madison, his Secretary of State, not to…

The history of life goes back over a million of years ago. The earliest evidence of humans in Europe, date about 1.8 million years ago (Smiley 2016, unit 11). Many years later, a partial skeleton was found and it was pretty evident that it belonged to an extinct human our closest evolutionary relative (Paabo, 2006). Many species have evolved and changed to what we call modern man. The Neanderthals and the Denisovans are very similar to modern man and are frequently referred to as “early modern…