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In every career, communication is key. Author Kelley Holland states in her blog post, “Candidates can’t communicate effectively” and that is part of why employers feel inclined to reject good applicants. Workers who cannot convey simple messages across the work room cannot be expected to communicate to others…

his troops as the Dutch Revolt, to fight the Spanish, helping the Calvinist refugees and surging across the Netherlands (Levack et al., 2011). Within a couple years, the Prince of Orange defeated the Spanish and claimed major territories including Holland and Zealand (Levack et al., 2011). However, the war was last almost for 30 years, which killed thousand people, billion dollars of valuable resourced were depleted. Fortunately, with a major financial support from England, the Dutch rebels…

Hands shaking. Heart pounding. “You can do it”, I told myself as I rose to my feet in front of thirty of my biggest critics. Running for the Student Leadership Executive Board was the scariest and most rewarding moment of my life to this moment. This position has given me the opportunity to learn valuable skills needed in the real world. When one thinks of leadership the stereotypical definition of “leading a group of people” may come to mind. I truly believe that leadership is so much more. It…

In Amongst Women of John McGahern, the matter of masculinity is presented through the figure of Moran and the figures of his sons. In the book, the main character Michael Moran seems to have closer relations with his daughters and to have more problematic relations with his sons. That’s its explicable by the fact that his older son does not live anymore in the house and he does not even visit his family. From the start of the novel, become recognizable that he does not live in Ireland, and he…

Now Fuhrer of Germany, Hitler was quick to stop unemployment. He grew Germany's economy, bringing them out of the depression and putting millions to work. The people loved him, he had saved them from the depression that had torn Germany apart for years and united the German people under one goal, the eradication of Jews, Slavs, and the November Criminals who betrayed Germany when the Great War was over. The people were furious, they believed what their ‘Fuhrer’ had told them and wanted the…

When I was growing up, I watched as my grandfather succumbed to Parkinson’s disease. On several occasions, he would take me with him when he went to physical therapy sessions, and I feel that sparked my interest. It was something that I believe helped him remain mobile and functional until an old age. In high school, I encountered physical therapy again when I got into an accident. Soon after, I ended up going to physical rehabilitation to get back motion in my knee. It was at these sessions…

Lives of the People Renaissance What was life like for people during the Renaissance? It began in Italy at the end of the 14th century. It was a known era of cultural and architectural achievements. The end marked a transition of the continent from medieval to modern era. Along with architecture, the home lives of individuals were joyous. Renaissance women take greater roles in social life opposed to now. They were able to form an opinion and even have a will of their own. Throughout this…

struggling with his own identity and sexuality. The drama, directed by Barry Jenkins, received over 40 presitigous awards, including three Oscars for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It stars Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Naomie Harris, and Mahershala…

To answer my research question I will undertake a qualitative discourse analysis of news media reports of harassment of women in Alberta politics. This project will be guided by the aims of feminist critical discourse analysis, which aims “to examine how power and dominance are discursively produced and/or resisted in a variety of ways through textual representations of gendered social practices, and through interactional strategies of talk” (Lazar 2004). These aims are reflected directly in my…

Taking Over Rome: Someone Was Going to Do It "Greatness might have cost the Romans their freedom, but it gave them the world" - Tom Holland Julius Caesar completely changed Rome. He initiated transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. Without this morph in government, Ancient Roman culture as it is known to the modern world never would have existed. This is because the Pax Romana, during which Roman culture really developed, would not have been started by Augustus if…