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    Drew Chapman writes both for television shows and novels, and produces television shows. He also directed and wrote a movie called "Standoff" that came out in the late 1990s, and starred Robert Sean Leonard and Dennis Haysbert. He is the author of a series of novels featuring Garrett Reilly. Drew Chapman wrote his very first novel when he was in the fourth grade, and to this day, it is unpublished. He has also written for and executive produced "Legends", a show that aired on TNT, and an eight…

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    Victor Hugo is an extraordinary writer that uses many rhetorical devices throughout his writings to emerge the readers into the book The Hunchback of Notre Dame, when he tells of how the Cathedral in France is being redecorated and the gothic theme is being removed to make it seem more romantic. As said in the book the narrator says “What has time done, what have men done with with these marvels? What has has been given to us in exchange for all this for all this, - for all this ancient French…

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    Protest In Venezuela

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    since their economy is dominated by the oil industry. The deterioration of the industry is a direct result of their president, Chavez, policies. This leads to inflation and food shortages, causing the people of Venezuela to protest. Their president, Hugo Chavez, tried to improve the country’s social condition by nationalizing the entire Venezuelan economy. He raised the prices of oil and moved out all private competition. During his rule, he tried to alleviate poverty by controlling prices and…

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    Alaina Swot Analysis

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    Strengths: - Alaina asks questions to understand what the third party is looking to do, prior to foreshadowing the hold time in order to take a deeper look. - At 5:40, Alaina makes a good decision to "rewind" and try to gain a better understanding of the situation by asking some clarifying questions. Opportunities: - Verify email prior to sending document. At the end of the call., Alaina advises the third party that she will email her the documentation. However, she has not asked the third…

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    Nathalie Research Paper

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    Nathalie is 42 years old and was born and raised in Australia. Her birthday is on the 7th March, 1947. She has one older sister and is the mother of one daughter named, Brianna. She has a Mauritian background from both her parents. Nathalie works at TAFE in Microbiology. Now for over 20 years. When she was 18 years old, she decided to join the gym. She went to Campsie Fitness Centre which is now known as Vibe Health Fitness Centre. She would go everyday and used to do aerobics there. She would…

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    President Hugo Chavez Frias…

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    When I think about the meaning of community organizing, I recall a selective memory of my elementary school years. I recall being in Zamora, Michoacan and the teacher telling us that one of our classmate father just passed away. As I just want to point out that the elementary school was on the outskirts of Zamora, and everyone knew each others family. Personally, I knew the señor Francisco Peña but knew him as Don Pancho, he was the carnicero in the area of Valenica. Thus, as I heard the news,…

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    Neil Gaiman, author of The Graveyard Book writes about a young boy named Nobody Owens or Bod who has a unique relationship with the dead. Throughout the novel Bod learns many things that the dead know about and don’t. With his guardian Silas, a mysterious figure who is neither living nor dead, Bod learns multiple things about life, the dead, and how powerful knowledge is. Knowledge is Power and power is what Bod seeks in order to protect himself, avenge his family, and put a stop to the Man Jack…

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    Sun Tzu once said, “The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim.” Victims of many situations usually are unaware of their trouble until the oppressor portrays it. Unfortunately, Nobody Owens from Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book, always got into life-threatening incidents. In this novel, the man Jack, an extremely dangerous man to the Dorian family, goes to the Dorian household to avoid problems for himself in the future.…

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    The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman easily fits into the category of ghost stories. It tells the story of a young boy whose mother, father, and sister were killed by a man named Jack when he was a baby. He managed to escape the house and make it to a graveyard not far from his home. There, he meets several ghosts, including Mr. and Mrs. Owens, who decide to take care of him. The baby is named Nobody, or Bod as a nickname. He lives among these ghost as the only living person in the graveyard but…

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