The Forbidden Paw :: Creative Writing Examples

The Forbidden Paw Once, a very long time ago there was a crazy family that decided to go on vacation to Manakesh, Morocco. "What a dump! Why would Princess Grace live in a place like this?", the father asked in a curious way. "Dad, that’s Monaco.", the daughter replied with quite an annoyed tone to her voice. The family continued walking through the market, they saw a contortionist doing his acrobatic thing. "I can do that, but I don’t want to.", replied the misfit son. (Who was obviously lying out his @#$!) At the next vendor, the crazy dad saw a monkey’s paw, and he decided that he just had to have it. The vendor of that booth told him that it granted four wishes to whoever owns it. "Sir, I must strongly advise you. Do not purchase this. Behind every wish lurks grave misfortune. I myself, was once president of Algeria.", warned the aging old man. "Come on, pal, I don’t want to hear your life story. Paw me!", was all that the father had to say to him. The man’s wife was not pleased by his senseless and careless purchase. The wife asked where he had gotten that ugly thing. His reply was straightforward, "Why, at that shop right over†¦there?" (But all that was left was a gust of wind) The husband gasped and said, "Oh, no, wait, it was over there." As he pointed to the shop. And as the family was leaving, all they could hear was the vendor saying, "You’ll be sorry!" At home, the paw sat on the coffee table. The son wanted to wish for x-ray specs that really work. But the daughter decided she would rather wish for peace on earth. While they were arguing, the 2-year-old baby grabbed the paw and made her wish. A limo pulled up outside, and the father was very pleased, "Good Baby!" The driver brought her a shiny pacifier, then sped off. "Oh, MAN!", was all that the dad could say. The son decided he had waited long enough, and so he wished for the family to be rich and famous. The father agreed, "Now you’re talking!" Immediately, they were showered with money. The dad took the family to the fanciest restaurant in town, the Gilded Truffle. The maitre’ d showed them to their table†¦ As the family was enjoying dinner, the wife piped up and said that maybe fame and fortune wasn’t as bad as they say.

Modernism: A Critical Analysis

T. S. Eliot did not invent modernism in literature, but his poem The Waste Land (1922) expresses more distinctly than anyone else what the modernist endeavor really was. More than a poem, it was an occasion, a cry that defined a moment in time, and which it is not possible to repeat. Eliot himself declared that he had moved on from the style of The Waste Land immediately after. Shortly after its publication he expressed in a private correspondence, â€Å"As for The Waste Land, that is a thing of the past so far as I am concerned and I am now feeling toward a new form and style† (qtd. in Chinitz 69).The Hollow Men (1926) is nothing as fragmentary, chaotic and nihilistic as is the 1922 poem. In The Waste Land we seem he hear an unalloyed expression of despair; the despair that purposeful art in no more possible in â€Å"the immense panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history† (qtd. in Sigg 182). Yet the poem is not a complete negation of art. It manages a sort of coherence towards the end, in which we may read a suggestion that art may still be possible amidst desolate meaninglessness of the modern age.The First World War is the event that finally shattered the cozy certainties of the Victorian age. At a more protean level, it annulled the optimism of the humanist endeavor which gave rise to the Renaissance, the Enlightenment and the scientific world view. It is significant that the major part of this endeavor was carried out in art and literature. In the aftermath to the Great War came disillusionment, because it was widely perceived that progress did not bring peace but war – the most brutal and mindless sort. It was not just corpses and rubble that littered Europe, but the Western psyche too was littered with rubble.The Waste Land is essentially a collection of fragments from the tradition of literature. The ultimate statement made by Eliot is that there is no more meaning in which the artist can take his tradition and f urther it. Yet he cannot abandon the past either, for his identity is still contained within those fragments. â€Å"These fragments I have shored against my ruins,† says the Fisher King, who is not able to redeem the wasteland that stretches before him (Eliot 69). This expresses the core sentiment of the poem, which is in the end a mere collection of literary fragments. It is a demonstration of what the function of the artist has become, for the message of Eliot is that the artist is indeed reduced to gathering debris from his cultural past.Eliot’s poem is not meant to be imitated. Its function is to locate the spirit of the age and give it voice. So successful was it in this latter role that many of its literary features began to be adopted, especially so in the novel form, towards the creation of the modernist novel. The most common feature of this fiction is the dysfunctional and alienated protagonist in an urban setting who struggles against encroaching meaningless ness. Of this fiction Federman says, â€Å"The creatures of the new fiction will be as changeable, as illusory, as nameless, as unnamable, as fraudulent, as unpredictable as the discourse that makes them† (12).To render such a narrative effective novelists were soon employing a device known as â€Å"stream of consciousness†. It sacrifices coherence for an effect which seems to suggest that we are privy to the unexpurgated thoughts and impressions of the protagonist. Ulysses by James Joyce is composed entirely I this mode, and another novelist who use this method effectively is Virginia Woolf. Most often it is used for effect in novels which retain some meaningfulness, therefore are not entirely nihilistic. In such novels we identify the contining search for possibilities in art which Eliot had instigated.The novels of Franz Kafka use the conventional narrative voice, yet depict a world that is fragmented and devoid of meaning. The protagonist in The Trial wakes up one morning to discover that he is under arrest, subject to trial, but free to move about in the meantime. There is no immediate explanation of his wrong-doing, and none is forthcoming as the trial grinds on. Not only self-preservation, the protagonist is also seeking for meaning. But the only meaning that emerges is that ‘the system’ has decided that he is â€Å"the accused†, which has set into motion a process whose eventual and inevitable outcome is a brutal execution.Everybody seems to be helpless before the system, both friend and foe. They cannot effect its course, and neither can they extract meaning from it. The state embodies logic, of which Kafka says, â€Å"Logic is doubtless unshakable, but it cannot withstand a man who wants to go on living† (Kafka 263). Instead of war, Kafka’s focus is on the bureaucratization of the modern state, but evokes the same sense of despair and the helplessness of the individual before greater and inexplicable fo rces, the unmistakable stamp of modernism.The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway is also considered a modernist novel. Though more famed for his hard-edged realism, in this last effort before his death Hemingway has created a powerful parable of futility. Santiago is a Cuban fisherman who has met bad luck, having not caught a fish for 84 days. On the 85th day he becomes reckless and ventures further into the sea than anyone else before. He hooks a marlin of such tremendous size that it hauls Santiago and his boat around sea for and entire day.The old fisherman is soon locked in an epic battle of strength, guile and wits with the marlin, and expends every last bit of himself for over three days of struggle. Bloodied and drained, he has his catch in the end, which he begins to drag shoreward. But sharks then fall upon the marlin, and the old man cannot battle them off with his harpoon. Though futile, Hemingway suggests that the old man’s struggle has transcendental value.H e makes frequent comparisons between the old man and Christ, and describes the old man in awe of the nobility of the marlin, even while locked in a life and death battle with it. He is described as musing, â€Å"But it is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers† (Hemingway 75). In its tenor of unremitting futility the novel is modernist. The meaning discovered in the end is transcendental and religious, in which â€Å"the spirit of the individual† is pitched against â€Å"his biological limitations† (Walcutt 275). This is significant when we recall that Eliot too discovered religion later in life.In conclusion, in his poem The Waste Land Eliot expressed a feeling that conventional motivation of the artist was no longer relevant in the modern age, because the aspirations of the previous age, that which had motivated writers and artists in the Victorian era, had been rende red null and void. But at the same time it initiated a new quest in literature, which became a movement known as modernism, and especially employed by novelists. In their novels, which mostly emphasized the meaninglessness of modern existence, the modernist novelist nevertheless tends to dicover transcendental or religious meaning.Works CitedChinitz, David. T.S. Eliot and the Cultural Divide. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.Eliot, Thomas Stearns. The Waste Land and Other Poems. New York: Penguin Classics, 1998.Federman, Raymond. Surfiction: Fiction Now and Tomorrow. Athens OH: Swallow Press, 1975.Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.Kafka, Franz. The Trial. Trans. Willa Muir, Edwin Muir. New York: Schocken Books, 1995.Sigg, Eric Whitman. The American T. S. Eliot: A Study of the Early Writings. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1989.Walcutt, Charles Child. American Literary Naturalism, A Divided Stream. Minneapolis: Universi ty of Minnesota Press, 1974.

Marketing funtions

Principles of Marketing Seaworthy College In any type of organization, the internal marketing strategy and end result can greatly affect the outcome of any measured external results. Internal marketing is created and carried out In order to align, motivate and empower all employees on all levels of the business. When employees feel motivated and empowered, what follows is typically positive customer experiences that are truly aligned with the firms' organizational goals. Success in any business starts with the many roles that employees will play, in which each roll affects all others.One role the employee will play is the worker that they are in the environment they are provided. An employer or internal marketer needs to provide a work environment that enables the employee to feel excited and rewarded by their everyday duties. If the employee feels motivated by the excitement or reward, they will strive to Increase their performance. Increased performance, In turn, Increases customer satisfaction. With both employees and customers satisfied, all levels of the organization will then be satisfied. If satisfied, the employees and customers will remain loyal to the organization.Employees will also be more apt to remain loyal if they are aware of any possible challenges and given direction. All of these roles will help evolve and preserve the compass culture, with little culture or low productivity could greatly benefit from internal marketing. Internal marketing is also achieved through quality management training. This is a form of training that will enable the staff to see the cycle between employee relations and producing quality products or services. Communication with employees will increase heir knowledge, which in turn creates greater awareness and allows for the expression of opinion.Along with communication and awareness, incentives can greatly affect attitude, knowledge, and the willingness to offer an opinion. Some incentives available are positive worki ng conditions, salary recognition, and personal growth. Positive internal marketing looks to adjoin departments which will increase harmony and further improve communication. Overall, the main objectives of internal marketing are to keep the internal stakeholders satisfied and motivated. In turn, as an end result, it will keep the external customers satisfied. It will also improve employee relations and core competencies.Core competencies are defined as the strengths and advantages of a business. These competencies allow a company to expand, but should be unique enough where they cannot be replicated. All internal marketing will affect the external outcomes of each business. When the internal strengths are matched with external opportunities, all needs of customers will be met. Therefore, organizations should convert any internal weakness to strengths and all external threats into opportunities. Internal strengths ND weaknesses should be analyzed for insight on accomplishing any int ernal goals.It will also open awareness for advantages in achieving external goals. A review of employees and production will allow someone to spot possible advantages or impediments. A review of the financial ratios should be conducted to compare with other competitors. Possible external opportunities would be gaps in the market where no company is actually serving. This will allow for a new market or growth opportunity. Possible threats would be any competitors or new products. Most successful businesses not only consistently analyze their marketing, but also look to create a customer centered business.This is done by starting with the customers instead of starting with the product. Starting with the customer is creating a business' actions to support sales and staff to meet the specific clients' needs. More simply put, it's putting the customer first. Same positive result. The strategies are based around creating a quality product and correctly responding to complaints and inquir ies. This is achieved through seven steps that are completed at the business level. The first step is to communicate your central philosophy simply but meaningfully. A few short words shouldn't be hard to remember but mean the business.The second step is to elaborate the company's core values. This is a definition of how the customers, employees, and vendors should be treated at all times. The third step is to reinforce your commitment continually. The more often it is stated, the better it will stick. The fourth step is to make it visual. If an employee sees the philosophy and commitment in every day surroundings, it will become second nature. If the customer sees the same, they will begin to realize what the company strives on. The fifth step is to make it a focus during orientation.Orientation is the time where new hires take the key elements of the business away from the table. If it is mentioned in orientation, they will know the importance. The sixth step is to train, support, hire, and enforce. Some employees need to be taught and encouraged to follow new ways of thinking and acting. This will, in turn, generate loyalty and enthusiasm amongst customers. This is typically done through training, learning, coaching, observation, and feedback. The final step is to instill the idea of including the world. It creates the actions of going above and ended. Customer's decisions are based on a five step process.This process consists of problem recognition, information search, alternative evaluation, purchase decision, and post purchase behavior. Interactions with a company can be placed anywhere in steps two through four due to impact factors. These impact factors consist of past experiences, cognitive bias, individual differences, personal relevance, and escalation of commitment. Past results of a product will determine if the product will continue to be purchased. If the result was positive, then the action will be repeated. If the result was negative, then the action will be avoided in the future.Cognitive bias consists of many factors. Belief bias is the overconfidence on prior knowledge. Hindsight bias is when one is ready to explain the inevitable. Omission bias is omitting any info that may be perceived as risky. Confirmation bias is that the customer observes what they expected. Individual differences are based on socioeconomic status, age, and cognitive abilities. The older generation may be more confident in decision making because they have more ability to apply strategy. The socioeconomic status is meaning that some may eve less access to education and resources so they are not informed enough to make a decision.Personal relevance comes from a person feeling that their decision matters. When they feel this way, they are more likely to decide. They want to see the importance of their actions. Escalation of commitment is simply continued loyalty. Decisions, it's time to investigate the effectiveness of the marketing. This is done by various investigation techniques. One way is through search engine optimization. This is the ability to gauge the company's popularity as compared to other companies. It tracks how many times internet users have clicked on the links for the particular site.Another option is through quarterly revenue. This compares revenue against marketing campaigns. This will inform you of what actually makes the product sell. Surveys are a basic way of questioning how people feel. Surveys are done in a variety of ways, but if sent via email, there are certain services that are able to track how many of the sent emails were opened. From that number, they can they track how many went into the website. All of the options for data collection are sent through a marketing decision purport system. This is a system that is used to interpret and evaluate data.

The Giver

Creating an Acrostic Poem In this lesson, you will create an impressive acrostic poem. You will use your Intel-based MacBook, or iMac, (or other Macintosh computer running OSX 10. 5 or higher), and the preloaded software to complete the project. Images are provided to help you along the way, and there is a sample poem on the last page of this lesson. Try to follow the steps in the activity as closely as you can, but once you have a feel for the way the software works, feel free to elaborate in order to personalize your poem and further develop your computer skills.Here is a list of the tools you’ll use: HardwareSoftware ComputerMS Office-Word iSight CameraDashboard Widget-Dictionary/Thesaurus PrinterPhotoBooth, iPhoto (optional) Procedure: Setting Up the Document 1. Open MS Word application. Look for the icon in the Dock. If you can’t find it there, open a New Finder Window, then click on Applications, then scoll down to MicroSoft Office 2004 or Office X, then open (or expand) that folder to show the icon. Double-click on it to open the application. 2. Pull down the File menu to New Blank Document, or, in the Project Gallery, click Word Document, then click Done. . Type the title of the poem (name of the person, animal, item) on the first line of the page, ideally with all capital letters. 4. Press the return key two or three times to leave some space between the title and the first line of the poem. 5. Now type the same word vertically, down the left side of the page, again in all captial letters, pressing the return key after each letter, so that each letter is on its own line. Don’t worry about the appearance being rather dull at this point. The first task is to get the structure down. 6. Save your document.Some students may remark that they â€Å"†¦have not finished yet†¦Ã¢â‚¬  This is a good opportunity to remind ourselves that we should be saving our work early on in the process, and then repeatedly as the document grows. Pull down the File menu to Save†¦ A ‘sheet’ will appear at the top of your window. The one shown here shows that the document will be saved as: HENRY. doc on the Desktop. (You may elect to have your students save their work with a more specific name, and in another location. ) Click Save. Using the Dashboard Widget – Dictionary/Thesaurus 7. Click on the Dashboard icon in the Dock. 8.The dictionary widget may already be present on your desktop, but if it is not, click on the plus sign (in the circle in the lower left corner of the screen), and other widgets that are available will appear. 9. Click on the dictionary widget (it also includes the thesaurus). The widget will appear. You can drag it anywhere you like. Click on the Thesaurus button at the top of the widget, then type in a word you want to find synonyms for. Let’s say, for example, that you want to find a word that means ‘friendly’, but you don’t have an â€Å"F† in your name. Type the word friendly in, and then look for a word that starts with the letter you need. 0. Once you have found the word, click on the Word icon in the Dock to return to your acrostic poem. Type your word on the line that beings with its first letter.Repeat this process until you have filled in all the lines of your poem. Remember to continue to save your work by pulling down the File menu to Save, or by holding down the Apple key and pressing S. (? +S). Using the PhotoBooth Application to Take a Picture 11. Click on the Finder icon. If a Finder window does not appear, pull down the File menu to New Finder Window (? +N). 12. Click on Applications, then scroll down to PhotoBooth. Double-click on the PhotoBooth icon to open it. 3. Adjust your seated, (or for small students, your standing position) in front of the computer. You may also be able to adjust the tilt of the iMac or MacBook screen to change the angle. Get close to the camera so your image is large. 14. If you w ant a standard photo, just click the camera icon below your image, then smile and wait for the 3-2-1 countdown. If you don’t like the result, simply click on the x in the corner of the little image (which deletes it), and then take another. If you want an effect in your image, click on the 1 or 2 next to Effects, click on the effect you want to try, and then click the camera to shoot.Here are a few samples of the types of effects you can use: Once you are happy with the photo taken, you can simply drag and drop (with your mouse) the mini-photo from PhotoBooth onto the Word page. 15. There are several places you can store the photos you’ve taken: a. You can move them to iPhoto, and then create albums to organize them. b. You can save them to a folder on the desktop, or to a USB drive, or to a server folder. To locate the PhotoBooth images you’ve taken in the Finder, click File, Reveal in Finder. There you can rename the files and copy them to one of the storage l ocations mentioned above. 16.Once the photos are saved, you can insert them in the Word document in many ways as well. a. You can copy/paste them in from iPhoto, or drag/drop them from iPhoto, if you had saved them there. b. You can drag the photo into Word just by dragging the icon onto the Word page. c. You can pull down the Insert menu in Word to Picture, From File†¦ and then navigate to the location where you saved the photos. Once you see it, click Insert. Do not worry that that photo ends up in the middle of a sentence. Wherever the photo ends up, just double-click on it. 17. Once you have double-clicked on the photo, the Format Picture dialog box will appear.Click on Layout, then Square, then OK. 18. Handles will appear in the corners of the photo. Click and hold the mouse button down and a square with arrows in the diagonal corners will appear. Drag inward to resize the photo down. (You can always resize the photo later, if necessary. ) Repeat the process if more than o ne photo is desired. Leave space so that you can enlarge the text of the poem. If the poems are exprected to be posted on a bulletin board, make sure the text is at least size 36-48, with an even larger title, so they can be read easily from a distance. Modifying the Text 19. Select the text.Then, using the Formatting Palette, change the size, and font of the text. If you don’t see the palette, pull down the View menu to Formatting Palette. (Tip: If you want to select a single word, just double-click on it. If you want to select an entire line, triple-click on it). Finishing Up 20. Adjust the size of your photo(s) to have a good balance between the size of the text and the photo. Be sure there is enough white space on your page. Having a page that is too crowded is unappealing. 21. Change the color of the title text. 22. Change the color of the first letter to match the color used in the title text. 23.Using the formatting palette in Word, you can add a bordering line around the photo(s), and also a shadow, which helps the picture appear to be ‘lifted’ from the page. 24. Save your work. 25. Once your work is saved, feel free to make more changes until the page looks just right. 26. As an extension of this activity, and to give students opportunities to modify photos using iPhoto, the PhotoBooth photos can be sent to iPhoto and then edited. 27. A common task is to crop the photo, removing unwanted portions of the photo, or enlarge the image of the face, if the student was sitting too far from the computer when the photo was taken.California Reading/Language Arts Standards Included: Grade 3 Research? 1. 3 Understand the structure and organization of various reference materials (e. g. , dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, encyclopedia). Writing Applications 2. 2 Write descriptions that use concrete sensory details to present and support unified impressions of people, places, things, or experiences.? Capitalization? 1. 7 Capitalize geographical names , holidays, historical periods, and special events correctly. HENRY Healthy Easygoing Neighborly Reliable Youthful The Giver Creating an Acrostic Poem In this lesson, you will create an impressive acrostic poem. You will use your Intel-based MacBook, or iMac, (or other Macintosh computer running OSX 10. 5 or higher), and the preloaded software to complete the project. Images are provided to help you along the way, and there is a sample poem on the last page of this lesson. Try to follow the steps in the activity as closely as you can, but once you have a feel for the way the software works, feel free to elaborate in order to personalize your poem and further develop your computer skills.Here is a list of the tools you’ll use: HardwareSoftware ComputerMS Office-Word iSight CameraDashboard Widget-Dictionary/Thesaurus PrinterPhotoBooth, iPhoto (optional) Procedure: Setting Up the Document 1. Open MS Word application. Look for the icon in the Dock. If you can’t find it there, open a New Finder Window, then click on Applications, then scoll down to MicroSoft Office 2004 or Office X, then open (or expand) that folder to show the icon. Double-click on it to open the application. 2. Pull down the File menu to New Blank Document, or, in the Project Gallery, click Word Document, then click Done. . Type the title of the poem (name of the person, animal, item) on the first line of the page, ideally with all capital letters. 4. Press the return key two or three times to leave some space between the title and the first line of the poem. 5. Now type the same word vertically, down the left side of the page, again in all captial letters, pressing the return key after each letter, so that each letter is on its own line. Don’t worry about the appearance being rather dull at this point. The first task is to get the structure down. 6. Save your document.Some students may remark that they â€Å"†¦have not finished yet†¦Ã¢â‚¬  This is a good opportunity to remind ourselves that we should be saving our work early on in the process, and then repeatedly as the document grows. Pull down the File menu to Save†¦ A ‘sheet’ will appear at the top of your window. The one shown here shows that the document will be saved as: HENRY. doc on the Desktop. (You may elect to have your students save their work with a more specific name, and in another location. ) Click Save. Using the Dashboard Widget – Dictionary/Thesaurus 7. Click on the Dashboard icon in the Dock. 8.The dictionary widget may already be present on your desktop, but if it is not, click on the plus sign (in the circle in the lower left corner of the screen), and other widgets that are available will appear. 9. Click on the dictionary widget (it also includes the thesaurus). The widget will appear. You can drag it anywhere you like. Click on the Thesaurus button at the top of the widget, then type in a word you want to find synonyms for. Let’s say, for example, that you want to find a word that means ‘friendly’, but you don’t have an â€Å"F† in your name. Type the word friendly in, and then look for a word that starts with the letter you need. 0. Once you have found the word, click on the Word icon in the Dock to return to your acrostic poem. Type your word on the line that beings with its first letter.Repeat this process until you have filled in all the lines of your poem. Remember to continue to save your work by pulling down the File menu to Save, or by holding down the Apple key and pressing S. (? +S). Using the PhotoBooth Application to Take a Picture 11. Click on the Finder icon. If a Finder window does not appear, pull down the File menu to New Finder Window (? +N). 12. Click on Applications, then scroll down to PhotoBooth. Double-click on the PhotoBooth icon to open it. 3. Adjust your seated, (or for small students, your standing position) in front of the computer. You may also be able to adjust the tilt of the iMac or MacBook screen to change the angle. Get close to the camera so your image is large. 14. If you w ant a standard photo, just click the camera icon below your image, then smile and wait for the 3-2-1 countdown. If you don’t like the result, simply click on the x in the corner of the little image (which deletes it), and then take another. If you want an effect in your image, click on the 1 or 2 next to Effects, click on the effect you want to try, and then click the camera to shoot.Here are a few samples of the types of effects you can use: Once you are happy with the photo taken, you can simply drag and drop (with your mouse) the mini-photo from PhotoBooth onto the Word page. 15. There are several places you can store the photos you’ve taken: a. You can move them to iPhoto, and then create albums to organize them. b. You can save them to a folder on the desktop, or to a USB drive, or to a server folder. To locate the PhotoBooth images you’ve taken in the Finder, click File, Reveal in Finder. There you can rename the files and copy them to one of the storage l ocations mentioned above. 16.Once the photos are saved, you can insert them in the Word document in many ways as well. a. You can copy/paste them in from iPhoto, or drag/drop them from iPhoto, if you had saved them there. b. You can drag the photo into Word just by dragging the icon onto the Word page. c. You can pull down the Insert menu in Word to Picture, From File†¦ and then navigate to the location where you saved the photos. Once you see it, click Insert. Do not worry that that photo ends up in the middle of a sentence. Wherever the photo ends up, just double-click on it. 17. Once you have double-clicked on the photo, the Format Picture dialog box will appear.Click on Layout, then Square, then OK. 18. Handles will appear in the corners of the photo. Click and hold the mouse button down and a square with arrows in the diagonal corners will appear. Drag inward to resize the photo down. (You can always resize the photo later, if necessary. ) Repeat the process if more than o ne photo is desired. Leave space so that you can enlarge the text of the poem. If the poems are exprected to be posted on a bulletin board, make sure the text is at least size 36-48, with an even larger title, so they can be read easily from a distance. Modifying the Text 19. Select the text.Then, using the Formatting Palette, change the size, and font of the text. If you don’t see the palette, pull down the View menu to Formatting Palette. (Tip: If you want to select a single word, just double-click on it. If you want to select an entire line, triple-click on it). Finishing Up 20. Adjust the size of your photo(s) to have a good balance between the size of the text and the photo. Be sure there is enough white space on your page. Having a page that is too crowded is unappealing. 21. Change the color of the title text. 22. Change the color of the first letter to match the color used in the title text. 23.Using the formatting palette in Word, you can add a bordering line around the photo(s), and also a shadow, which helps the picture appear to be ‘lifted’ from the page. 24. Save your work. 25. Once your work is saved, feel free to make more changes until the page looks just right. 26. As an extension of this activity, and to give students opportunities to modify photos using iPhoto, the PhotoBooth photos can be sent to iPhoto and then edited. 27. A common task is to crop the photo, removing unwanted portions of the photo, or enlarge the image of the face, if the student was sitting too far from the computer when the photo was taken.California Reading/Language Arts Standards Included: Grade 3 Research? 1. 3 Understand the structure and organization of various reference materials (e. g. , dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, encyclopedia). Writing Applications 2. 2 Write descriptions that use concrete sensory details to present and support unified impressions of people, places, things, or experiences.? Capitalization? 1. 7 Capitalize geographical names , holidays, historical periods, and special events correctly. HENRY Healthy Easygoing Neighborly Reliable Youthful

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Canadian Local Governments - Essay Example This paper seeks to analyze the operation of local governments in Canada and try to answer the question of whether they should have recognition in the Constitution as a distinct level of government with guaranteed functions and sources of funds based on various schools of thought advanced by different scholars. Canadian local governments Canada as a country has different distinct levels of government that include the federal government, provincial governments, territorial governments, and local governments1. The federal government is the central governing organ, popularly known as the government of Canada, and works hand in hand with the territorial governments. It performs the roles of a state with such institutions as the prime minister’s seat, considered the country’s top leadership organ, and the legislature both of which are responsible such issues as national security, foreign relations, citizenship matters and law. The provincial level has a similar structure to the federal government with its own independent jurisdiction entrenched in the country’s constitution. It includes provision of health services, education, transport and the associated infrastructure, civil and property rights. The last level is the local government, which is generically responsible for policy matters that directly relate to the local grass root communities, whether in the rural or urban areas2. Just like the other upper levels of government, it has its own leadership structures comprising of commissions, boards, agencies, and political institutions with leaders like mayors, directors, and councillors. The local governments have varying roles depending on the province and the characteristics of the region under which they fall. For example, their role in a rural area is naturally different from those of an urban centre. However, their functions generally revolve around similar responsibilities. To begin with, they offer security to individuals and their prope rties including policing, emergency response, fire fighting, management of local transport that includes construction of local roads and their maintenance. They are also responsible for development planning, which entails zoning and provision of public utilities like electricity, sewerage services, water, and their maintenance. Other crucial roles of the Canadian local governments include provision of social welfare services like health, education, places of recreation and culture services at the local levels. Local government administrative structures Canadian constitution gives recognition to the independence of the federal and provincial governments, conferring to them the power and policy authority that require their approval for any changes. This is direct opposite to the local governments, which are organs of the provincial government, obtaining their power from municipal Acts formulated by the provincial parliament. This implies that they are under complete control of the pro vincial government, which has all the rights to change their jurisdiction without seeking their consent. This has seen major changes in the local structures, including abolishment and amalgamation of municipalities, as well as creation of new ones without their involvement3. Financial structures, powers, leadership selection criteria, and duties of local governments are also subject to decisions made at the provincial level. Provinces Influence their day-to-day operations significantly since the by-laws within which they