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Time is a very expensive resource. Do we have to take the article, prepare the project for deadline or even just effectively combine personal and work assignments – all this lies in the plane of our ability to manage time. We have collected several good books on time management that will be useful to all of us.

  1. Getting things done. The Art of stress-free Productivity, David Allen

The revised edition is perhaps the most famous book in the world on time management and personal effectiveness, first published in 2001 and translated into 30 languages. David Allen, who worked on the book for 20 years, introduced the Getting Things Done system, which today has millions of fans around the world.

The book consists of three parts. In the first part, David Allen talks about why time is always lacking, what habits are hindering you, about how important it is to make lists of tasks. In the second part – the practice and recommendations for planning. What is this process, what may be needed for planning? The third part will teach you to compile lists of tasks and plan your time.

Take the Getting Things Done system into the arsenal and learn to correctly prioritize, separate the important from the secondary. As a result, you will find that the time, which was still so little yesterday, is actually enough for work and rest.

  1. Hard time management. Take your life under control, Dan Kennedy

This book unfairly falls into the selection of the best books on time management. The main idea of the book is that you need to free your life from the devourers of time. Honestly, after reading the book, we were even surprised, there are so many of them.

Of course, a number of measures proposed by the author are rather radical, but they sing it out from most books on time management.

  1. Get out of the comfort zone. 21 methods of increasing personal effectiveness, Brian Tracy

Leaving your comfort zone is probably the most difficult for any person. Brian Tracy studied the issues of time allocation for 30 years and believes that nothing is impossible here. Moreover – only a way out of this very zone will allow to effectively solve complex problems and not spend too much time on them.

The book used to come out under the name “Eat a frog! 21 ways to learn to manage.” So if you’ve already read a book with that name, then a new edition is what it is. What does the frog have to do with it? Tracy cites Mark Twain, who once said that if in the morning the first thing to eat a frog, the rest of the day will be wonderful. In the sense that if you do all the unpleasant things in the morning, then the rest of the day you will not suffer, thinking about them, and generally free up your time for pleasant things.

“Do not you physically have time to do everything you need? And do not expect to have time. You have overwhelmed yourself with your head, because you do not distinguish between essential and secondary affairs, worse – delay to undertake precisely for what is of fundamental importance. Every time you stop the first step: learn to overcome yourself – and life will change. ”

  1. I have no time! In search of free time in the era of universal time pressure, Brigid Schulte

If you have no time for anything, and yet you are a woman, this book is just a must read. Brigid teaches us to find time for ourselves and our hobbies in an endless succession of cases.

The book is the result of a journalistic investigation conducted by Schulte, having met with many people from different generations and talking to them about how they cope with permanent employment.

Men, of course, can frighten the book with a slightly feminist approach, but this is completely in vain – good advice, suitable for both women and men.

  1. Maximum concentration. How to maintain efficiency in the era of clip-making, Lucy Jo Palladino

This book is not really about time management, but we still decided to include it in our collection. Time management and the ability to concentrate on the implementation of specific cases are very closely related.

Psychologist Lucy Jo Palladino says that our ability to concentrate largely depends on the level of adrenaline in our body. Good news: this can be consciously managed.

Palladino tells how to learn to focus on one task without being distracted by unnecessary, and thus perform work faster, leaving time to rest. A very useful skill for all of us, given the life rhythm we live in.

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ADVICE

It is necessary to write briefly and clearly.

From you are waiting for manifestations of abilities to build and prove your position on certain problems on the basis of acquired knowledge and independent thinking.

The quality of any essay (essay) depends on three components: the source material (the abstracts of the literature, lectures, the results of the discussions, your own considerations and the experience gained on this issue), the quality of its processing (organization, argumentation and arguments), the argumentation (how accurate it correlates with the problems raised in your essay).

On the topic should first read 2-3 key articles or chapters from the books, which give a conceptual framework or theoretical arguments, provide empirical data, consider and evaluate the range of literature on this topic.

The structure of written work, as a rule, consists of such components as the introduction (the essence and justification for choosing the chosen topic), the main part (the reasoned disclosure of the topic based on the collected material), the conclusion (generalizations and conclusions).

In the introduction, it is very useful to give brief definitions of key terms.

However, try to minimize the number of definitions (say, 3-4).

Filling the main part, limit within the paragraph consideration of one main idea.

When quoting, always take the text in quotation marks and give an exact reference to the source (including the page number), otherwise the text will be considered plagiarism.

In conclusion, it is worth giving an indication of the application of your research, without excluding the relationship with other problems.

EXAMINATORS DO NOT LIKE:

  • if you cannot answer the question;
  • poor organization of the response;
  • inability to follow the answer to the main question;
  • use of rhetoric (affirmation) instead of argumentation (evidence);
  • negligent handling of data, including excessive generalization;
  • If the narrative is too extensive and not supported by analytical material;
  • if other points of view are stated without expressing one’s own position;
  • repetitions (without the need).

If at the training stage it is still difficult to correctly express thoughts in which there is directness and frankness, it means that it is necessary to call specialists https://www.amblesideprimary.com. Due to their professionalism and vast experience, an essay on a given topic will acquire features of naturalness and originality.

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Top 5 useful applications for journalists https://alexabrunet.com/top-5-useful-applications-journalists/ https://alexabrunet.com/top-5-useful-applications-journalists/#respond Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:57:12 +0000 http://alexabrunet.com/?p=380 Manage the site from a mobile device, publish photos and videos, conduct live coverage from the scene – all this can be done easily and simply with the best applications that we have selected for you. LetterSpace A simple and convenient application for keeping notes. The main advantage is in the simplicity of recruiting and […]

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Manage the site from a mobile device, publish photos and videos, conduct live coverage from the scene – all this can be done easily and simply with the best applications that we have selected for you.

  1. LetterSpace

A simple and convenient application for keeping notes. The main advantage is in the simplicity of recruiting and organizing notes. You can navigate through the text of the entry by moving your finger along the blue bar above the keyboard. Notes are sorted by groups using a separate row for hashtags. Also in the texts you can add mention of friends. The application is free, available to users of iOS and Mac.

  1. WordPress for iOS and Android

With this application, you can quickly manage your blog or website from mobile devices, if you do not have access to a PC or laptop. In fact, the application almost copies standard WordPress. He has a rich set of tools for creating and editing text. It is possible to attach audio, video and photos to notes. Also there is access to statistics – the number of records, visitors, views, comments, subscribers for different time intervals. Another important function is the management of comments. The app is free.

  1. FilMic Pro

Application for shooting and editing video. It has convenient and large-scale settings for editing video of different resolutions. Minus – the application is available so far only on iOS and is paid. For users of other devices and those who do not want to pay, there is an application Cinema FV-5 Lite – almost a clone of FilMic Pro and also free.

  1. Cogi

Excellent free application for recording interviews. It allows you to highlight important points in the record. For example, the speaker pours water for a long time and tiresomely, and then suddenly starts to say something important. This important can be highlighted in the color record. You just need to slap your finger on the mug of the recording, and the application will select the desired piece of speech. Also Cogi allows you to add audio and photo files, text notes as comments to the entry.

  1. LifeCorr

A unique application from the creators of the television channel Lifenews, which allows everyone to feel like a reporter. The developers themselves call the application an instrument of citizen journalism. Here you can earn by being at the right time in the right place. The application publishes tasks – for example, make a broadcast from the site of a fire. Also immediately indicates the cost of work. The application itself, using geo-targeting, identifies those who are near the scene of the incident and sends them push notifications.

Recently there was a new functionality – if you saw something interesting and are ready to share it, you do not need to wait for the task. Start to broadcast live from the scene, they will see you and will contact you via chat.

With the application you can make good money – for photos and video pay from 100 to several thousand dollars. Money is transferred to a mobile phone or bank card.

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Academic Essay: Theory and Practice of Writing https://alexabrunet.com/academic-essay-theory-practice-writing/ https://alexabrunet.com/academic-essay-theory-practice-writing/#respond Fri, 07 Sep 2018 13:21:08 +0000 http://alexabrunet.com/?p=362 In the international humanitarian tradition, this genre is considered in the context and terms of various scientific disciplines – anthropology, philosophy, axiology, literary criticism, linguistics, etc. From the point of view of disciplines concerned with human study, its origin, development, existence, essay – “one of forms of self-consciousness of culture”, “mainly in connection with the […]

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In the international humanitarian tradition, this genre is considered in the context and terms of various scientific disciplines – anthropology, philosophy, axiology, literary criticism, linguistics, etc. From the point of view of disciplines concerned with human study, its origin, development, existence, essay – “one of forms of self-consciousness of culture”, “mainly in connection with the problem of searching for an individual identity”, “comprehending the tradition or criticizing ideologies.” From the standpoint of literary criticism and linguistics, the essay is a prose text that “directly reflects the subjective, existentially painted, autopsychological reflections of the author on the most pressing problems of internal and social life in a relatively free, often paradoxical form.” Despite the “non-strict” genre characteristics and external compositional diversity, the essay has an internal, unchanged for several centuries, “core” – content. It is predetermined by the personal myth of the author and his picture of the world. In addition, the essay has its own “method”, “a way of combining form and content (their organization, connection, merger).” Finally, an essay helps a person to find the meaning of life, becoming for him “a guiding light”, a “beacon”, a “place of solitude” and “quiet contemplation” and “self-awareness.”

At present, there are many compositional types and models of realization of this genre, embodied in various forms. In modern humanitarian practice, the following types of essays are singled out:

1) from the point of view of the type of speech and functioning – academic and non-academic;

2) from the point of view of content – literary, artistic, scientific-artistic, journalistic / journalistic, philosophical, philosophical-legal, linguistic, literary-physical, mathematical, pedagogical, art, cinematographic, television, etc.;

3) from the point of view of form – a review, a note, a letter, a page from a diary, etc.;

4) from the point of view of the type of speech – description, reasoning, narrative. The Western Humanitarian School offers a different classification: Opinion Essay, Response (Reaction) Essay, Research Essay, close in purpose and objectives to the course or diploma work, Persuasive Essay, Argumentative Essay, Compare and Contrast Essay, Analysis (Interpretation) Essay, and others.

Academic Essay: From Theme to Self-Esteemed Opinion

Academic essay is one of the scientific genres on a par with the course and diploma (qualification) projects, articles, abstracts, abstracts, summaries, articles, reviews, reports. The word “academic” means “relating to the academy as a scientific institution or higher education institution”. Academic writing offers students a series of classes, including Academic Reading and Writing or Introduction to Effective Reading, Introduction to University Writing. In English, the word academic refers to the orientation toward a certain circle of people, their community, which has its own rules of conduct, communication, and forms of communication.

Currently, the academic essay increasingly attracts the attention of the pedagogical community. This type of written work is used as an intermediate and final report due to the fact that it is subject to “objective measurement”. Teachers who have extensive practical experience in the field of academic writing, note its self-evident advantages.

Work on the scientific essay:

1) forces the learner “to systematically generate coherent texts on the subject under study”;

2) accustoms him to mental discipline, demands from him “a slow, thoughtful insight into the subject and the ordering of his thoughts with a written description of them,” contributes to the consolidation of the material;

3) helps to master the language of the given subject area and develop skills of academic “literacy”, trains observation, analytical, “tenacious look”; forms the skills of correct participation in “professional conversation”, “tolerance for another opinion”, individual responsibility;

4) develop interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary connections, research and communication competencies, form an individual style;

5) the student learns to combine subjective knowledge with sources of objective knowledge;

6) allows us to observe his gradual intellectual maturation.

The expediency and effectiveness of using the academic essay is obvious when comparing some principles of the organization of the educational process in European and American universities.

In the universities of Western Europe and the United States in the organization of the educational process, the main emphasis is on the independent work of students, focused on the creation of written works. The appeal to the genre of the academic essay gives many positive results, significantly enriches the educational process, makes it more conscious and interesting.

In the world theory and practice, the canons of the genre of a scientific essay, the methodology of its preparation and writing, are developed.

If you still require some paper writing help, let us consider in more detail.

1) Structure of the academic essay:

The academic essay consists of the following parts:

Title – reflects the main scientific problem, which is devoted to the essay. The title should be designed aesthetically.

Introduction – thesis-problem. The introduction contains 1) a general introduction; 2) basic information / information on the history of the issue; 3) a description of what exactly will be discussed in the main part.

Body – the reasoned disclosure of the problem on the basis of the collected material. Data analysis and reasoning should be accurately correlated with the issues raised in the essay. This part of the work includes the correlation and generalization of other points of view with a statement of one’s own and its rationale. In the course of argumentation / reasoning it is recommended to use empirical information as an illustrative material. In this part of the work, you must adhere to a strict structure and hierarchy (from the main to the secondary, from more to less important). Evidence should be strong, convincing, weighed, effective, independent, non-contradictory. Their number depends on the problem being discussed, the chosen plan and the logic of the development of thought. To highlight the main points of the reasoned presentation, the designation of its main points and the observance of logic in the disclosure of the problem, it is recommended to use paragraphs / sub-headings (they can be entitled). One paragraph / subtitle reflects one main idea.

Conclusion – a brief summary and presentation of the main arguments. The conclusion can also contain such an important supplementary essay element as an indication of the application of your work, without excluding the relationship with other problems.

The academic essay is distinguished by “sharp personalization”, reflexivity, criticality (the main goal is to express your opinion, convincingly prove and argue it), academic style, accuracy, clarity, clarity, richness of thought, logic and ease of presentation of thoughts (do not forget that about you “Judge by the text”). Volume – from 1 5000 to 4 000 words.

Qualitative preparation of materials necessary for the essay (abstracts of scientific literature, lectures, notes of discussions and own reflections, experience gained), their generalization and presentation. The best preliminary work in the preparation of the essay is a summary of the article, monographs, etc.

There are many ways and ways of organizing preparatory records. The most effective method of abstracting is the method proposed by the specialists of the Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences. Here are the recommendations made: a) divide the notebook into two columns – in the left one you can make an abstract of the material that you are reading, in the right one – compare the contents of this abstract with other facts about which you “previously read, heard (in lectures), discussed on classes or in an informal setting, as well as with your own comments and critical comments on the text that you are reading. In other words, you use your notes to build a cross-reference, based on your own considerations, language, data, and also your own comments on the statements of others.” Another method: a) work out the necessary material and b) structure it structurally according to the scheme: problem – arguments (arguments) – examples – output.

Clear justification and upholding of their position. When forming your own point of view on a particular issue, your “ability to critically and independently evaluate the data range and viewpoints / arguments of others, the ability to understand, evaluate and establish the connection between the key points of any problems and issues” is at the center of attention.

Observance of scientific ethics. All the footnotes in the work are carefully verified and supplied with “addresses”. It is inadmissible to include in your work excerpts from the work of other authors without indicating this, to retell someone else’s work close to the text without reference to it, to use other people’s ideas without indicating the source. All cases of plagiarism should be ruled out. The bibliographic list must be formalized according to the rules.

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6 life hacks, how to make the article interesting https://alexabrunet.com/6-life-hacks-make-article-interesting/ https://alexabrunet.com/6-life-hacks-make-article-interesting/#respond Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:56:28 +0000 http://alexabrunet.com/?p=358 How to make the article interesting and easily perceived for any reader? The most frequent question asked by PR people is: “How should we accommodate ourselves?”. Alas, only a few of them think about the final result. PR specialists for some reason are sure that having got their information into the major federal media, they […]

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How to make the article interesting and easily perceived for any reader?

The most frequent question asked by PR people is: “How should we accommodate ourselves?”.

Alas, only a few of them think about the final result. PR specialists for some reason are sure that having got their information into the major federal media, they have already solved their problem.

However, I want to remind you of a rather trivial thing: the media today, especially when it comes to the Internet, are increasingly engaged in the delivery of content and increasingly with its packaging.

For a specific article, photographic tape, infographics, a user can come in many ways – through news aggregators, from social networks, instant messengers or email-sending, with the help of search engines and partner media, finally. Therefore, now as never before it is important not only where you publish your content, but also in what form you publish it.

  1. Useful

Advise! We live in a world where everything that people do not know, they are looking for on the Internet. Life hacks, “cards”, just articles with several subtitles – everything can be claimed in the presence, of course, of relevant expert experience.

In doing so, try to formulate the topics of your recommendations so that they correspond to the time of the year and the market situation. It is not necessary to tell in a 30-degree heat how to choose New Year’s toys, and in the economic crisis to offer the top 10 most expensive jewelry as a gift.

  1. Nostalgia

In childhood, as you know, ice cream was tastier, and the grass is greener. If you can enter your product into the associative series of the past, then do not hesitate to do it. The retro theme will always be in vogue, and if a person can compare how his life differs from the life of his grandparents, he will definitely finish reading the material to the end and even repost it.

  1. Scarecrow

Do you like horror movies? I am very, first of all, for the feeling of relief that you experience when you realize that you are sitting in your favorite chair under a cozy blanket and eat delicious cookies.

Security is a basic human need, so he will always be interested in publications about the catastrophes of the past and threats of the present or future.

I emphasize that the purpose of the editorial board is not to frighten the reader. Horror for the horror of leaving the film industry. We thus draw attention to serious problems with real estate (or other spheres of life) and give solutions to them. So, in November we wrote an article with the title “Ten stalemate situations with real estate, in which it is better not to get”, it keeps in the tops of the views for the second month in a row.

  1. Cool

Each of us is guilty of at least one crime on the Internet – timekilling. And sometimes I just want to breathe out in a difficult working environment and switch to something for a couple of minutes, not requiring grand mental efforts. It is at this point, as a rule, in the course go seals, memes and texts with headlines like “Top-10 most beautiful medieval castles.”

  1. An Occasion

“Scandals, intrigues, investigations” – such a slogan was a well-known television program. He turned to the internal detective in his TV viewers, to the desire to understand how the world of show business or politics actually works.

In principle, such a secret researcher can be used in less shocking purposes. Try to tell how your plant, restaurant, workshop works – and you will be surprised how many people are interested in your business. It is important only that the material is present at least a couple of details, “about which so far no one knows.”

  1. Holywar

More than arguing, people like to read other people’s arguments. Therefore, if your speaker is not afraid of open discussion, then boldly go to the genre of the column, and it is better with a topic that is ambiguous and can cause objections and find opponents. Unexpected plus can be the continuation of the dialogue that you started in one media, in several others.

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Bookshelf. What do journalists and PR people read https://alexabrunet.com/bookshelf-journalists-pr-people-read/ https://alexabrunet.com/bookshelf-journalists-pr-people-read/#respond Wed, 22 Aug 2018 16:42:48 +0000 http://alexabrunet.com/?p=345 Journalists and PR people, who are usually on different sides of the barricades, are united by one professional trait – a passion for reading. What books inspire them to work hard? Just to read – and, uh, a professional bible for life. Alexabrunet asked his colleagues to delve into the bookshelves and choose their favorite […]

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Journalists and PR people, who are usually on different sides of the barricades, are united by one professional trait – a passion for reading. What books inspire them to work hard? Just to read – and, uh, a professional bible for life. Alexabrunet asked his colleagues to delve into the bookshelves and choose their favorite works. That’s what happened.

We present a list of favorite books of PR and journalists, compiled on the basis of our survey in the largest professional group on Facebook. Comments of survey participants are also attached.

“Write, cut back. How to create a stylish text.” Maxim Ilyakhov, Lyudmila Sarycheva

Absolute leader on the references among the survey participants.

Which of the letters does the person respond sooner? In what way is it easier for him to understand? What is the best incentive for action? The text may not seem to be the most important part of our life – especially if you are not a professional writer. But on how we formulate thoughts on writing, a lot depends: whether we understand or not, whether they listen to us, whether others do what we need and what they think of us. We formulate our thoughts in letters, announcements, articles, presentations, and everywhere we are judged on the text. ”

The book teaches you to set forth your thoughts briefly, clearly and convincingly: without linguistic rubbish, falsity and clichés. Be sure to read for copywriters, authors and editors, as well as designers, programmers, managers, entrepreneurs, managers and anyone who uses the text in the work.

“Goal. The process of continuous improvement.” Elijah Goldrath

The second place in our survey.

An artistic novel about production. The author managed to twist perfectly two completely different narrative lines: the production process and family relations. The book gives practical recommendations for the correct formulation of the goal and its achievement. The main character of the novel has two goals. The purpose of production is to make money. The purpose of marriage is to feel the need for each other, to give the other what he needs. The search for the solution of problems to achieve these two goals, in fact, has a deeply scientific approach, which the author has invested in an engaging artistic form. The book for those who are not looking for a “magic pill”, the book teaches you to think and find the right solutions.

“A bird after a bird. Notes on writing and life in general.” Anne Lamotte

A cult book about writing from the writer. In a witty manner, Ann Lamotte talks about the realities of a writer’s life, which has little to do with literary get-togethers – rather consists of envy, creative crises and desperate battles for each paragraph. A book for those who want to express themselves in words, but do not know where to begin. And for marketers, copywriters, bloggers and all who have to write a lot.

“How to write books.” Stephen King

“Maybe I’m a bit boorish question, but I really, believe me, it’s interesting. If God gave you something that you can do, what the hell do you not do? ”

“A letter is filtered thinking.”

A boy who has once wiped his ass with poison ivy does not belong to the community of intelligent people.”

In the end, the shell creates pearls of mote under the mantle, and not at workshops on creating pearls with the participation of other shells. ”

There are bad writers who write verses about “angry lesbian breasts,” but there are also literate. These are people who understand that, as if the lesbian is not angry, but the breasts will still remain breasts. ”

Absolute masterpiece, masterpiece and a storehouse of ideas from the great Stephen King (by the way, in our time we read this book to the holes).

Do you want to know how the master of horror writes his books and what techniques can he adopt? So you came to the right place.

“Diamond cutter”. Michael Roach

Michael Roach spent more than 20 years in a Tibetan monastery, becoming the first Western man to receive the Geshe degree, or a doctor of Buddhist philosophy. Without experience, money and connections, relying only on Buddhist knowledge of the world, he founded one of the most successful companies in New York. A set of principles that will make the management of the company successful, bring out and strengthen its positions in the market, help jump above the previously set tasks. This book will force you to take a new look at business and your life.

“The boomerang effect in business and in life. Karmic management “. Michael Roach

Continuation of the Diamond Cutter and that says it all.

“Do not work with assholes.” Robert Sutton

Very important tips for getting rid of unnecessary people in working contacts. ”

“The word is alive and dead.” Nora Gal

Nora Gal is an outstanding translator of English and French literature, the mediums of which translate such masterpieces as “The Little Prince” of Saint Exupery, “The Stranger” Camus, “Kill the Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. The book is dedicated to the artistic translation and represents the quintessence of Nora Gale’s experience as an editor and translator.

“Important years. Why not postpone life for later?” Meg Jay

Dr. Meg Jay, clinical psychologist, argues that the age from 20 to 32 years is the most important decade in a person’s life in terms of developing important spheres of life: work, love, physical and intellectual development. The book is based on a ten-year work with hundreds of students and clients, combining current scientific research and real stories of those who entered the third decade. The book contains all the necessary tools for the most effective use of the most important ten years.

And for a snack – that’s what fiction literature is read by journalists and PR people on long winter evenings.

“A source.” Ayn Rand

“Atlas Shrugged.” Ayn Rand

“My double life.” Sarah Bernhardt

“The Adventures of Major Zvyagin.” Michael Weller

“Extraordinary adventures of Julio Jurenito and his students.” Ilya Ehrenburg

The main character with the unexpected name of Julio and the equally unexpected name Jurenito is an ideal PR man who started with killing kittens and reached his career before the revolutions and bloody terror. Highly recommend”.

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Movies about writers that you haven’t seen https://alexabrunet.com/movies-about-writers-that-you-havent-seen/ https://alexabrunet.com/movies-about-writers-that-you-havent-seen/#respond Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:08:50 +0000 http://45.79.222.226/?p=126 The profession of writer belongs to the category of those that are interested and care about all of us. Moreover, it is nearly each of us affect all of us sooner or later have revised their life strategies, having read Tolstoy or Fitzgerald. No wonder about the profession of a writer’s written so many books […]

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The profession of writer belongs to the category of those that are interested and care about all of us. Moreover, it is nearly each of us affect all of us sooner or later have revised their life strategies, having read Tolstoy or Fitzgerald. No wonder about the profession of a writer’s written so many books and filmed so many movies. But I bet you haven’t seen everything? We decided to make a compilation of the weekend, which he dedicated to unusual movies about writers. There is everything from creepy thrillers to light Comedy that you can watch even with kids.

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Manhattan

Masterpiece of woody Allen, who, for some reason seldom found in collections of his best films. But wishing to build a career on his work, very recommended for viewing. Movies Allen always difficult to fit into one sentence, but try: this film is about the creative (and personal?) the crisis of the TV, which plunges himself into the abyss of confusion, trying to study human nature. And all this, of course, to the accompaniment of brand of sarcasm and exploring new York.

Drunk

The main rebel second half of the twentieth century, Charles Bukowski wrote the screenplay for this almost autobiographical film. The main character Henry Chinaski is a writer and poet, an alcoholic who conducts his life in the bars of Los Angeles. He drinks, writes, fights, falls in love, bad leads, and turns tricks with their own fans.

American splendor

Screaming film about a depressed clerk Harvey Baker who is transformed into a real writer. His life changes dramatically when he meets the artist, who later makes a fortune in the comic book. His example has inspired Harvey to make his version of the comic book about an unremarkable middle-class life.

Reprise

Make a little diversity in this list American films and add the Norwegian picture. A stunning and original film about the changing success of the two young writers more like no. There’s a lot of laughter and crushing experiences — a fascinating story and masterfully chosen music was not released until recently. No wonder, the film has collected seem to be all highbrow movie awards.

Adaptation

A wonderful Comedy about a screenwriter (Nicolas cage), who undertook the adaptation of a foreign book. It was so overwhelming that the result of a long creative and personal travails, he writes in the script itself. And this, as you can guess, with a direct impact on his own life.

Notoriety

“Bad reputation”, according to critics, was more lightweight version of the film “the Hood”. In fact, and in another film, the story revolves around Truman Capote and the time when he worked on the book “cold-Blooded murder”. In order for the book was believable, the author decides to understand the psychology of the killer and spends a lot of time in dealing with real serial killer who committed serial murder at the farm.

Mrs. Parker and the vicious circle

Anyone who is in love with the atmosphere of America 30-ies, be sure to browse. The film is about a writer and a secular career of American writer Dorothy Parker. On the one hand, this film is light and sparkling as the music of the time, but if he rips the veil from all that is going on behind the scenes of creative success.

Basic instinct

Yeah, okay, you this film certainly looked. And I know that there are no pangs of creativity and literary aesthetics. But in case you have never reached his hands, we recall the essence of the story. Smart, rich and super-sexual novelist Catherine Tramell is suspected of killing a former lover. The cause is taken detective that Katherine seems to be see through. All anything, but the scene of the murder is very similar to what is described in one of the novels Catherine… All of you watch this film for one single scene of interrogation (if you know what we are), but it’s worth watch to the end to tickle your nerves.

Sylvia

This story is not so much about writing, but about love. However, love is not quite normal and not quite a Hollywood ending. And Yes, it’s more about the poets than about the writers. Or rather, about the American poet Sylvia Plath (Gwyneth Paltrow) and the British poet Ted Hughes (Daniel Craig). Then all the torments of creativity, the dilemma between happiness and genius, an extraordinary love story and of course the sea.

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Total Eclipse

I bet you don’t remember what starred Leonardo DiCaprio before “Titanic”? Meanwhile, in its track list are very good movies even in his early youth. One of these movies — “total Eclipse”, telling about the odd friendship between young French poet Arthur Rambo and his mentor Paul Verlaine. Emotions, feelings, complex relationships with others and with ourselves — in short, everything that makes up the life of a creative person in almost any age.

Death trap

Writer Sidney Bruhl that once and only once achieved a great success, announces his extravagant wife Myra that he planned the murder of his student Clifford Anderson, wanting to assign a written manuscript. A good Thriller mixed with Comedy (or Vice versa?) with the participation of the incomparable Michael Caine.

Barton Fink

Crime Comedy about a young playwright who in 1941 came to Hollywood to write the script for a film. The basis for the creation of the main character was a Nobel prize winner William Faulkner. The film shows very well the phenomenon of “writer’s stupor,” so we encourage you to watch this film at least out of compassion. After all, who does not suffer from stupor, when the deadline was only a couple of days?

Geeks

Great and not a stupid Comedy about the mess that you have created in your life once popular writer Grady Tripp. Everything you wanted to know about the seamy side of life popular writers in one. And Yes, a separate line is to provide a cast: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, McDormand, Robert Downey Jr. and Katie Holmes.

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Jane Austen

Oh, and she found life hard women writers in Puritan England. The movie with Anne Hathaway in the title role tells the story of how Jane Austen began writing what choice she had to do, and what brought her to the title of the most famous and successful British writer of the early XIX century.

The Island

And here is the promised film that can be viewed from the child. Author of adventure novels, writing under the pseudonym Alex Rover, in fact — a notorious woman who most in the world is afraid of germs. From the house she is afraid to go out, and even at their own home only moves with antiseptic in his hands. But everything changes when she writes a letter to a small fan that got into trouble on a desert island somewhere far away in Asia, thus the writer to get out of the house, but on the other end of the globe.

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Web apps for saving links https://alexabrunet.com/web-apps-for-saving-links/ https://alexabrunet.com/web-apps-for-saving-links/#respond Wed, 22 Nov 2017 15:32:32 +0000 http://45.79.222.226/?p=160 Frightening to consider exactly what a large amount of info needs to be refined to correspondents that are contemporary. From information, study towards the research of common business developments, and interviews – we anxiously preserve essential links below ultimately shed them because the visitor” the available websites of the “affliction 50. Just how many occasions […]

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Frightening to consider exactly what a large amount of info needs to be refined to correspondents that are contemporary. From information, study towards the research of common business developments, and interviews – we anxiously preserve essential links below ultimately shed them because the visitor” the available websites of the “affliction 50.

Just how many occasions perhaps you have quit the screen available to study later and discovered anything fascinating within the Web? You unintentionally shut vice-versa, or the visitor – cope with all immediate issues, you have found a few times later the screen continues to be available, however the wording, regrettably, stayed unread.

This can be an issue that is typical, particularly among correspondents, who create and digest more information than folks of every other occupation.

Luckily, several builders will also be of taking a look at countless lines of tabs available tired, so that they created various ways to truly save pictures scrolls and movies to make use of them in no tabs, and the future.

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Pocket

Wallet like the globe is biggest store of info that is electronic. This “wallet” you can include pictures, links, posts, movies – just about anything available and – it on these exceptional events if you have occasion. Appealing efficient and simple to use, Wallet is truly much like… Nicely, Yes – within the wallet.

saved.io

Little wonders are created by support saved.io. Register, after which merely kind saved.io/ prior to the link of any site if you want to bookmark transfer in one gadget to a different, and conserve it in a unique cloud-storage. And the very best is known by also you? You are able to shop an unrestricted quantity of info. Put-back you would like.

Refind

A complicated approach is used by remarkably effective device Refind to an easy issue of economy. You are able to mix Refind with programs that are additional. Utilize Refind for referrals, and Evernote to truly save documents. Use Wallet websites that you simply delay for “afterwards”, and Refind you will require in no time.

For conserving details about the game on social networking you may also make use of this device. You are able to keep an eye on what info to keep others and that which you study. This can provide you a concept of what’s occurring in the region of pastime or one’s qualified curiosity and therefore are thinking about exactly what the people around you.

What your Facebook consideration can be used by you.

Additionally notice the providers Wallabag (people who be worried about the protection of one’s info, is likely to be happy to understand that it’s on the basis of the open-source signal), Readability or Instapaper.

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4 free service to check content for uniqueness https://alexabrunet.com/4-free-service-to-check-content-for-uniqueness/ https://alexabrunet.com/4-free-service-to-check-content-for-uniqueness/#respond Fri, 06 Oct 2017 15:37:02 +0000 http://45.79.222.226/?p=162 “To consider replicated information on the web is becoming so easy that it’s like the sport “discover the plagiarist,” – published the subsequently publisher of Nicole Martinelli, in 2012. This isn’t humorous for information businesses who realize that printed the information.” Briefly before Martinelli posted an article “Five online learning resources for examining for plagiarism”, […]

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“To consider replicated information on the web is becoming so easy that it’s like the sport “discover the plagiarist,” – published the subsequently publisher of Nicole Martinelli, in 2012. This isn’t humorous for information businesses who realize that printed the information.”

Briefly before Martinelli posted an article “Five online learning resources for examining for plagiarism”, Lehrer and both renowned National writer Fareed Zakaria was captured in plagiarism.

The acknowledgement of plagiarism produced by Zakaria followed closely this, it had been about gun-control; consequently this Story-Time concerning the excerpts from his posts and assistance has been stopped by CNN using the correspondent. Allegations of “home-plagiarism” towards the Lehrer executed within the book the New Yorker. The correspondents were additionally in a position to show that to Bob Dylan,” Lehrer traced a fake estimate in his guide “Envision.

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Nowadays Martinelli suggested a summary of free assets for originality is becoming among the most widely used articles on all variations of the website to check on the written text, experiencing eight languages. It’s apparent our visitors wish to prevent problems therefore we again posted an article with this subject, incorporating four of the inexpensive and greatest free online-service to check on for originality in the written text.

Grammarly

Plus support Grammarly user-friendly, in its easy effective and software purpose of check up on plagiarism, that allows one and increased than 8 million webpages to evaluate the written text. To check on for plagiarism in any wording drag the document or backup and insert the written text on the web site. Furthermore – not only Grammarly checks wording for plagiarism: the web site can help you offer and to check on for punctuation and grammatical mistakes. There is for worldwide correspondents a possible disadvantage the fact that Grammarly is just obtainable in Language.

NoPlag

Another excellent support to check on for plagiarism NoPlag in wording. To printed online information it analyzes your wording looking for feasible instances of plagiarism. You cannot begin this support at no cost bill and utilize it to check on as much as 500 words each day to five scrolls up. You receive the capability to check as much as 20 scrolls as much as 800 terms each day when you have a totally free bill.

Checker

Checker enables you to examine scrolls as much as 1500 words’ originality. You’ll have the ability to upgrade these components that complement these present in online information in case your wording is likely to be flagged as possibly containing plagiarized.

CopyLeaks

Wish to ensure that website or your online site doesn’t include plagiarism? Simply duplicate the link and insert the hyperlink towards the site CopyLeaks, which utilizes cloud-computing to complement your articles using billions of web sites’ information. Any language is worked in by CopyLeaks.

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Five web applications for transcription https://alexabrunet.com/five-web-applications-for-transcription/ https://alexabrunet.com/five-web-applications-for-transcription/#respond Thu, 31 Aug 2017 14:59:41 +0000 http://45.79.222.226/?p=156 Our lifestyles are altering, and today we are able to include wording of various things – from pictures and movies to routes and tweets – making it a distinctive internet task. Systems help our work, however the log of the meeting stays one of its many monotonous areas. No body becomes a correspondent since he […]

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Our lifestyles are altering, and today we are able to include wording of various things – from pictures and movies to routes and tweets – making it a distinctive internet task.

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Systems help our work, however the log of the meeting stays one of its many monotonous areas. No body becomes a correspondent since he loves to repeatedly pay attention to exactly the same report and personally writing every term to inform you the reality.

The community provides a selection of providers within records but to locate a great support very difficult –’s log plus they all perform a work that is worse compared to correspondent who their own decode documents. Listed here are providers and the very best resources as you are able to discover available on the market. They’ll do the log to this for you personally, but may simplify your projects.

Cogi is my own favorite while documenting a about the telephone – free application for Androids and iPhones. The truth that really when an appointment is being recorded by you that you don’t require Cogi, and every spoken-word can help you seize most significant. Whenever you change the device, the accessibility within the barrier gathers without preserving it.

Should you choose that there is anything essential, Cogi and press a man “rewind” from 15 to 40 moments, giving the capability to report need to you. You are able to concentrate on the discussion, you’ll not require to take records, and that I Am sure following the meeting you’ll enjoy the report that is reduced.

oTranscribe is definitely an app – an immediate evidence of the old saying “more is less”. Basically, it includes a text-editor – from the simple software along with two easy device – audio person. To manage the use of a purpose to rewind the sound towards the installing of marks that were temporary keyboard was utilized by –. OTranscribe won’t do your work, but could save you from needing to change to a different in one software and consider both hands off the keyboard to rewind the stop or sound – your work, wills considerably accelerate. This tool’s largest disadvantage is the fact that you have to start one more visitor bill, and I’d suggest to start a screen oTranscribe entirely size if you discover it challenging to concentrate, operating online.

Dictation.io Capabilities of the support would be the same oTranscrib, also it may also be exposed inside your web browser (but just in Google-Chrome). It’s a doc, that will be changed into wording whatever you shouting. it is free and certainly will be helpful, although it’s not the absolute most correct. Additionally, it’s obtainable in significantly more than five languages.

Rev – among the greatest websites that’ll get it done for you personally rev If you’ve virtually no time individually to produce the written text of one’s tracks. The procedure is simple – you purchase function fill audio into the community and get the transcription via email. If your client is disappointed your access won’t overwrite the pc, and actual people, therefore the support is fairly dependable and ensures a reimbursement. Nevertheless, the buying price of function that is such is $ 1 each minute might be excessive and also the delay period is 24 to 48-hours – might be too big for correspondents operating under deadlines.

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Monster is well known as you for documenting the determined wording of the greatest resources, Monster is definitely of what ought to be this type of device, an instance. You claim concerning the wording and also the phrases seem about the display. The support provides a free application for cell phones is very good for taking ideas loudly and – it isn’t ideal, but can help you save lots of period. Monster provides a broad selection of models and various variations of one’s item in just about all languages. A few of the choices that are more complex are not above and inexpensive – costs change from 50 to 150 bucks.

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