secondhand stories told as true and are plausible enough to be believed. These stories circulate in society making people question the truth of the matter. One urban legend that poses real questions and a lot of controversy is about the song “Lucy in the sky with diamonds” by the world famous band The Beatles. The song is believed to represent the psychedelic drug LSD because the initials of the song have the same letters as the spelling of the drug. It is relatively apparent that the Beatles were heavy
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Cloud computing is becoming the way to go in the corporate world‚ and venture capitalist firms are taking note. Realizing that the cloud is only as good as one’s access to it‚ many corporations are seeking to ensure that their Wide Area Network – or WAN – is reliable‚ allowing for quick access to software. WAN optimization is becoming the latest hot ticket‚ and many venture capitalist firms are getting in on the wave of the future. WAN optimization is a relatively mature field. However‚ the
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The plot of the story deals with a boy and his lifelong dream. All his life Rudi Matt had dreamed of climbing the most feared mountain in all of Kurtal. He was never allowed to climb by his mother or his uncle but was raised to be in the hotel business. Rudi could not hold in what he and everyone else knew what he was meant to be‚ the first person to climb the Citedal. Ever since Rudi’s dad Josef Matt died while climbing the Citedal‚ no one dreamed of coming close to the mountain. The villagers thought
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The plan was money. The architect was money. The designer was money and the builder was money. And if you ever wondered what money would look like if it were left to its own devices‚ it’s Dubai. 3.3 Hypothetical project (Tokyo sky city) Introduction Tokyo sky city is a hypothetical architectural project of a super tall skyscraper with the height that of two third of a mile. It was proposed in year of 1989 by Takenaka Construction firm of Tokyo‚ during the height of Japanese asset price bubble
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Dear Farah The book you wrote about your life The Other Side of the Sky I thought was very intense and suspenseful overall an amazing story. I just can’t get over the fact that not only against all odds‚ seeing that you were two women in the Middle East and all but also you had to pretty much take care of your mom through your journey to America. I also loved how you really kept the faith and stayed strong‚ that must have been hard when at some points like after 911 it seemed like you weren’t going
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Do you know what it takes to raise a family as a single parent? In Ernest J. Gaines "The Sky Is Gray"‚ Octavia finds out the hard way. Set in Louisiana‚ Octavia is forced to raise her family by herself when her husband is sent off to war. Octavia overcomes the hardships of segregation and poverty while doing so. Octavia shows the characteristics of a good parent by being stern‚ loving‚ and independent. Octavia is a well-rounded character because she is stern. She uses sternness to teach her children
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hole‚ he called his daughter and told her to look into the whole where there was the Lower World he told her that she must go to the world of darkness. The daughter floated downward‚ the water creatures saw a big light and his daughter fell out the sky‚ the animals were frightened but then decided to help the woman and keep her in a dry place so the animals dived deep in the sea to find some earth and most of them died trying‚ the muskrat eventually floated to the top and some earth was clenched in
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“The Fire in Your Sky”‚ a short story by Ibi Zoboi‚ is a horror mystery based on Haitian mythological traditions. In the story‚ a Chupacabra‚ a folklore creature that feeds on souls‚ and her daughter migrate to New York disguised as a human single mother (Zoboi‚ n.d.). My favorite character is Lourdes‚ the protagonist who is a Chupacabra (Zobio‚ n.d.). I like Lourdes because she is a complex character. She is not a malevolent spirit obsessed with sucking people’s souls (Zoboi‚ n.d.). Nor is she an
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A. Nemtin‚ A-339 A BLIZZARD UNDER BLUE SKY Text analysis The story I would speak about is written by Pam Houston. Pam Houston (born January 9‚ 1962‚ Trenton‚ New Jersey) is an American author of stories‚ novels and essays. Houston’s stories have been selected for volumes of Best American Short Stories‚ The O. Henry Awards‚ The Pushcart Prize‚ and Best American Short Stories of the Century. It comes as no surprise then that "A Blizzard Under Blue Sky" is a very interesting and deep short story despite
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Sky Is Falling by Julie Heffernan The Crocker Art museum exhibited fourteen works by Julie Heffernan in a show called “Sky is Falling”. In the exhibit Heffernan show cases male and female figures‚ often believed to be self-portraits in different manifestations‚ in extravagant landscapes while using metaphorical imagery to express the lives of women and the concern she has for the endangered environment. The figures are often depicted trying to restore order to a world that is falling apart around
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