THE COMMONWEALTH June 2006 DANA GIOIA Chair‚ National Endowment for the Arts On the Importance of Reading Gioia warns that as increasing numbers of Americans put down their books‚ they also invest less in the nation’s civic and cultural life. In a program moderated by writer Jewelle Gomez‚ Gioia calls for a revival in reading‚ beginning in the schools. Monday April 10‚ 2006 E very 10 years the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) does a survey among American households. It’s the
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Summer Reading * Bronx Masquerade * The Silver Kiss * Canyons Title: The Bronx Masquerade Author: Nikki Grimes Point of view: First Person Setting-Time and Place: Present Day‚ in theBronx‚ NY All Main Characters and Descriptions * Tyrone Bittings: Dad Died‚ doesn’t like white people. * Chankara Troupe: Abused by her boyfriend‚ writes very good poems. * Raul Ramirez: Painter‚ Writes a well-written Zorro Poem. * Diondra Jordan: Painter‚ father wants her to
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Lipids and Phospholipids The main role of phospholipids is that they can form lipid bilayers. It is an amphipathic molecule. The head which is hydrophilic contains a group of phosphate‚ a diglyceride and a simple molecule e.g. choline. The tail is hydrophobic and is made up of fatty acids. Phospholipids receive and transmit signals across the cell membrane and act as a store room for energy. The main role of phospholipids is that they can form lipid bilayers. It is an amphipathic molecule. The
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dictionary helps a student to be more efficient at learning. It means students will achieve their academic goals without wasting time or doing useless work. First‚ having a dictionary can save a lot of time for students. For instance‚ when a student is reading a paper and gets stuck on an unknown word‚ he can just pick up a dictionary an check it. In addition‚ students will learn things independently. For example‚ they can always learn things alone with help from a good dictionary. Thus‚ students will learn
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People Listening: Active listening is a communication technique used in counseling‚ training and conflict resolution‚ which requires the listener to feed back what they hear to the speaker‚ by way of re-stating or paraphrasing what they have heard in their own words‚ to confirm what they have heard and moreover‚ to confirm the understanding of both parties(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_listening) http://psychcentral.com/lib/become-a-better-listener-active-listening/ Active Listening is defined
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REPORT Nº 01 Subject: Second Language Acquisition Item: Introducing Second Language Acquisition Active Learning – Chapter nº 01 ACTIVE LEARNING 1. List all the languages that you can use. First classify them as L1(s) and L2(s)‚ and then further classify the L2(s) as “second”‚ “foreign”‚ “library”‚ “auxiliary”‚ or “for special purposes”. Finally‚ distinguish between the ways you learned each of the languages: through informal exposure‚ formal instruction‚ or
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A local soldier was called to active duty and her family said the bank wouldn’t give her any relief on her car lease. "She’s been paying the lease for three years...they should give back to our soldiers a little something‚" Roxanne Katz‚ the soldier’s mother. Roxanne Katz said as long as she can remember‚ her daughter has wanted to serve her country. When she got the call for basic training‚ the Peabody soldier‚ Kristina Katz‚ had just two weeks to get her affairs in order. She tried to terminate
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Reading Reflection English 125 Julie Pal-Agrawal Christopher Riley 10/17/2012 Literary work has taught me to see things clearly and understand the significance of what the speaker or author is trying to convey. Here are three types of words that a writer regularly use to stimulate our imagination. * Smile-A word picture that contains a direct comparison of two things that are ordinarily not thought to be similar‚ using like or as to connect them. In” The Blue Bowl”(section 3.2)Jane Kenyon
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Predict how many times they dropped everything they were doing and truly listened to a friend‚ family member‚ or coworker. Does this sound too good to be true? This might be because it very well could be too good to be true because‚ unfortunately‚ active listening seems to be fading away as time goes by. Furthermore‚ consider how the meaning of favorite songs becomes so clear when in attendance of a live concert with seemingly nothing between the audience -desperately clinging to every precious word-
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TEM Spyder Active Sports 5/3/2011 DFK Discussion Questions Key Players / People Case Summary: David Jacobs founded Spyder Active Sports in 1978 as a mail order producer of high-end ski sweaters. In the early days of the company‚ Jacobs sold his stock in Spyder to Hanson Industries. When Hanson faced financial distress in 1982‚ Jacobs was forced to join forces with his Japanese contract manufacturer Tsunehisa Shimokubo to save Spyder. Positioned as a premium producer of skiwear‚ Spyder developed
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