and well-regarded avant-garde filmmaker‚ entered the scene in 1943‚ with the release of her first film‚ created in collaboration with her husband Hammid: Meshes of the Afternoon. Deren would go on to create a number of other films‚ most notably At Land‚ A Study in Choreography for the Camera‚ and Ritual in Transfigured Time. Deren’s work has been picked at and analyzed by a number of critics over the years‚ looking at the role of the individual‚ the flexibility of time and space through the medium
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Much has been said about America being the "Land of Opportunity" throughout history. From Columbus‚ to Walt Whitman‚ to present times‚ American society and its values differed quite a bit from American society and its values today. As these values have changed‚ so have the opportunities that present themselves within society‚ such as the ability to write about certain issues or topics. This means that the topics of literature have changed drastically along with the times as well. Much of the
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I didn’t know what happiness was until the unfortunate mishap. I have never been disappointed by the beauty of mother nature. It has taught me a lot about appreciating God’s gifts. The story began on a bright Friday morning. I packed my bags and was ready to take on the adventure of camping in the jungle. At first‚ I was reluctant to go but after being cajoled by my persistent friends‚ I finally gave in. It was a trip for sheer relaxation and nature learning. All six of us – Ainul‚ Dayang‚ Farah
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of the defoliant Agent Orange were used to rid the land of the thick trees populating these forests. After the war‚ it was discovered that Agent Orange caused life-threatening illnesses in the soldiers who handled it‚ and the Vietnamese who lived in the affected jungles. Agent Orange is a defoliant‚ a chemical which is specifically designed to kill plants. This
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DESIGNING WITH STRUCTURAL STEEL A GUIDE FOR ARCHITECTS SECOND EDITION AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION One East Wacker Drive‚ Suite 3100 Chicago‚ Illinois 60601-2000 Tel. 312.670.2400 Fax 312.670.5403 www.aisc.org Copyright © 2002 by American Institute of Steel Construction‚ Inc. ISBN 1-56424-052-5 All rights reserved. This book or any part thereof must not be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the publisher. The information presented in this publication
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the Philippines “Agrarian Reform: A Struggle for Social Justice” ABSTRACT The paper entitled “Agrarian Reform: A Struggle for Social Justice” aims to give the current status of agrarian reform in the Philippines. It also aims to provide the struggle of Filipinos for social justice in the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). This paper aims to explain why land reform is slow here in our country. This will also try to shed light on what agrarian reform
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Marina de Oliveira Ventura Beginning my personal analysis of ‘At Land’‚the waves mean that Maya is being dragged away from her own life. When she wakes up in the beach again‚ she has the opportunity of starting all over again‚ as the water represents a new start. As we see the waves in a reverse motion‚ they look like a carpet‚ as she was privileged to start again. As she climbs the rocks on the beach‚ the transition of the wild to the table means a transition in our own life: when we stop being
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This report focuses on the problem of the current state of the California University State University‚ Northridge (CSUN) Orange Grove pond. It will provide an informational analysis on what sort of organisms thrive in a pond‚ how they are able to thrive‚ and how to manage a pond. It also includes strategic ways to maintaining a pond‚ such as using a efficient water filtration system‚ introducing eco-friendly biolife to control algae population. There will be a recommendation section that will discuss
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Gish Jens‚ “Mona in the Promised Land‚” has characters that show all different kinds of attributes along with what they identity as. A common identity among a lot of them is being American. The novel encompasses a wide variety of identity that each character holds and is clearly shown through the text. Mona Chang‚ the youngest daughter of the only Chinese family in town‚ starts to try on the identity of being more than just Chinese through being American and Jewish as well. Mona tries on the identity
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Foreigners in their Native Land In the chapter Foreigners in their Native land: Manifest Destiny in the Southwest‚ Ronald Takaki describes the ideology of manifest destiny and its driving force to American colonists in the invasion of Mexican held territory in the Southwest during the 19th century. The conquest occurred in a progressive fashion that started with the war in 1936 that ceded Texas to the U.S. and culminated in the Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848. The Mexican-American war
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