A Desert Oasis Palm Springs is a desert city about 95 square miles located 111 miles east of Los Angeles with a population of 44‚552. Its history dates back thousands of years to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians who lived in the Coachella Valley. The modern history of Palm Springs was glamorized by Hollywood movie stars in the 1920s because of the great weather and seclusion. Palm Springs was incorporated in 1938 and World War II brought rapid growth to businesses and housing development
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The book I read this quarter was Sold by Patricia McCormick. The story is first-person and is narrated by thirteen year-old Lakshmi from Nepal. This book has over 170 chapters‚ each one only a few pages in length. This adds to the narrative as Lakshmi is thinking in small thoughts and does not think into many things due to her young age. Lakshmi’s family was poor‚ but managed to make it by on most days‚ on other days Lakshmi and her mother would starve while her step-father gambled. One day‚ Himalayan
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Spring Festivities “If you prick us‚ do we not bleed? If you tickle us‚ do we not laugh? If you poison us‚ do we not die?” -William Shakespeare‚ A Merchant in Venice (Act III‚ scene I) After the long barren months‚ Easter and Holi crack the lifeless grip of winter; although one is Roman Catholic (Easter) and the other Hindu (Holi) both holidays demonstrate the same delight in different manners. Easter is a Roman Catholic holiday commemorating the rising of Jesus Christ from the dead‚ proving
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The Arab Spring Uprisings‚ revolts‚ and protests across the Arab world 2010 - present EFFECTS OF MANDATE SYSTEM What is the Arab Spring? • Arab Spring is the term popularly applied to the series of revolutionary activities that have swept the Middle East and North Africa since December 2010. • It has led to the overthrow of dictators‚ massive protests‚ and a general sense of civil unrest as countries have united for democratic change. •The largest protests have occurred on what are
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India is mostly a hot country. The summer season starts in April and goes up to the month of October every year. The months of April‚ May and June are very hot almost all over the country. The rainfall in India occurs mainly in summer season. The months of rain are from June to September. All rains in India are brought by monsoon winds from the Indian Ocean. They start blowing in the month of June and cover the entire country by the middle of June. The months of May and June are extremely hot. The
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Stevenson dreamed of becoming a baseball star from the time he put on his first tee-ball uniform to the time he took off his high school jersey for the last time. Stevenson knew he wanted to play baseball for the LSU Tigers from when he was 7 years old. “When I went to my first baseball game in the old Alex Box Stadium‚ I knew that was where I wanted to play when I grew up‚” Stevenson said. Approximately 5 percent of high school baseball players go on to play college baseball. Stevenson joined that 5
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Kids love the game of baseball as they love hitting a home run and their personal baseball glove. Baseball has many tricks and tips which can improve playing. These tricks or strategies can be used to win the game. They require team effort so contribution from all players is a must. As kids love this sport there is no problem of team spirit. Stealing base strategy can be used in a game play. For this you need to practice it first and then apply it in the game. Training is important as you get to
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if it means selling them to a sex trafficker. In the book Sold‚ Patricia McCormik gives an example of how the step-father of the protagonist‚ Lakshmi‚ views her‚ "But a girl is like a goat. Good as long as she gives you milk and butter. But not worth crying over when it’s time to make a stew"(McCormik 8). In this third world country‚ women and girls are to be used and are for man’s pleasure. Lakshmi was thirteen when her step father sold her. He is a greedy man who does not work and sells her into
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Chawin Pathompornvivat Mrs. Sarr-Lewis Advanced Placement English Language & Composition 21st August‚ 2013 Summer Assignments 2013 Word count: 313 words “Close Reading: The Art and Craft of Analysis” Close reading informs a writer writing by revealing something new each time we read them. The process of close reading develop an understanding of a text that is based first on the words themselves. The skill called “close reading” is a fundamental for interpreting literature. Reading
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4. The men who are left then return to where they came from. The title itself is quite ironic as spring is a time of new life and growth‚ and war is obviously a time of death and destruction. Structure • The majority of lines are composed of 10 syllables – but not all of them. This breaks the rhythm up‚ as does the sometimes irregular rhyme scheme – what is the effect of this? – it makes everything sound as though it is a bit disjointed and falling apart – reflecting the destruction and
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