“I wasn’t trying to hurt him! He has ຕາຂປີ!” I protested as my teacher led me to the corner. The phrase appears as confusing written as it does spoken‚ and my teacher could not comprehend. Apparently neither did my classmate‚ who yelped when I pointed my finger at his eye. It would take three years before I learned the English equivalent of this word. What others call “eye boogers” or “sleep eye” I call “ຕາຂປີ.” It’s not an exact translation because of the fickle Laotian alphabet‚ but basically‚
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Proposal Pro forma 1. Aims of the Dissertation: Since the new political dispensation in South Africa black economic empowerment (BEE) has continually come under scrutiny (Leonard & Grobler‚ 2006). It has been seen as an ethically just initiative to compensate previously disadvantage individuals‚ and as a pragmatic strategy‚ which undercuts the nation of merit with a very strong undertone of racism. Increasingly‚ physicians‚ in both primary care and specialities form partnership of single
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SALVADOR DALÍ Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second before Awakening Painted in the year 1944 Oil on Canvas 51 cm × 40.5 cm Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum‚ Madrid Personal Framework Salvador Dalí was born May 11‚ 1904 in Figueres‚ Spain. He was a writer‚ filmmaker and painter. From a young age‚ he was encouraged to paint‚ despite the weak relationship between him and his father due to domestic violence caused by his own fits. At 16‚ his mother passed away from Breast
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inspired him to write this book. The book was based on an imaginary nuclear war and combined the values of society‚ a philosophical theory about human nature and the Christian Bible stories into this book to reflect his idea – ‘man produces evil as bee produces honey’. The term ‘Evil’ is a label which humans use to describe immoral actions that are not necessary for one’s survival. This idea of humans are evil when in a state of nature was strongly portrayed‚ however‚ LoTF also explored other possibilities
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Survival=Anger X Imagination. Imagination is the only weapon on the reservation. --Sherman AlexieThe Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven Key to Survival Sherman Alexie ’s novel The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven depicts how reservation Indian ’s survive their hardships that mainstream society has put on them‚ with the use of emotion and imagination. Survival for Alexie ’s Indians is‚ "not to slow dance with [their] skeletons (21)." The reservation skeletons are the anger of the
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We are Unique How many times have we been judged based on how we look? An individual are therefore force into following the status quo‚ thus forming a particular group of people while being categorized with certain stereotypes. The prevalent nature of stereotypes in modern society has resulted in blonde girls being categorized as dumb airheads‚ Arabs being typecast as dangerous terrorists‚ and the intellectually gifted being labeled as studious nerds‚ or synonymously‚ geeks. The practice of overlooking
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The Lone Ranger B The narrator of the story is a Native American man‚ who works at a high school exchange programme. He lives in solitude among strangers trying to find an identity fitting both the Indian and the white society. His dreams take him back to a battlefield where Indians and whites are fighting and killing each other. But the battle doesn’t stick to his dreams only‚ it continues in the real life as well. One of the things that reflects this is his relationship to his white girlfriend
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The long Ranger and Tonto Fist fight in Haven Below is a review of “The long Ranger and Tonto Fist fight in Haven”‚ written by Sherman Alexei. Note that Sherman Alexei with the context for Intintoli’ book‚ showing difference from other books about humorous etc. the book strength is in the kind of detail and the style of the writing is very effective. The author who writes the book is the Native poet and this only earned title is just because of the same book he had written about the poetry with
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National Youth Arts Winners 2011 (Western Division) Outstanding Production: Grease (Valley Youth Theatre‚ AZ) Seussical Jr. (Desert Foothills Theater‚ Scottsdale‚ AZ) The Wiz (Greasepaint Youtheatre‚ AZ) Outstanding Production (Junior Division): Honk! (Musical Theatre of Anthem‚ AZ) Outstanding Choral Performance: Imagine (The Most VYTal Event of the Season 2010‚ Valley Youth Theatre‚ AZ) Phantom of the Opera Medley (Broadway Under the Stars 2010‚ Horizon High School‚ AZ) Outstanding
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decided to through Bee a birthday party‚ hoping that being the best friend at a birthday party means she would get tons of attention. She had planned this for years‚ soon realizing that the party was more hers‚than it was Bees. Distinctively deciding not to do anything‚ she waited quietly out front of Bee’s bedroom door that morning with her present in hand. Bethsabee was quite rudimentary- she had always reminded Auburn of Sherlock Holmes‚ and
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