For my Common Threads assignment I chose three pieces from our LRRW anthology book that I thought fit together perfectly. These three pieces I chose from the book were “Star Spangled Banner”‚ “America (My Country‚ ‘Tis of Thee)” and “Battle Cry of Freedom”. All of these pieces were related because of their approach to freedom. The two poems I chose from outside sources were “Freedom is not Free” by Jamaya Ewing and “Called to Freedom” by Raymond A. Foss”. These two pieces also relate to the three
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Childhood Obesity In America English 122 Instructor Fawn vonFrohling October 20‚2012 Obesity is a growing problem and it is prevalent in all ages of society. America is no exception; in fact‚ America is the leading source of obesity. The obesity problem is tackled by Greg Critser and Mary Ray Worley. In Critser’s article‚ “Too Much of a Good Thing‚” he explains how obesity takes
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lot of reading. Every year‚ my reading level improves or my interests change. Often‚ I find myself looking at my bookshelf; at my old books. The books bring back memories‚ both funny and mournful. Before‚ in second grade‚ I read Geronimo Stilton and Magic Tree House.The books had really big fonts and a myriad of pictures. Furthermore‚ the books rarely surpassed 100 pages and the stories were much easier. Next‚ between fourth and fifth grade‚ I got into chapter books like The Heroes of Olympus. The fonts
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The Disney Magic Bands are a really interesting idea. I remember my family had my siblings and I take a finance class in high school and the class mentioned that‚ psychologically‚ the less movements we have to make‚ the it is easier for us to want to spend money. We lose track of the real value of the money because we can’t see it and we don’t have to think about it. Now‚ this is a wonderful thing for Disney‚ as it makes customers more willing to spend money. The customer‚ however‚ also gains a lot
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switch The switch statement is wondrous and magic. It’s a piece of the language that allows you to select between different options for a value‚ and run different pieces of code depending on which value is set. Arrays An array in PHP is actually an ordered map. A map is a type that associates values to keys. This type is optimized for several different uses; it can be treated as an array‚ list (vector)‚ hash table (an implementation of a map)‚ dictionary‚ collection‚ stack‚ queue‚ and probably
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Typhoons in the Philippines In the Philippines‚ tropical cyclones (typhoons) are called bagyo. Tropical cyclones entering the Philippine Area of Responsibility are given a local name by the Philippine Atmospheric‚ Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)‚ which also raises public storm signal warnings as deemed necessary. Around 19 tropical cyclones or storms enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility in a typical year and of these usually 6 to 9 make landfall. The deadliest
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Pascal’s law Pascal’s law or the principle of transmission of fluid-pressure is a principle in fluid mechanics that states that pressure exerted anywhere in a confined incompressible fluid is transmitted equally in all directions throughout the fluid such that the pressure ratio (initial difference) remains the same.[1] The law was established by French mathematician Blaise Pascal.[2] Contents [hide] 1 Definition 2 Explanation 3 Applications 4 See also 5 References Definition[edit source | editbeta]
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Do You have a nickname? Tell the story of how you got it and why. If you do not have a nickname‚ tell what you would like your nickname to be and how you imagine receiving that name. Write down an important goal you would like to achieve over the next ten years. Brainstorm a list of actions you need to take to make your goal. Decide when you should take each action and place it on a timeline. Select one of the following statements and rewrite it descriptively‚ showing it instead of telling
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Themes are lessons or ideas that an author wants to convey through his or her writing. Common themes found in literature are “treat others the way you want to be treated‚” and “love will always conquer hate.” A theme in the epic poem‚ Beowulf‚ is that things will happen as they are meant to happen. The ideal of fate is consistently brought up throughout the poem as Beowulf heroically defeats many demons and beasts. It is believed in Beowulf’s culture that fate decides what happens to who and when
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HW: 2N Imitation (a poem); write a parody of “Internment.” You may use the work you started in class‚ but must cut and paste into the Doc I shared with you. The Labours by Ankit Dixit The goddess of marriage out of jealousy‚ made him insane by treachery‚ by then it was too late‚ the blood had been spilled‚ all was lost and both of his loves were long gone. Later after he woke from his temporary insanity‚ his hands bloody‚ a knife lay beside him‚ his wife and children bleeding
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