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    PRESENT DAY Habitat and Geographic Location The Orcas can be found in all the world’s oceans. Their location ranges from the equator to both polar regions. Orcas inhabit deep ocean waters and coastal shallows. The northern and southern ranges are limited by pack ice. The orca stays in one area all year‚ and travels within its home range for prey. Some populations migrate toward the equator in the winter and back toward the poles in the summer. The orcas adapt well to any climate‚ however‚ coastal

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    fire in the fifth century A.D. The Olympic Games were held every four years in honor of Zeus. Zeus was considered to be the Father of gods and men. The statue is 2481 years old and used for people in Greece to worship Zeus. The statue was made from Ebony‚ Bronze‚ Ivory‚ Gold. Phidias set up a workshop west of the Temple at Olympia where

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    Black Diamond Night (a coalminer’s cemetery) Where the ebony‚ we call “NIGHT”‚ Old black rocks sit under the twilight. Diamond shape eyes unclear and lonely‚ Sinister through hostile spirits only‚ I stumble across these stones without a bone. A solitary confinement alone‚ From a barren zone the light transcend. Only in time‚ our minds will mend. Endless valleys and limitless stones. These bones- these bones they sit alone. The abyss‚ of rotten cavities with no fill‚ A system no power can unwell the

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    The Masque of the Red Death and Young Goodman Brown are both good stories that paint vivid images. Throughout these stories‚ both Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne evoke a sense of fear and death. Edgar Allan Poe tells us a story of a prince who believed he could save himself and his nobles by keeping them inside of his castle. However‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne tells us a story of a man who takes a "journey" with his conscience. Both authors use characterization‚ symbolism‚ imagery and allusions

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    soldiers presents these offerings to the Chief and his wife on Hatshepsut’s behalf. This offering must have been well received because the next panel shows both Puntites and Egyptians loading the ships with incense and ebony. When the boats are loaded at Punt bags of incense‚ gold ebony‚ elephant tusks‚ panther

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    Prospero’s plan for escaping the epidemic. What do the ebony clock and its arresting chimes add to the plot? Can you think of any symbolic value the clock might have? What symbolic evidence can you find in Poe’s use of the following: the number seven the use of colors‚ especially the black and scarlet in the seventh room the movement from east to west in the sequence of the rooms and throughout the story Ebony clock © 2004 clipart.com In the last paragraph‚ Poe alludes

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    “The Masque of the Red Death” is a Gothic style story written by Edgar Allan Poe. In this story‚ many setting and descriptive details contain symbols. These symbols are very important because each symbol stands for something and gives readers much thought. For example‚ the red color represents the blood and the clock represents the time‚ etc. Through these symbols‚ we can learn the story teaches us that no matter you are rich or poor‚ you can not avoid death. There are seven chambers in Prince

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    Name___________________________________ Score________________ Section___________________________________ Date_________________ EXERCISE NO. 1a MITOSIS OBJECTIVES The students should be able to: 1. identify the different steps involved in mitosis and meiosis; 2. describe the behavior of the chromosomes during each stage of cell division; 3. identify specific events in mitosis and meiosis that allow the inheritance of traits and generation of variation. MATERIALS

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    You have to know that even though you are wealthy it does not mean you can escape death. In the short story "The Masque of the Red Death"‚ written by Edgar Allan Poe‚ is about a masquerade party that is hosted by a man named Prince Prospero. During the plague‚ Prince Prospero invites his light-hearted friends to come to his castle and have fun while people are dying outside. In the middle of the party‚ it was interrupted by a guest dressed in garments related with the plague of the "Red Death". All

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    Every author and play writer has some kind of reason for writing their piece. As readers and viewers‚ we use our knowledge to decipher the underlying message that comes across throughout works of art. Our Town by Thornton Wilder has many people with several diverse opinions sharing their ideas about the play. Thornton Wilder’s purpose for writing Our Town was to show the amount of control human beings have over their life‚ but fail to recognize until death. You can see this through daily events in

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