The award-winning novel‚ Graffiti Knight by Karen Bass‚ has brought up unique characteristics that have been explicitly demonstrated in the IB program. This book teaches IB students new morals of life and encourages them to develop new learning styles in their upcoming years in IB. The first characteristic involved in this book is Fairness and Development‚ Karen Bass’s detailed description of Leipzig’s lifestyle exposes a dictatorship government controlled by the Soviet Union and certain rights for
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Reading Journal on the Excerpt from Karen Armstrong’s Autobiography. The author is very expressive of her feelings‚ and I believe it is these feelings that she wants to let out to the world in her autobiography‚ there is not one point but an entire phase in life that she expresses in her writing. The feelings and mind-set of one lost‚ looking for an identity to fit into; can be a point she is trying to convey but then again‚ there is a lot of flow in her words that makes this point
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the world’s most famous German and is considered one of the greatest composers of all time. His music has proven to be timeless. Even people who do not have direct access to classical music‚ the famous intro of the familiar "Symphony No. 5". Ludwig van Beethoven’s exact birth date is unknown. Tradition has it only his baptismal date‚ the 17th Dezember 1770. Beethoven was paternal born into a musical family. His grandfather‚ also named Louis‚ was Kapellmeister in Bonn. Beethoven’s father‚ Johann also
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Frits D. Van Paasschen Frits Van Paasschen is a senior business manager who has found success in shaping global strategy across a variety of industries. He is 47 years old‚ has a wife and three children. Frits early years paved the way to a rich and exciting life. He worked hard in his younger years‚ digging ditches for landscaping company and as a janitor at his father’s office. He put his money towards an undergraduate degree that
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Dust‚ by Karen Hesse. The vocabulary activity I have created gives depth to the environment in which this novel takes place. The vocabulary words I chose to define are rarely used in modern times because they describe a very dirty and gloomy wasteland‚ something many of us live far from. Understanding these words is vital to comprehending the devilish wasteland where novel takes place. For the activity‚ each definition has a blank line in front of it‚ you must write the proper word from the vocabulary
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Rip Van Winkle I believe Washington Irving’s purpose for writing ‘Rip Van Winkle’ was to teach a lesson and to comment on the American Revolution at the same time. I think that the lesson Irving is trying to teach is that if you live an idle life‚ life will pass you by. Rip was not concerned with working to support his family or to achieve any sort of goals. He was only interested in doing things that he enjoyed and that did not help to support his family. He slept for twenty years‚ and when he
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sense rather than realistically depict a momentum in the Dutch countryside. It is oil on canvas and the dimensions are 105.5 x 123.4cm. The artist is Jacob van Ruisdael (c. 1628-1682). This painting is exhibited since 1942 in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.‚ currently at Gallery 49 on the Main Floor of the West Building. Jacob van Ruisdael was the son and nephew of painters and he received his formal training in Germany after passing through different cities in Holland‚ while settling
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The history and duties of the Secret Service Christopher L. Mintze CRJ175 W-1 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader of the history and duties of the Secret Service. In this paper I will give you a chronological timeline of the United States Secret Service. From its creation in 1865 by President Lincoln through its current day duties will be explored. The history and duties of the Secret Service The history of the secret service is a very interesting one.
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Vans promotional strategy seems to be that they want to offer consumers the opportunity to look at what they have and even allow a consumer to go online and design their own shoe. Vans does not want to push the product on the consumer but excite the consumer about their product so they buy it and encourage others to want a Vans product. I chose the OG Slip flip flop sandal. Vans website has several stories‚ articles‚ events and educational pieces that support the sport of surfing. While I find
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1937‚ but in between those years Karen lived a rather pleasurable and promiscuous lifestyle. She had her first affair in early 1911 and that was the beginning of her
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