It was four in the morning when Clark found Sian at the old park. No one had gone there in years. It was plastered in graffit. Willow trees were so over grown that the whole place was almost completely hidden. Sian swung on the rusted swing set. Her short black hair swirled in the wind as she went. Clark waved at her and she stopped swinging. He sat on the swing beside her. He gave her a bitter sweet smile. "Why do you live alone ?" Clark asked without the monotone voice making it sound like he
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“Ghost of a city lives in another” commentary “The Ghost of a city lives in another” is a very interesting piece; it questions the modern meaning of globalization. Globalization is often seen as a positive term‚ a consequence of human improvement. According to Joseph Stiglitz‚ an economist and Nobel Prize winner defines globalization in this way: “Globalization is the closer integration of the countries and people of the world brought by the enormous reduction of costs of transportation and communication
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Marek Sulich Mr. O’Connor American Literature 1 March 2011 Ghost Soldiers The novel‚ Ghost Soldiers‚ written by Hampton Sides‚ is a great work of literature‚ depicting the true horrors of war‚ friendship‚ and the one thing that was never lost‚ hope. The non-fictional book takes place in the Philippines during the Japanese occupation of the islands from 1942 and goes through three gruesome years to end in the year of 1945. The book begins with the idea of surrendering Bataan‚ an American occupied
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Badheka‚Gijubhai ( 1885 -1939 ) Girijashanker Badheka‚ generally known as Gijubhai‚ the most outstanding personality in the field of pre-primary education‚ was born to Bhagwanji and Sm. Kashiba of Vala in Saurashtra at Chittal 9Saurashtra) in the house of his maternal grandfather on 15 November 1885. He had his early education at a primary school at Vala and later passed the Matriculation from Bhavnagar around 1905. He joined the Shamlals College‚ but had to leave his studies incomplete and
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In The Shadow Lines and The Hungry Ghosts‚ both Amitav Ghosh and Shyam Selvadurai‚ critique the emphasis that society puts on geo-political borders by acknowledging that we live in a world that is deeply inter-connected. Spanning different countries and continents‚ both of the novels explore issues of identity and belonging that are unique to the diaspora. This is accomplished through the characterization of a grandmother who is displaced from her homeland due to the Bengal Partition and the struggles
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The Storyteller (Saki) by H. H. Munro (Saki) (1870-1916) Word Count: 2109 It was a hot afternoon‚ and the railway carriage was correspondingly sultry‚ and the next stop was at Templecombe‚ nearly an hour ahead. The occupants of the carriage were a small girl‚ and a smaller girl‚ and a small boy. An aunt belonging to the children occupied one corner seat‚ and the further corner seat on the opposite side was occupied by a bachelor who was a stranger to their party‚ but the small girls and the small
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It was a day like no other. she was there‚ he was there. words being spoken‚ ears listening intentively. Immediately they both felt something. Not sure what it was but they felt it. Afraid? not really...mostly just going along for the ride. Fun at the beginning...exciting‚ never bored...just because they were in the same room ment all was well....ment all was good. Funny how time passes and feelings change...his changed....but never left....he ended up understanding the importance of their love.
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Fridays and Saturdays were my least favourite days of the week. The Friday morning always started out well but then it got worse throughout the day. By lunchtime‚ I usually had enough homework to last me another week! That wasn’t the worst part though. At the end of the day‚ I had to walk to the train station‚ catch the 5:05 train to Castle Hill and get the bus to my employer’s house. I stayed there until the next night‚ enduring an earful of screaming and wailing‚ struggling to get the little ones
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“Hello? This is agent Jose. We think we have found your parents.” With only those few words coming from the voice mail‚ Margo threw her phone onto the chair and ran to go find her adoptive parents‚ Dan‚ and Patty. Her whole life‚ Margo waited for the phone call that would lead her to her birth parents. At age one‚ she was put up for adoption. The only thing that she would ever know about them was that they lived in Oregon just like Margo did now. When she was younger she would watch everyone passing
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A. Leprosy‚ caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae is a leading cause of peripheral neuropathy worldwide; although it is treatable‚ the damage caused by the disease is irreversible. In Sannu’s case‚ why is there both sensory loss and muscle weakness? Answer: because Sannu’s is also malnutrition and he has not received proper treatment for his disease. B. Leprosy can affect the skin and Schwann cells of peripheral nerves. Which events of sensation processing are most likely not functioning
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