‘MY FAIR LADY’ Henry Higgins is a professor of phonetics and believes that an important factor in establishing one’s own social status is by the way a person speaks and presents themselves. Every division of a society is marked by linguistic differences but Higgins believes that there is a perfect and proper approach to the English Language. Higgins speaks Standard English which is a widely accepted form of English in the United Kingdom also known as Received Pronunciation (RP). Non-standard grammatical
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Shakespeare the Historian: Richard II and the War of the Roses Who was Richard II? Born: 1367 Reign: 1377 – 1399 (deposed) Death: 1400 (murdered) Historical Context surrounding Richard II Richard II was born in 1367‚ in Bordeaux which was then part of the English principality of Aquitaine. He was the second son of Edward‚ the Black prince‚ and his wife Joan of Kent. Edward was in line to the throne‚ after his father Edward III. The Black Prince was a distinguished military leader like
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Facing a Difficult Situation At the young age of 23‚ Jim Davis has a promising career at Hereford National Bank. In three months‚ he has been promoted to Business Development Manager‚ tasked with developing a new strategy for the bank. His first big initiative of selling bank services through branch managers is at risk due to a twenty-five year veteran’s (Patty Mathews) reluctance to participate. How will Jim leverage his position and personal power to ensure success? Do Not Overlook the
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They were generally split up into four different regions‚ the North‚ South‚ Southwest‚ Southeast. The ruler of England at this time‚ William I‚ didn’t really take much interest in Wales. “He gives the border regions of Chester‚ Shrewsbury‚ and Hereford as earldoms to his feudal vassals.” ( historyworld.net ) These feudal vassals became well known for their anarchy and violence. The different regions of Wales often waged war amongst themselves. After gaining some power the leader of the south region
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Grading of beef The grading of beef is dependent on the Feed‚ which means that the food the animal was consuming before it was slaughtered‚ affects outer surface fat and muscle marbling‚ Age at Slaughter‚ Breed and breeding History which refers to Hereford vs. Angus vs. Longhorn. Grades of beef * Prime- More Favorable and tender‚ which has a lot of marbling‚ * Choice and select- This is the leaner part of the meat * Standard‚ commercial and utility- An average to
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Where to buy cattle? 2 Subspecies of Cattle 2 Subspecies of Cattle • Bos taurus – British breeds (Angus‚ Hereford) – Continental breeds (Charolais‚ Simmental‚ Limousin‚ Gelbvieh‚ etc.) • Bos indicus (Zebu‚ humped cattle) Bos indicus (Zebu‚ humped cattle) – Brahman a a – Nelore – Gir‚ etc. Gir etc Pure Breeds Angus (British) Reputation: Carcass and Maternal p Hereford (British) Reputation: Maternal‚ easy fleshing‚ longevity p ‚ y g‚ g y Simmental (Continental)
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Ellstrand N. C. (2001) When transgenes wander‚ should we worry? Plant Physiology‚ 125: 1543 – 1545. Hails R. S. & Morley K. (2005) Genes invading new populations: a risk assessment perspective. Trends in Ecology & Evolution‚ 20: 245 – 252. Hereford J. (2009) POSTMATING/PREZYGOTIC ISOLATION‚ HETEROSIS‚ AND OUTBREEDING DEPRESSION IN CROSSES WITHIN AND BETWEEN POPULATIONS OF DIODIA TERES (RUBIACEAE) WALT. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES‚ 170: 301 – 310. Kiknadze I. I. (2008) The role of
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William Least Heat-Moon writes “from Blue Highways” to persuade. Heat Moon organizes his travels into a story to persuade his audience. He spends his time driving across the United States‚ only taking the back roads on his map that are colored blue. Heat Moon almost always eats at a diner‚ and during one of his stops he makes small talk with a waitress about his road trips. “ I don’t mind being scared spitless”‚ he informs the waitress when she questions how he has the audacity to travel solo (Heat-Moon
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Today there are over 40‚000 Christian denominations throughout the world‚ such as Baptist‚ Presbyterian‚ and Methodist. But how did all of these different forms of Christianity come to be? Considering the peaceful coexistence of all of these denominations today‚ it is difficult to believe that about a thousand years ago the Roman Catholic Church was the only form of Christianity allowed in Western Europe. Martin Luther had the greatest impact on the Protestant Reformation due to challenging the Pope
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THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR - the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) was perhaps the first national war in Europe - after Norman conquest England was a rising power‚ strong monarchy‚ no involvement in conflicts‚ - English knights began rob their continental neighbours; simply because they were more powerful - the fact that Edward III and Henry V had genealogical claims to the French throne was but an explanation for robbing - the war was not a result of dynastic ambitions but a national matter‚
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