It had all begun with four great oaks. Grown so close together that their branches could almost prick the others’ bark. Close enough for roots to intertwine and suck at the last droplet of water when the drought season came. And yet they had always stood together. As guardians of the forest. Every full moon‚ the sight of the looming oaks served to remind the clans of their past‚ and guide their present. That their battles were not ones of hate‚ but of comradery. But even such powerful icons could
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Jocelyn March 23‚ 2013 IRON OAKS Reflections We were at IRON OAKS this past Saturday to engage in team-building exercises. We were put in groups with a guide‚ given instructions for each exercise and reminded that the goal wasn’t completing or solving the exercises‚ but in team-building
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would walk up to a hill three blocks away from her home. On the very top of the hill‚ an oak tree‚ perfect for sitting in‚ looked over the city. The view from the tree was magnificent‚ especially at night. Tayla could see the lights of tinsel town flicker in her mind just like all the thoughts racing through her mind at the speed of light. Every night‚ usually around the same time‚ Tayla would sit in the oak tree and wrack her brain with thoughts of how to raise the money in order for her mother
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A) Good Oak: While sawing through the bark of a dead tree‚ Leopold summarizes historical events that corresponded to each concentric ring he encountered. While the tree remained resistant to change‚ society slowly progressed from viewing nature solely for commercial value to overcoming past ideologies and beginning to respect and feel compelled to defend nature. Bur Oak: Leopold depicts key players and consequences in the ‘prairie war’ to illustrate how every player‚ even fire‚ has a role in maintaining
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The New White Oak Library Willeisha Hopkins COMM/ 215 December 22‚ 2014 April Rivers Determining what is right for the new White Oak Library includes a variety of things like‚ what is best for the community‚ the customers‚ and the library and not to take away from others. The current White Oak Library has been around for many years. With being a building that has been around for the amount of years that the library has‚ the building will start to fall apart and need to either be
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Wright has some other noteworthy designs such as: Price Tower‚ Taliesin West‚ Monona Terrace‚ the Robie House‚ and the Ennis House. Price tower is a nineteen story tower in Bartlesville‚ Oklahoma. The two hundred twenty-one foot high tower was opened to the public in February 1956 and is one of the two vertically oriented structures Wright designed. There are four elevator shafts located in the center of the tower that are the central support. It is asymmetrical and the Tower is designed to look
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1.a) Our gut reaction to Winter Oak is that it had a lot of meaning‚ but was dull and tedious. Some words and phrases we used to relate our thoughts on the story are as follows: - Boring. - Monotonous. - No real conflict. - No feeling. - No real plot. - Didn’t invoke a strong reaction. - There was a definite lesson to be learned. 1.b) Yuri Nagibin used different devices to evoke various reactions in us‚ some of these were: The dialogue; it was concise yet boring but realistic for example
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It was a beautiful morning. The long Uber ride to the Red Oak school add excitement on my visit. When I arrived at school‚ I was astonished by the fascinating school exterior. This Montessori philosophy inspired school was founded upon the house in Morristown‚ NJ. By seeing the school building‚ I could sense the peaceful and cozy atmosphere. Honestly‚ the red oak school had the most beautiful school setting I’ve ever seen in my entire life. I was very enthusiastic to start my observation and learn
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have an idea how different cultures buried their dead. I visited the Live Oak Cemetery and the Greenville Cemetery in Greenville‚ MS. The Live Oak Cemetery is a predominately black cemetery and the Greenville Cemetery is a predominately white cemetery. Both cemeteries have a lot of history behind them by containing tombstones from the 1800s‚ 1900s and the 2000s. The body of Holt Collier was buried in 1936 at the Live Oak Cemetery and this is made known at the entrance of the cemetery. Holt Collier
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Oak Trees Choosing a location: The mighty‚ majestic oak tree has‚ throughout the centuries‚ been the subject of story‚ song and proverb. More than 80 species of this beautiful tree are found in North America. All oaks are deciduous trees with furrowed bark. When choosing your location pick a spot that will accommodate a full grown oak‚ they can get to be 60-80 feet tall and 60-100 feet wide at maturity. Do not plant too close to structures‚ streets‚ or sidewalks . Planting directions: 1) Dig
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