Beds of glorious yellow and vibrant purple flowers‚ contrasted beautifully by rows of bushes of light green. The flora surrounded a small lake so still and shiny‚ that it reflected objects almost perfectly. The volume of the lake was the largest I’ve seen in Autumn‚ due to the copious amount of snowfall the past winter. Peering on the surface of the lake‚ I saw the image of the seductive Half Dome admiring itself in the water’s reflection. Directly looking at Half Dome‚ I marveled at the spectacle
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Wooden Lamps Mimic Old Mining Equipment Published: May 22‚ 2015 • References: crowdyhouse & design-milk Designer Françoise Oostwegel designed the Zuid Oak Wood Lamp to resemble old-school mining lamps. The lamps take the form of a 3D octagon that has had each face removed leaving only the connecting edges. The edges are made using copper and oak wood and have a handle on the top to solidify the mining lamp inspiration. By adding the copper wire it creates a warm‚ reflective glow when turned on. The
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For my volunteering assignment I decided to go to the wildlife rehabilitation area‚ 100 Acre Wood. I arrived there on the fourth of December and met Linda Christian. She is basically the owner and founder of the non-profit corporation. I wanted to help out at a wildlife rehabilitation because I wanted to see a different side of the community. Wildlife is usually not seen‚ even in a place such as Brooksville. I also wanted to understand why somebody would put in so much hard work
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‘Mametz Wood’ is a remarkable ‘conflict and war themed’ poem written by Welsh-born poet Owen Sheers. Inspired by a visit to the battlefield on the 85th anniversary of the battle of Somme‚ it explores in depth themes‚ ideas and issues of: death‚ conflict‚ loss‚ remembrance‚ suffering‚ destruction and consequences. The poet explores how ‘the wasted young’ fought for their country‚ sacrificing and risking their livelihoods’ in the hope of coming home as heroes more than zeroes‚ however are left forgotten
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those views have continued to change about the roles these minorities take on in the world of music. To fully understand this situation‚ and why people have the views that they do‚ let us take a look at two very significant pieces in history. Swan Lake composed by Tchaikovsky is one of the greatest works for ballet companies worldwide. When it was originally performed for the first
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Appeals ruled Friday to halt the scheduled execution of a man who did not kill anyone. Jeff Wood was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on August 24 for taking part in a a convenience store robbery in which store clerk Kriss Keeran was murdered. Yet Wood was not the man who shot Keeran; he was outside the store when his friend‚ Danny Reneau‚ shot Keeran after he refused to give Reneau a store safe. Wood went inside the store after Keeran was shot‚ and was threatened by Reneau to help him remove
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2014 Clear Lake Dance Recital I could hear the bustle of people out in the crowd as I was getting ready for the dance recital. As I started to get ready for the first dance‚ someone came in and told us we were going to be starting in a few minutes. We all went and lined up at the foot of the stage because we were one of the first people to go on. “Your next‚” I heard from the people helping back stage. Right then I had to run through all of the steps to the dance in my head to make sure that I had
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The Symbol of Hope In a land of sorrow and hard times there is a Lake Tribe that endures the pain of the land but with all of this pain comes a symbol of hope‚ The Blue-Shelled Tortoise. This symbol of hope is the difference between life and death because The Blue-Shelled tortoise brings the water down from the sky. This tortoise comes once a year out of the lake about 50 miles away for the tribes location. Each year the tribe take 10 men and to search for this tortoise. The chief of the tribe
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The Woods Review After viewing Into the Woods it is wonderful to be able to present a personal review and opinion of this play‚ and evaluate its onstage production. Stephen Sondheim executes the recreation of the playwright James Lapine’s script impressively. Debuting in 1986 at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego California‚ Into the Woods hit Broadway by 1987‚ and won multiple Tony Awards (Clarksville Little Theatre). Clarksville Little Theatre also alludes to the success of Into the Woods by listing
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The evolution of the strike causes an evolution in the self-perceptions of the Africans themselves‚ one that is most noticeable in the women of Bamako‚ Thies‚ and Dakar. These women go from seemingly standing behind the men in their lives‚ to walking alongside them and eventually marching ahead of them. When the men are able to work the jobs that the train factory provides them‚ the women are responsible for running the markets‚ preparing the food‚ and rearing the children. But the onset of the strike
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