* Tonga Islands Necklace‚ ca. 1810-30 Whale teeth‚ Fiber 86.50.2 IUAM 31 in. cord; 5.25 in. longest tooth Madison Turner FINA-A351 December 3‚ 2012 * The object of art in which this paper analyzes is a necklace from the Tonga Islands‚ approximately from the period of 1810-1830. It is made of tabua- polished ivory whale’s teeth- that has been decorated with dark motifs and strung on a fiber cord. The approximate length of the necklace’s cord is 31 inches‚ with the longest tooth measuring
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How I Learned to Cook I want to tell how I began to learn cooking‚ and how I succeeded in this. When I was a child‚ approximately eight‚ I wanted to make a present for my mother. She was working hard and came back home late. So‚ I decided to cook for her a kind of food named ravioli with cottage cheese. It‚ like other kinds of food‚ has its rules of preparation. I didn’t care about them‚ and I did what I thought was correct. It’s a funny story. Each time
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CCS insight CCS Insight Report making sense of the connected world Global Smartphone Market Analysis and Outlook: Disruption in a Changing Market June 2014 Table of Contents 1: Executive Summary ................................................................................... 3 2: Global Smartphone Market Size and Value ....................................................... 4 3: Competitive Landscape Dynamics .................................................................. 6 Overview
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hbr.org The Globe What Panasonic Learned in China PhotograPhy: Corbis When your manufacturing base becomes your growth market‚ your strategy has to adjust. by Toshiro Wakayama‚ Junjiro Shintaku‚ and Tomofumi Amano M ultinational companies tend to insulate their headquarters from operations in emerging markets. Sure‚ they welcome the opportunity to save money by manufacturing in China or managing customer service out of India‚ and they’re especially pleased when they make
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Insight Into the World of Slavery Frederick Douglass‚ the author of The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ reveals the horrors and truth about slavery. His journey from master to master‚ and his experience as a slave. The publication of this document is relevant to the abolition movement because of the insight it provides about slavery. It removes the ignorance about slavery and provides a raw truth about the activities‚ behaviors‚ and life of a slave. It is critical to the abolition
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Consider the ways in which the author presents Mathilde as a selfish‚ self-absorbed woman. ‘The necklace begins with a short paragraph describing Madame Mathilde Loisel‚ and her character. Though she was‚ ‘Pretty and charming’‚ Mathilde and her husband‚ a junior clerk‚ are not very well off financially‚ and therefore the couple live a modest lifestyle. Mathilde’s selfish desires of a life of ‘refinement and luxury’‚ with servants and extravagant living conditions are somewhat alien to her simple
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LALALALALALLALALALLALA Story-story” is a circle game for all ages. The group of performers sit and a moderator (us) stands in the middle and provides a setting for the story. Then we point to a person in the circle and they begin telling a story (says 2 sentences). After the first storyteller has described the beginning of the story‚ the moderator points to another person‚ the story continues on; the new person picks up from the last word and tries to continue the narrative. Every performer should
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A. Character Analysis What insights do the main characters have or gain about themselves or about the human condition? - The main character in this novel is Tita. Tita does not like the fact that Mama Elena is keeping her from her true love Pedro. One night Pedro is drunk serenading Tita when the ghost of Mama Elena shows up being angry just from the sight of Pedro. The Mama Elena ghost threatens Tita wanting her to leave the house. Tita yells at the ghost with strong words "I know who I am
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1. What have you learned from the experiences of Brenda as a transwoman? What could you have done if you were part of that experience in order to make her journey better? There are many things that we can learn from Brenda as herself‚ as a person. However‚ if we are to focus on the topic of being a transwoman‚ I think there are also something more specific that can be discussed. One of the most crucial elements that Brenda has taught was to‚ as simple as it may sound‚ be yourself. When Brenda was
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2002 Insight to Quiet American For those who haven’t read the book‚ its both an odd love story and a metaphor for American involvement in Vietnam. The hero‚ Fowler is a washed up‚ middle aged‚ English war correspondent‚ content with his opium pipe and his Vietnamese mistress‚ Phuong. His world is gradually disrupted by the arrival of an American covert operative named Pyle who is both a zealous ideologue and naïve optimists. Things get complicated when Pyle steals Phuong away from Fowler‚
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