What Really Matters” is a great example of how no matter how horribly destroyed everything seems‚ if there is even a little thing left you can rebuild. Corey Soper lived with his family near Tuscaloosa where a tornado tore apart his family home while he was in Nevada for work. “ The tornado had pried off the roof‚ collected some of the family mementos stored in the attic and
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Improving Learner’s Ability with Listening to News Reports Word count - 2470 Contents Introduction 1 Analysis 1 News reports are: 1 Processes 1 Top-down 1 Bottom-up 2 Where top-down and bottom-up meet 3 Problems and Solutions 3 Conclusion 7 Bibliography 8 Background Research 8 Practical Materials 8 Appendix 1 9 Introduction For years now I have taught context/gist/specific info/post activity type listening lessons‚ but my reading on authentic materials and helping
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"People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around- the music and the ideas" - Bob Dylan (1992) From 1964 to 1968‚ there swelled a gigantic wave of cultural and political change that swept first the city of San Francisco‚ then the whole United States‚ and then the world. The efforts of the pioneers in the Haight-Ashbury to create an enlightened community took about two years‚ from 1964-66‚ to reach the flashpoint‚ and during those years the
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until the devastating tornados hit. On May 11‚ 1953 a record tornado hit‚ killing 114 people‚ Injuring 600‚ more than 600 business and home were demolished. The Tornado left damages estimating at $41 million dollars. This is known to be the deadliest tornado in Texas history and the tenth deadliest in the nation. The town was slow to recover. When I first moved there I heard a lot of stories of how this small town would have been as big if not bigger than Dallas if the tornado did not hit. Ridding
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Time is Ticking Haohan Zhang (9-1) Event #1- Deciding to Run Away Connor knows he is being unwind. On a ledge over the freeway pass‚ he decides to ask his friend‚ Ariana what to do. She proposes the idea of running away with him and become AWOLs. As shown on page 4‚ when Ariana suggests to Connor‚ “‘We should run away‚’ Ariana says”. Unfortunately‚ she declines and backs out on the decision saying she can’t run away when Connor goes to her house. Connor knows he can’t stay or else he will
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Application of Risk Management Techniques Treats that this company is vulnerable to are but not limited to tornado‚ malware‚ equipment failure‚ stolen data‚ DoS attacks & social engineer. The like likelihood of each is moderate to high. Headquarter is located right in tornado alley. Since this building house all three serves‚ a direct hit would result in a total loss. Since the users connect to the LAN with Windows Vista which is very outdate the risk of malware is also high. Along with having all
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America. In "Mother to Son"‚ a mother is giving advice to her son about life from her perspective and experiences. She wants her son to keep striving on what he believes and to have a more prosperous life than what she had. Langston Hughes was born in Joplin‚ Missouri in 1902. He lived with his grandmother for most of her life but often stayed with his mother in Cleveland‚ Ohio. He grew up in poverty and was exposed to racism in his youth. However‚ he believed that things would change and his culture
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difference between ordinary cell thunderstorms and severe thunderstorms‚ is that severe thunderstorms “produce at least one of the following: large hail with a diameter of at least one inch‚ surface wind gusts of at least 50 knots (58 mi/hr)‚ or a tornado” (Ahrens‚ 2014‚ p.288). Some conditions that favor the development of a severe thunderstorms are: 1. random‚ turbulent eddies that lift small bubbles of air 2. unequal heating at the surface 3. the effect of terrain (such as small hills) or
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Robert Wesley “Wes” Wilson was a designer in the 1960s whose main clients‚ like most self taught poster designers of the time‚ were that of rockandroll concert and dance promoters. Wilson however was more of an innovator in his creations. The pieces resembled that of Alfred Roller’s art nouveau style and incorporated a psychedelic style and mashing letterforms that seemed to blend into one another. As a youth‚ Wilson was mainly focused on the natural world‚ starting off on mostly forestry and horticulture
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write about‚ because through his poetry; Hughes displayed to America‚ the world through the eyes of African Americans living in Harlem‚ in the rough 1920s. The poet‚ lyricist‚ author‚ playwright‚ and social activist‚ was born on February 1‚ 1902‚ in Joplin Missouri‚ to James Hughes and Carrie Langston. Unfortunately‚ the couple divorced shortly after his birth‚ leaving Hughes to be raised mainly by his grandmother. When she passed away‚ Hughes was sent to live with his mother. In search of better jobs
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