By Marcia Douglas Marcia Douglas was born in the UK of Jamaican parents in 1961‚ but grew up in rural Jamaica. She left Jamaica in 1990 to study for a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Ohio State University and was awarded a Ph D in African American and Caribbean Literature in 1997. Visit Marcia Douglas’s website: www.marciadouglas.com or see http://www.peepaltreepress.com/author_dis play.asp?au_id=17 The poem is set in Jamaica‚ in a town called Cocoa Bottom. People‚ both adults
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TIME AFTER TIME – Cyndi Lauper Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick‚ And think of you Caught up in circles confusion-- Is nothing new Flashback--warm nights-- Almost left behind Suitcases of memories‚ Time after-- Sometimes you picture me-- I’m walking too far ahead You’re calling to me‚ I can’t hear What you’ve said-- Then you say--go slow-- I fall behind-- The second hand unwinds [Chorus:] If you’re lost you can look--and you will find me Time after time If you fall I
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The movie‚ The Day After Tomorrow‚ addresses the issue of global warming. The movie?s portrayal of the events caused by global warming was extreme and not very believable. Some of the information is backed up by science but most is completely off the wall and nonrealistic. The movie cited the cause of the global climate change to be the rise in temperature due to greenhouse gasses. The warmer temperatures caused the polar ice caps to melt‚ and the increased amount of freshwater in the
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4 Things Women Should Know About Losing Weight after Menopause If there is one thing that is as hard as gaining weight‚ harder even‚ it is losing weight itself. Even so‚ the whole weight gain-weight loss process is made worse with the onset of menopause in women‚ once they hit the age of 50 years going up. As a woman in the fore-mentioned age bracket‚ you might be starting to realize your body gaining weight in a manner that is out of hand. However‚ this particular predicament has been thoroughly
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Source of Electricity A Research Proposal By Raymundo Jonieve B. Lanoy Submitted to the Faculty of the Tagbilaran City Science High School In partial fulfillment of the requirements for Research IC January 2014 CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM: RATIONALE AND BACKGROUND Electrical phenomena have been studied since antiquity‚ though progress in theoretical understanding remained slow until the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Even then‚ practical applications for electricity were few
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Essay After high school‚ when I first started college I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do with my life at the time‚ but I had planned to be a business man of some sort and get my degree in business‚ then I realized that in today’s economy most new businesses are not that successful‚ plus you need money to actually start up a business on your own. So I did some thinking and have decided to get my degree in science and become a pharmacist. The reason I choose this field is because they get paid
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mainly the recalcitrant southern states‚ continued to dig its dark roots within American society. This sense of sectionalism drove the American society even after the struggle ended in 1865. The perseverance of this ideology prevented society as a whole from advancing following the Civil War‚ or so many thought. Although many people consider the after war period‚ up until the end of World War I‚ to be filled only with contention and regression
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Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein is a nineteenth century gothic novel that demonstrates the discovery of the nature of electricity. In the novel‚ electricity plays a major role in creating the life of the monster. Shelley introduces science‚ especially electricity as an ethical theme and shows it through the life and demise of Victor Frankenstein and his creature. The creation of the monster does lead to Victor’s demise and Shelley parallels the idea to scientific discovery and the future. With
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intending to set a bad example for your children‚ well in this speech I will suggest to you that‚ that is not true. First‚ I would like everyone to visualize yourself as a Barbie- now try not to get too jealous; it’s not our fault we were modeled after perfection. Anyways‚ imagine your local toy store‚ the store is filled with you and all these “wanna be’s” secured in a paper wrapping from that rainforest that is now non-existent‚ and you are sitting on the shelf waiting to get picked up by a new
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Pregnancy After 35 What older moms-to-be should know By Jennifer Kelly Geddes comments (0) related tags: Fitness‚ mom health‚ Pregnancy Complications‚ Pregnancy Emotions‚ pregnancy health & symptoms‚ Pregnancy Symptoms‚ prenatal‚ Tests‚ Pregnancy Having a baby when you’re over 35 can mean more health concerns and extra tests‚ but it shouldn’t be cause for alarm or distress. In fact‚ nearly 1 in 10 babies are born to women over 35‚ and the majority are delivered without complications. "Women
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