teach i ng Tolerance middle & upper grades activity k 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 a project of the southern poverty law center www.tolerance.org Magic Carpet Was there ever a part of your identity you had to hide? by Mitali Perkins I had a magic carpet once. It used to soar to a world of monsoon storms‚ princesses with black braids‚ ferocious dragons‚ and talking birds. “Ek deen chilo akta choto rajkumar‚” my father would begin‚ and the rich‚ round sounds of the Bangla language took me from our
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forest to look for mushrooms for dinner‚ and met an old woman who gave her a little cooking pot. The old woman told the girl that it was a magic pot that would cook porridge whenever it heard the words ’cook‚ little pot’. When there was enough porridge in the pot‚ the words ’enough‚ little pot’ would make the pot stop cooking porridge. The little girl took the magic pot home. She and her mother were no longer hungry because they ate porridge as often as they wished. One day the little girl went
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the magic of the white snake China is a fabulous world of stories ‚myths ‚ad legends. Despite of the extensive destruction in its long history ‚the country retained an abundance of unique natural ‚cultural and intellectual treasures. Everything has it’s own significance ‚and each customs reveals a deeper meaning. In china ‚almost each place tells it’s own story. The white snake ‚one of the four great love dramas‚ the ever-lasting classic myths of passion and devotion regard and respect is a part
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Fast Zara‚ Fast Fashion Introduction Everyone‚ no matter youngsters or middle-aged mothers‚ love to buy clothes and keep updated on latest fashion trend. In the past‚ people could only consume western styles clothing if they are rich enough to go shopping by travelling in European countries or able to afford expensive air mail to send the consumed western clothes back from overseas. However‚ it took a period of time and the fashionable clothing may become “old” at the time received. As the information
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MAHOGANY MAGIC POLISH an investigatory project submitted as an entry to the DIVISION SCIENCE FAIR 2012-2013 (LIFE SCIENCE) Submitted By: PAULINE G. LUDIVICO SHERYL ANNE H. PRESTOZA JOBERT JAN B. PICHUELA ANJULI E. ESTARES Coach Pag-asa National High School City Schools Division of Dasmariñas Region IV-CALABARZON Abstract Mahogany Magic Polish is made from mahogany seed hull charcoal‚ beeswax‚ virgin coconut oil‚ olive oil and vinegar. This polish produces a different
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1. Why would taking a course in marketing be helpful even if you do not pursue marketing as a career? * At the University of Florida‚ they offer an online program that teaches them 4 points on the marketing field and how it works. * The first point is The value of marketing‚ its function within an organization and the role of marketing in society. (citation) * - One of the ways in which marketing benefits society is by informing and educating consumers. Marketing often has a persuasive
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CHAPTER 25 REWARDING BUSINESS PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW OF BRIEF EXERCISES‚ EXERCISES‚ PROBLEMS‚ AND CRITICAL THINKING CASES Brief Exercises B. Ex. 25.1 B. Ex. 25.2 B. Ex. 25.3 B. Ex. 25.4 B. Ex. 25.5 B. Ex. 25.6 B. Ex. 25.7 B. Ex. 25.8 B. Ex. 25.9 B. Ex. 25.10 Topic Motivating employee performance Evaluate business performance using ROI Comparing ROI and residual income Balanced scorecard perspectives Computations for the DuPont model Criticisms of ROI Calculate residual income Calculate EVA Variable
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Fast Food‚ Fast Death Almost 75% of people in the United States of America are considered to be overweight or obese. Food such as burgers and chicken nuggets are being consumed by the average American daily‚ this may indicate why our Nation’s waistline is increasing from the overconsumption of meat and unhealthy fats. Fast food is the leading cause for this spread of obesity in America providing the drug addicts with their fix‚ and due to ignorance and lack of motivation Americans are doomed to
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Background Who would have thought that computer animated films would become the next big thing when it comes to movies. Pixar has produced hit after hit with both critical and financial success. We fell in love with these stories along with the characters. Pixar has created thirteen films since 1995. They began in 1979 as the Graphics Group‚ as part of the computer division of Lucasfilm. Apple Inc. then bought the corporation in 1986 making Steven Jobs a major shareholder. In 2006 The Walt
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DNA fragments based on size. * Nucleic acid hybridization and phrobes- probes based pair with complementary sequence used to detect specific sequences. * DNA sequence- reading the sequence of nucleotides in a stretch of DNA. * Polymerase chain reaction- way to amplify DNA. 2. Methods in Recombinant DNA technology: * Concerned with transferring DNA from one organism to another. * Cloning vectors and hosts. * Construction of a recombinant plasmid (vector can be a movement or
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