Handel: Concerto in B flat: I. Allegro moderato In the video‚ Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) principle Harp Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton performs the initial movement from Handel’s Harp Concerto. The setup is an empty stage at the Harpa Concert hall in Iceland and the harp is the leading role as the melody instrument. Therefore‚ a beautiful and brilliant musical composition which resonates for one to two seconds is registered. Production Heidi is a professional concert harpist and from the harp‚
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King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table Chapter 1: Arthur and Merlin Read by Nathalie Drasse This very old story begins with Uther‚ a great king. He was a good man and he was king in the south of Britain. Other places were very dangerous at that time‚ but people did not fight in Uther’s country. Uther loved a beautiful woman‚ Igraine‚ and he wanted to marry her. But she did not love him and he was very sad about that. Merlin was a very clever man and he knew a lot of magic. He could change
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Society has many effects on the narrator in “Two Kinds” and Madame Loisel in “The Necklace”. Whether it is helping us achieve feats or our actions in public‚ we can be affected both negatively and positively. In the short story “The Necklace” Madame Loisel is dirt poor. When her husband‚ a simple Clerk‚ comes home holding a white envelope which says “The Minister of Education and Mme. Georges Ramponneau beg M. and Mme. Loisel to do them the honor of attending an evening reception at the Ministerial
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Year Round School Torture Amanda is stressed out because of school and she can’t wait for summer. In summer she gets to relax for months‚ hang out with her friends at her aunt’s pool‚ and go to Maine to see her grandparents. Unfortunately‚ her school is becoming a year round school. She now will see her grandparents less and lose the time to hang out with her friends. She disdains year round school. There shouldn’t be year round school because Summer break is an iconic part of America‚ kids deserve
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Payton Brooks Year Round Schools Mr. Reynolds April 1‚ 2016 Could you imagine sitting in a classroom in the summer? You would be sweating and wishing you could be outside playing or swimming. Wouldn’t that be HORRIBLE? If you said yes‚ you are like me and don’t like year round schooling. Year round schools cost a lot of money and disrupt schedules. Instead of the traditional 9 ½ months in school then a 2 ½ month break‚ year round schools go 6-9 weeks in school then have a 2-4 week break. In the
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students experience this situation when they attend year-round schools. The all-year school calendar is trending around the country‚ and many schools are transitioning to it. First‚ I will discuss the growing popularity of year round schools and the causes. Second‚ I will talk about the difference in test scores between the year-round schools versus the traditional nine-month schools. And finally‚ I will discuss another option instead of year-round schooling‚ which is the option of a four-day school week
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Year-Round Year-round schooling is a new method of education. It has been developed to help students achieve higher grades‚ and have a better learning experience. The basis around this is to eliminate the alleged “summer learning loss.” The hope is that students will retain more information without having such a long break. The number of school days would stay the same‚ yet there would be more frequent‚ shorter breaks throughout the year. Although the predicted results of YRE (year round education)
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Morality Among the "Outcasts of Poker Flat" As Mr. John Oakhurst‚ gambler‚ stepped into the main street of Poker Flat on the morning of the twenty third of November‚ 1850‚ he was conscious of a change in its moral atmosphere from the preceding night. Two or three men‚ conversing earnestly together‚ ceased as he approached‚ and exchanged significant glances. There was a Sabbath lull in the air‚ which‚ in a settlement unused to Sabbath influences‚ looked ominous. Mr. Oakhurst’s calm handsome face
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Between Rounds A sport that requires speed‚ strength‚ quick reflexes and endurance to compete against an opponent is boxing. The two boxers wear padded gloves as they fight for a total of 12 rounds within that time frame the opponent has to be knocked out. Boxing may seem like a sport that many people do not watch but is still popular in modern society. The skills that fighters’ such as Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao acquire is a form of art. A Philadelphia native who believed that boxing was
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All -year School All- year school would be beneficial. Year-round school would be beneficial because it helps eliminate the loss of academic information. Twelve-month school would help in “Eliminating any sort of long break from school can improve a child’s academic achievement” (Kimberly). Over summer children tend to forget what they have learned. If children do not have a long break they are more likely to not forget the majority of the things they learned. This is not only beneficial to the
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