audience shuffles and makes quiet chatter as they wait pseudo-patiently for the night’s show to begin. All at once the lights go up to a blinding brightness and a slow song stumbles from the speakers just before the actors step into the scene. On Golden Pond is a comedy about growing older‚ with jokes aimed at the mostly older audience members that left the crowd giggling and grinning. Even in its darker moments this play managed to keep a light easy air‚ giving it a happy and relaxed feeling‚ almost
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My name is Cassandra Duncan. I grew up an only child. I was also an only grandchild on both sides. The youngest of all my cousins and the only child in a small neighborhood that consisted of a bunch of adults‚ I never really learned what it meant to just be a kid. And I certainly never learned how to relate to other children. Accustomed to being around primarily adults‚ I was always mature for my age. Even my own friends often annoyed me during my adolescent years. I had a lot of people who invested
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6/3/10 Improving vocabulary skill chap 20 Ten words context 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. B Matching word with definition 1. Endow 2. Disdain 3. Expulsion 4. Ominous 5. Divulge 6. Diverse 7. Mortify 8. Detract 9. Elation 10. Nullify Sentence check 1 1. Detract 2. Ominous 3. Averse 4. Elation 5. modified 6. endow 7. expulsion 8. distain 9. divulge 10.
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The golden age of Islamic (and/or Muslim) art lasted from 750 to the 16th century‚ when ceramics‚ glass‚ metalwork‚ textiles‚ illuminated manuscripts‚ and woodwork flourished. Lustrous glazing was an Islamic contribution to ceramics. Islamic luster-painted ceramics were imitated by Italian potters during the Renaissance. Manuscript illumination developed into an important and greatly respected art‚ and portrait miniature painting flourished in Persia. Calligraphy‚ an essential aspect of written Arabic
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Piggy and Ralph find a conch (which is a type of shell). When Ralph blows the conch the sound attracts the attention of all the boys on the island who group together.Why is the chapter entitled "The Sound of the Shell"? Ralph sees Piggy as a nuisance at first‚ but also realizes his usefulness. When Piggy first appears‚ Ralph constantly tries to walk away from him and does not answer his questionsWhat is Ralph’s attitude towards Piggy in the first chapter? Piggy’s plea to join the expedition
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THE GOLDEN BIRD THAT TARNISHED In the 19th century‚ the paramount moral challenge was slavery. In the 20th century‚ it was totalitarianism. In this century‚ it is the brutality inflicted on so many women and girls around the globe: sex trafficking‚ acid attacks‚ bride burnings and mass rape. Yet if the injustices that women in poor countries suffer are of paramount importance‚ in an economic and geopolitical sense the opportunity they represent is even greater. “Women hold up half the sky‚” in
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a winter life; saw how I could let the years run off‚ buffet the winter through‚ and see the spring come in. The future inhabitants of this region‚ wherever they may place their houses‚ may be sure that they have been anticipated. An afternoon sufficed to lay out the land into orchard‚ wood-lot‚ and pasture‚ and to decide what fine oaks or pines should be left to stand before the door‚ and whence each blasted tree could be seen to the best advantage; and then I let it lie‚ fallow‚ perchance‚ for
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the movie Bad Hair Day‚ the main character‚ Monica‚ develops the theme that you should not seek approval from others and be who you want to be. She does this by going to the college she likes and not the college everyone is going to. In the beginning‚ Monica has a website that she has people vote on what she wears or does. Before the police detective Liz comes to her house‚ it shows a necklace she got from a pawn shop that she did not put up for votes. When Liz came to her house‚ she shows the picture
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How to French Braid Hair: Hello! Are you tired of wearing that bland old ponytail to clinical and class every day?? Yeah‚ I thought so. Today‚ is your lucky day. I am going to teach you all how to French braid your hair! If you could please split up into twos‚ and I need a partner as well. Who would like to be my partner? Morgan? Ok‚ awesome! Before we begin the lesson‚ I want your full attention‚ so I will let you all decide whether we do one braid down the hair‚ or two. Which one will it be
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Puabi’s golden headdress‚ from Ur‚ Iraq and made around 2550-2450 B.C.E.‚ has political significance. The elaborate piece is comprised of a wreath‚ earrings‚ coiffed hair‚ necklaces‚ and body jewelry. Puabi was a queen in her own right and this object has political significance because it demonstrates the importance of hierarchy in early Mesopotamia. The decadence of the headdress shows that it was meant to display dominance. This object is art because people can appreciate it visually and aesthetically
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