Here There Be…Dragons A dragon is a reptilian creature that is usually represented as an extremely large scaly creature‚ complete with claws‚ leather wings‚ fire-breathing capacities‚ and a rather long neck. The Merriam-Webster dictionary claims the word comes from the Anglo-French word dragun‚ which comes from Latin dracon-‚ which stems from the Greek word kimono (just kidding). No‚ the word stems from drakōn‚ which translates as serpent. There are many divisions and classifications
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worst thing that can happen? Maybe it could be a fall right on my butt‚ or a crazy wipe-out that could have given everyone a good laugh. Unfortunately it was neither of those. My brothers and I were playing follow the leader‚ they decided to dodge this jump‚ little did I know it was the biggest jump on the terrain park. I was going full speed and went off the jump‚ and then it hit me. I fell right on my back‚ before I knew it I was in the hospital with a broken back. The pain was absolutely excruciating
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postgraduate study. He’s a writer of many magazines‚ journals‚ and newspaper. He writes a regular column for the village Voice‚ the New York City weekly and he contributes to the Washington Post‚ the New Yorker. In one of Hentoff’s article “Should this student have been expelled‚” he clearly argues that Douglas Hann should have not been expelled from Brown University‚ regardless Hann’s drunken incidents and hateful speech. Hentoff feels that “hate speech” codes‚ such as the one at Browm University
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Is This the End of Oil Production? One of the most pressing current economic issues is oil production and distribution. It’s an issue that has been continuing to shock people for decades now. As cars become a necessity in American society‚ fuel is used even more than it used to. It seems like everyone has a vehicle and all vehicles require oil based fuels. Almost everyone in the United States uses some sort of transportation to go places like work‚ home‚ to the store‚ even to visit family. Truck
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“A Product of This Town” “A Product of This Town” was a piece that detailed the events surrounding and unfolding from a single event in Jena‚ which caused a hoard of people to descend on the small town. It starts out detailing how the town was a simple town and the thing to do on Saturdays was to drive the “Loop” through the town and just hang out with your friends no matter what their gender or race. One day at the local high school nooses were hung in a tree that had been‚ by tradition‚ the ‘white
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“We Built This City” by Starship is considered one of the worst songs to ever chart. Many critics claim that it makes no sense and is only popular because it sounds “catchy”. However‚ the song in reality has a very subtle meaning that rarely gets picked up on. The song is critiquing the music industry as a whole‚ using metaphors and imagery‚ claiming that it’s completely disregarding its roots and only using artists as a way of making money. The chorus of the song does so most cryptically. “Marconi
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Professor Manous November 03‚ 2013 Is This The End of Traditional Marriages? Marriage is a fear for some men and a fairy tale dream for most women. A marriage is a commitment between two people. Two people who declare their love for one another. Two people who initially share the same realistic goal to be with each other for a lifetime‚ without any doubts. In the reading‚ “Could Temporary Marriages Reduce the Alarming Rate of Divorce?” by Natalie Rivera explains the idea that temporary marriages
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‘This is the end’ The movie named ‘This is the end’ has been released this week. One of my friends has recommended this movie. I have not looked for any trailers. When I have heard this movie name at first time‚ I could not imagine funny scenario for this movie. After watching the movie‚ I have realized why the movie had to be fun because there are many famous comedy actors are in the movie. This movie is about the end of the world just as the name of movie. The movie’s name is not appropriated
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immediately knew that this was a challenge that I wanted to take part in. As silly as it sounds‚ I kept getting a melody stuck in my head every time I looked at the fabric and it reminds me a little of the Sneakers that I wore when I was little. The 1986 collaboration/revival of Aerosmith’s “Walk this Way” featuring DMC Run‚ inspired this quilt. I wanted the quilt to feel edgy and an almost a graffiti texture but still rock and roll! I use several techniques for the manufacturing of this quilt including
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This is NOT a Horse There were a hundred painted shapes on the ground. We looked at eachother in doubt. “How is this ever going to fit together?”said Maddie. “I have no idea”. Last summer I went to arts camp in Michigan. My friends Maddie‚ Eleanor‚ Jessie and I had been working on this modern art piece for a week and the art opening was in two days. So far we had about one hundred wooden shapes covered in “cream cheese”‚ a mix of plaster like paint and acrylics. I had tried to lay out so they went
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