raised or two-story‚ the main living area is on the upper level. To take advantage of cooling breezes‚ large windows surround the upper floor. The window sashes commonly have capiz shell panes and can be opened wide or closed for privacy or in stormy weather. Vents above the windows‚ protected by the roof eaves‚ let air in even when it’s rainy. Small shuttered windows below the large windows‚ called ventanillas‚ are screened with balusters or grillwork and can be left opened when the large windows
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------------------------------------------------- Katherine Dunham Katherine Dunham | | Katherine Dunham in 1956 | Born | Katherine Mary Dunham January 29‚ 1910 Chicago‚ Illinois‚ USA | Died | May 21‚ 2006 (aged 96) New York City‚ USA | Influenced by | Robert Redfield‚ Melville J. Herskovits | Spouse(s) | Jodis W. McCoo (m.1931-1938; divorced) John Pratt (m.1951-1986; his death) | Katherine DunhamLegendary dancer‚ choreographer and anthropologist‚ Katherine Dunham was
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Born June 22‚ 1909‚ in Glen Ellyn‚ Illinois‚ near Chicago‚ Dunham enjoyed the security of a middle-class suburban existence for the first four years of her life. Her father‚ Albert Millard Dunham‚ was a tailor who had his own business in Chicago. Her mother‚ Fanny June Guillaume Taylor‚ who was twenty years older than her husband‚ was an assistant principal at a city school. Dunham’s life changed drastically though‚ in 1914‚ when her mother became seriously ill and died‚ leaving Albert to raise Katherine
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Floods are natural hazards that can be disastrous during storms or prolonged rainy days. Heavy rainfall in an extended period of time causes calamities. Some of the regions sit below sea level and serves as a catch basin. This area is easily flooded. Weather is another factor to be considered‚ rainy seasons and storm may cause the irrigation system to overflow thereby flooding nearby barangays. Climate has changed abnormally though time. Now we experience intense heat of the sun followed by sudden rain
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something completely different from where they began. They must now train to defend the cockpit‚ because sometimes the security at the gate just is not good enough. I found the stormy night at DFW fascinating. Although I am quite aware of just how weather affects air travel‚ seeing workers struggle to cope with bad weather and in-flight mechanical problems in an effort to keep passengers safe and planes on schedule‚ was just very interesting to
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against the weather. Perhaps‚ in a larger sense‚ they refer to that time in our lives when our faculties are diminished and we can no longer easily withstand the normal blows of life. He regards his body as a temple- a "Bare ruined choir[s]"- where sweet birds used to sing‚ but it is a body now going to ruin. In Sonnet 116‚ love is seen as the North Star‚ the fixed point of guidance to ships lost upon the endless sea of the world. It is the point of reference and repose in this stormy‚ troubled
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How does Dickens use setting in ’Great Expectations’ to show characters feelings &+ situations? Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth‚ Hampshire‚ during the Victorian era. In 1822‚ when Dickens was ten‚ the family relocated from Kent [where they had moved when Dickens was 5] to Camden Town‚ London. These places of residence are symbolic of certain occurances in Dickens life; throughout the novel‚ these areas play an avid role in the creation and development of the characters situations and feelings
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lot of negotiating and luck to get the referees to drop the puck The two bargaining sides can’t agree on a guide Because of that‚ the season won’t start The team management and players should get it together On the horizon‚ I see lots of stormy weather At this time in my life‚ I feel down on my luck I’m missing the game played on ice with sticks and a puck I miss my defenseman‚ and my left and right wings the centers also – but most of all – my defending goalie king If only he could actually
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In Romeo and Juliet‚ Shakespeare uses many ways in which he builds tension in certain scenes. In Act 3 Scene 1‚ Shakespeare uses a whole variety of ways to show and build tension in the play and between the characters. The film director Baz Luhrmann also made an adaptation of the play as a film. In his film there are many different visual ways in which Luhrmann builds and creates tension. My first point is‚ right at the start of the scene‚ Mercutio keeps pushing for a fight. Benvolio on the other
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started to whine. Big drops of rain fell among them making individual sounds when they struck.” Golding emphasized on the nature in the paragraph. He used imagery to bring out the lively scene. As the weather turns bad‚ Golding foreshadows that the unfortunate events are approaching soon. The stormy weather created a negative atmosphere to the environment. “Going to be a storm‚” said Ralph‚ “and you’ll have rain like when we dropped here. Who’s clever now? Where are your shelters? What are you going
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