studying up for the Bee – you helped me greatly by keeping me on task and not getting me distracted. And thank you to my grandparents for coming all the way from India just to see me spell. Just having you here lightened my experience by so much. Also‚ thank you to my friends and classmates back home in San Diego for supporting me. This year was in fact only the second year that my school participated in the Spelling Bee. On my request‚ my English teacher had brought the bee to my school‚ and I would
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Many people have thoughts about different places and what they are going to be like. Like Pablo Medina a 12-year-old child that went to the united states and had an experience that was not as wonderful. In the memoir “Arrival: 1960” Medina came over from cube to start a fresh new life‚ Medina believed that life would change by moving countries. What hit him was experiences can have change on one’s perspective of a bright‚ picturesque perception to a dark pessimism. At the beginning of the memoir
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Rules and Regulations of the National Quiz Bee Elementary MAKABAYAN (Philippine History‚ Culture & Values)‚ Elementary MATHEMATICS‚ High School SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY and Collegiate GENERAL INFORMATION & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Categories www.quizbee.org.ph Rules in Makabayan Contest Proper 1. Questions will be read twice by the Quizmaster; once in English and once in Filipino. 2. After the second (2nd) reading‚ the Quizmaster shall say “go” --- only then will the contestants be allowed
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The Myth of Pandora’s Box. What is The Myth of Pandora’s Box? To answer your question the myth starts off where Pandora was created. She was said to be the first woman on earth. Pandora was created by gods; each god had given her a gift‚ plus‚ Pandora’s name in greek means “the one who bears all gifts”. Pandora had been created to be a punishment to all of mankind; Zeus really wanted to punish people because the titan Prometheus had stolen the fire and gave it to them. Her gifts (Pandora) were meant
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In the article‚ “Aliens‚ Neo-Confucians‚ and the Power of Language”‚ the author‚ Nathan Vedal‚ utilizes the film “Arrival” to introduce the controversial idea proposed by the Neo-Confucian scholars of the Ming Dynasty who were attempting to transcribe Confucian teachings from before 5th century B.C.E. This idea consists of the belief that decoding an unfamiliar writing system can teach new ways of seeing the world. Although I do not necessarily believe in this idea‚ I find the study itself interesting
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The book I selected is called Horsefly and Honeybee‚ which is a fiction book written by Randy Cecil.This book is about a horsefly and a honey bee who fought over a flower and each lost a wing. Because they could no longer fly they were captured by a bullfrog and soon to be eaten. But‚ they decided to work together and use the remaining wings they had to fly away. By doing so‚ they escaped‚ became friends‚ and shared the flower. This book is at the instructional level for the majority of the class
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Chris Cleave‚ is an amazing writer with many popular books in his name. “Little Bee” is one among his collection which was shortlisted for the 2008 Costa Book Awards in Novel category. The book is about the struggle of a Nigerian girl who seeks happiness through that struggle and an English magazine editor who tries to help her out through the struggle. The book scrutinizes the themes about British colonialism‚ globalization and the people who can play their part in making this world a beautiful
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What is Jack in The Box? Jack in the Box is a fast food burger restaurant that serves everything from breakfast sandwiches to tacos and egg rolls. Jack in the box was founded in 1952 by a business man named Robert O. Patterson who opened the first Jack in the Box in San Francisco‚ California. The restaurant first started off as a drive-thru only place that served burgers for just 18 cents to motorist on the highway. Now the restaurant and their trademark clown are among the nation’s leading fast-food
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The result of this study showed that bee bread extract has a protective effect in aluminum induced anemia and it significantly ameliorates hepato-renal toxicity and reduces the elevated CRP level and monocytes and leukocytes counts encountered after aluminum exposure. Aluminum alone caused significant anemia‚ elevation of BUN‚ CRP‚ leukocytes and monocytes counts and liver enzymes‚ ALT and AST‚ and deceased creatinine clearance. Chemical analysis and antioxidant study showed that it contains fat
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Big Box Phenomenon The emergence of Wal-Mart as a big box retailer has changed retail in the United States‚ according to a 2008 article on Wal-Mart and competition in AllBusiness.com. Big box retailers typically have stores exceeding 50‚000 square feet. This type of store is standard‚ with large windowless single-story buildings. Several other big box retailers like Toys "R" Us‚ Best Buy‚ Target‚ Lowe’s and Home Depot have created competition for Wal-Mart. However‚ Wal-Mart has stood out as the
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