softness. Miss Maudie represents strength and integrity. When her house got burned down she just started working on her garden again as if nothing had even happened. “Miss Maudie hated her house: time spent indoors was time wasted. She was a widow‚ a chameleon lady who worked in her flower beds in an old straw hat and men’s coveralls‚ but after her five o’clock shower she would appear on the porch and reign over the street and magisterial beauty.” pg. 56 Miss Maudie
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Did you know…that currently only 4% of commercial pilots are women? So when I was told of two women who not only are airline pilots‚ but sisters who both work for JetBlue and had a dream come true recently‚ I wanted to know more. The women recently operated JetBlue flight 1480 from Ft. Lauderdale to Washington‚ DC making them the first ever sister-sister flight crew at JetBlue! Pia and Anna-Maria Kymalainen grew up in an aviation family in Finland. With their father in aeronautical engineering
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The myths Zulu and Egyptian The two myths of creation that I have chosen to write about are Zulu and Egyptian. In the Egyptian myth‚ the beginning comes from the dark swirling waters of chaos. This place is called Nu out of Nu came to Atum from the sheer force of his will using his thoughts. The creation of the earth came from his children Shu‚ his son‚ and Tefnut was his daughter these two created everything in the heaven and earth. The way this was done their father gave them the task to divide
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them intended on good use of the traits. They mutually used their way with others to convince them to contribute to their businesses; Daniel Burnham “drew clients and friends to him the way a lens gathers light” (26) just as Holmes was a “social chameleon” (340). Burnham persuaded Olmstead to be a main architect in the fair‚ even though he previously opposed helping design fairs; Mrs. Horton sold Holmes the drug store. Olmstead assisted in finishing the project before the deadline and created one
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European countries all want a piece of Africa. Think of it like a birthday party‚ everybody wants the biggest piece of the cake. Why do they want the biggest piece of the cake? Is it because they want to brag‚ get more food‚ or simply because cake is good? Even though we only want cake not African countries‚ it it still a good example because it still shows you how much Europe really wanted the biggest piece of Africa. Here is some history on European imperialism in Africa. In the early nineteenth
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Why the article is so interesting Lil Wayne and David Ramsey In this article David Ramsey used the hook “I Will Forever Remain Faithful”. Which was interesting to me‚ I asked myself what faithful does Ramsey talking about. It was issue in 2008 of The Oxford American. “The story is ostensibly a personal essay about how Lil Wayne indirectly helped the author survive his first year teaching in New Orleans‚ but it also acts as music criticism and a reported piece. The vignettes by turn expose the
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Trammel Anderson Chef Tiffany Henderson Leadership July 14‚ 2011 Topic: Personal Leadership - Knowing yourself so you may begin exploring your own true potential. There are several questions that must be discussed first to gain access the knowledge of oneself. The first question is “what is a personal strength?”A personal strength is having self-confidence. It is the ability to communicate with yourself in a positive manner. It is having a vision of who you want to be‚ how you want to live
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With My Father”‚ is a story of a very intelligent‚ yet sick aging father and his daughter who is a brilliant writer. The narrator goes to visit her father and while she is there‚ he makes a request that she write a simple story like de Maupassant or Chekhov would write‚ the way she used to write. “Just recognizable people and then write down what happened to them next” (31). The narrator agrees‚ and tells a short story no longer than a paragraph about a mother and her son who live in Manhattan and are
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Overview In the following report‚ "computer viruses" will be explained in detail. A lengthy and informative description of the evolution and history on microcomputer viruses will be given‚ to give you a background of their origin for some understanding of how they came to be. The next segment in the report is on how to combat computer viruses with the development of anti-virus applications. The current status of microcomputer viruses will also be discussed‚ naming the most common types
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It’s simple; everyone wants to find love‚ their soul mate. The short story‚ “The Lady with the Pet Dog” by Anton Chekhov‚ describes the trials and tribulations people put themselves through to find true love. The two main characters‚ Gurov and Anna‚ are trapped in loveless marriages‚ secretly searching for something more. Anna lives during a time in Russia where women are submissive to men‚ “soul mates” were chosen by perspective parents‚ and divorce was not an option. Her lover‚ Gurov‚ describes
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