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    The photographer I decided to choose goes by the name Jay Maisel; he mastered his craft within the city of New York. He is one of the top natual-light photographers in the field today. Maisel has developed an eye for photography that allows him to really capture the essesnce of everyday objects that surround us in our daily lives. Jay Maisel’s pictures are almost percieved by some to be like paintings‚ which is only natural for him because he was a painter long before he becoma a photograper. His

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    The Different Side of Family Barbara Kingsolver‚ in her novel The Bean Trees‚ utilizes figurative language to emphasize on daughters and families that exhibits the harsh truth behind being a person. Lou Ann ponders this when another character named Lee Sing states‚ “ ‘Feeding a girl is like feeding the neighbor’s New Year pig. All that work. In the end‚ it goes to some other family’ ” (43). This simile that compares girls to New Year pig stresses that the effort that parents put into their daughters

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    and he also must be of noble stature and have some sort of greatness. Typically‚ a hero accomplishes extraordinary things that usually are not common in most people. In The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the hero and protagonist proves to be Jay Gatsby‚ a single-minded‚ successful‚ yet imperfect man. His early life was one of poverty and he rose over this to obtain astonishing wealth in his later life‚ which revolved around his former love interest that he would never let go. Gatsby overcame

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    clearly represented different ideas‚ some of the characters had startling similarities that at first may have gone unnoticed. This was especially true between the characters of Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby. While they appeared to be opposites at the beginning of the story‚ as their lives unfolded many similarities began to appear‚ and differences became more clear. Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby were similar because both were captivated by another person‚ and both were outsiders in the worlds they

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    1. Trees save energy and money. Just three trees strategically planted around your home can cut your air conditioning bill in half. 2. Trees save tax payers. Trees in a city slow storm water runoff and reduce the need for storm sewers. Tree shade also helps cool municipal buildings‚ lowering electricity bills. 3. Trees cool our cities. Urban "heat islands" are directly related to massive tree-cutting for development. 4. Trees clean our water and air. From low level ozone in our cities

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    Sometimes we feel hopeless‚ unable to believe in ourselves‚ and we come close to quitting. It is then that we need a friend‚ someone that can be there for us in our times of need to support and keep pushing us to maximize our potential. In The Bean Trees‚ Taylor is faced with multiple adversities‚ and struggles to overcome them when she finds herself alone. Through her novel‚ Kingsolver illustrates with character development and dialogues how Taylor must form solid bonds with others in order to combat

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    Go Went Gone

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    Sri. Shashibhushan Kumar‚ IAS.‚  Commissioner (Rural Development) 23296790(O) 23243518 comm_rd@ap.gov.in  commnr_rd@yahoo.co.in  Smt. V.Karuna‚ IAS   Director (MGNREGS) 23296790(O) 23243518   Dr. C. Suvarna‚ IFS.‚  Special Commissioner‚ RD (Watershed)  27650041(O)  27650042(O)  scrdap@gmail.com  Sri K.Vidyasagar‚ IFS.‚  Special Commissioner‚ RD  23298979(O)  24019116 (R) 96522 20228‚ 23243518vidyasagarkoppolu@yahoo.com   Sri M Srinivas Baba   Director (DWCRA / SHGs)    23296279(Off)

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    Jay Gatsby and Dick Diver

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    COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE PRESENTATION OF THE CHARACTERS OF JAY GATSBY AND DICK DIVER. NOTE ESPECIALLY THEIR ATTITUDES TO LIFE‚ LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS‚ THEIR DEMISE AND THE ROLES THEY PLAY WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE NOVELS. F. Scott Fitzgerald is known as a writer who chronicled his times. This work has been critically acclaimed for portraying the sentiments of the American people during the 1920s and 1930s. ‘The Great Gatsby’ was written in 1924‚ whilst the Fitzgeralds were staying on the French

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    Why do trees change color

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    Why Do Trees Change Color? Everyone relates the bright‚ scenic colors of the trees with fall. What most people don’t know is why. For this process‚ also known as photosynthesis to happen it involves three different pigments that give the leaves their color. Trees are autotrophs; this means that they make their own food. The leaves obtain water through their roots‚ but also they need sunlight‚ carbon dioxide‚ and chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is the pigment that gives leaves their green color and makes

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    individual’s well-being through specific commitments such as saving someone from tragedy. One piece of text that revolves around people having the capacity in demonstrating sudden acts of ethical responsibility is “Can the Law Make Us Be Decent” by Jay Sterling Silver. Though many may argue that Silver’s argument is invalid‚ most will agree that his argument is in fact agreeable because the emotions of one

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