Lying out in a cabana by the beach‚ overlooking the crystal clear‚ blue water and feeling the cool ocean breeze run through my hair. My imagination had taken over my mind‚ as my mother told my sisters and me that we were going to Cancun for our very first family vacation. I was thrilled to say the least; my joy had no boundaries as I expressed my excitement for this trip. I had never been on any vacation before so I was determined to make this one memorable. My only focus on this trip was to have
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Connie Ju | [The Moldau] Smetana | Year 11 Music 2 Musicology Essay | | Smetana’s Moldau is a musical portrayal of the main river which runs through the countryside of Bohemia (present day Czech Republic). The piece begins with a sweet one bar theme that is played by two solo flutes‚ representing the trickle of a small creek. The soft melody played in piano and “lusingando”‚ which means to be played in a coaxing style‚ convey the delicate and smoothness of the water. The ascending
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Public speaking informative speech Michael Schumacher: The Legend and Icon What came to your mind when you were being asked about Formula One‚ the most famous motor sport in the history of modern world? Some of you may talk about Ferrari‚ as it is the most popular team in formula one. Some of you may talk about the various circuits in the Formula One calendar. However I am sure that “most” of you will think about Michael Schumacher‚ the best and the most famous Formula One driver in the world
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Question: Analyse how an idea is developed in texts you have studied. Many meaningful language features and techniques are used by Markus Zusak in the historical fiction novel; The Book Thief to develop the idea of humanities extremes. Throughout this book these techniques work together to demonstrate the utter distinction between man-kinds potential for both beauty and cruelty. The idea of humanity is developed through specific use of juxtaposition‚ narrator’s perspective and symbolism. This
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placed the Jews in ghettos until the final solution came into play. This was not something remarkable‚ because looking back in time‚ there were many other nations that targeted the Jews specifically and placed them in the ghettos. No one in their wildest dreams‚ could have predicted the horrors of the holocaust. (Albeit‚ many great Rabbis are quoted mentioning this war among them the Chofetz Chaim Zet”zal.) The Jews prior to ww-2 faced aggression from the Christians and priests. However‚ it never
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This brings up the concepts of personal knowledge and shared knowledge. Personal knowledge depends on the experiences of a particular individual because everyone is living life differently. On the other hand‚ shared knowledge is the product of more than one individual as it binds different ideas together. Shared knowledge is pretty much a collection of personal knowledge. For example‚ my personal knowledge is that Taylor Swift is the best singer of all time‚ but a shared knowledge would be Taylor
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terrain properties of pandora seems like an exaggerated version of the amazon rainforest. Pandora’s biodiversity stretches out beyond the scope of botanical organisms. It also has a large diversity of animals that goes beyond any normal person’s wildest imagination. The producer of the film goes as far as to create bioluminescent creatures to enhance the film’s ecological traits. Many Resemblances can be found between the pandoran biosphere tropical rainforests on Earth. Creating a setting that
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There are two very different points of view on philanthropy that we may not have thought of before. There are some that give charity in the form of donations and there are others who give charity in the form of their time. Carnegie and Addams were two wealthy individuals who had vastly different perspectives on what philanthropy was supposed to look like in society. Carnegie brings about three different reason as to why someone’s well earned wealth would be distributed‚ and the benefits and loses
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readers. However‚ science fiction is one of the most difficult genres to identify. Often times a science fiction novel will be written off as a fantasy or the other way around. Science fiction is one of the most interesting genres of literature‚ yet so little is known of it. First‚ what is science fiction and what makes it so difficult to tell apart from the fantasy genre? Second‚ Many people think that science fiction is relatively new because these past few centuries have been the most scientific of
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the Patriots and the rest of the NFL‚ it also has repercussions for fantasy football players. “Kudos to anybody who picked him up‚” Jacob Rogier‚ who has been playing fantasy football for five years‚ said of Brady. “They just won big time. They just got a starter week in and week out.” Brady is arguably one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game‚ and there’s no contesting
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