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    no guts no glory

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    The road in front of my school is a narrow one. It is also very busy. Every afternoon when school is dismissed the road becomes almost impassable as children‚ bicycles‚ cars and buses jostle and struggle to use it. Sometimes a policeman is there to help things out‚ but generally chaos reigns and we have to be careful not to get involved in an accident. A few accidents had already occurred. I was a witness to one. If happened just after school. As usual the road was an utter mad house. Children

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    Autodesk Maya ® ® 2012 Create Breathtaking 3D. Create innovative digital entertainment with Autodesk Maya 2012‚ an end-to-end solution for CG production at an exceptional value. I really like all the positive steps taken in Maya 2012. With the high-fidelity viewport‚ enhancements to Nucleus that open the way for massive rigidbody simulations‚ and the overall performance improvements‚ Maya has become more flexible‚ powerful and modern. — Peter Shipkov Technical Director

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    Maya and Aztec

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    ideologies‚ which were to form the symbolic foundation of ancient Mesoamerican civilization (Fagan). The most well-known of civilizations of this region were the Mayas and the Aztecs. What is fascinating about these two societies is that‚ despite their relative proximity in time and space‚ they were quite distinct from one another. The ancient Maya created one of the most surprising civilizations of pre-Columbian America: it arose‚ flourished‚ and vanished in a little under a thousand years in the unprepossessing

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    Quiché Maya

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    Quiché Maya The piece of literature‚ The Wooden People from the Popol Vuh‚ a Quiché Mayan myth‚ is a representation of the life‚ times‚ and cultural values of the Mayan culture of Mexico in the 16th century. The exact year it was written in is unknown. This myth is a Mayan creation story translated by Dennis Tedlock. The wooden people in the story refer to the first humans that the Maker‚ the Quiché Mayan god of creation‚ made out of wood. He grew displeased with his creation however‚ and so he

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    Maya Civilization

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    Introduction Maya civilization is an ancient American culture. It’s one of the most developed civilizations in the western hemisphere before the arrival of Europeans. People called the Maya lived in Mexico‚ Guatemala‚ Belize‚ El Salvador and Honduras. Those people built massive stone pyramids‚ temples‚ and sculpture; developed a system of writing using hieroglyphs; and recorded their achievements in mathematics and astronomy. Most archeologists said that the Maya culture attained its highest level

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    Maya Monologue

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    This is Maya‚ she’s 12 just like you!” “I’m not 12 yet.” “Close enough‚ am I right?” “Sure‚” I didn’t like it here. I mean‚ sure‚ they take care of me and feed me‚ but I’d rather be with a family especially after 5 years of being here. I call this place an orphanage

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    Maya Angelou is such an inspiration. Her career encompassed a multitude of titles from author‚ playwright‚ and poet to stage and screen performer‚ director‚ and human rights activist. Angelou was awarded the Presidential Medal of Arts in 2000 and the Lincoln Medal in 2008. She has received three Grammy Awards and some 50 honorary degrees. In 1993‚ she read her poem On the Pulse of the Morning at President Bill Clinton’s inauguration‚ at his request. Although she did all of these amazing things one

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    The power and fervor illustrated within Maya Angelou’s numerous works resulted from the tribulations that she overcame. As a young African-American‚ discrimination vastly influenced Angelou’s life. However‚ Angelou refused to succumb to such unfair racial bigotry and strived for her voice and inequalities to be heard. Maya Angelou‚ herself‚ claims that although “ We may encounter many defeats...we must not be defeated…in fact‚ it is necessary to encounter the defeat‚ so that you can know who you

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    Maya Lin

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    Maya Lin was born on October 5‚ 1959 in Athens‚ Ohio. Her parents‚ both taught at Ohio University‚ her mom‚ Julia Lin‚ was a poet and her dad‚ Henry Lin‚ was a ceramist. They had fled China in 1949 right before the Communist Revolution. She also had an older brother Tan‚ who was also a poet. Growing up Lin enjoyed reading and building miniature towns‚ she also excelled in mathematics. She didn ’t have many friends‚ and enjoyed staying at home and studying over going out with friends. In high school

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    Sandra Cisneros has spent a lifetime trying to discover her own literary voice‚ only to be drowned out by the mostly white and mostly white voices that she imitated but never identified with. The only daughter in a family with six sons‚ Cisneros was often the "odd-woman-out-forever" early on in life. It was not until she was enrolled in the Iowa Writers Workshop that she finally discovered that her experience as a woman and a Chicana in a male dominated world was the voice that was uniquely hers

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