When it comes to explaining the meaning of the Mayan Calendar in the larger perspective‚ Jenkins’ idea is essentially that the Mayan Long Count‚ the 5‚200 tun (tun = 360-day period) cycle that ends December 21‚ 2012‚ is really nothing but an attempt to calibrate a fifth of a precessional cycle of the earth‚ a cycle which is currently estimated by modern astronomers to approximately 25‚920 years. At the ending date of the Long Count Jenkins supposedly identifies an alignment of the Midwinter Solstice
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To our loyal citizens‚ Living in Divergent‚ there once came a terrible snowstorm. Usually around this time period the weather began to over-freeze. This weather actually did a lot of horrible damage. Due to the people‚ some survived‚ but everyone didn’t. Regardless of this‚ many lives were believed to be forever damage. However after 20 years have passed by The city Divergent has come along way. Houses‚ Churches‚ bakery’s‚ malls‚ etc are now better than before. The population has increased‚ even
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The three sculptures chosen is The Rome Pietà and Crouching Boy by Michelangelo and Monument of Don Pedro of Toledo by Giovanni Nola. The sculptures are from the Renaissance era in Italy and all were sculpted in marble within 50 years of each other. Each has at least one main figure although the Monument of Don Pedro does not use a human figure as the focus of the sculpture. There as some unique similarities in the context of each of these works‚ since they could all be viewed as symbols of
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He had been speaking for most of the trip‚ telling Steve everything he had done. Every assassination‚ every mission‚ every legend that made the Winter Soldier so feared. However‚ he wasn’t the Winter Soldier anymore‚ and his voice shook as he described the men and women he killed‚ the things he did. He barely got through explaining the assassination of Howard Stark‚ because Bucky had known him‚ knew that he was a friend
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November 1‚ 2009 I‚ (NAME)‚ would like to present to you‚ the (business)‚ the idea of a class ski trip during winter break at Mad River Mountain and lodge at the Comfort Inn. Upon embarking on this trip‚ those that attend will have the opportunity to get to know their classmates better and bond. The preceding contains all of the details of my proposal. The Mad River Mountain Ski Resort has been providing fun for people of all ages for many years. It is located in Zainesville‚ Ohio and provides
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Whitney Ellinger Professor Bassett L 364 22 July 2013 Response Paper #2 At birth‚ a child is given a name in hopes of making something of them later on in life. In Winter in the Blood‚ our narrator is presented as being nameless. Being nameless through the entire book shows how the narrator views himself and how he sees himself relating to those around him. Throughout the book‚ the narrator struggles with connecting to family members and identifying himself and his self worth‚ which ties into
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In the poem “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden‚ Robert Hayden shows the speaker’s regrets for not recognizing his father’s love during his childhood. In the first stanza‚ the speaker introduces his father. Beginning with “Sundays too my father got up early‚” “Sundays too” suggests that the father woke up early even on Sundays to help his family (line 1). Then‚ the words the speaker use to describe his father makes an imagery of the father having a harsh life. The speaker describes his father’s
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Reading Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden‚ I cannot help but feel the poet now grown and becoming a parent himself‚ is reflecting. The poem does not talk of the authors present‚ but I can imagine that some life event has caused this revisiting of the past. The tone leaves one with a sense of regret‚ a longing to return to childhood‚ to revisit the unappreciated moments. The author seems to speak almost in a narrative‚ as if almost confessing to anyone who will listen. Thinking back to the
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Why is winter considered a lonely time of year? Is it because of the barren trees and other plants? Or is it the fact that every person on earth‚ it seems‚ flees inside to escape the cold? E.E. Cummings considers this topic of loneliness exquisitely in his poem titled‚ “l(a.” Cummings was born in late 1894 in Cambridge‚ Massachusetts‚ and was an American poet‚ painter‚ essayist‚ author‚ and playwright. He is world renowned as an important contributor to 20th century literature. “l(a” was considered
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Winter Break Essay European Exploration vs. Every Other Exploration Prior to European exploration‚ there were already many other explorations going around the world. For example‚ we have the Vikings of which people have theorized that they indeed discovered America centuries before Columbus actually did. There is one further piece of evidence that displays even more people discovered America before Columbus: Chinese pottery that were not indigenous to the people at the time. However‚ even though
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