meeting that I had chosen was an open‚ discussion themed meeting‚ it was handicap accessible‚ it covered the 12 Steps‚ and covered the 12 Traditions of AA. It was to held at 6:15 P.M.‚ and was about 10 minutes away from my home. I had chosen this meeting because this meeting covered aspects of AA that I was not personally familiar with; such as The 12 Traditions and 12 Steps‚ but also because their name sounded
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Pavel Ryabichev Professor Price English 55 Sep-16-2013 A Winter Storm There are days of happiness‚ and there are days of sorrow. The day I witnessed my first winter storm‚ was a day to remember. It was a cold‚ unforgiving winter in eastern Europe on my grandparents’ farm‚ where I spent most of my time. But this winter was not like any other I’ve ever experienced. Waking up that morning I was anxious to get outside and play with the snow‚ make snow angels‚ and start snowball fights with my
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century Caribbean world. The time when Walcott was writing marked a period of political and creative activity. Walcott himself pointed out the need for bringing together the different creative elements from African‚ European and West Indian art traditions. The most powerful among the indigenous cultural elements is orality that Walcott combined with Western dialogical form in his famous play‚ Ti-Jean and his Brothers. He himself termed it ‘My most West Indian play’. Christopher Balm in Decolonizing
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Comparing “the winter dreams”& “the great Gatsby” Have you fallen in love with a person and used them for money? In the two stories describes two girls use men for money. There are many similarities and differences of Judy from “winter dreams” and daisy from “the great Gatsby”. Judy Jones and daisy Buchanan are beautiful‚ wealthy‚ and shallow young women who love but money. Both Judy and daisy dress flimsy clothes witch shows a lack of character. They know that they can get men with their
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Winter Syntax In the poem‚ "Winter Syntax"‚ Billy Collins writes about the difficulties of writing literature through the representation of a "lone traveler" and his adventures through a blizzard. He starts off the poem emphasizing the importance of the first sentence and how it is portrayed as a lone traveler going through a tough blizzard. By using the analogy of the traveler‚ Collins allows readers to imagine the difficulties a writer goes through while writing. Collins ends the poem saying
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Introduction to Shakespeare Final Paper Assignment Defiance in The Winters Tale From Shakespeare’s work The Winters Tale‚ the audience is given a vivid representation of gender politics. Like most of Shakespeare’s plays‚ the character development of the women is particularly profound‚ specifically Hermione and Paulina. These characters are arguably the most discerning characters Shakespeare has every created‚ and when they are faced with such tremendous adversity; they exemplify a virtuous
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orality and literacy becomes less important because of human develop the cyberspace. Today‚ in our society people need to use internet because we are using it everywhere and it becomes part of our culture. In addition‚ the author says that‚ oral tradition has been warning for community living. Fernaback agues that‚ urban legend as popular cultural texts. Folklore can make the people keep up to date with their cultural values‚ mores‚ and ethos. In cyberspace‚ there are different kinds of stories that
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After watching Demographic Winter‚ I was quite surprised by the information. I guess when they say “Everything is bigger in Texas” I guess they weren’t lying. Per the movie “the whole world population could fit in Texas‚ I rewound the video at least 3x’s. I thought maybe they meant to say only China could fit‚ but not the whole world! This movie opens your mind up to a whole new thought process‚ like the aging population. For today’s generation‚ most people aren’t having kids‚ or some of them wait
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Winter Dreams Judy Jones was born wealthy and she was attracted to men with power and money. Aside from her physical beauty‚ her status gave her many social options. She was vain and liked to be seen with a procession of men. Dexter was one of them. The seductive mannerisms in her voice had a magical effect on men and it drew their attention. Her voice was not lady-like but her tone was deep. Later on Dexter remembered that unique voice. Fitzgerald wrote in the short story‚ “He imagined her husky
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The earliest example of this is the anonymous history of the city-state of Kilwa Kisiwani. The first African history‚ History of the Sudan‚ is written by Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi in Arabic style. Traveling performers‚ called griots‚ kept the oral tradition alive‚
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