AP UNITED STATES HISTORY‚ 2013-14 EUGENIA LANGAN‚ TEACHER SUMMER ASSIGNMENT This summer assignment is due on the first day of class of the 2013-14 school year. It will count as a test grade. Failure to turn the assignment in on time may result in your being booted out of AP.Your answers must be typed.Be sure to read the questions carefully and answer all subquestions within each question. 1. Read 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles Mann‚ then write the answers
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1 English 102 Spring 2014 At the Olympics athletes from all over the world to compete in sports and to unite everyone in watching an event‚ but this Olympics has a twist to it. Controversy on LGBT rights exploded prior to this year’s Sochi Winter Olympics has a twist to it. LGBT refers to lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ and transgender people. Before the Olympics started‚ debates already began to form. Russia’s laws degrade LGBT rights and opened a human rights debate. These laws sparked many LGBT
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In The Lion in Winter‚ Henry II has a very interesting relationship with each of his three children. Geoffrey‚ John‚ and Richard are all unique and all have varying relationships with their father‚ the king. The way Henry interacts with them also changes widely depending on which of his children he is involved with at the moment. Henry’s relationship with John is of the loving kind. Henry seems to believe that John can do no wrong‚ and treats him thusly. John on the other hand‚ does not think
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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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Industrial Training Report Report on Summer Industrial Training at Heavy Engineering Division (HED) of Larsen & Toubro Limited‚ Powai Works Prepared by Subhrajit Bhattacharya Undergraduate Student‚ Indian Institute of Technology‚ Kharagpur Roll no.: 02ME1041 Under the Guidance of Mr. N. R. Raykar Senior Manager‚ FPEX‚ HED‚ L&T Powai Works Industrial Training Report Page 2 of 47 Certificate This is to certify that Subhrajit Bhattacharya‚ form IIT Kharagpur‚ has undergone
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During F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story‚ Winter Dream Judy Jones was displayed as a villain‚ she was nothing more than a spoiled child who was raised into a pampered ill-mannered young woman. Despite her attitude Dexter was taken with Judy‚ and dreamed of marrying her someday. I chose to write a creative story from Judy’s point of view‚ adding irony to the story. My classmate Douglas Brodbeck pointed out that‚ “Dexter achieved everything he wanted to except for his final goal of being with Judy‚ and that
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Winter pediatric therapy clinic is a great clinic for children who are in need of pediatric rehabilitation services. The three services provided by this clinic are speech therapy‚ occupational therapy‚ and physical therapy. At this facility‚ I had the opportunity to observe clients who had language and articulation disorders. The first client I observed was a 20 year old adolescent with Autism who was nonverbal. To facilitate his way of communication‚ he used the Saltillo Novachat 8 (SN8)‚ which
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