The Book Of Thoughts Resumen Castellano The Fruitcake Special ensayos y trabajos de investigación

THE FRUITCAKE SPECIAL Main characters: Anna: Young chemist at the Amos cosmetics factory in New Jersey, USA. Aunt Mimi: Anna’s aunt. She brings the fruitcake special to Anna’s house. She always wants to find her a husband. Sabina: Beautiful young model who is the latest girlfriend of Mr. Amos Mr. Amos: The owner of Amos Cosmetics factory. He is famous for going out with beautiful women Summary the plot: Anna is a chemist woman who works at the Amos cosmetics factory in New Jersey, USA. She...

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The Fruitcake Special Ana was a chemist who worked at the Amos Cosmetics factory in New Jersey. She was trying to design a new perfume mixing flowers and things when she decided to add in a piece of the fruitcake that her mother had packed for lunch. She put some perfume on his hand. She put the bottle of perfume in her handbag. She thought that if she told her boss as she had done the perfume he would make a joke with his friends at the golf club later. Her boss was David Amos who was the...

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Pilar starts with – BY THE RIVER Piedra I sat down and wept. There is a legend that everything that falls into the waters of this river – leaves, insects, the feathers of birds - is transformed into the rocks that make the riverbed. If only I could tear out my heart and hurl it into the current, then my pain and longing would be over, and I could finally forget. Pilar, a girl from Soria, leaves her place to Zaragoza to live a life that she thought was her life, while her childhood friend traveled...

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The Book of Daniel Cuando leemos el libro del profeta Daniel/Daniyel (9:22-27), podemos notar un cuadro cronológico de sucesos de los cuales algunos se han cumplido y otros no. Las 70 semanas reveladas por el Eterno a Daniyel es un esbozo de lo que ocurrirá a la Santa Cuidad (Jerusalen) y al Sagrado Templo (Bet Hamisdash), pero todo sera a su tiempo. Cuando las tropas judías entraron al monte, el rabino Shlomo Goren propuso al coronel Uzi Narkis, que destruyera la mezquita (Domo de la roca), lo...

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Summary “Ethics Without The Moral Law” This is an eminently readable yet profound book. Jonathan Glover is a philosopher and professor of ethics on the faculty of King's College, London. Predictably, therefore, the underlying questions of his analysis are philosophical and ethical. But unlike much philosophical literature, Glover's is not an abstract treatment of issues but instead one deeply grounded in historical and political realities. Much of the book is descriptive of how people can be motivated...

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SUMMARY OF THE BOOK THE WITCHES OF PENDLE This book offers readers a lot of imagination because people who are reading it could feel what the players are feeling, in that way I could say I really enjoyed this fantastic book, the writer used vocabulary which was easy to understand, the main idea of the book is talk about how people could feel when they are witches or even when they don’t, the story is about a woman who lived with witches all of them were her relatives, they were in jail and at...

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Book Report “The Fall Of The House Of Usher” By Edgar Allan Poe 02/05/10 Plot: I. Exposition of Events: The narrator describes the place he is in as well as the vie of the House of Usher. He also introduces the reader to the story of the Usher Family and why is he there. II. Inciting Incident: Usher ad his sister suffer of a terrible deadly disease. III. Rising Action: Madeline dies and is buried in the house. Roderick exposes his superstitions about the house, which reveals...

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....................................................... Level 4 Cambridge English Readers Series editor: Philip Prowse The Fruitcake Special and other stories Frank Brennan published by the press syndicate of the universit y of cambridge The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RP, United Kingdom cambridge universit y press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK www.cup.cam.ac.uk 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA www.cup.org 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh...

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CASTLE OF DARKNESS QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT. CHAPTER 1: 1.- What do we know about the castle of darkness ? 2.- What is the only way to stop the curse on the druid´s family and his tribe and end the “Times of Darkness” ? 3.- Who stole the brazalet ? Why did he steal it ? 4.- What happened after the druid´s tribe lost the brazalet ? 5.- what was the dark Wizard´s reaction after his daugther escaped with Cedric´s father, and what did he do ? CHAPTER 2: 1.- What was inside the small...

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The lord of the flies Esta película presenta la trama vivida por un grupo de niños que queda náufragos en una isla desierta, luego de sufrir un accidente aéreo y quedar solos, desprotegidos, sin alimento, agua ni ningún tipo de ayuda o consejo de algún adulto. Nos presenta una realidad que no muchos queremos aceptar o negamos por temor a ser señalados. El espíritu de supervivencia lleva al ser humano a cometer las peores acciones, esto sin tener la intensión en un principio de cometerlas. Sabemos...

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looking at “The Birth of the World” the picture is plain, simple, and very basic at first look. A picture with lines and basic shapes and not much color in it. When reading the credit line you can interpret the author’s vision of creation and birth, and how he is trying to represent and express it on the picture. At first the picture appears too big on size but small on details. If looking at the painting not knowing its name it could be hard to guess what it could be about. Most of the colors used...

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Lectura- Creating Quality Special Education: Understanding the basics of special education 1. Resume brevemente en sus propias palabras lo que establece Mc Laughlin se debe entender por educación apropiada. Según Mc Laughlin, dejándose llevar por la Ley IDEA una educación apropiada es la que provee conformidad con lo establecido en el PEI y es razonablemente calculada para su beneficio. Además la ley asume que para determinar que es apropiado para el estudiante se necesita de profesionales y...

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RESUMEN “The Story of Stuff” es un cortometraje que se desarrolla en base a la pregunta ¿de dónde vienen las cosas que compramos y a donde van a parar cuando las tiramos? Los productos o las cosas se mueven en un sistema denominado “economía de los materiales” que pasa por las fases extracción, producción, distribución, consumo y la disposición, a partir de estos aspectos se genera un análisis en el cual se encuentra que es un sistema en crisis, creado para el beneficio de algunas empresas y que...

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The Street of the Cañon By Josephina Niggli Title: The Street of the Cañon Author: Josephina Niggli Setting: at the village of San Juan Iglesias in the Valley of the Three Marys was celebrating. Characters: Don Romeo Calderón (Sarita´s father); the chaperones; Don Romolo Balderas (the greatest historian in the entire Republic); Rubén (the candy maker); Joaquín Castillo; Old Tío Daniel; Timoteo Gonzalez (Pepe Gonzalez´s father) Main Characters: Pepe Gonzalez and Sarita Calderón Internal Conflicts:...

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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 7º Básico del Colegio San Patricio A. Facts 1. Title: The phantom of the opera. 2. Author: Gastón Leroux. 3. Description of the main character: Erik: He’s a very smart guy, short hair, blue eyes and he wears a mask. He’s known as the phantom of the opera. Christine: She have long hair, slim, has a brown eyes and she wears a yellow dress. She‘s a very sad person and incredulous. Raoul: He’s a Christine’s friend. He has a short hair, brown eyes and slim...

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The Art of Pitching Pitching = El pitch es el documento/presentación que se realiza a un posible cliente/partner/inversor con el objetivo que este considere la oportunidad de comprar/hacer negocios/invertir juntos. Es una manera de sumar apoyo en cualquier área. La esencia del pitching es lograr un inicio rápido, explicar la relevancia de lo que hago, mantenerse en un nivel alto a lo largo del pitching, escuchar la reacción de la audiencia y hacerlo una y otra vez hasta hacerlo a la perfección...

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TÍTULO ORIGINAL The Pursuit of Happyness. AÑO 2006 PAIS Estados Unidos, San Francisco DIRECTOR Gabriele Muccino GUIÓN Steven Conrad MÚSICA Andrea Guerra FOTOGRAFÍA Phedon Papamichael REPARTO Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Brian Howe, James Karen, Kurt Fuller PRODUCTORA Columbia Pictures / Overbrook Entertainment WEB OFICIAL http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/thepursuitofhappyness/ PREMIOS 2006: Nominada al Oscar: Mejor actor (Will Smith) ...

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 WARRIORS OF THE NET Warrior of the net en otras palabras seria guerreros de la net bueno en mi opinión sobre este video está tiene una escasa explicación de cómo funciona ya que siento que se extiende mas y que falta describir varios conceptos de la red entre otras cosas el ambiente sonido y colores son demasiado opacos descoloridos etc. Pero no es de sorprenderse en cierto modo ya que ese video es de hace 7 años o más y pues en ese tiempo no se contaba con una tecnología tan perfecta que los...

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Ensayo: Tears of the Sun Navy SEAL teniente A.K. Waters y su escuadrón de elite de especialistas tácticos se ven obligados a elegir entre su deber y su humanidad, entre seguir las órdenes ignorando el conflicto que los rodea, o encontrar el valor de seguir su conciencia y proteger a un grupo de refugiados inocentes. En el trayecto de la película se ve mucho lo que es el bien el mal. El problema comienza cuando el gobierno democrático de Nigeria se colapsa y el país es tomado por un dictador despiadado...

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The Fruitcake Special I never thought I would discover something quite so amazing by accident. I was a chemist at the Amos Cosmetics factory in New Jersey, USA, trying to design a new perfume when it happened. I was trying out all the usual mix of ¯owers and things ± just like I always did ± when I decided to throw in a piece of the fruitcake Momma had packed for my lunch. I don't know why I did it ± I just did. 5I put it into the mix with all the other things. Before long, I had a little...

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The Phantom of the Opera Questions on the Text Chapter 1 What was the Opera House like? The Opera House was charmed because there´s a phantom who walks inside like a shadow. Why did people think there was a ghost in the Opera House? Because they listen a noise and isn´t anybod; and because the message´s of the Ghost. What did the ghost have in the Opera House? A private box. Chapter 2 Monsieur Poligny showed the new managers a letter. What did the letter say? “Box Five must be empty for...

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THE STUDENT RESUME EXAMPLES Samples below consist of resumes for students in college or high school. These samples also provide formats and styles that can be helpful for anyone going into an entry level position with no previous job experience or a college student looking for an internship job position. Student resumes need to be fairly simple. You don't want to go into too much detail. Without much professional experience, you won't have a lot of information about previous jobs and you certainly...

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HE POWER OF GRATITUDE By INGRID DÍAZ DE LÓPEZ and YOU It has been a long time since I have wanted to write this book, but I was always looking for the perfect coauthor, who I never found. So, I decided to pick YOU as the coauthor of this book. I write a little and you write your stories. The real stories that are there in your memory, the ones you need to bring out in order to rejoice! Thank you in advance for giving life to OUR book! This is OUR book, with our own favorite characters...

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In The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, Barrack Obama takes on central problems such as the deterioration of the republican and democratic political parties, the proper way to do politics, the prevalence of racial and religious tension and the role of the United States in the world beyond its borders. It also presents a vision about human values, and the importance and new hardships of the modern family. Why not say it? It’s a good book: very well written with a detailed...

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LORD OF THE FLIES Introduction: The Lord of the Flies is a novel written by William Golding and was published in 1984. William Golding was a teacher in Bishop Wordsworth's School, Salisbury and while their students were doing the exercises, he wrote the book sneaking under the table. Also, he lived the first World War, the battle of Britain, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. In this novel, William Golding did a mix of all the experiences that he had in all his life. The purpose is to open...

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THE HISTORY OF THE COMICS * PRE GOLDEN AGE Before comic books, there were comic strips. In 1892, James Swinnerton published the first newspaper comic strip ever called "The Little Bears and Tigers," run by the San Francisco Examiner. The first successful comic series, though, was Richard Outcault's "Down in Hogan's Alley," which debuted July 7, 1895, in Joseph Pulitzer's New York World as a single picture of life in an urban slum. Its central character was "The Yellow Kid, who was bald, impish...

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thTHE DAY OF THE DEAD Mexico celebrates a yearly tradition called Day of the Dead during the last days of October and the first days of November. Due to the duration of this festivity and the way people get involved it has been called "The Cult of Death." As in many Latin American countries, Mexico commemorates the Day of the Dead or All Souls’ Day on November 2nd. The legacy of past civilizations is graphically manifested on this occasion through people’s beliefs that death is a transition from...

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Book Title: The alchemist Author: Paulo Coelho Type of work: Novel Genre: Fiction Posted on: 1988, Brazil Plot Opening: Santiago: is the main character in the story and makes his living as a shepherd. The Alchemist: The Alchemist is a wizard in the oasis to help Santiago in the second part of His journey across the desert. This character helps Santiago to complete his personal legend. Melchizedek, the old king: helps to Santiago to begin in his personal legend. Fatima: Fatima is a young...

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1. Title: Lord of the Flies 2. Author: William Golding 3. Author’s purpose: entertain and 4. Point of view: Third person 5. Kind of Author: omniscient 6. Genre: fiction novel and allegorical novel 7. Main Character: Ralph (protagonist) and Jack (antagonist) 8. Other characters: Piggy, Simon, Sam, Eric, Roger, Percival, Johnny, the littluns, the lord of the flies, the parachutists, etc. 9. Conflict: * Internal 1: Jack didn’t like Ralph being the chief. * Internal...

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THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE The origin of language is a complex subject to developed because there are no historical facts or direct evidence that denote where or when the language begins as the system of communication that we use every day in our life only there are hypothesis. The question of this and especially of the relationship between words and the things they denote or mean it is a problem which has still found no explanation for modern linguistic science. This review shows a brushstroke of...

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Edison moreno the queen of death John Milne The book begins by describing the ancient Egyptian mummification was like the antiquity of their people and how they have been living persnas civilizing the Nile River wing. and start telling a story of a man Salahadin archaeologist went on vacation to London and as expected went to tour the sites turiticos alli and I walk into a bookstore and saw a book there and drew the title which was the mystery itself Axtarte Queen and the author's name was...

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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA The Phantom of the opera was created by Gaston Leroux, who was born in Paris in 1868. Gaston Leroux was a French author who had a great passion for the theatre. After many years of writing in the newspaper and a number of unsuccessful plays, he should have left his mark on literature with a novel about an extraordinary episode in the history of France’s greatest opera house. Leroux didn’t live to see the triumph of his Opera history; he died on April 15 1927 of uraemia....

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THE GHOSTS OF IZIEU James D. Watson * Born: April 6, 1928 (1928-04-06) (age 82) Chicago. * Nationality: American * Fields: Genetics * Institutions: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Harvard University; University of Cambridge; National Institutes of Health * Known for: DNA structure, Molecular biology, Notable awards Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (1962); Copley Medal (1993) * Book Title : THE GHOSTS OF IZIEU * Publication Date : 2000 * Publisher: PENGUIN...

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In his book “The Presentation of the Self” Goffman lays out his theory of the interactive processes that individuals undertake within established social systems and through which they define and sustain their self. He uses a dramaturgical analogy as a framework for this interaction analysis. Goffman discusses the double persona each individual embodies and how the self and the identity that one builds exude two types of communication in daily routines which are described by Goffman as expressions...

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The History of the Hamburger The first historical data about the burger recipe comes from the Mongol and Turkish tribes in their cuisines, which in the fourteenth century and biting into strips the flesh of cattle that came from there and it was of poor quality, to be more edible. The recipe for ground beef arrives in Germany by the Tartars from Russia (Steak Tartare), who eat raw meat and seasoned with spices. We are aware of a similar dish oldest Roman Empire, which was a type of hamburger made...

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Introduction The book of Dorian Gray, it’s about a young man of great beauty. When he meets Lord Henry, he inspires him with a vision of life in which the pursuit of beauty it’s the most important thing in his life. Background Basil’s Crush. * Basil was really in love with Dorian Gray. * He found his inspiration in the young and beautiful man. * He was so in love in love with him that he didn’t want to introduce him to harry because he thought he would change the man who he felt in...

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Color of Water Society means an extended social group having a distinctive cultural, religious and economic organization, but inside there is not only one culture or religion, there are also different ways how people think and many beliefs that differ from one to another. Having this diversity of thoughts is what make conflicts between people and generate social problems as racial and religious racism. In The Color of Water, James McBride writes a tribute to his mother, Ruth McBride. Ruth came...

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Day of the Dead Humanity has always questioned itself about what happens after death; it feels the need to explain the mysteries of life and most of all, of death.  Therefore, the ones that have the same way to see the world or the same culture, try to give a credible explanation to those things that cannot be explain. The most common way ancient cultures reached this goal was through myths and legends, which in more recent times leaded to traditions. Traditions attempt to represent the beliefs...

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THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK: The Anointing of the Sick is one of the extraordinary symbols of God's love for us. As the other Sacraments, The Anointing of Sick was instituted by Jesus Christ in his desire to give salvation to all the people. This Sacrament is administrated by the church to help people in need. It has two purposes, spiritual and the recovery of the bodily health of the sick. The first purpose of this sacrament is spiritual: it prepares the soul for death. This primary purpose...

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Where is the action located? 1.- United States – History – French and Indian war, 1755-1763 – Fiction. The story takes place in 1757, during the French and Indian War (the Seven Years’ War), when France and Great Britain battled for control of the North American colonies. During this war, the French called on allied Native American tribes to fight against the more numerous British colonists. What was happening there and then? 2.- As we know this novel is about the whites between Indian...

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The Book Thief First set of questions DEADLINE: THURSDAY OCTOBER 18TH AT MIDNIGHT 1.Who is the narrator? Death 2. How and when does the narrator meet the book thief? Why does he say he made a mistake? Why is the narrator there? 3. How many times does the narrator meet Liesel? What does he associate these meetings with? What does this symbolize (think carefully)? Death meets Liesel tree times, he(the narrator) associates these meeting with the colors white, red, and black which symbolize...

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 The Way of the Hippy …maybe it's the time of year. Yes, and maybe it's the time of man.   And I don't know who I am. But life is for learning.  Joni Mitchell/CS&N (Woodstock) What’s a hippie? What’s the difference between an old hippie and a new hippie?  Once a hippie, always a hippie? These and similar questions are the source of much debate today.  New subcategories like web-hippies, cyber-hippies, even zippies have become fashionable.  But what is a hippie and are you one? To answer...

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The Trumpeter of Krakow By Eric P. Kelly Plot The Trumpeter of Krakow is the story of the Charnetski family with a priceless treasure to guard. However, this story is preceded by the legend of The Broken Note, which tells us about the trumpeter of the Church of Our Lady Saint Mary who played the Heynal at the cost of his own life in the 13th century, and since then, the hymn has been cut in that precise note. About 200 years later, we find Pan Andrew Charnetski and his family (his son Joseph...

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The Turn of the Screw 1 The Turn of the Screw Otra vuelta de tuerca Página inicial de la primera publicación de The Turn of the Screw en el libro The Two Magics, 1898 Autor Henry James Género Novela, Novela gótica Edición original en Ingles Título original The Turn of the Screw Publicado en William Heinemann (Londres) The Macmillan Company (Nueva York) Tipo de publicación Impresión (Encuadernación y Tapa blanda) País  Estados Unidos  Reino Unido Fecha...

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LOS PERROS DEL COLCAP – ESTRATEGIA DE INVERSION EN PORTAFOLIO. “Inspired By The Strategy Dog Of The Dow “ CARLOS ARCILA BARRERA – ENERO 2012 Copyright – Todos Los Derechos Reservados La estrategia “Dogs of the Dow” arrojó mayores ganancias que a los que siguieron al índice general. Este año el mercado accionario fue para los "perros", los sabuesos del Dow Jones. Si seguiste la llamada estrategia "Dogs of the Dow" (los perros del Dow en español) al comienzo de 2011 y compraste los 10 valores que...

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FICHA BIBLIOGRAFICA “THE PARABLE OF THE SADHU” 1. RESUMEN DEL TEXTO El autor viaja a las cima de los Himalayas debido a un programa de seis meses sabáticos organizado por Morgan Stanley como una alternativa para organizar y reflexionar sobre sus pensamientos. Su amigo más cercano a lo largo de toda la travesía fue un antropólogo, quien lo orientaba acerca de los patrones culturales de las villas que atravesaban; su nombre es Sephen; él y Bowen emprendieron un desafío, para llegar...

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THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER NARRATOR: This is story of the Ushers, they were ROderick Usher and his sister. It was late autumn. The weather was wet and the wind had blown all the leaves from the trees. Winthrop rode his horse across the wet, empty land. He traveled alone. He went to a dark and strange house- the house of Usher. A larger lake of black water surrounded the house. He felt cold and little afraid. SERVANT 1: Good evening Mr. Winthrop. Mr. Usher has been waiting for you. Please...

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Holmes “The Hound of the Baskervilles” Name: Carolina Morales Class: 6th QB1 Sir Charles Baskervilles was a rich man owner of big lands, he was found dead in his park. He looked that he dead because of a heart attack but Dr. Mortimer the best friend of the victim was convinced that Charles died because of a supernatural creature, an enormous hound with horrible eyes and jaws. There was a legend about Baskervilles, this was a curse to all Baskervilles’ heirs because of the bad acts of Sir Hugo...

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The mother of the child in question The short story “The Mother of the Child in Question” by Doris Lessing shows how difficult it can be for a mother to accept a son or daughters flaws. The story also focuses on the differences between the eastern and the western culture when it comes to accepting mental retarded people. The Khan family is from Pakistan and they live in what appears to be a ghetto neighborhood in England, because of the poor block buildings with many apartments. It is clearly...

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THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (LA PASION DE CRISTO) DESCRIPCIÓN Película creada en el año 2004, dirigida por Mel Gibson y Benedict Fitzgerald, rodeada de actores como Jim Caviezel (Jesus), Maia Morgenstern (María la Madre de Jesús), Mónica Bellucci (María Magdalena) y Rosalinda Celentano (Satanás). Es considerada como genero Drama, tiene una duración de 126 minutos y fue rodada en Latín y Arameo. Cabe aclarar que es una película completamente basada en los evangelios de las Sagradas Escrituras...

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In the lord of the rings, Tolkien talks about the One Ring, referring to the power and the evil in the world, in the story many of the characters were tempted in many different circumstances and many kinds of people, from the most brave to the most weak, the story is about the journey that one hobbit with his friends have to go to destroy the ring where it was first made, and in that long journey the ring tempts to most of the characters, such as Frodo, Sam, Gollum, Gandalf, Lady Galadriel and Faramir...

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BOOK REVIEW | Title | More tales of the unexpected | Author | Roald Dahl | Genre | Fiction short stories | THE SETTING AND THE PLOT: As each story is set up in a different place I will mention it in the brief summary of each plot. 1. “Poison”. It is the story of a man who is pretty frightened lying in his bed, very quiet, sweating, and whispering for help because he believed that there was a snake on his stomach. 2. “The Sound Machine”. It is the story of a man who likes to make sound...

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Resumen de: "The Body" Por capítulo: Chapter 1: The narrator of the story (Gordie Lachance) remembers seeing a dead person when he was twelve years old. That memory stays with him today. Chapter 2: Gordie (Gordon) is in a tree house with Teddy Duchamp and Chris Chambers on the last Friday of the summer holidays. Vern Tessio, the fourth member of their club, arrives. He has news about a body that has been found in the forest. He suggests they go see it. Chapter 3: Gordie recalls hearing that a...

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The Mystery of the Sphinx This movie is about a scientific debate between Geologists and Egyptologists, regarding the age of the Sphinx. The study of the Egyptian culture has always suggested that the Sphinx was built by the Egyptians under the rule of Pharaoh Khafre, around the year 2500 BCE. However, new evidence found regarding the erosion of this monument caused by water suggests it actually dates back to pre-Egyptian times, around the year 8000 BCE. This film was created in order to make...

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The mysteries of the Maya The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican civilization, well known for the only acknowledged fully developed written language in America before Columbus arrived. Initially, they rose during the Pre-classic period; the Mayans reached their peak of development during the Classic period from around the 250-900 AD. They had sedentary lives and it was when they started doing/ pottery and fired clay figures. The Mayans, like the Egyptians, had a very high level of intelligence...

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Odysseus’s crew lands next on the island of Aiolia, ruled by Aiolos, the god of the winds. * Aiolos welcomes the Ithakans and listens to their tale of the Trojan War. They stay at his home for a month. * When they leave, the gracious Aiolos gifts Odysseus with a bag of storm winds. The idea is that only the west wind is left free to blow the Ithakans straight back home. * Odysseus doesn’t tell his men what’s in the bag, and just takes care of steering the ship by himself for nine days...

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The War of the Roses. The extent of the conflict’s impact on medieval English life. Its outcome. Was the War of the Roses important in the achievement of some kind of peace in Medieval England after what happened with the hundred years war, the black plague and the peasant’s revolt? First of all we have to take into account primary facts of this conflict and their context as well. We have to acknowledge that England wasn’t a pretty place to live in in those years (the century before the War...

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THE LEGEND OF THE SCARECROW THE LEGEND OF THE SCARECROW Once upon a time, there was a scarecrow, a scarecrow who had no friends. He worked in a wheat field. The work wasn´t very difficult, but indeed, it was very lonely. Days and nights passed by with no one to talk to. The only thing he could do was to look at the birds. Each time they flew by, he´d wave at them. But they never answered him. They flew away as if they were afraid of him. One day, the scarecrow did something forbidden. He...

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THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT CIO: the case of the Federal Attorneys Office CIO Alberto Santiago Pineda September 18, 2010 Santiago 1/3 INTRODUCTION Today Mexico is experiencing a huge escalation of violence that led President Calderón to declare allout war on organized crime with a high cost to the country in both human lives and economic terms. The role of the Federal Attorney Office in this war is crucial given that this is the agency mandated to seek justice and bring the criminals...

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Lauderdale, Florida in 1978. On the night of July 4, his parents (Veronica Cartwright and Cliff DeYoung) ask him to retrieve his younger brother Jeff (Albie Whitaker) from a friend's house on the other side of the woods behind his house. While in the woods, David falls down an embankment into a ravine and is knocked unconscious. He awakes after what seems like a few moments, only to find that he is now in the year 1986, and that everything but David himself has changed. The police take David to a house...

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