MEDITATIONS OF A PISS ARTIST by Menchu Aquino Sarmiento [pic] ©2002 by Copper Sturgeon JOJO was idly tracing arcs and swirls on the rooftop of the Faculty Center. He was alone and his urine fizzled slightly on the pleasantly warm concrete with the hiss of rain. As in the unforeseen workings of mimetic magic‚ there did then arise from the heat-swollen earth‚ the vapors of a slight precipitation to come. Jojo felt triumphant‚ a personal sense of accomplishment. Maybe he was some kind of shaman
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Giving welfare profits need been dubious All around u. S. Historical backdrop. Since the provincial period‚ legislature welfare strategy need reflected the conviction that the impoverished would answerable for their poverty‚ prompting those standard that governmental reductions are An benefit What’s more not a right. Until the extraordinary wretchedness of the 1930s‚ state and nearby administrations exhaust a few obligation to giving aid of the poor. Generally‚ such support might have been insignificant
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Introduction Our nation is at risk: this is how the legendary “A Nation at Risk” opened its scathing assessment of American public schools in 1983. The paper gave five recommendations to fix the problems of the U.S. education system: strengthened requirements‚ measurable standards‚ higher pay for teachers‚ increased time in the classroom‚ and accountability. Today‚ the country still faces many of the same problems‚ such as teacher shortages‚ low test scores‚ and poor teacher training programs. In
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to relax us for a couple of minutes. i would like to introduce to u guys one of my favourite artist and he was JJ Lin. JJ was born in Singapore and he is a Singaporean Chinese pop singer based in Taiwan. He may not be good looking but he is very cute and his voice is beautiful. It would definitely melt everyone’s heart if u listens to his song. Actually‚ JJ is among the few artists that I adore because I heard their music first and got addicted before seeing their pictures. But seriously
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victories are widely known‚ yet people seem to forget his losses. Napoleon had many domestic and diplomatic/military achievements‚ some were great and others were his worst blunders. To most of Europe‚ Napoleon was just another conqueror trying to expand his territories‚ but to the people of France‚ he was a great leader; he “restored peace and order at home” (Kagan‚ Ozment‚ Turner‚ Frank 586). Restoring order to France was one of his greatest domestic achievements; the people loved him for his support
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The Haisla people is centered on Kitamaat Villages and home to about 1700 Haisla people. Kitamaat sits at the head of the Douglas Channel in British Columbia. Haisla people balance their way of living elsewhere in the region or in Greater Vancouver. They have two historic bands – the Kitamaat of the Douglas and Devastation channels and the Kitlope of the upper Princess Royal Channel and Gardner Canal. Haisla nation neighbors Heiltsuk and Wuikinuxv bands of the Coast Tsimshian peoples. Living and
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Running head: Student Achievement Success Student Achievement Success Johanna Billingsley English Composition II Mr. Randy Baker November 5‚ 2009 All students deserve the opportunity to be successful in school. Improving the academic learning of students in schools is a major concern of American education. Large amounts of resources are used each year to help close the achievement gap and level the playing field for students in our educational system. Without academic success‚ this
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Ben Benmore How does Dickens present childhood in "Great Expectations"? In Victorian times‚ children had a very suppressive upbringing; "spare the rod and spoil the child" was a common motto. Children were treated poorly and unfairly‚ they were expected to be seen and not heard. In "Great Expectations"‚ Pip is treated very harshly by his sister‚ Mrs Joe‚ "...she had brought me up by hand...and knowing her to have a hard and heavy hand". This shows that Pip is hit by Mrs Joe‚ the use of the adjectives
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..Janis Joplin.. There are many people I have come across in my life that have earned my gratitude and respect. Of all the great musical artists‚ I feel that Janis Joplin was much overlooked and was a woman far beyond her time. She was a very talented artist. She was a painter all through high school. She started singing after she graduated and she said it changed her life‚ "Painting is kind of a hold in and be quiet kind of thing and singing is a more free...‚ flow out kind of thing. Your whole
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Suleiman was considered the most significant ruler in the world‚ by both Muslims and Europeans. His military empire expanded greatly to the east and west. In Constantinople‚ he embarked on many cultural and architectural projects. While he was a brilliant military strategist and politician‚ he was also good with arts. Suleiman’s poetry is among the best poetry in Islam. He sponsored an army of artists‚ religious thinkers‚ and philosophers that overthrew the most educated courts of Europe. In Islamic
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