When one imagines Ancient Egypt‚ the images of sand‚ mummies‚ and pyramids usually come to mind. Modern times portray cats as a lovable‚ furry household animal. Did the thought of the two intertwining ever occur? By examining the goddess Bast‚ tombs where cat mummies reside‚ and the process of mummifying cats‚ one can better understand the true significance of the gentle creature in the days of the Ancient Egyptian. Ancient Egyptians worshipped gods and goddesses frequently. They seemed to posses
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Listening to his recorded legacy‚ an incredible body of work that spans 1939 to 1994‚ there can be little doubt that Sinatra is the single greatest interpreter of American popular song-the one performer who elevated what he referred to as "saloon singing" to a high art. He had a lot of nicknames: "Chairman of the Board‚" "Ol’ Blue Eyes‚" "Frankie Boy‚" "Swoonatra" or simply "The Voice." But for all his aliases‚ not to mention his place in popular culture‚ Frank Sinatra’s vocal instrument left a
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a writer’s tone can be serious‚ sarcastic‚ tongue-incheek‚ solemn‚ objective‚ satirical‚ solemn‚ wicked‚ etc. - Tone is the author’s (not necessarily your narrator’s) overall outlook or attitude toward the given audience. Ironic‚ matter-of-fact‚ bemused‚ outraged‚ curiously respectful‚ disdainful - how does he/she feel about the fragment of life displayed in the story? The curious thing about tone is that it may change‚ but it must never waver. Mood - is the feeling a piece of literature arouses
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Word | Meaning | Sentence using one example word | The Crucible: Intro + Act I Vocabulary Savor | appetizing | The food critics keeps the food in their mouth for a period amount of time to savor all the flavor from it. | Dogmatically | Strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner | He dogmatically responded to his classmate‚ which caused him to be sent to the principal’s office. | Indigenous | Native to a certain area | Lewis and Clark needed Sacagawea’s help because she was indigenous
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Sandra Hayes Student #74959 Professor Dale Johnson BBA 300 Intercultural Communications December 13‚ 2011 The MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians The Choctaw Indians of Alabama are a band of Indians that managed to remain behind in the outer regions of north Mobile and south Washington counties after their tribal lands were given up to the United States in 1830. Beginning in 1830‚ the most significant period of their removal from their homelands‚ the majority of the Choctaw tribe was forced along the
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was incorporated into the contract between Alex and Cedar Motors and its legal effect. Furthermore‚ was Benny bounded by exemption clause then? Incorporation by Notice- reasonableness or sufficiency of notice Exemption clauses are terms in a contract by which a party inserting them seeks to exclude or limit all or some of his liability for the breach of the contract or for some tort. In the case‚ an exclusion clause attempting to render Cedar Motors and their employees immune to a claim in any
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the reading passage thinks that there are some reasons to explain the decreasing population of the yellow cedar. Meanwhile‚ the professor states that there reasons in the reading passage are not convincing and we still do not know about the decline. To begin with‚ while the passage states that the decline may be caused by insects‚ such as cedar bark beetles. The lecture argues that healthy cedars are not easily attacked by beetles. There are powerful chemicals in their leaves which are poisonous to
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metropolitan areas the most frequently committed crimes can be identified. The two metropolitan area that have been chosen for comparison is Alexandria‚ Louisiana and Cedar Rapids‚ Iowa. According to the United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation‚ "the the crime the occurs the most with Alexandria and Cedar Rapid from the year 2008 through 2011 was property crime." The areas of emphases for this crime comparison will be the areas in which this type of crime was committed
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Legal Case Study-Cedar Rapids Community School District v. Garret F. The United States Supreme Court (1999) Garret F. was a young man that had an accident as a young child that left him paralyzed and requiring a wheelchair for mobility and also physical care support during the day while at school. Garret’s parents were asking that the school system provide someone to assist Garret with ventilation services during his time in school. This assistance was not necessarily required to be done by
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Women would wear cedar bark skirts and men would wear a loincloth that would cover their front and backside. A Loincloth looked similar to a skirt but with no sides. Sometimes they would not wear any clothes at all. They even went barefoot in winter months. When it rained‚ they would wear capes made out of deerskin or cedar bark to help repel the water. Although‚ clothes from a cedar tree doesn’t sound very comfortable‚ they were actually very soft. The inside of a cedar tree could be beaten
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