The magic of the Arabian Nights by Wendy Doniger The original‚ authentic‚ real Ur-text of the Arabian Nights (aka Alf Layla wa-Layla‚ or the Tales of a Thousand and One Nights‚ or just the Nights) is a mythical beast. There are far more than a thousand and one nights‚ for the thirty-four-and-a-half stories in the fourteenth or fifteenth century “core” body of the Nights were soon supplemented by other tales in Arabic and Persian‚ from the culture of medieval Baghdad and Cairo‚ and then in Hindi
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Job Description Office Manager Office Manager 5/30/2005 Page 1 PURPOSE OF THE POSITION (The main reason for the position‚ in what context and what is the overall end result) The Office Manager is responsible organizing and coordinating office operations and procedures in order to ensure organizational effectiveness and efficiency. SCOPE (The way that the position contributes to and impacts on the organization) The Office Manager reports to the Senior Administrative Officer and
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EPCC Descriptive/Profile Essay Descriptive and profile essays provide vivid details regarding a person‚ place‚ thing or activity. The goal is to provide a detailed description for the reader and to allow the reader to visualize what is being described. Some profiles in particular take the reader behind the scenes of familiar places‚ giving a glimpse of their inner workings. In some cases‚ they introduce an audience to exotic people
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went to was a Women on Wednesday event‚ about black girl magic. There were three speakers there and a mediator as well. The speakers were all St. Cloud State University students‚ Luna Gabriel‚ Sari Sims‚ and Breanna Carey. This speaker event was similar to an interview‚ the mediator asked a question‚ and each speaker gave her own response‚ and at the end there were time for questions from the audience. The speakers discussed what black girl magic is‚ what it means to them‚ and more. The first part of
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The Description of Cook-ham Lanyer’s Description of Cooke-ham is the first known printed poem identified as the country house poem‚ predating the publication of Ben Jonson’s “To Penshurst”. It was adressed to Margaret Clifford‚ Countess of Cumberband‚ as a bid for patronage. It describes an idyllic summer Lanyer once spent with Clifford on the estate at Cookham where Lanyer composed poetry to please her patron and the countess’s daughter Anne. Manipulating pastoral conventions‚ Lanyer
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Job description of an assistant Based on his view of what is happening in fortune financial services limited (FFSL)‚ robin singh‚ the branch manager of Delhi office‚ concluded that one of the first things he had to attend involved developing job descriptions for his on-line trading assistants. The daily turnover of the FFSL’s branch in the Connaught circus area has been going up steadily in recent times‚ thanks to the stock market boom‚ in jan 2003‚ it had reached an all- time high of Rs.10 crore
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The artwork Magic Lantern was created by American artist Jackson Pollock in 1949 and currently is hung on a wall in the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. In order to create his piece‚ the Pollock used oil paint‚ aluminum paint‚ enamel‚ and even carpet tacks‚ and ended up with a truly texturally intricate result. It stands at 108.9 x 55.2 cm‚ or 42 7/8 x 21 3/4 inches for those less metrically-inclined. Magic Lantern is a fascinating abstract painting‚ but in comparison to many other abstract
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Chavez attempts to clear the misconceptions of intent. “We are better served by attempting to clarify the social and historical context of such pronouncements” (Chavez 2008‚ pg. 22). In The Latino Threat‚ Leo R. Chavez critically investigates the media stories about and recent experiences of immigrants to show how prejudices and stereotypes have been used to malign an entire immigrant population—and to define what it means to be an American. He directs his
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HLTA Job Description & Person Specification POST TITLE: GRADE: REPORTING TO: HIGHER LEVEL TEACHING ASSISTANT L4 Headteacher PURPOSE OF THE JOB All aspects of the job description are to be carried out within a system of supervision by qualified teachers. To supervise whole classes during the short-term absence of teachers. To complement teachers’ delivery of the National Curriculum and contribute to the development of other support staff‚ pupils and school policies and strategies. To work collaboratively
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Sports 1. Earvin “Magic” Johnson announces his retirement from the NBA due to contracting the Aids virus. This was historic it created mass awareness on a ill known subject 2. Evander Holyfield beats George Foreman in 12 for heavyweight boxing title. This was important because it was the fight of the year and Holyfield was considered an under dog 3. Dolphin Dan Marino surpasses Joe Montana as the highest paid NFL player with a 5-year extension for $25 million 4. Freshman Marshall Faulk of San
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