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    some information that could be helpful. For example the Age of the children could be added; which team they belong to (e.g. Under 10s); Parents’ Names and when they attend club meetings if there is different days to go. This would make the club more organised and it would make it easier for them to run. Although for the most part the spreadsheet serves its purpose‚ the information could be better stored in a database as databases have certain features that are valuable for storing this information that

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    The Whale Rider

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    Eight-year-old Kahu‚ a member of the Maori tribe of Whangara‚ New Zealand‚ fights to prove her love‚ her leadership‚ and her destiny. Her people claim descent from Kahutia Te Rangi‚ the legendary "whale rider." In every generation since Kahutia‚ a male heir has inherited the title of chief. But now there is no male heir‚ and the aging chief is desperate to find a successor. Kahu is his only great-grandchild--and Maori tradition has no use for a girl. But when hundreds of whales beach themselves

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    Types of Drama

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    1. Types of Drama a. Comedy  When we talk about comedy‚ we usually refer to plays that are light in tone‚ and that typically have happy endings. The intent of a comedic play is to make the audience laugh. In modern theater‚ there are many different styles of comedy‚ ranging from realistic stories‚ where the humor is derived from real-life situations‚ to outrageous slapstick humor.  Is designed to be entertaining and humorous where misfortune ends in triumph or happiness. It presents characters

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    to the reader the themes which are addressed in the book. In chapter four of Slaughterhouse-Five‚ satire is used through the comic depiction of a war film depicting the process of dropping bombs‚ all the way from mining the materials needed to make the bombs‚ to dropping them‚ to the planes landing back where they came from (74-75). This film‚ though‚ is described as it played backwards‚ as if somebody is rewinding a VHS cassette. Comic relief is the inclusion of something humorous often to heighten

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    Philippine Drama

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    Philippine Drama What is Drama? • Drama comes from Greek words meaning “to do” or “to act.“ • Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. • According to Oxford Dictionary‚ drama is a composition in prose or in verse; adapted to be acted and is represented with accompanying gesture‚ costume‚ and scenery‚ as in real life. • It is essentially social and involves contact‚ communication and the negotiation of meaning. • Drama needs an individual or a group of people who use themselves

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    Whale Rider

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    Religious Themes Through The Whale Rider Within the movie Whale Rider‚ a mythic and sacred story is represented through a girl’s struggle in becoming a leader by breaking tradition. Within this contemporary-fairy tale‚ Whale Rider also entails a spiritual bond that the main character‚ Paikea‚ has with a quasi-mystical creature‚ represented as a whale. The movie Whale Rider fits in the group of mythological film because it “explains a tale full of life mysteries to make them bearable” (Greene 8). Mythology

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    EASC 2112 Earth System The lively Earth: important features make the Earth unique Name: Leung Ho Nam‚ Banson UID: 2011712579 Introduction: The Earth is one of the eight planets in the solar system. The planet Earth is emphasized as “the rare Earth” in numerous literatures because of its unique physical conditions and the complicated interactions among all biotic and abiotic systems. Isotope dating indicates the earth was formed approximately from 4.53 to 4.568 Ga‚ according to isotope

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    In the story “A Ghost Story” by Mark Twain‚ it tells the saddening story of someone who is not accepted trying to be himself again. At first‚ the story uses literary elements in order to set up fear and anxiety for the character in question. Then‚ the main character‚ who remains nameless throughout the story‚ tries to settle down the monster‚ and successfully does so and starts talking to him. He tells him that he is the ghost of the Cardiff Giant‚ and he was trying to haunt the museum across the

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    Rough Riders

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    ROUGH RIDERS Ben Kerfoot 3/7/02 Per. 5 The Rough Riders were the most famous of all the units fighting in Cuba during the Spanish‚ American war. The Spanish‚ American war started by America wanting to expand their influence in the western hemisphere. To do that they would need to gain action politically or militarily in Cuba (a Spanish ruled country). The first battle of the war was The Battle of Manilla. Which

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    Drama Translation

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    intended the text.” (Newmark 1988‚ p.5) However‚ the mission of a translator of a dramatic work is slightly different from any other literary piece. A dramatic text is written in order to be performed on stage. The translator of such a text has therefore to bear in mind that the readers (i.e. the audience in this case) shall not only follow the written form of the script but also and primarily its spoken version. This fact influences the work of a translator to a great extent. He has to

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