...My mother and I were at the dry cleaner’s, standing behind a woman we had never seen. “A nice-looking woman,” my mother would later say. “Well put together. Classy.” The woman was dressed for the season in a light cotton shift patterned with oversize daisies. Her shoes matched the petals and her purse, which was black-and-yellow striped, hung over her shoulder, buzzing the flowers like a lazy bumblebee. She handed in her claim check, accepted her garments, and then expressed gratitude for what she considered to be fast and efficient service. “You know,” she said, “people talk about Raleigh but it isn’t really true, is it?” The Korean man nodded, the way you do when you’re a foreigner and understand that someone has finished a sentence. He wasn’t the owner, just a helper who’d stepped in from the back, and it was clear he had no idea what she was saying. “My sister and I are visiting from out of town,” the woman said, a little louder now, and again the man nodded. “I’d love to stay awhile longer and explore, but my home, well, one of my homes is on the garden tour, so I’ve got to get back to Williamsburg.” I was eleven years old, yet still the statement seemed strange to me. If she’d hoped to impress the Korean, the woman had obviously wasted her breath, so who was this information for? “My home, well, one of my homes”; by the end of the day my mother and I had repeated this line no less than fifty times. The garden tour was unimportant, but the first part...
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...“Dawn” can be used as a metaphor for a reader to understand that a moment of clarity and self-evidence has arisen. Romeo & Juliet Act III, Scene 5 is a play excerpt compiled by William Shakespeare. Romeo is leaving Juliet and Juliet questions if they will ever see each other ever again. “Summertime Sadness” is a song composed by Lana Del Rey. In the piece, the girl is sad because she is departing from a man she loves. In “Sunrise”, a song written by Isobel Campbell, the person portrayed is asking someone to give them the attention that they aspire for. Dawn is a term used to most effectively convey a metaphor that can be interpreted as a moment of clarity. After considering the texts, when dawn is referred to in a piece, a character...
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...Physical fitness is defined as the body’s ability to make adequate physiological adjustments to the stresses imposed on it by a specific task. Research findings have also indicated physical fitness to be the body’s ability to transport and deliver oxygen to the tissues to maintain continuous activity. The most accurate way to assess aerobic capacity is the direct measurement of maximal oxygen consumption, also known as a VO2 max, during incremental exercise. When an individual exercises there is an increase of oxygen consumption, which is the result of the individual breathing more deeply and frequently. In order to measure oxygen consumption in an individual oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) need to be analyzed. Then to calculate the rate of peak oxygen uptake (VO2) the fractional concentration of the O2 and CO2 have to be analyzed from the mixed expired air from the subject (the air is sampled for the percent of oxygen and carbon dioxide). In addition the volume of either the inspired or expired air is measured. As a result of all the gases that have to be analyzed this direct measurement of VO2 max is often limited to laboratory, clinical, and research settings. However because there is a linear relation between VO2 max and heart rate with a few data points an individuals VO2 max value can be predicted from a submaximal exercise test. The submaximal exercising tests for VO2 max are both safer and and an easier test to conduct in regards to the amount of equipment and personal...
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...typical of the early Baroque period, employing many of the commonly used techniques at the time. The chords used are mostly in root or first inversion, as the influence of sacred music on secular music was heavy, and simple accompaniment was commonly used so as not to distract from the melody and the lyrical content. There are a few examples of phyrgian cadences (IVb-V)within the piece (first instance at Bar 2). Another common feature of Baroque music that appears in Flow My Tears is the use of false relation, as it was from the influence of sacred music from the time, which relied heavily on closely voiced parts. There is use of the Tierce de Picardi, a hugely common feature of Baroque music, again with the influence of sacred music. In Summertime, the use of jazz inspired chords (the dominant 11th and 13th, added 6th) are very different to the simple voiced chords of Flow My Tears, with complex dissonances and intervals. In Bar 2, the use of the F natural is the flattened fifth, creating a blue note, common of African-American folk music originating in slave-song. The references to the pentatonic and whole tone scales are the result of Gershwin’s classical background but his interest in jazz, they are also prevalent in African-American folk music. Gershwin’s classical influence can be seen with his use of the augmented 6th chord, also known as the french chord, a common feature of European Romantic music. The melody in Flow My Tears has a range of a major 9th, from D to E, which...
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...Walks in the park, pool parties, the sunshine, and lots of fun and fruity e-flavors are all great ways to enjoy the summertime. They are also great reasons to enjoy your vaping experience. When it comes to the summer season not all e-flavors will do the trick of being the perfect flavor. Not even all fruity flavors are great for the summer. Have no fear though, Lizard Juice supplies all the best flavors you could possibly need in the quest for the perfect summertime vaping experience. One e-flavor that just shouts summer is Berry Blast. Growing up many people likely had summertime smoothies made from all the same flavors that are also in the flavor berry blast. It provides the perfect combination of blueberry, strawberry and raspberry into...
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...Individual 5 Art Appreciation Final Paper Derick Stevenson Rough Draft Introduction Art has been a thing of the past which has also been brought into the future. Everyone loves the great images and structures that the artists portray in their art work. The three art work that I have chosen are Impressionate works of art by Paul Gauguin, Vincent Van Gogh, and Edward March. This paper will include the description of the works including the styles, a summary of the artists’ personal philosophies of art as well as trends and schools of thought in the art world at the time and in the place the artist was working. Summary Description of the works /style The painting called the “Vision after the Sermon” which is a symbolist of art. Pauls’ used the dropping of a brushstroke called “cezannist” that included matte fields of persuasively movement and non-naturalistic colors. Those colors express the supreme visions of “Breton” as the farmer women’s. . (Kang, 2011) This work is also considered as Gauguin’s definite departure of naturalism that controls impressionism. His colors are without gradients, and it’s contrary to the traditions of the Renaissance. In this works he also ignored the rules of perspective. Because he made the figures on the foreground too large in relation to Jacob and the Angel. He also blocks the view of the wrestlers which according to the tradition should have been the central element of the whole composition. This painting was rejected by the...
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...leave But sometimes I would Sometimes I stay too long Sometimes I would Sometimes it frightens me Sometimes it would Sometimes I'm all alone And wish that I could One summer never ends One summer never begins It keeps me standing still It takes all my will And then suddenly Last summer And then suddenly Last summer One summer never ends One summer never begins It keeps me standing still It takes all my will And then suddenly Last summer And then suddenly Last summer Until suddenly Last Summer And then suddenly Last summer Until suddenly Last Summer in the summertime mungo jerry IN THE SUMMERTIME- written by Ray Dorset- as recorded by Mungo Jerry Chh chh-chh, uh Chh chh-chh, uh Chh chh-chh, uh Chh chh-chh, uh Chh chh-chh, uh Chh chh-chh, uh Chh chh-chh, uh Chh chh-chh, uh Chh chh-chh, uh Chh chh-chh, uh Chh chh-chh, uh Chh chh-chh In the summertime when the weather is hot You can stretch right up and touch the sky When the weather's fine You got women, you got women on your mind Have a drink, have a drive Go out and see what you can find If her daddy's rich take her out for a meal If her daddy's poor just do what you feel Speed along the lane Do a ton or a ton an' twenty-five When the sun goes down You can make it, make it good in a lay-by We're no threat, people We're not dirty, we're not mean We love everybody but we do as we please When the weather's fine We go fishin' or go swimmin' in the sea We're always happy ...
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...Axia College Material Appendix B Price Elasticity and Supply & Demand Fill in the matrix below and describe how changes in price or quantity of the goods and services affect either supply or demand and the equilibrium price. Use the graphs from your book and the Tomlinson video tutorials as a tool to help you answer questions about the changes in price and quantity |Event |Market affected by event |Shift in supply, demand, or both. |Change in equilibrium | | | |Explain your answer. | | |Frozen orange crops in California |Orange juice |Supply (left)—Not as many available |Price will increase and quantity will | | | |oranges to offer consumers. |decrease. | |Hurricanes in the Gulf Coast |Oil |Shift in supply- Oil distilleries shut |The Quantity will decrease but the | | | |down. |price will increase. | |Cost of cotton decreases |Clothes |Shift in supply- more cotton available |The price will stay the same until...
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...Summer in Pennsylvania is a drastic contrast to summer here in Palm Desert, California. In Pennsylvania, summertime represents freedom; children and teenagers explore their towns, ride bikes, play in the parks, walk in the woods, and are surrounded by nature as they do so. Summertime in Palm Desert, however, consists of staying inside, swimming, and staying out of the sun to avoid heat-stroke. I, obviously, prefer summer in Pennsylvania. Last year, at the end of my Sophomore year, I traveled to Pennsylvania to spend some of the summer with my family. In truth, I spent most of the summer with my friend, Charlie, whom I have known my entire life. On the first day I arrived, he already wished to take me out on an adventure into the woods. Of course, I obliged, which resulted in my backpack being thrown onto my Grandmother’s porch, and my asthma making a recurrence as I ran down the street to catch up with him. We strolled down the stone sidewalk, it’s cracks causing me to trip a few times. Already I was enthralled, excitement making my hands shake in my hoodie pockets....
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...pool would target anyone who can swim, families that have kids anyone that loves water or would like to learn how to swim in private. I grew up with a big family I had six sisters and two brothers we had a swimming pool but we were only allowed to swim when there were not a lot of people around next door because we did not have any privacy and my mom and dad did not trust our neighbors looking at us. Having a pool that is easier to set up and that has privacy would make a difference for a lot of self conches people. I know that I have a family of my own now and we live in a trailer park but with a pool such as this one we could enjoy our privacy still yet. Song and Endorser The song that I have chosen is “Summertime” by Kenny Chesney. This song is based on summertime fun the song’s lyrics could be formatted maybe mentioning swimming in the summer. The endorser that I have chosen is David Hasselhoff from bay...
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...southern hemisphere, reported Xinhua news agency. The findings which appeared in Wednesday’s US journal Geophysical Research Letters, added that the discovery of a previously undiscovered feedback shows that the Antarctic ozone hold has helped to shield this region from carbon-induced warming over the past two decades. The Antarctic ozone hole was once regarded as one of the biggest environmental threats. Citing Professor Ken Carslaw of the University of Leeds who co-authored the research, Xinhua reported that high-speed winds in the area beneath the hole have led to the formation of brighter summertime clouds, which reflect more of the sun’s powerful rays. “These clouds have acted like a mirror to the sun’s rays, reflecting the sun’s heat away from the surface to the extent that warming from rising carbon emissions has effectively been cancelled out in this region during the summertime,” said Carslaw. He added that: “If, as seems likely, these winds die down, rising CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions could then cause the warming of the southern hemisphere to accelerate, which would have an impact on future climate predictions.” The Leeds team made their prediction using a state-of-the-art global model of aerosols and two decades of meteorological data. The key to this newly-discovered feedback is aerosol tiny reflective particles suspended within the air that are known by experts to have a huge impact on climate. Greenhouse gases absorb infrared radiation from the earth and...
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...My list: --Buy (1) Poise Ultra Thin Poise Pads, 30 ct, $4.89 Use (1)$3/1 Poise Pads or Liners, exp. 6/30/15 (SS 05/31/15) [Excluding 14-26-ct. liners and 10-ct. pads] Use (1)$2/1 Poise Pads (27-66 ct)”Summertime Savings” Booklet Publix coupon (exp 6/21) Final Price: FREE Plus 11¢ Moneymaker! --Viva or Viva Vantage Towels Big Single Roll Choose-A-Size or Viva White Single Roll, 2/$3 Use (4) $0.75/2 packages of VIVA® Paper Towels Big Roll Single Roll or any ONE (1) Big Roll Bundle Pack (6 pk. or larger) PQ Summertime Savings booklet. USE (8) $0.50/1 Viva Vantage Paper Towels Or Viva Paper Towels, Any - 05-17-15 SS (exp 6/28/2015) or USE (8) -$1/1 off Viva Paper Towels Big Rolls printable Final price: $0.12each --Chinet Beverage Napkins, 99¢ Use: $1/1 Chinet Branded Products printable OR $1/1 Chinet Product printable Final Price : FREE -- Libby’s Vegetables, 14.5 to 15.25 oz can or Microwaveable, 13 oz pouch, Assorted Varieties,BOGO $1.19 Buy (4)$2.38 Use (1)$2/4 Libby’s Vegetables (14.5 – 15.25 oz. cans, 13 oz. pouches or 4-pack 4 oz. cups)“Celebrate Summer” booklet Final Price: 38¢ for four or 9¢ per can or pouch --Butterball Natural Inspirations Turkey Breakfast Sausage Links 8 oz, BOGO $3.49 Use (2) $1/1 Butterball blinkie Final price: $1.49 for both --Butterball Natural Inspirations 8 oz, 2/$5 (reg $3.79) Use (2) $1/1 Butterball Natural Inspirations Blinkie Final price: $1.50 for both --Uncle Ben's Flavored Grains, $0.99 (clearance...
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...jobs that are massively different are working at Fareway, and working for a detasseling company. While one is an easygoing all year job, the other is a hard labored, summer only job. The differences between Fareway and detasseling are the hours available, the management, and the type of labor required. Scheduling hours while working at fareway is a very easygoing experience. There are always plenty of workers that are available, so workers can take off when needed. The shift lengths can range from anywhere between 2 hours to 10 hours at a time. The store is open from 8am to 9pm at night and has shifts starting from 5am to 11pm. Detasseling on the other hand, has very strict and set work periods. It only lasts about a month during the summertime so working as much as possible in a short time period is critical. Every employee works at the same time starting from 5am to anywhere between 12-1pm. Nighttime shifts are not available to detasseling and if a worker misses a day, there is no way to make it up....
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...summer time is coming soon which means leaving textbooks and broken pencils behind. The Second key point is having downtime which includes looking into the middle distance, kicking at the curb, lying on the grass, or sitting on the stoop and staring at the tedious blue of the summer sky. Another key point is parents have arranged to schedule time and unscheduled times. Also, the key point is a Friday Night which means no homework, no athletic practices, and no after school events. The final key point is a culture of adult distrust which suggests that a kid who is not playing softball or attending science enrichment programs or both is huffing or boosting cars. What the writer intended for the reader to take away from this reading is that summertime is not time for having an overly busy schedule. Secondly, that having downtime is also good because then you could write poetry, compose music or become an actor. Having an arranged schedule means you do not have the free time you need to get other stuff done. Having a Friday night to spend time with friends and family and play games or watch movies is good as well and then you will have less stress about work or school. Having a culture of distrust from parents can cause the children to rebel against the adults and family. I do a connection and disconnection to this essay because I am not a busy student but I do have a busy social life. Also, I keep myself with busy with all my college homework and the class projects. Another thing is...
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...Analysis of Summertime by George Gershwin (from "Porgy and Bess") My analysis based on the "Fake Book" will make mention several times to Gershwin's original harmonic structure for his song -- reasons for substitutions are based on the artist making those changes -- I will comment only slightly on that area since I do not know the mind of another artist -- however, I know how I would make sub. changes. This analysis is “One Direction” that can be taken amongst many. Because improvisation is a vast domain of conceptual theories in application it becomes a very real probability of “many ways” to envision and “see” an analysis FORM: A - B - A - C Thematic development occurs four times in 4 bar motifs (each section) equaling 16 bars to complete the strain. The entire form is repeated to produce a 32 bar complete form which consists of A - B - A - C + A - B - A - C=32 bars. KEY: 1) Am. A natural minor is the best starting place with no sharps or flats. Note: Although the V7 (E7) appears in the key of A Harmonic Minor, the fact of the major 7th degree (G#) does not agree with the use of i7 (Am7) in bar 1. For this, and numerous other shared "tonality" purposes and reasons we will establish the key of A Natural minor. The introduction of the first V7 (Dom 7th) chord (E7) in bar 2 is derived from the secondary dominant of A major tonality (more on this as we progress). 2) The song moves in A minor and for a short moment in bars TONALITY: The major melodic devise...
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