...Allusions of the Tree in Picture Books Children’s literature has evolved over decades as new morals and ideas develop. Modern children’s literate differs from previous decades in how religion is portrayed. Almost exclusively, the first written stories for children featured themes of religion. Today children’s authors are cautious of adding spiritualty, unless the book is overtly directed for a religious audience. The Oak Inside the Acorn by Max Lucado and illustrated by George Angelini was published in 2011 and is directed towards young children of Christian faith. The book features glorious painted illustrations and a hefty amount of text placed in a meditated manner. The pictures are created with a slew of colors and details used to grab the reader attention. Lucado is a family man and a minister. We know this due to his many references of God and the author’s note that bluntly states, “God prewired your infant” (Lucado)....
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...com/2010/10/img_7655.jpg Fig 2.2. Overall view of the complex, retrieved on 03/08/2013 http://www.darwinmartinhouse.org/ Fig 2.3. Back view of the complex, retrieved on 03/08/2013 http://www.darwinmartinhouse.org/ Fig 2.4. Martin house, dining room, retrieved on 03/08/2013 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Darwin_D._Martin_House_Dining_Room.jpg Fig 2.5. Martin house, living room, retrieved on 03/08/2013 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Darwin_D._Martin_House_Living_Room_N.jpg Fig 2.6. Martin house, library, retrieved on 06/08/2013 http://buffaloah.com/a/jewett/125/marint/source/25.html Fig 2.7. Martin house, dining room furniture, retrieved on 06/08/2013 http://buffaloah.com/a/jewett/125/12dr/12dr.html Fig 2.8. Glass art, tree of life, retrieved on 06/08/2013 http://buffaloah.com/a/jewett/125/marint/source/46.html Fig 2.9. Glass art windows, for French door, Leading to the veranda, retrieved on 06/08/2013 http://buffaloah.com/a/jewett/125/12lr/12lr.html Fig 2.10. Barton house, dining room, retrieved on 06/08/2013 http://buffaloah.com/a/summit/118/10down/source/17.html...
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...Tree Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior), a broad-leaved tree European larch (Larix decidua), a coniferous tree Lepidodendron, an extinct lycophyte tree In botany, a tree is a plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting leaves or branches. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants, only plants that are usable as lumber, only plants above a specified height or only perennial species. At its broadest, trees include the taller palms, the tree ferns, bananas and bamboo. A tree typically has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground by the trunk. This trunk typically contains woody tissue for strength, and vascular tissue to carry materials from one part of the tree to another. For most trees it is surrounded by a layer of bark which serves as a protective barrier. Below the ground, the roots branch and spread out widely; they serve to anchor the tree and extract moisture and nutrients from the soil. Above ground, the branches divide into smaller branches and shoots. The shoots typically bear leaves, which capture light energy and convert it into chemical energy by photosynthesis, providing the food needed by the tree for its growth and development. Flowers and fruit may also be present, but some trees such as conifers instead have pollen cones and seed cones, and others such as tree ferns produce spores instead. Trees tend to be long-lived,[1] some reaching several thousand years old. The tallest known specimen on Earth...
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...described by low temperature, little precipitation, low supplements, and organic assorted qualities. The Tundra has a considerable measure of vegetation inside this biome. Some regular plants...
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...the novel progresses, her changing perspectives of him show how she is growing up. Boo Radley is originally thought of as a myth- a “malevolent phantom” that was locked away inside the Radley house, but when Scout and Jem start finding presents in the knot-hole of a Radley oak tree, Scout realizes that it could be no other person than Boo who was leaving the presents (9). A few years later, Scout and Jem are put in a dangerous situation and Scout learns that they were saved by none other than Boo Radley. Lee uses the motif of Boo Radley to establish that one must be able to see other perspectives in order to fully understand someone....
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... MICROBIAL DETERIORATION OF WOOD AND ITS CONTROL BY AGWULONU JOSEPH SU11311020 DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES SALEM UNIVERSITY LOKOJA, KOGI STATE. Background Wood is a hard, fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It has been used for thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers (which are strong in tension) embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression. Wood is sometimes defined as only the secondary xylem in the stems of trees, or it is defined more broadly to include the same type of tissue elsewhere such as in the roots of trees or shrubs. In a living tree it performs a support function, enabling woody plants to grow large or to stand up by them. It also mediates the transfer of water and nutrients to the leaves and other growing tissues. Wood may also refer to other plant materials with comparable properties, and to material engineered from wood, or wood chips or fiber. However, various microorganisms attack woody trees since they are ubiquitous and this effect leads to the detrimental deterioration of wood. This paper would discuss the different microorganisms that affect woody trees, the...
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...Community Calendar Noel Ramos Theatre and Dance Presentaions| Golden Dragon Acrobats - MidlandDate(s): 06/16/15From: Midland Center for the ArtsAddress:1801 W. St. AndrewsMidland, MI 48640Phone: (989) 631-5930|This fast-paced, technically-innovative performance showcases traditional Chinese acrobats, dance and costumes, ancient and contemporary music and modern theatrical techniques. The renowned acrobats dazzle with amazing feats of athleticism, daring heart-stopping stunts and the grace of their centuries old art form. The large cast and dazzling production designs illustrate just how breathtaking Chinese acrobatics can be. This show is sure to entertain, delight and keep audiences of all ages in suspense. Admission fee.| A Feast of Dances | Performance - Ann ArborDate(s): 06/18/15From: University of Michigan - Museum of ArtPhone: (734) 763-8587|Thursday, June 18, 7:30pm. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Ann Arbor Dance Works, proudly presents "A Feast of Dances" featuring works by Melissa Beck, Amy Chavasse, Bill DeYoung, Jessica Fogel, Peter Sparling, Sandra Torijano, and Robin Wilson. Audiences are invited to travel through the Museum spaces for a tasting of a rich array of dance delicacies. The evening will conclude with a desert reception—with real cake—to enjoy and celebrate this festive occasion. This program is free and open to the public; however, tickets are required for entry. Tickets are available through the Michigan Union Ticket Office at 734-763-TKTS or http://muto...
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...Fragility In Global Supply Chains Name: Institution Affiliated: Executive Summary The fragility of worldwide supply chains gets identified with rising risks, however, this is additionally identified with supply and system plan methods. The coordination of risk administration in supply chain administration has frequently been restricted, particularly for associations that have concentrated on lessening expenses and constraining working capital levels as a reaction to troublesome economic situations. Progressively, numerous organizations are re-creating the harmony in the middle of risk and expense center as they deal with their worldwide supply chain. In addressing these risks, organizations ought to consider their working models, in an exertion intended to characterize an ideal harmony between budgetary proficiency and assuredness of a stable supply chain (Ballou, 1993). Organizations that once kept up reinforcement stock and assembled offices may have presented themselves to risk as they focused on living up to expectations with fewer redundancies. Utilizing the "Kaizen" model calling for "without a moment to spare" or even "just in arrangement" generation with insignificant procedure inventories. Numerous organizations have changed from "nearby" suppliers to "ease" (and regularly far off) suppliers on the premise of expense, without considering the full cost of risks connected with these progressions. Accordingly, the expanded supply chain now has numerous extra purposes...
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.../* /*]]*/ THE AWAKENING Vampire Diaries Volume 1 By Lisa J. Smith Contents Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter ThreeChapter Four Chapter FiveChapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter NineChapter Ten Chapter ElevenChapter Twelve Chapter ThirteenChapter Fourteen Chapter FifteenChapter Sixteen "Are you having a good time?" Elena asked. I am now. Stefan didn't say it, but Elena knew it was what he was thinking. She could see it in the way he stared at her. She had never been so sure of her power. Except that actually he didn't look as if he were having a good time; he looked stricken, in pain, as if he couldn't take one more minute of this. The band was starting up, a slow dance. He was still staring at her, drinking her in. Those green eyes darkening, going black with desire. She had the sudden feeling that he might jerk her to him and kiss her hard, without ever saying a word. "Would you like to dance?" she said softly. I'm playing with fire, with something I don't understand, she thought suddenly. And in that instant she realized that she was frightened. Her heart began to pound violently. It was as if those green eyes spoke to some part of her that was buried deep beneath the surface—and that part was screaming "danger" at her. Some instinct older than civilization was telling her to run, to flee. She didn't move. Don't miss these exciting books from HarperPaperbacks! THE VAMPIRE DIARIES: A TRILOGY L. J. Smith Volume I The Awakening Volume II The Struggle Volume...
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...issues with its banking systems. Its banks needed urgent and constant capital injection to the point the government alone could no longer support them. This soon highlighted that there were clearly further solvency issues underlying. The cause of the recession was blamed on the ever expanding property market to its bust point. This played a significant factor but was not the main reason for the recession as was soon discovered. This was linked to the construction industry which had seen some outstanding performance during boom times. On the collapse of the property bubble the construction industry suffered leading to high unemployment and declining growth rates. Mortgage and lending was an issue that sparked recession. This involved banks giving loans over and...
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...I was watching my steps on the path to the front when I stopped in my tracks. I walked back to the outside of the porch and asked him what he meant. It was in a familial sense, of course, I awkwardly yelled back okay. I got embarrassed and equated it to rejection. I searched for reasons to hate him and ruined something I had cherished. It would have happened eventually, we wanted different things out of our lives. Further down the path at the arboretum, these berries were hanging from the side of a tree. They were similar to the color of raspberries. The sun splashed the backside of the berries, but each one was defined and stood out. One of the leaves was off-colored. The leaf was splashed with yellow from the sun and had dry brown spots. Some of the berries shot up and others drooped towards the ground. If you grabbed some of the berries from the stem, placed them in your hand, and squished them, your palm would look like it broke out into a rash. A friend I had in middle school was as pale as a page and had a face lined with the same spots on my palm. Liam had fewer berries on his face than I did. Today, you can see mine hidden behind a new layer of skin and some fresh berries coming...
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...A Painted House John Grisham Chapter 1 The hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. It was a Wednesday, early in September 1952. The Cardinals were five games behind the Dodgers with three weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless. The cotton, however, was waist-high to my father, over my head, and he and my grandfather could be heard before supper whispering words that were seldom heard. It could be a "good crop." They were farmers, hardworking men who embraced pessimism only when discussing the weather and the crops. There was too much sun, or too much rain, or the threat of floods in the lowlands, or the rising prices of seed and fertilizer, or the uncertainties of the markets. On the most perfect of days, my mother would quietly say to me, "Don't worry. The men will find something to worry about." Pappy, my grandfather, was worried about the price for labor when we went searching for the hill people. They were paid for every hundred pounds of cotton they picked. The previous year, according to him, it was $1.50 per hundred. He'd already heard rumors that a farmer over in Lake City was offering $1.60. This played heavily on his mind as we rode to town. He never talked when he drove, and this was because, according to my mother, not much of a driver herself, he was afraid of motorized vehicles. His truck was a 1939 Ford, and with the exception of our old John Deere tractor, it was our sole means of transportation. This was no particular problem except when...
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...A Painted House John Grisham Chapter 1 The hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. It was a Wednesday, early in September 1952. The Cardinals were five games behind the Dodgers with three weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless. The cotton, however, was waist-high to my father, over my head, and he and my grandfather could be heard before supper whispering words that were seldom heard. It could be a "good crop." They were farmers, hardworking men who embraced pessimism only when discussing the weather and the crops. There was too much sun, or too much rain, or the threat of floods in the lowlands, or the rising prices of seed and fertilizer, or the uncertainties of the markets. On the most perfect of days, my mother would quietly say to me, "Don't worry. The men will find something to worry about." Pappy, my grandfather, was worried about the price for labor when we went searching for the hill people. They were paid for every hundred pounds of cotton they picked. The previous year, according to him, it was $1.50 per hundred. He'd already heard rumors that a farmer over in Lake City was offering $1.60. This played heavily on his mind as we rode to town. He never talked when he drove, and this was because, according to my mother, not much of a driver herself, he was afraid of motorized vehicles. His truck was a 1939 Ford, and with the exception of our old John Deere tractor, it was our sole means of transportation. This was no particular problem except when...
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...Shakir Hussain Instructor: Dr. Hossain Al Mamun Reg # 2009236059 ENG 416 – Literature in Translation 4th Year 1st Semester Department of English September 2, 2013. Metaphor and Meaning: A Re-reading of The Prophet Abstract: The purpose of this study has been to investigate the metaphors and meaning in Kahlil Gibran’s (1883-1931) literary work The Prophet. Kahlil Gibran speaks in metaphors; perhaps that is the only way to speak about the truth. Through metaphor he gives indirect glimpses and spreads his philosophy of life. Every word in this book is a metaphor. Metaphors are used in this text to accelerate and enhance the meaning. The Prophet through its metaphors provides timeless spiritual wisdom on a range of subjects, including giving, eating and drinking, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, teaching, time, pleasure, religion, death, beauty and friendship. Corresponding to each chapter are evocative drawings by Gibran himself. Key Words: Metaphors, Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, and Philosophy of Life. Kahlil Gibran is said to be the ‘People’s Philosophy’. Gibran’s The Prophet is a metaphor for the mystery of life. The author seeks the help of metaphoric language in order to present the confluence of philosophy and religion, experience and expectation, desire and duality of human life. The combination of poetic and prosaic style of this book is beautified by the use of many figures of speech. The passages of this book speak to soul. The...
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...always comes home talking about. WEATHER Bangkok has a tropical monsoon climate and holds claim to being the hottest city in the world. Sitting close to the equator, it is both hot and humid in equal measure, is unrelenting simply because it doesn't cool significantly at night. The period between April and May is the steamiest (avg. 25-35° C). The Southwest monsoons arrive between May and October, and with it pouring rain and thunderstorms – for many, though, this is a welcome respite. http://www.bangkok.com/weather.htm SIM CARDS AND DIALING PREFIXES Pre-paid SIM cards are available for purchase at most convenience stores (you will find 7-Elevens everywhere) as well as the service operators’ shops – DTAC, AIS and TRUE – located inside shopping malls. To make a call to a landline within Bangkok, dial 02 then the seven-digit number. Making a call outside Bangkok requires a three-digit area code, starting with 0, the area code, then the six-digit number. Calls between mobile phones require the three-digit prefix (08x), followed by the seven-digit subscriber number....
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