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“I got up and pretended to study the pictures on the walls like I was a lover of religious art. When I got to the Merciful Mother right above Sinita’s head, I reached in my pocket and pulled out the bottom I’d found on the train. It was sparkly like a diamond and had a little hole in back so you could thread a ribbon through it and wear it like a romantic lady’s choker necklace. It wasn’t something I’d do, but I could see the button would make a good trade with someone inclined in that direction.

Tutankhamun (Tutankhamen) was born in Egypt in 1341 B.C. In 1323 B.C. Tutankhamun died of an unknown death; he was only 17 or 18 years old. Before he died he got to live a short time as a ruler. After his body was exhumed, there have been signs that Tutankhamus could have been murdered, or died from an infection from an injury. “Historians generally agree that he was the twelfth ruler of the 18th Egyptian Dynasty, who assumed the throne when he was eight or nine years old. Before puberty he was married to his half-sister (or, possibly, niece) Ankhesenamen, daughter of Queen Nefertiti. He reigned until his death in his late teens. Some studies of his remains suggest that he was

Throughout photographic history, the threshold that many artists had to overcome was conveying the meaning of their photographs to the public if any at all, and the orientation of the subjects in their photography. The intent of portrait photography is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the subject. Nineteenth century photo historian Alan Trachtenberg notes, “Aspiring professionals wrestled with the problem: how to arrange their sitters and manipulate the often fickle medium to produce not just a picture but a pleasing one--not just a likeness but a portrait”(Trachtenberg, 24). Through these words of Trachtenberg, we can deduce that the main problem was how photographers manipulate their subjects in a way that would

Critically reflecting on the links between my identity as a learner and relevant processes and approaches, I feel sketch notes would not improve my own learning and progress. This is because I feel I would spend too much time on the drawings that I would lose focus on the content. For example, if I was to use sketch notes during a lecture, I feel I would spend too much time on the drawings that I may miss information. Also, I am the world’s worst drawer therefore when looking back at my notes I may struggle to recall what I meant by the drawing.

The year is 1940 and war has come to Great Britain, what the Nazis had started when they invaded Poland has now spread across Europe from Belgium to France and now the skies are filled with fire that rains down upon us. Everybody in Great Britain knew that the war would be on its way to Britain once France fell to the Nazis, only a strip of water was between us and the nightmare of the German Blitzkrieg. It was in June in 1940 that enemy planes started dropping bombs on our airports, and this continued all throughout the summer, but it wasn’t until September that they started falling on the city of London. This caused the city of London to change so quickly it felt like overnight, people were required to carry gas masks at all time in

With a sigh, I absent-mindedly look down at the piece of steel that’s still pressed against my skin. Jungkook’s gaze follows mine, and he hurriedly takes my hand, and therefore the paper clip, off my arm, and then stops, his eyes not leaving the thin extremity. I look up at him, and watch the horror and distress that runs across his face. He’s shaking and staring at the seared flesh that the burning paper clip’s kiss left behind. I look down to stare at it too. I left it on for longer than usual.

Transfer students don’t become academics. I sat in the middle of the Honor’s Scholarship Ceremony and listened as a colleague of mine presented his research on transfer students in the university system. He demonstrated that academia tends to believe that transfers are not able to conduct original research. The situation felt particularly ironic. Afterall, I was a community college transfer who was being awarded a $5,000 research scholarship that very night. I had been attending UCLA for eight months but I still remembered how desperate I initially felt when I arrived. During my first two weeks, I went to the history writing center and asked a graduate student to review my research proposal and was promptly told “You aren’t going to be

I can make personal relations to the series Sevens due to the fact I have experienced some of these teens issues. The severity of my problems do not compare to all of them, but they are similar to some. I can relate to the stories on Danny, Jane, Karyn, Reed, and even Peter. My situations were very similar to theirs.

This assignment was about the earlier reading that we had done this last week talking about the girl that had been treated very wrong and being given out for marriage at a very young age. This is also the same article that talks about the girls going through medical processes which involved them getting their genitals cut and mutilated at a very young age which is very wrong and was talked about in that article very briefly. This article goes into more depth of how the group was able to make all these things happen and how they are able to save these girls now. It talks about how the girl Ester who was at the begging of the last text and how she was a big role in getting laws and regulations past so that girls and young children have more

Policy design of the transportation system has long used statistics of typical economic indicators of ridership to find ways where the system is in need of corrections to operate in a more effective and efficient manner. This usually is concerned with preventing congestion at peak times or removing routes on time slots that are not financially efficient, based on the numbers and frequencies of ridership. Recently, psychologists, social scientists, behavioural economists and researchers in other disciplines have been looking beyond these issues and are looking into the importance of subjective well-being (SWB), related to commuter’s evaluations of their quality of life in addition to typical economic indicators to discover what previous

In this day and age, our new interest in using different generic ways of using gene editing or genetically modifying."Genome editing techniques have been used to change genomes into individual cells and in entire (non-human) organisms" (Andrew, par 10). Allowing for the human to function in a way where we can extend a human's expended life by solving any issue or concerns the spouses may have on if they will pass certain chromosomes into the child. Which are harmful, by simply removing or adding either or the four nucleotide bases inside one’s DNA. This is a blessing for future patients , but a scare for doctors and organizations like American Society of Human Genetics, who warn against it. However, they fail to realize that the use of

France has always been in a constant struggle to become the hegemonic power of Europe, attempting to keep its own identity, culture, and preserve its way of life while expanding to different territories, this alone has led to countless wars and skirmishes resulting in devastation over Europe including the 30 year war, 100 year war, and the Napoleonic era. After the tragedy known as World War II, an attempt to integrate France along with other European states to form a supranational government resulted in the formation of the European union. Along the way France has battled with proponents and opponents going back and forth over issues of sovereignty and unity. The goal of this paper is to analyze how compliant France has been with

I did end making it through the whole month. I only ended up with $24 dollars left. For my explanation, it starts off with the job I chose. I decided to work at the restaurant because working in the factory could potentially give me injuries in the long run, and the office job would be detrimental to my health since it would require a lot of sitting down. Also, I feel that the restaurant tips could be good sometimes, so there is a chance of a good payday. The monthly take home pay after taxes is $1,048, with a weekly of $262. The cost of the apartment is $808 per month. Now making it to the end of the month was tough because of the sacrifices that I did have to make. Some of these sacrifices was for my children. I do feel that family does

This was not on my itinerary nor what I expected, to be visiting a doctor in Tehran, though a surgeon is the appropriate term, as in plastic surgeon. Despite my lack of foresight regarding this aspect of Iran, it does serve as a prominent feature to introduce the culture. Perhaps like me, you were unaware, or maybe you knew, Iran is that place where everyone undergoes rhinoplasty, i.e./ the nose job. This to the extent where you cannot miss it but paradoxically can miss it. The paradox works on the basis, the procedure is so widespread among the natives, it becomes natural, a believable feature, and a feature I believed until the illusion was shattered by being told the truth. In the meanwhile, my arrival into the capital was fuelled with

On the morning of the fourth day, while every nation was still piling and burning millions of dead Christians, plans were being drawn by the larger nations to aid underdeveloped countries. Smaller countries who had no reserves to rely on needed world support to maintain a meager existence. What farm animals that survived were no longer to roam freely in the pastures. They were penned and guarded like gold bullion. Every breeding technique was used to replenish the food supply. Severe punishment was given to anyone caught killing an animal that could be bred.