Silent Fields We had been hiking for half a day by the time we reached the base camp to Mount Fairfield. My feet were blistered and my clothes were wet with sweat. I looked like I had gone into a sauna with my clothes on, but that didn’t stop me from winking at the crew of women mountaineers that we passed on the way to base camp two hours earlier. I lit a cigarette as I walked; I deserved it. I’m not one who smokes, but, at the time, smoking was a way to look independent, chic almost. We had…
I ignore Dahlia and keep buttoning. “Have you ever loved anyone but Dad?” I ask, and Mom says, “A long time ago I was married to another man who I loved a lot, but that didn’t work out so well.” Dahlia’s jaw drops. I stop buttoning Mom’s buttons. Mary Beth and I look at each other. Then she asks, “You were married before?” Mom says, “I don’t think I can buy this dress. It’ll take hours just to get it on!” I say, “Who were you married to?” Dahlia says, “Do we have half-siblings?” Mom says, “Of…
INTRODUCTION TO HOUSEKEEPING DEPARTMENT The Housekeeping Department is accountable for the cleanliness of the guest rooms, public areas including the front and back of house of the hotel and to create comfort for the guest. Satisfaction of the guests is housekeeping’s primary objective. The efforts of a housekeeping department make in giving the guest a required room has an impact on the guest’s experience in a hotel (McCoy, 2017). In this proposal, I will focus on the Housekeeping Department at…
conjointly offer you multiple facilities of athletic clubs or sports clubs, gyms and health clubs, personal training studios, Pilates studios, yoga and aerobics studios and boxing, kick boxing and martial arts. Wide selection of amenities like steam rooms, saunas, changing rooms and spacious showers or maybe a swimming pool as well are provided by these fitness centers. Latest technology equipments Most of the fitness centers in NJ today use latest technology equipments. These equipments are…
Remy Morrow Ms. Stinnett H English IV 9 March 2015 . Drill or Be Drilled For the past five years, Chicago has been single handedly elected as the murder capital of the United States. Some residents blame it on broken homes, father figures, etc. But majority of residents in the Woodlawn, Lawndale and Englewood areas has blamed it on the music that influences our youth. Chicago’s “Drill Scene” was founded in the early 2000s by rapper, Pacman, from Chicago's Dro City of the Woodlawn…
Venezuela, the place where I was born, where I grew up. It has valuable minerals, being the number one pioneer of the biggest reserve of oil, and Nicolas Maduro was now commanding one of the happiest countries in the world. Ever since he became president, political and economic issues have tormented the country. After Maduro became president in 2013, the Venezuelan people did not have any food in cabinets. When despair came into families and hungry consumed them. That is when queues started…
The Ghost Dance is a Native American religion that was instituted in the nineteenth century by a member of the Paiute tribe , Wovoka (Bowker , The Columbia Encyclopedia). The Ghost Dance Religion itself was a ritual for a peaceful end of the Western expansion and the Native Americans to get their land back . The actual dance ritual only lasted five days (each night of each day except for on the last day it was from the night until morning) (The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions).…
Moriah Lansing Dr. Oliver World View 1 April, 26, 2017 The Role of Women in the Early Church Compared and Contrasted with the Greco Roman Culture II.Women in the Greco-Roman culture and the Early church led very different lives. Things ranging from the gods they worshiped to the people they married clash with each other. Greco-Roman women lived as adulteresses and used their gods to excuse their shameful acts. Christian women of this time did not conform to that image. Their goal was to…
Signature Assessment Purpose of Study Assessment is important for the teachers to do because they need to know where their students stand throughout the school year. “A formative assessment refers to focused and ongoing evaluations, like the scores on quizzes or the observation a teacher makes. A summative assessment comes at the end of a course of study, when students become accountable for their achievement.” Graves, M. & Juel, C. & Grave, B. & Dewitz, P. (2011). Teaching Reading in the 21st…
Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, also known as L. Ron Hubbard was an author and the founder of the Church of Scientology. Scientology is a religion based off of a fiction piece of work, Dianetics. Dianetics describes a program of self improvement and spiritual awakening and continues to be the Scientology bible. The church currently has over seven hundred churches, missions and groups, and Dianetics still sells over four hundred thousand copies a year. As a result of L. Ron Hubbard’s determination,…