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n December 14, 1967, the poet Yehiel Perlmuter (1904 – 92), better known by his adopted Hebrew name Avot Yeshurun, gave an address titled “Ha-sifrut ha-ivrit ta’aroch et ha-tfila” (“Hebrew Literature Will Recite the Prayer”) on the occasion of receiving the Brenner Prize. In his speech, he said the following about his relations with Yiddish: That Yiddish has begun to come to you when you dream and when you are awake, because it became known to her that you are determined not to speak it,…

a game on his computer and a taxi arrives. “And I was playing The Eleventh Hour on my computer that evening when a taxi stopped outside the house. Mr Shears was in the taxi and he got out of the taxi and he got out of the taxi and threw a big cardboard box of things belonging to Mother onto the lawn.” (p.259) In the next quotation, Christopher talks about his Father’s…

it over the cereal. With a big yawn I sat at the table. I was thinking about my new friends, and if their nice gesture towards friendship would continue today. The box of cereal said frosted flakes, but I wasn’t so sure. The sugary part was very dull, or maybe even diluted by the milk. Either way I felt as if I was chewing on cardboard, so I dumped it out in the sink and rinsed my bowl. My mom came out of her room, dressed nicely once again, accompanied by her high…

On the way to school Mom gets a message and has Nix read it aloud to her while she drives. Maria was fired. You want her shift tonight? -Paula "What do you boys think?" Mom asks. "If you want it, go for it," Nix says, closing her phone and dropping it on top of her purse. "Will you be able to find a ride home from school?" She asks, pulling into Sultana 's drop off zone. My shoulders sag. I hate it when this happens. "I don 't have a game today, so I can take the bus," Nix says, grabbing his…

“She is the consort of Azazel! You don’t think I have a valid reason for wanting to destroy her before she produces offspring just as dangerous as the seirim!” “Seirim?” I asked. She slapped her head, frustrated. “Do you not know anything about what you are getting yourself into?” “Azazel mentioned them once, but did not elaborate” “The seirim are legends. They are goat demons who dwell in the desert. They are the offspring of Azazel and his first wife Naamah, who also slept with Semjaza.”…

What if everything you use can be recycled? Every piece of clothing in your house, every shoe in your closet, your baby’s diapers, and even your body when you die. With a little help from society, our entire lives can be biodegradable. Addition to helping the planet, biodegradable products can help combat the effects of global warming. Even though biodegradable products aren’t enough to completely reverse it, we should be using them to help the earth and to create a better future for our…

Over the past decades a number of studies, experiments, and a lot of online information have been published on chemical signaling between human pheromones which possibly influence aspects of sexual attraction. Many authors proposed and dedicated a large part their studies to explain pheromones in animals and confirmed after many studies that human pheromones also exist, and they explored the effects of that. Pheromones are substances that are released from the body and received by others from…

Brian Tran Reading Response Log 1.”That was a long time ago, but it’s wrong What they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realized I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years now." -chapter one This quote, located at the beginning of the first chapter, gives heavy insight into what lies ahead. In the second sentence, the narrator hints at a memory from the past. We then know this…

Introduction For $30 each week, Lufa Farms provides the consumer with a subscription to fresh, local, organic produce, delivered to a convenient location of the consumer’s choosing. This Montreal-based start-up, founded by Mohamed Hage, is breaking down the wall which blocks the consumer from purchasing locally grown produce year-round. This company embodies each discipline within management. Not unlike other companies, Lufa Farms faced challenges in the implementation of all of these…

Singapore: It’s high-time we brought NS pay above the poverty line When Wilfred Owen wrote the famous poem, “Dulce et Decorum est,” he was not just describing the horrors of World War I, he was also condemning his government’s propaganda machine for glorifying a gruesome war in order to discourage draft evasion. He famously wrote at the end of his poem: The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est Pro patria mori. The old Lie; it is sweet and honourable to die for your country. For Owen, the lie was not…