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Do you come from a rich tapestry? “It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all of the threads of that tapestry are equal in value no matter their color” (Angelou). My parents were very open with me about race and culture mainly because they are an interracial couple. They believed that I should be educated in the home before…

In Tim O’Brien’s novel ‘’How To Tell A True War Story’’ he uses incisive writing to portray the hardship of war life. In the beginning Tim O’Brien tells how he wrote to his friends sister informing her about her brother's death, and including a few stories of his bravery. Then he goes straight to the point and says ‘’A true war story is never moral. It does not instruct, nor encourage virtue, nor suggest models of proper human behavior.’’ it's like telling a experience, not many people will…

it had the head, tail and legs of a bull and the torso of a man. He was kept in the Labyrinth under the court of king Minos and was feed bodies from the city. Daughter of Minos fell in love with Theseus and offered him a sword, as well as a ball of thread to kill the minotaur. She told him…

The dynamic contrast between embodiments of judgement and those of forgiveness is threaded throughout the Abrahamic beliefs of the Middle East, particularly in the Roman Catholic faith of Mexico, wherein particular note is placed upon not only Jesus as a forgiving figure in opposition of the Judeo-Christian God, but the Virgin Mary of Guadalupe as well. Rudolfo Anaya addresses his own struggles with this conflict of faith through the semi-autobiographical protagonist of 7-year-old Antonio “Tony”…

Each month we are highlighting a Patchword advertiser that has supported Genesee Valley Quilt Club over the years. This month we begin with The Bobbin Case, located at 1784 Monroe Avenue in Brighton. The Bobbin Case sells and services Bernina sewing machines. Owner, Linda Fellows, started the Bobbin Case in 1992 at the corner of Monroe Avenue and Clover Street. Six years later she moved to the current location on Monroe Avenue, between Elmwood Avenue and Highland Avenue. Linda prides herself…

daughter of King Minos, who fell madly in love with him and decided to help Theseus. She gave him a thread and told him to unravel it as he would penetrate deeper and deeper into the Labyrinth, so that he knows the way out when he kills the monster. Theseus followed her suggestion and entered the labyrinth with the thread. Theseus managed to kill the Minotaur and save the Athenians, and with Ariadne’s thread he managed to retrace his way out. Theseus took Princess Ariadne with him and left Crete…

with mythology to help the reader understand that love is a more powerful force than hate. For instance, Lucie is represented as a “golden thread” because her love can not be cut and she weaves through people’s lives, tying them all together. She can be compared to the Fates, who control the “threads” of human lives. Lucie sat, “ever busily winding the golden thread…

The Golden Thread of Trouble In A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, the good will of the French citizens expressed in the French revolution are overshadowed by Madame Defarge’s dark past. Madame Defarge may have been an innocent, and cheerful girl, that is, until her whole family was gruesomely, and cruelly slaughter by the twin aristocrats, the Evrémonde twins. Unprepared for their death she would have been in grief, and shock, however, it did a double take with Madame Defarge. Her hate…

A single thread winds itself through time and space. It crosses eras and social classes, jobs and nationalities. It binds the Renaissance and the Baroque, the aristocrats and the commonwealth. It’s a thread of rhythm and intonation; it’s a thread of music. Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi blazed a trail of new techniques and styles that would come to define the Baroque period. Composers wanted more freedom, but the aristocrats wanted compositions written to their specifications. Influenced by society,…

The different chemicals that were used in this experiment were Pilocarpine, Atropine Sulfate, Epinephrine, Digitals, Potassium, Sodium, and calcium ion concertation. Pilocarpine stimulates the effect of parasympathetic nerve stimulation by enhancing acetylcholine release. Atropine Sulfate is a drug that blocks the effect of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine which is liberated by the parasympathetic nerve endings. Cardiac muscle and skeletal muscle are both different in functionally and in fine…