![]() ![]() I bite back a cry at the pain, grabbing his other hand before he makes the scratches worse. I cling tight to Arien, whispering to him, “I’m here, I’m here,” not letting go even when he growls viciously and starts to claw me. The shadows are like midwinter frost against my skin, a cold that burns. Darkness pours through our clasped fingers, blotting out the moonlight. I take his hand, starting to tremble, hating myself for it but unable to stop. Then his voice changes to a drawn-out snarl. “Leta?” He calls for me again, sounding frightened. Then they build and build, until all the light is gone, and there’s only me and Arien and the gathering dark. At first they’re smoke, a haze that thickens. I move toward him as the shadows cloud over us, filling the room. He looks at me with eyes gone solid black they change when he dreams, and those blank eyes in his frightened face are so wrong. Shadows spill from his hands like unfurled ribbons, shrouding the floor with an inky mist. He calls my name and reaches out as the darkness rises through him. A hot night, airless, even with our window wide open. Curled up on my narrow bed in the small, plain room we share. ![]() I can feel them coming even before he does. All day it’s followed me, that familiar heaviness in the air. It’s been weeks, longer, since Arien’s last nightmare, but I knew they would come tonight. ![]() They find their way into my brother’s dreams. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Construction Paper Apple Tree – I have construction paper apple trees that we draw ourselves and/or our families underneath the tree.Ħ. ![]() We usually sing this fun catchy song, “Way Up High In The Apple Tree”ĥ. ***Click Here to Download*** Ten Apples Up On Top Printable Draw a Picture and add Apple Stickers – After reading the story aloud, we draw a picture of ourselves, and I give them some apple stickers to place on top of their drawing’s head to extend the book. Here’s a printable of the page I use: It makes the story more real to them, and even funnier because balancing even one apple is hard to do!ģ. Try to Balance an Apple – I let my students try and balance an apple on their head so that they can see how difficult it is. ![]() Seuss books, you need a copy of Ten Apples Up on Top in your home library though because it’s just such a fun and funny read and lends to so many great activities you can do together.Ģ. Suess – This great read aloud that has lots of counting in it. We’ve complied these 10 fun apple preschool activities and crafts that can fit any lesson! Pair them with one of our favorite read-aloud books, Ten Apples Up On Top, for a perfect start to the unit!ġ0 Apples Up On Top Read Preschool Activitiesġ. It is something that preschool age kids love to explore and learn more about. Fall is a perfect time for an APPLE unit either at home or at school. ![]() ![]() These were collected to give the revived mummy Kharis his strength and are somewhat analogous to Imhotep's search for the canopic jars with his organs. Elements from other Mummy movies, such as The Mummy's Hand, include the mummy's tongue being taken out and the concept of tana leaves. Anck-Su-Namun's reincarnation was tweaked in The Mummy Returns for her character and Evelyn. ![]() Likewise, they both dislike touching due to a "silly Eastern superstition," though it mainly stems from their being walking corpses. In the remake's continuity, Ardath Bey is a separate character and a member of a band of desert warriors pledged to fend off Imhotep's return.īoth mummies were mummified alive and, upon returning, possessed amorphous psychic powers over mere mortals. ![]() In the 1932 Mummy, the resurrected Imhotep takes on the modern moniker of Ardath Bey (an anagram of Death by Ra) before his ruse is revealed. A Master of Djinn is the award-winning 2021 fantasy steampunk novel by American writer P. ![]() Beyond that, many of the cast members are entirely original, with one exception. The basic premise of the 1997 version of The Mummy is pulled from the original, with an Ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep mummified and resurrected with the intention of also bringing his beloved Anck-Su-Namun back from the grave. ![]() ![]() Slavery is not a crime : "We shall have to kill a thousand. The slave farm of John Pace : "I don't owe you anything" Green Cottenham's world : "The negro dies faster" ![]() Slavery's increase : "Day after day we looked death in the face & was afraid to speak" An industrial slavery : "Niggers is cheap" Armies of "free" black men labored without compensation, were repeatedly bought and sold, and were forced through beatings and physical torture to do the bidding of white masters for decades after the official abolition of American slavery.-From publisher description. Thousands of other African Americans were simply seized and compelled into years of involuntary servitude. With no means to pay these "debts," prisoners were sold as forced laborers to coal mines, lumber camps, brickyards, railroads, quarries, and farm plantations. From the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II, under laws enacted specifically to intimidate blacks, tens of thousands of African Americans were arbitrarily arrested, hit with outrageous fines, and charged for the costs of their own arrests. ![]() ![]() 25 cm.Ī sobering account of a little-known crime against African Americans, and the insidious legacy of racism that reverberates today. ![]() Broken link? let us search Trove, the Wayback Machine, or Google for you. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He had authored 15 books including Beyond the Lines, India after Nehru and Emergency Retold. He also worked with the Indian Express, The Times, The Spectator and the Evening Star. He was the editor and General Manager of United News of India (UNI) and also the editor of The Statesman. ![]() He worked in the Press Information Bureau as a Press Officer to then home ministers Govind Ballabh Pant and Lal Bahadur Shastri. Nayar started his journalistic career with the Urdu daily Anjam in 1948. He had served as India’s High Commissioner to Britain in 1990 and was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 1997. Nayar was cremated at the Lodhi electric crematorium in the presence of dignitaries including former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia, rebel Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav besides journalist-turned politician M J Akbar, senior journalists Arun Shourie and Siddharath Varadarajan.īorn on August 14, 1923, in Sialkot (Pakistan), Nayar was a multi-faceted personality who was among the country’s first syndicated columnists. He is survived by his wife Bharti and two sons, Sudhir, who lit the funeral pyre, and Rajiv. He breathed his last at 12.30 am at the Escorts Hospital, where he was brought for treatment of pneumonia five days ago. New Delhi: Veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar, who fell foul of the establishment and was jailed during Emergency and a peacenik on Indo-Pak relations, died at a hospital here. ![]() ![]() ![]() “If you’re not in with the cool kids, then it doesn't matter how funny you are. “I’d love to have a television show or do a bunch of movies, but this town is like high school,” he says. He categorizes himself as the nerd who possesses all the qualities of an entertainment juggernaut but, for whatever reason, the in-crowd just doesn't want to bother. When asked about America’s dismissal of his success, Peters is reluctant to express any sign of defeat. Video: Russell Peters, Notoriously Unknown In just a few months, he had amassed a large following of loyal fans. Peters exploded in 2004 after video clips from his third special went viral on the Internet. “I just see them.” His fans enjoy him because he has the ability to expose barriers and then break them down, suggesting a comforting thought, that in comedy, cultures can merge. “I don’t make the stereotypes,” he often says at his shows. His comedic style stems from his Anglo-Indian upbringing in Canada and appeals to a diverse audience. ![]() “The business has gotten more sophisticated and more competitive, but the fact that a guy can go out there and make millions in a year and sell out arenas is spectacular.”Ī master of cultural lampoons, Peters pokes fun at just about everyone - including himself. “He’s one of the reasons why I love my business,” says Wills. ![]() ![]() ![]() This event is free and open to the public. ![]() Director of the Program in Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship ![]() ![]() Connolly (Moderator) Herbert Baxter Adams Associate Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University. Please join us in learning from this freedom collective and, perhaps, bringing about a world still hoped for. They grew up to become critical agents of progressive change in their own right. First published posthumously in 1987, Pauli Murrays Song in a Weary Throat was critically lauded, winning the Robert F. Theĭaughters of the Movement were born in the homes of some of the last half-century’s most impactful activists and movement builders. 7th at 6 PM to consider our present civic challenges, our past foundations of progressive change, and our future possibilities. Helping us in this necessary assessment, a group of seven African American women - “Daughters of the Movement” - will join us on Saturday, Nov. We take Murray’s notion of a “Song in a Weary” throat to consider the permanence of hope and black women’s strength in historical perspective and in these times. Wells to Fannie Lou Hamer to Pauli Murray and beyond, black women have authored some of our most visionary responses to moments of political upheaval. Song in a weary throat: memoir of an American pilgrimage 9781631494581, 9781631494598, 1631494589 Author / Uploaded Bell-Scott Patricia Murray Pauli. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But as the narrator learns from the billionaire brain trust that created the park, marketing is not about what is, but what can be perceived: After all, they don’t really do that much even when you see them filmed in the wild. They were thick and stubby, looking like giant, moldy marshmallows floating in day-old hot chocolate.” Marketing GeniusĬhoosing a hippo as the mascot of a zoo is perhaps not the first idea that comes to mind. “Only his feet were visible, jutting above the surface, pale white now that the blood had drained from them. As a result, Henry is invested with metaphorically rich description throughout: And it is Henry’s untimely demise and the mysterious circumstances surrounding them that sparks the plot. ![]() We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.Ī hippo named Henry is the mascot and star attraction at the zoo-slash-amusement park that is the setting of the story. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You hang out with great people, you're going to become a greater person. You hang out with jerks, you're going to become a jerk. Have that focus, stay focused on your opportunities and see it to success or failure, and then pick something else.Įxcellence matters and what I mean by that is you have to raise the bar in your personal life, in your professional life. So focus on one opportunity at a time, see it to completion. I see the biggest problem people in careers, or whether starting a business as a young entrepreneur, they get distracted and they’re taking on all these different opportunities and nothing ends up working out. Following is a transcript of the video.īRANDON WEBB: Hi, I’m Brandon Webb, former Navy SEAL, CEO of the Hurricane Group, and author of “Total Focus: How to Make Better Decisions Under Pressure.” It often indicates a user profile.īrandon Webb, former Navy SEAL and author of "Total Focus" explains why excellence matters. ![]() Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]() ![]() ![]() “I’m taking a solo lunch right now, so I’ll work on that. “I’m about to have this serious talk with Cauler and I need, like, cute penguin pictures on standby if it goes bad. 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Mom and Dad said I have time, but really all I have is till the Draft Combine in June. ![]() |