The My Hero Project - Aimee Mullins Through her sheer presence and unrelenting spirit, Aimee Mullins is challenging the definitions of physical beauty and ability. In doing so, she is not only celebrating her own achievements, but more so, celebrating her ability to defy conventional public mindset, simply through her honest, open personality, and her incredible talent. Born in 1976 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and growing up between Pennsylvania and County Clare, Ireland, Aimee Mullins has overcome challenges from day one. She was born with fibular hemimelia, a limb anomaly wherein there is partial or total absence of the fibula (shin) bones. Despite her physical limitations, she pushed herself physically and mentally to succeed. While in high school, she heard about a track meet for people with disabilities, and was actually bothered by the idea, as she felt the athletes were limiting themselves by defining themselves by their disabilities. Mullins has since set her sights towards Hollywood.
Shakespeare och vetenskapliga metoder på engelskan Bakgrund Jag arbetar på samhällsvetenskapsprogrammet med beteendevetenskaplig inriktning och i mitt uppdrag ingår därför att förbereda mina elever för högre studier. Detta gör vi gemensamt på olika sätt här på Pauliskolan. Eleverna skriver till exempel ett gymnasiearbetsliknande arbete både i ettan och tvåan för att vara väl förberedda inför denna kurs i trean. Jag handleder också en läslyftsgrupp och i den har vi detta år valt modulen "Läsa och skriva text av vetenskaplig karaktär". I del 6 ingår att man ska träna vetenskapliga metoder genom att göra en miniundersökning och nedan beskriver jag hur jag gick till väga för att göra det i engelska 6 med mina tvåor. Jag valde intervju som metod för miniundersökningen och det ämne jag valde att undersöka tillsammans med eleverna var hur jag lagt upp undervisningen kring Shakespeare på engelskan. Lektion 1 Jag inledde med en miniföreläsning på engelska om Shakespeares liv, tid och verk. Lektion 2 Lektion 3 Lektion 4 och 5 Lektion 6 Lektion 8
Life Story | The John Templeton Foundation As a pioneer in both financial investment and philanthropy, the late Sir John Templeton spent a lifetime encouraging open-mindedness. If he had not sought new paths, he once said, "I would have been unable to attain so many goals." The motto that Sir John created for his Foundation, "How little we know, how eager to learn," exemplified his philosophy both in the financial markets and in his groundbreaking methods of philanthropy. John Marks Templeton was born on November 29, 1912, in the small town of Winchester, Tennessee. Templeton started his Wall Street career in 1938 and went on to create some of the world's largest and most successful international investment funds. Templeton entered the mutual fund industry in 1954, when he established the Templeton Growth Fund. But John Templeton's interests were never confined to the merely financial. As an investor, he always had confidence his picks would improve over the long term. The Economist observed that
Shakespeare - Macbeth Scotland is at war, and has just won a great battle. Macbeth, a general in the Scottish army, is the hero of the battle. On his way home afterwards, Macbeth and his friend meet three mysterious witches. Somehow, the witches already know Macbeth’s name. They tell him that he is going to be promoted, and that he will be given more money, land and power. Soon afterwards, Macbeth receives a message from Duncan, the king of Scotland. Macbeth’s wife, Lady Macbeth, soon hears about her husband’s success and the witches’ predictions. That night, while King Duncan is sleeping, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth make his guards drunk. But Macbeth is worried that his friends might become his enemies, and might want to kill him so that they can become king. Macbeth goes to see the witches again, who make more predictions. Lady Macbeth is tortured by the guilt of Duncan’s murder. Macbeth waits for the English army at his castle and is convinced the witches’ predictions mean he’s safe.
Jolie-Pitt Resource | All about the Jolie-Pitt kids, All the time! 10 films you didn’t know were based on Shakespeare plays Shakespeare’s stories are so universal that almost any story built around starcrossed lovers or mistaken identities could be said to be based on Shakespeare. But there are many films that are actually directly based on Shakespeare, and we’re not just talking about the obvious adaptations like Romeo + Juliet. Here are some films that you might not have realised were Shakespeare adaptations. 1. 10 Things I Hate About You Okay, this is a pretty obvious one. However, the iconic moment where Heath Ledger serenades Julia Stiles is not from the play. 2. Shakespeare lends itself well to teen romances. Both the play and the film see Viola, in her male guise, falling in love with a man who is in love with her female self. 3. How to make Shakespeare’s violent tale of revenge suitable for a young audience…? Turn the protagonists into lions, of course! Just as in Hamlet, Simba’s evil uncle kills his father and usurps the throne, which is rightfully Simba’s. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Stay with us here.
The Next Incarnation The Dalai Lama’s birthday party, an event he has never much cared for, was set to begin at 9 A.M. on July 6th, in the Indian Himalayan town of Dharamsala, where he lives. He skips the party most years, but he had promised to attend his seventy-fifth, so five thousand people turned up at the temple that morning, in a humid downpour, to await his arrival. The exiled spiritual and political leader of Tibet—His Holiness to Buddhists, and HHDL to his Twitter followers—settled in Dharamsala half a century ago, after rejecting China’s claims to his homeland and trekking over the mountains to India. He was followed by thousands of refugees, many of whom expected a short stay; when they were urged to plant trees in their settlements, they waved off the idea. “People said, ‘We’re going to be going back in a few years,’ ” Thubten Samphel, a writer and spokesman for the government in exile, recalled. China disagrees. That has poisoned his relationship with the one country he needs most: China.
Reincarnation (Translated from the original Tibetan) Introduction My fellow Tibetans, both in and outside Tibet, all those who follow the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and everyone who has a connection to Tibet and Tibetans: due to the foresight of our ancient kings, ministers and scholar-adepts, the complete teaching of the Buddha, comprising the scriptural and experiential teachings of the Three Vehicles and the Four Sets of Tantra and their related subjects and disciplines flourished widely in the Land of Snow. In the course of upholding the Buddhist tradition in Tibet, we evolved a unique Tibetan tradition of recognizing the reincarnations of scholar-adepts that has been of immense help to both the Dharma and sentient beings, particularly to the monastic community. The Dalai Lamas have functioned as both the political and spiritual leaders of Tibet for 369 years since 1642. Past and future lives For those who remember their past lives, rebirth is a clear experience. How rebirth takes place