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Jessica Hoang  Professor Dunigan  English 100  14 th May 2018  Change Sexism is defined as discrimination or prejudice based on one’s gender and its traditional stereotypes. It could also be seen as a belief that one sex is more important than the other. This belief places restrictions on what males and females can and should do. It’s level of severity varies in different cases, regardless, it still parallels the unacceptable concept of inequality. Sexism can affect anyone at any time, however, prior to the 21 st century, this idea was created as a way to shine light on the oppression that women and girls, especially, were facing at the time. There are many factors in which contribute to the unequal treatment of certain individuals based on their gender; some are from the differences of the social constructed roles in society while others come from biological differences.These factor are shown through different genres of literature all throughout history. The marginalization of wom
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my home village

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That was Long Ho village, an old village on the bank of Huong river - just a few miles from Hue, a lovely village with a peaceful life. When I was a little girl I came there often. Many years have passed, so many things have changed but the dream-like memory of that small village is still vividly in my heart and the warm atmosphere of the evening there seep into my mind each time I feel tired of the urban life in Saigon city. Every evening, when the sun had just set behind Ngu Binh hills, all around us we could see the farmers walking home from the fields, tired after a long day of hard work. Some dogs were running toward their owners, wagging their tails and barking happily. The buffalos which had pulled plows along with the farmers during the hot day passed us on the way to the stables. High a top of one buffalo a boy play a lazy song with his bamboo flute as the animal slowly plodded onward. Far away, some cows were chewing the fresh grass. Here and there, kids were flying kites..
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Peony

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The novel, Peony, by Pearl S. Buck  is perhaps one of the best constructed and readable novels that the author ever completed; and, needless to say, a joy to read. The book is set in old K'aifeng, China over 100 years ago and tells the story of the demise of the Chinese Jewish community through assimilation into the larger Chinese culture. The story is told through the character, Peony, who has been sold into a prominent Jewish family as a bondmaid. This in turn allows her to see and to retell to us, the reader, the plots and subplots that are written into the novel. Pearl Buck's Peony is a subtle novel, it is quiet and strong and moves the reader to continue turning page after page to read on as the multiple plots continue to unfold before our mind's eye. The words paint a picture of a time and place now so foreign to us all, as well as setting the moods, be they sadness, joy or any other emotion expressed by a human. Peony can word paint the streets of old K'aifen
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Yesterdays

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My father and my mother were both born and grew up in Hue, a small town in the middle of Vietnam. Hue is a small town but they did not meet there until they were both in Saigon, some years later, where my father had come to study law and mom was deep into the study of philosophy. At that time they didn't have much chance of a courtship as students, but they became friends. Life moved forward and they both went their separate ways only to meet again in Quảng Tín, a small town near Hội An in the middle of VN. By that time, my father was a government official and my mother was teaching high school. They became reacquainted and as it happened, they fell in love. They returned to their traditional family home of Huế to marry in 1964 and by February, 1965 their first born daughter had arrived, a cute baby, me, hehe. Tam Kỳ 1965 Soon after I was born, my father was drafted into the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (normally called the South Vietnam Army). My mother quit he
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Echeveria Lola

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2016 Echeveria 'Lola', possibly a hybrid of Echeveria lilacina, forms a sculpted rosette with a somewhat "rosebud" shape. Leaves are alabaster marble with a delicate blush of pinkish violet and tipped with rose. Rosette gives the impression of alabaster wax suffused with violet. Flowers are peach, bell-shaped and appear in spring.  2019 In habitat, many Echeverias grow on rocky outcroppings at higher altitudes. In this habitat, the water drains quickly away from the roots of the plant, never allowing the plant to remain waterlogged. For this reason, it is essential in cultivation to use a very porous soil, which will allow quick drainage. If Echeverias (or any other succulents don’t get enough ) sunlight they begin to stretch out ,  the plant start to turn and bend toward the light source. Then as it continues to grow it will get taller with more space between the leaves.  Bright light is required to prevent "stretching" o
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Sempervivum Green Apple

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Fascinating varying colors of rosettes sporting rose centers that spreads to the tips of the plants at different seasons of the year and stages of growth.  These lovely varietal "Hens and Chicks" grow in a clustering habit and are excellent in strawberry pots and in ornamental gardens.  They also provide great ground cover. Sempervivum Green Apple grow their  best  when they are planted outside with lots of sun, soil that drains well, not too much water and a cold dormant period. With these outdoor conditions they will grow large, produce offsets and display bright colors (for colorful varieties). Growing Sempervivum Indoor Succulents are cool plants and people want to use them like an art medium, planting them upside-down, in glass, indoors, etc. This is one of my favorite things about hens and chicks; you can get creative with them. We are often asked about growing sempervivum indoors in all different light levels. Sempervivum have their ideal conditions and then they
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Saigon City Hall in the old days

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Saigon City Hall 1967-1968 photo by Peter Stevens City Hall 1955 1960s Saigon 1920s the City Hall area Nguyễn Huệ boulevard at that time was named Charner Photo by Leon Ropion ------ Thời Pháp thuộc, tòa nhà này có tên là  Dinh Xã Tây ,  Dinh Đốc Lý,  trước năm 1975 gọi là  Tòa Đô chánh , hiện nay đó là nơi làm việc của  Ủy ban Nhân dân Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh , nằm ngay ở đầu đại lộ Nguyễn Huệ, Quận 1. Đây là một công trình kiến trúc độc đáo của thành phố, được xây cất từ năm 1898 đến năm 1909. Sau khi chiếm được một số tỉnh của Nam Kỳ, người Pháp tổ chức một hội đồng thị xã để cai trị nhưng chưa có trụ sở chính thức, phải đi thuê. Đến năm 1871, chính quyền Pháp mới bắt đầu nghĩ đến việc xây dựng một nhà làm việc chính thức cho Hội đồng thị xã. Khu kinh lấp (tức đường Nguyễn Huệ hiện nay) đã được lưu ý đầu tiên, nhưng vẫn còn e ngại về vấn đề đổ móng xây nền vì nơi đây là vùng đất bùn. Nhiều phương án được đưa ra nhưng vẫn không đạt được sự thống nhất, khiến dự án kéo dài trong nhiều nă
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