river oaks [english]

I saw this and had to post it. Click on the pictures on the menu for 360 degree views of Paris landmarks. Navigate back to the main menu for 360 degree views of cities from around the world. Cool.

Your next major assignment is to plan a budget-minded trip to Europe. You'll be there (hypothetically) for 10 days , including air travel to and from your destination. Imagine you host a travel show, and the network is paying for the air fare (you'll pick the time and place); you've been budgeted $1000 ($100/day) to cover everything else. Please include the following in your report: Cover Page -- Include a title, your name, the course, and the due date. Introduction -- Summarize your trip in an introductory paragraph, and include a map of the area you plan to travel. Trace your route with a highlighter. Itinerary -- Include a list of dates, locations, transportation, and lodgings. Attractions/Activities -- Include a description of at least six sites you will visit. Write a paragraph, and use maps, illustrations and/or photos to aide in your description. Budget -- All money spent should be accounted for. Include an itemized list of expenses. Include at least th

Because the song was mentioned in class, I though it would be helpful to have a copy of the lyrics. The song was first published as a poem in 1937 by Lewis Allan, the pen-name of a Jewish schoolteacher from the Bronx. It was first performed by Billie Holiday in 1939. Here are the lyrics: Southern trees bear strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Pastoral scene of the gallant south, The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth, Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh, Then the sudden smell of burning flesh. Here is fruit for the crows to pluck, For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck, For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop, Here is a strange and bitter crop. From Wikipedia: The "strange fruit" referred to in the song are the bodies of African American men hanged during a lynching. They contrast the pastoral scenes of the South with the ugliness of racist violence. The

Your assignment is to write a poem of at least 10 lines, using the following: At least one of Whitman's 1st lines I hear America singing... I sit and look out... Now I will do nothing but listen... I celebrate myself... At least one of Whitman's techniques catalogs repetition parallelism