![]() ![]() ![]() Instead of regurgitating dry facts about the female Pharaoh’s life, Cooney weaves a fascinating tale that explores how Hatshepsut faced similar obstacles to today’s modern women. He died young and she out-maneuvered her brother’s second wife for a place on the throne, which led to Hatshepsut being named co-regent for her nephew Thutmose III. ![]() She was married to her brother Thutmose but failed to produce a male heir. In Kara Cooney’s The Woman Who Would Be King, she details Hatshepsut’s rise to power. Long before Pharaoh Nefertiti and Queen Cleopatra VII took power in ancient Egypt, there was a successful female ruler by the name of Hatshepsut who defied the usual tradition of having a male heir. Explore Pharaoh Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in “The Woman Who Would Be King.” ![]()
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![]() ![]() Shari Brown, yet another sophomore for Landmark Christian, picked up eight key points in the 1600 to keep her team in the hunt on Friday, and then she scored seven points across the 8 on Saturday. Fellow sophomore Malia Campbell finished third in the 200 and outclassed the competition in the 400 with another GA top-12 time. Taylor Gullatte won the 200 and was second in the 100 with two GA top-12 times, picking up a key 18 points. ![]() This put the War Eagles in a hole early on, but they vacuumed up points on Saturday. The Landmark Christian War Eagles did almost all of their damage on the track, scoring only 3.5 points in field events (thanks to Sarah Evans Thorne in the pole vault). ![]() Athens needed at least third place to remain on top, but they ended up seventh, giving Landmark the tight, 3.5-point victory and back-to-back titles, including their first ever title in 2A. Landmark was the favorite, and they certainly fulfilled that billing by running a blistering 3:52.24 to win. That stance was justified as Athens Academy led Landmark by just 4.5 points heading into the 4x400, with both teams running in the finals. ![]() In the state meet preview, I predicted that the 2A girls' team battle would be a tight one between Athens Academy and Landmark Christian, and I purposefully did not declare a favorite for the meet. ![]() ![]() ![]() I also think I rated this novel waaaaay too high, and this review is definitely sugarcoated this novel deserves three and a half stars at least. This is from my old blog, and I’m rereading it and all I’m thinking is that the Michelle who wrote this review had no idea the type of disappointment (and anger) she was going to face after reading The Crown. So I wanted to post this review before I posted the one of The Crown. and proving that finding her own happily ever after isn’t as impossible as she’s always thought. But as the competition begins, one entry may just capture Eadlyn’s heart, showing her all the possibilities that lie in front of her. If it were up to her, she’d put off marriage for as long as possible.īut a princess’s life is never entirely her own, and Eadlyn can’t escape her very own Selection-no matter how fervently she protests.Įadlyn doesn’t expect her story to end in romance. Eadlyn has always found their fairy-tale story romantic, but she has no interest in trying to repeat it. Twenty years ago, America Singer entered the Selection and won the heart of Prince Maxon-and they lived happily ever after. Princess Eadlyn has grown up hearing endless stories about how her mother and father met. ![]() ![]() This fizzy Green Egss and Ham activity is a fun example of a chemical reaction including states of matter! That is a solid (baking soda) and a liquid (vinegar) reacting together to form a completely new substance. The kids will want to repeat this fizzy Green Eggs and Ham activity over and over again! Make sure to have plenty of baking soda and vinegar on hand! STEP 4: Add some vinegar to the baking soda and watch what happens! Optional: Add a few drops of green food coloring to the vinegar if you like! Set out a small ladle with a bowl of vinegar.Use a baster (or eyedropper) with a bowl of vinegar.Fill a small squirt bottle with vinegar.STEP 3: There are several ways you can create this baking soda and vinegar reaction. ![]() You can also add a dash of green glitter too! STEP 2: Of course, you want your fizzy green eggs to be green! You can add several drops of liquid green food coloring to your eggs. STEP 1: Fill half of each plastic egg with baking soda. ![]() You will want to make sure to put your green eggs for the Green Eggs and Ham activity on a tray or in a baking dish to catch all the fizz! Otherwise, it will get extra messy very fast. Dig out some green plastic Easter eggs too. Head to the kitchen, open the pantry and grab the supplies. Let’s get right to this baking soda and vinegar experiment for our Dr Seuss Green Eggs and Ham activity. ![]() ![]() Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe, in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight. ![]() ![]() But he had storage lockers filled with notebooks and papers. He just didn’t leave stuff lying around the house. This was in 2003, five years before Leonard learned he’d lost his fortune to an embezzling manager-a calamity that lit a fire under him, forcing him back onto the road in his late 70s to perform the most successful world tours of his career.Īs it turns out, Leonard was not immune to hoarding. After emerging from years of depression, for once he was content, and in no hurry to put himself out in the world again. When I asked him why he wasn’t doing something with them, he shrugged. ![]() One evening at his home in L.A., as he was searching for something on the desktop to show me, he scrolled through a folder containing hundreds of unpublished poems and song lyrics. But he was incredibly fond of his big-screen Mac. At the time, I put it down to his regime as a Zen Buddhist monk who lived in the moment with no attachment to things. ![]() You’d never guess you were in the home of a writer. There were no bookshelves, and not a book in sight. ![]() When I used to visit Leonard Cohen, at his house in Montreal and later in Los Angeles, I was always struck by the clear floors and bare walls. ![]() ![]() But when the family gathers for her grandmother Addie’s ninety-ninth birthday, a relative lets slip hints about a long-buried family secret, leading Clemmie on a journey into the past that could change everything. Her long hours have led to a broken engagement and, suddenly single at thirty-four, she feels her messy life crumbling around her. So, for today’s Thursday give away, we have a signed advance copy of The Ashford Affair!įrom New York Times bestselling author Lauren Willig comes a page-turning novel about two women in different eras, and on different continents, who are connected by one deeply buried secret.Īs a lawyer in a large Manhattan firm, just shy of making partner, Clementine Evans has finally achieved almost everything she’s been working towards-but now she’s not sure it’s enough. Once the holidays are over, one will be put up for grabs in a big contest in the Contest page, but that still leaves one…. ![]() I did mention a very special Thursday give away for today, didn’t I? I’ve been hoarding my last two advance copies of The Ashford Affair just to give away to you. ![]() ![]() ![]() There was a continuous feud between the Shudra kings and the Brahmins in which the Brahmins were subjected to many tyrannies and indignities.They ranked as part of the Kshatriya Varna in the Indo-Aryan society. The Shudras did not form a separate Varna.There was a time when the Aryan society recognised only three Varnas, namely.The Shudras were one of the Aryan communities of the solar race"." Two questions are raised in this book: (1) Who were the Shudras? and (2) How they came to be the fourth Varna of the Indo-Aryan society? My answers to them are summarised below. In the book, Ambedkar citing Rigveda, Mahabharata and other ancient vedic scriptures, estimates that the Shudras were originally Aryans.Īmbedkar writes in the preface of the book, Ambedkar dedicated the book to Jyotirao Phule (1827–1890). The book discusses the origin of the Shudra Varna. Who Were the Shudras? is a history book published by Indian social reformer and polymath B. ![]() ![]() ![]() Madame Bovary is one of the greatest, most beguiling novels ever written. As Emma pursues her impossible reverie she seals her own ruin. She seeks escape through extravagant spending sprees and, eventually, adultery. At first, Emma pins her hopes on marriage, but life with her well-meaning husband in the provinces leaves her bored and dissatisfied. A NEW TRANSLATION BY ADAM THORPE ‘A great novel that is also an inexhaustible pleasure to read' Guardian Emma Bovary is an avid reader of sentimental novels brought up on a Normandy farm and convent-educated, she longs for romance. ![]() Guardian Emma Bovary is an avid reader of sentimental novels brought up on a Normandy farm and convent-educated, she longs for romance. ![]() ![]() ![]() A host of familiar fairy tale characters appear, including-but certainly not limited to-Snow White, Merriweather, Malevolent, Red Riding Hood, the Wicked Queen, the Huntsman, the Seven Dwarves, and Rapunzel. Along the way, he and May pick up a dainty companion (a fairy), a noble companion (Prince Phillip) and a scary companion (the Wolf King). Before you know it, Jack is facing witches and wolves, taking on giants and dragons with the best of them. Her grandmother is missing, and she needs Jack’s help to save the old woman. Still, that hardly seems to matter when a princess named May unexpectedly drops into his life. He alone, of all the village boys, has failed his princess-saving test. ![]() Unfortunately, Jack doesn’t seem to be very good at it. His education is devoted to learning how to save a princess, since that is the only way to escape his life as a peasant. ![]() Living with his grandfather in the shadow of his father’s reputation as a thief, Jack is a different sort of hero. No, that Jack was this Jack’s father and this Jack hasn’t seen him since that famous encounter with the giant. But he is not the fairy tale Jack of Beanstalk fame. The first character we meet in this tale is Jack. Half Upon A Time has it all-voice, charming fairy tale characters with a twist, hilarity, and an adventure-filled plot. ![]() |