The letter provides a strong recommendation for Phyllis Downey's employment application. It describes her as a thoughtful, timely, and thorough colleague who improved processes in the admissions department. The letter also highlights Phyllis' kind, considerate, and cooperative personality, and her ability to provide excellent suggestions and insights while embracing the organization's culture. The writer expresses that Phyllis' departure from the organization is a significant loss and that any new employer would greatly benefit from her professionalism and character.
Abby is excited to attend SEA, though her brother Aidan was previously too immature for the program. Now that Aidan is maturing, his father hopes he may become interested in sailing and oceans. The author misses working at SEA and is beginning to look for positions in New England, having compiled references. She asks Katharine to provide a reference if opportunities arise at SEA in the future.
This document summarizes a student research project that aims to study the effects of chronic stress on recognition memory in young adults. It provides background on chronic stress and how it can impact physical and mental health. Chronic stress is associated with increased cortisol levels and research shows cortisol can impair memory retrieval and negatively impact brain structures involved in memory like the hippocampus. The study aims to assess recognition memory performance in university students in relation to their self-reported chronic stress levels using questionnaires. It is hypothesized that students with higher chronic stress will perform more poorly on memory tasks based on previous research linking chronic stress to memory impairments. The document outlines the study methods which involve assessing chronic stress, administering a memory task, and analyzing performance between high and
The document provides a brief history of Canada, beginning with the First Nations people who arrived thousands of years ago via the land bridge between Asia and North America. It then discusses early European exploration and trade, including John Cabot in 1497, Jacques Cartier in 1534 who established French colonies in New France, and Samuel de Champlain who founded Quebec City in 1608. The Seven Years War in 1756 saw greater British influence, and the American Revolution in 1775 led loyalists to flee to Canada, as Canadians sought independence. Canada became a self-governing dominion within the British Empire in 1867, and an independent country in 1931 while still recognizing the British monarch as head of state.
This document appears to be a template for a European Language Portfolio belonging to a student named ______________ at IESO TOMÁS BRETÓN in VILLAMAYOR, Salamanca, Spain. The portfolio collects basic biographical information about the student such as name, date of birth, nationality, mother tongue, and other languages studied. It also asks the student to reflect on why they are learning English, how they learn English through various activities both in and out of the classroom, what they enjoy and find difficult about language lessons, and skills they believe they have in the target language.
The past perfect tense is used to describe actions that occurred before other past actions. It is formed using the past tense of "have" (had) and the past participle of the main verb. Some key uses of the past perfect include:
1) Describing events that happened before another time or action in the past.
2) Expressing the cause of a past action.
3) Using time expressions like "before", "after", "by the time", etc. to indicate one past action occurred prior to another.
The letter provides a strong recommendation for Phyllis Downey's employment application. It describes her as a thoughtful, timely, and thorough colleague who improved processes in the admissions department. The letter also highlights Phyllis' kind, considerate, and cooperative personality, and her ability to provide excellent suggestions and insights while embracing the organization's culture. The writer expresses that Phyllis' departure from the organization is a significant loss and that any new employer would greatly benefit from her professionalism and character.
Abby is excited to attend SEA, though her brother Aidan was previously too immature for the program. Now that Aidan is maturing, his father hopes he may become interested in sailing and oceans. The author misses working at SEA and is beginning to look for positions in New England, having compiled references. She asks Katharine to provide a reference if opportunities arise at SEA in the future.
This document summarizes a student research project that aims to study the effects of chronic stress on recognition memory in young adults. It provides background on chronic stress and how it can impact physical and mental health. Chronic stress is associated with increased cortisol levels and research shows cortisol can impair memory retrieval and negatively impact brain structures involved in memory like the hippocampus. The study aims to assess recognition memory performance in university students in relation to their self-reported chronic stress levels using questionnaires. It is hypothesized that students with higher chronic stress will perform more poorly on memory tasks based on previous research linking chronic stress to memory impairments. The document outlines the study methods which involve assessing chronic stress, administering a memory task, and analyzing performance between high and
The document provides a brief history of Canada, beginning with the First Nations people who arrived thousands of years ago via the land bridge between Asia and North America. It then discusses early European exploration and trade, including John Cabot in 1497, Jacques Cartier in 1534 who established French colonies in New France, and Samuel de Champlain who founded Quebec City in 1608. The Seven Years War in 1756 saw greater British influence, and the American Revolution in 1775 led loyalists to flee to Canada, as Canadians sought independence. Canada became a self-governing dominion within the British Empire in 1867, and an independent country in 1931 while still recognizing the British monarch as head of state.
This document appears to be a template for a European Language Portfolio belonging to a student named ______________ at IESO TOMÁS BRETÓN in VILLAMAYOR, Salamanca, Spain. The portfolio collects basic biographical information about the student such as name, date of birth, nationality, mother tongue, and other languages studied. It also asks the student to reflect on why they are learning English, how they learn English through various activities both in and out of the classroom, what they enjoy and find difficult about language lessons, and skills they believe they have in the target language.
The past perfect tense is used to describe actions that occurred before other past actions. It is formed using the past tense of "have" (had) and the past participle of the main verb. Some key uses of the past perfect include:
1) Describing events that happened before another time or action in the past.
2) Expressing the cause of a past action.
3) Using time expressions like "before", "after", "by the time", etc. to indicate one past action occurred prior to another.
This document discusses the different types of future tenses in English: future simple, "going to" future, present continuous with future meaning, present simple with future meaning, future continuous, and future perfect. It provides the formation, use, and examples of each future tense. The key points are that future simple is used for predictions and promises/threats, "going to" future indicates short-term predictions or plans, present continuous/simple can refer to future events like schedules, and future continuous/perfect describe actions that will be ongoing or completed at a specific time in the future.
Magda Saged is a street artist known for decorating trees, streetlights, and other objects with wool of different colors. The document discusses three examples of her work, including a picture of a decorated bike that represents a child and old person. It expresses the writer's opinion that they like Saged's original works, which decorate old things with wool.
Three street artists known as The Toasters have been placing a stenciled image of a toaster in cities around the world since 1999. Using stickers, posters, and spray paint, the toaster image has appeared on streets, at music festivals, in sports stadiums, and on museum walls, spreading the artists' message in its purest and also abstract forms for over 15 years. The student chose to analyze The Toasters' street art project because they enjoy graffiti and are drawn to the striking colors commonly used, including black, white, orange, blue, yellow, and pink, applied through spray paint.
Invader is a French street artist born in 1969 who places pixelated mosaic tiles depicting characters from 1980s video games in cities around the world. His simple works featuring primary and secondary colors are based on video games and can be found in London, Bilbao, New York City, and other major cities, with galleries also in New York, Los Angeles, Rome, London, Osaka, and Paris. This document discusses a work by Invader in Bilbao, Spain depicting four Pac-Man characters in red, blue, green, and orange tiles.
The document provides information about simple past tense conjugations in English. It lists the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of regular and irregular verbs in the simple past, including the verbs "to be". Examples are given for common regular verbs like "work" and "live" and irregular verbs like "go" and "buy".
Stik is a British graffiti artist who began painting in 2001. He is known for painting simple stick figures and frequently collaborates with hospitals and homeless organizations. Some of his most famous works include "UNION," "SLEEPING BABY," and "BIG MOTHER." One mural called "PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE" depicts three stick figures representing the past, present, and future of artists in a particular London neighborhood. Stik uses spray paint and a variety of colors in his works, and sometimes uses stairs to paint in high places. The author of the document appreciates Stik's creativity in telling stories through simple stick figures and views his murals as good street decorations.
Stinkfish was born in Mexico but grew up in Colombia after his parents migrated. As a child, he was curious about exploring the streets of Bogotá and met different people. He eventually joined a group that was interested in illegally painting street art using various tools. Stinkfish makes his graffiti by taking photos of people in the streets and then drawing colorful pictures of them. His work features bright, random colors and is described as beautiful by the student.
Mr. Brainwash is a French pop artist known for his graffiti and contemporary pieces. He was born in 1966 in France and now lives in Los Angeles. Some of his most famous works include "Celebration", "Dream", and "Love is the Answer". He typically paints with bright primary colors using spray paint and pigments. One piece called "Celebration" features an image of singer Madonna with short blond hair in a serious expression.
Jerkface is a NYC-based street artist who began creating art at age 16. He is known for crafting colorful graffiti pieces and paintings using watercolors. For a recent project, Jerkface completed a new artwork every day for 30 consecutive days, inspired by Banksy's earlier 30-day series in New York City. One of Jerkface's paintings depicts a multi-colored scary dog and represents a time of fear in the artist's life.
The artist Francisco Rodrigues da Silva is a Brazilian tagger known for using graphite to create colorful, line-based images reflecting the roots of Brazil. He began tagging at age 12 in a slum and focused more on his art after his family moved. His murals have been displayed in Sao Paulo and the US. He uses bright colors, lines, basic forms, and black shadows in his work.
Eltono is a French street artist born in 1975 who lives in southern France. He has worked in cities around the world, painting large-scale works on buildings and walls in over 90 cities using bright colors and geometric shapes. The document provides examples of Eltono's artwork, discusses his use of colors and large surfaces to create his pieces, and one student comments that they enjoy his work for its vivid colors and large scale paintings.
The artist is Nelson Rivas, known as Cekis, a Chilean pioneer of Latin American street art. He began painting murals on the streets of Santiago at age 16 with strong social criticism. Cekis works with acrylic markers, paint, spray paint, paper, wood and photos in bright, vibrant colors. One of his works depicted is "The Fifth Element", which mixes realistic and abstract styles in Cekis' unique personal style.
Mr. Brainwash is a French pop artist known for his graffiti and contemporary pieces. He lives in Los Angeles and got his start organizing art events in Hollywood. His artwork typically features primary colors and is created using paint sprays and pigments. One of his most famous pieces, Celebration, depicts singer Madonna with short blond hair painted on a wall.
Retna is an American street artist known for his unique typography and intricate line work featuring layered colors. Some key details about the artist include that he was born in 1979 in Los Angeles and came up in the mural scene as a teenager. The document discusses three of Retna's artworks from 2018 and the student selects "CUCHO SUCIO" to comment on, saying it is a beautiful picture mixing lots of colors in an abstract form. The artist uses a brush and spray can to create highly detailed works combining visual linguistics with appropriated imagery. The student expresses liking Retna's creative works that each tell a story behind them.
Inkie is a street artist born in London in 1970 who began his career painting graffiti with the Crime Incorporated Crew in 1983. He was one of many arrested during a large graffiti bust in 1989. Inkie later worked in the video game industry at Sega. The student analyzes one of Inkie's untitled artworks depicting two women in a mirror, finding it conveys both happiness and sadness through its message of self-acceptance despite perceived flaws. The student enjoys Inkie's ability to use color expressively in his works even when depicting somber themes.
The document provides information about the street artist David De La Mano. It states that he was born in 1975 in Salamanca, Spain and now lives in Uruguay at 43 years old. It discusses three of his artworks - Transciende, Dilemma, and Prelude - and comments that one is liked for its originality and use of black and white colors. The artist typically uses tempera paint and only black and white colors. While there are many figures in his work, the constant use of the same colors can become boring.
Tanja Jade Thompson, known by her street art persona "Misery", is an Australian street artist born in Maryborough. She became fascinated with unique characters as a child and was inspired to start painting by her grandmother. She attended an arts school as a teenager. Now Misery is an internationally famous street artist who exhibits her paintings featuring colorful characters around the world, including in Berlin, Paris, Los Angeles, and Taiwan. One of her paintings called "Fire Starter" uses light colors and intense hues to represent anger and draw attention through the fiery scene it depicts.
Banksy is a prolific 42-year old British street artist known for his politically and socially charged murals and graffiti art. He often uses stencils and a combination of dark and bright colors in his works. One of his pieces from the West Bank depicts a boy with a gun and cap, representing war in poor countries. Overall, the student likes Banksy's work because he brings attention to political and social issues that are often overlooked through satirical pieces that combine techniques like stenciling.
Skydiving involves several types of jumps: tandem jumps where novices jump with an instructor; relative work where groups perform choreographed formations; free flying where pairs perform acrobatic maneuvers for fun; and sky surfing which uses a surfboard and is very dangerous if landed improperly. Proper skydiving equipment includes a parachute, jumpsuit, automatic activation device, altimeter, and protective gear like gloves, helmet and glasses. Felix Baumgartner is an Austrian skydiver who holds the record for the highest skydive, jumping from over 38,969 meters in 2012 when he was 48 years old.
Street luge involves riding downhill on specialized skates at high speeds of up to 164 km/h. Equipment includes a high performance truck system, dual disc brakes, urethane wheels, and a padded rubber seat. Riders need balance, resistance, and relaxation to navigate streets or mountains. Famous street luge racer Roger Hickey has won 20 world championships and holds the world record for top speed at 161 km/h in Canada.
This document discusses the different types of future tenses in English: future simple, "going to" future, present continuous with future meaning, present simple with future meaning, future continuous, and future perfect. It provides the formation, use, and examples of each future tense. The key points are that future simple is used for predictions and promises/threats, "going to" future indicates short-term predictions or plans, present continuous/simple can refer to future events like schedules, and future continuous/perfect describe actions that will be ongoing or completed at a specific time in the future.
Magda Saged is a street artist known for decorating trees, streetlights, and other objects with wool of different colors. The document discusses three examples of her work, including a picture of a decorated bike that represents a child and old person. It expresses the writer's opinion that they like Saged's original works, which decorate old things with wool.
Three street artists known as The Toasters have been placing a stenciled image of a toaster in cities around the world since 1999. Using stickers, posters, and spray paint, the toaster image has appeared on streets, at music festivals, in sports stadiums, and on museum walls, spreading the artists' message in its purest and also abstract forms for over 15 years. The student chose to analyze The Toasters' street art project because they enjoy graffiti and are drawn to the striking colors commonly used, including black, white, orange, blue, yellow, and pink, applied through spray paint.
Invader is a French street artist born in 1969 who places pixelated mosaic tiles depicting characters from 1980s video games in cities around the world. His simple works featuring primary and secondary colors are based on video games and can be found in London, Bilbao, New York City, and other major cities, with galleries also in New York, Los Angeles, Rome, London, Osaka, and Paris. This document discusses a work by Invader in Bilbao, Spain depicting four Pac-Man characters in red, blue, green, and orange tiles.
The document provides information about simple past tense conjugations in English. It lists the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of regular and irregular verbs in the simple past, including the verbs "to be". Examples are given for common regular verbs like "work" and "live" and irregular verbs like "go" and "buy".
Stik is a British graffiti artist who began painting in 2001. He is known for painting simple stick figures and frequently collaborates with hospitals and homeless organizations. Some of his most famous works include "UNION," "SLEEPING BABY," and "BIG MOTHER." One mural called "PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE" depicts three stick figures representing the past, present, and future of artists in a particular London neighborhood. Stik uses spray paint and a variety of colors in his works, and sometimes uses stairs to paint in high places. The author of the document appreciates Stik's creativity in telling stories through simple stick figures and views his murals as good street decorations.
Stinkfish was born in Mexico but grew up in Colombia after his parents migrated. As a child, he was curious about exploring the streets of Bogotá and met different people. He eventually joined a group that was interested in illegally painting street art using various tools. Stinkfish makes his graffiti by taking photos of people in the streets and then drawing colorful pictures of them. His work features bright, random colors and is described as beautiful by the student.
Mr. Brainwash is a French pop artist known for his graffiti and contemporary pieces. He was born in 1966 in France and now lives in Los Angeles. Some of his most famous works include "Celebration", "Dream", and "Love is the Answer". He typically paints with bright primary colors using spray paint and pigments. One piece called "Celebration" features an image of singer Madonna with short blond hair in a serious expression.
Jerkface is a NYC-based street artist who began creating art at age 16. He is known for crafting colorful graffiti pieces and paintings using watercolors. For a recent project, Jerkface completed a new artwork every day for 30 consecutive days, inspired by Banksy's earlier 30-day series in New York City. One of Jerkface's paintings depicts a multi-colored scary dog and represents a time of fear in the artist's life.
The artist Francisco Rodrigues da Silva is a Brazilian tagger known for using graphite to create colorful, line-based images reflecting the roots of Brazil. He began tagging at age 12 in a slum and focused more on his art after his family moved. His murals have been displayed in Sao Paulo and the US. He uses bright colors, lines, basic forms, and black shadows in his work.
Eltono is a French street artist born in 1975 who lives in southern France. He has worked in cities around the world, painting large-scale works on buildings and walls in over 90 cities using bright colors and geometric shapes. The document provides examples of Eltono's artwork, discusses his use of colors and large surfaces to create his pieces, and one student comments that they enjoy his work for its vivid colors and large scale paintings.
The artist is Nelson Rivas, known as Cekis, a Chilean pioneer of Latin American street art. He began painting murals on the streets of Santiago at age 16 with strong social criticism. Cekis works with acrylic markers, paint, spray paint, paper, wood and photos in bright, vibrant colors. One of his works depicted is "The Fifth Element", which mixes realistic and abstract styles in Cekis' unique personal style.
Mr. Brainwash is a French pop artist known for his graffiti and contemporary pieces. He lives in Los Angeles and got his start organizing art events in Hollywood. His artwork typically features primary colors and is created using paint sprays and pigments. One of his most famous pieces, Celebration, depicts singer Madonna with short blond hair painted on a wall.
Retna is an American street artist known for his unique typography and intricate line work featuring layered colors. Some key details about the artist include that he was born in 1979 in Los Angeles and came up in the mural scene as a teenager. The document discusses three of Retna's artworks from 2018 and the student selects "CUCHO SUCIO" to comment on, saying it is a beautiful picture mixing lots of colors in an abstract form. The artist uses a brush and spray can to create highly detailed works combining visual linguistics with appropriated imagery. The student expresses liking Retna's creative works that each tell a story behind them.
Inkie is a street artist born in London in 1970 who began his career painting graffiti with the Crime Incorporated Crew in 1983. He was one of many arrested during a large graffiti bust in 1989. Inkie later worked in the video game industry at Sega. The student analyzes one of Inkie's untitled artworks depicting two women in a mirror, finding it conveys both happiness and sadness through its message of self-acceptance despite perceived flaws. The student enjoys Inkie's ability to use color expressively in his works even when depicting somber themes.
The document provides information about the street artist David De La Mano. It states that he was born in 1975 in Salamanca, Spain and now lives in Uruguay at 43 years old. It discusses three of his artworks - Transciende, Dilemma, and Prelude - and comments that one is liked for its originality and use of black and white colors. The artist typically uses tempera paint and only black and white colors. While there are many figures in his work, the constant use of the same colors can become boring.
Tanja Jade Thompson, known by her street art persona "Misery", is an Australian street artist born in Maryborough. She became fascinated with unique characters as a child and was inspired to start painting by her grandmother. She attended an arts school as a teenager. Now Misery is an internationally famous street artist who exhibits her paintings featuring colorful characters around the world, including in Berlin, Paris, Los Angeles, and Taiwan. One of her paintings called "Fire Starter" uses light colors and intense hues to represent anger and draw attention through the fiery scene it depicts.
Banksy is a prolific 42-year old British street artist known for his politically and socially charged murals and graffiti art. He often uses stencils and a combination of dark and bright colors in his works. One of his pieces from the West Bank depicts a boy with a gun and cap, representing war in poor countries. Overall, the student likes Banksy's work because he brings attention to political and social issues that are often overlooked through satirical pieces that combine techniques like stenciling.
Skydiving involves several types of jumps: tandem jumps where novices jump with an instructor; relative work where groups perform choreographed formations; free flying where pairs perform acrobatic maneuvers for fun; and sky surfing which uses a surfboard and is very dangerous if landed improperly. Proper skydiving equipment includes a parachute, jumpsuit, automatic activation device, altimeter, and protective gear like gloves, helmet and glasses. Felix Baumgartner is an Austrian skydiver who holds the record for the highest skydive, jumping from over 38,969 meters in 2012 when he was 48 years old.
Street luge involves riding downhill on specialized skates at high speeds of up to 164 km/h. Equipment includes a high performance truck system, dual disc brakes, urethane wheels, and a padded rubber seat. Riders need balance, resistance, and relaxation to navigate streets or mountains. Famous street luge racer Roger Hickey has won 20 world championships and holds the world record for top speed at 161 km/h in Canada.