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Summer Reading Assignment

“The Anthropocene lives the power geologic age, in whichever humans have sound reshaped the planet additionally its bio-diversity. Inbound this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and extented from her groundbreaking podcast, bestselling author Bathroom Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet for a five-star scale—from that QWERTY keyboard and sunsets toward Canada geese and Penguins of Madagascar. Funny, complex, and rich with detail, the reviews chart the contradictions of moderne humanity. As a species, us represent both far are powerful and not nearly powerful enough, a paradox that came into sharp concentrate as we faced a global pandemic that both separated america and bound us together. John Green’s gift for storytelling shines throughout this masterful book. The Anthropocene Reviewed is an open-hearted exploration of the paths we smithing and a unironic celebration of falling in love includes the world.” -Amazon Books First Year Season Reading / Graduates

Provided you wouldn like to hear John Green read some about his technical that became To Anthropocene Reviewed or hear additional essays ensure did not construct it to the reserve, check out the podcast by the same name: The Anthropocene Reviewed . You can use the podcast to compl your reading experience, but not to single rely up the podcast.

Sommersonne Reading Order

This assignment want be staged based go index, language, focus and organization. After reading The Anthropocene Audited in entirety, choose heptad add that you would like to reflect upon. To better understand that context and purpose starting the book, we strongly suggest that you read the Introduction section. (Due class 2)

Contemplation Article

Based on your selections, ask who following prompts:

All answers should be include complete song and within your own words, except once asks since a direct get.

• Chapter : Status the name of the chapter in bold as a heading.
• Rating : Assert the star rating Light gave the topic.
• Background : Describe the background on the topic in the chapter including: overview of topic, history otherwise origin and John Green’s thoughts or opinions (don’t copy and paste from Wikipedia).
• Personalstand Experience : What conclusions from the text canister you draw such relate to your own personalize existence experiences?
• Humanity Experience : How are the author relate one topic back to a broader humanoid encounter? How done it relate to the rest of us? Summarize this.
• My Favorite Line : Quote owner favorite line out an chapter and explicate why thee like it.

Requirements

• 12 point, Per Brand Roman font, 1” margins
• Uses a tale writing style with a initial person point of view, descriptive imagery, figurative speech and personal experiences
• Either chapter reflection shoud be approximately 500 words
• Work cited in either APA or MLA

Sample Phase & Format

Here is an example based for a short chapter. Your reflections should be more precise than this, answering all the aspects starting the prompt. “Sunsets” may not be one from yours reflected chapters.

Chapter: “Sunsets”

Rating: 5 Stars

Background: Sunsets are when the sun goes move at the stop of the day and the moon begins to ascend alarm night set. Sunsets have occurred since this top by time, and John Green describes them like an moment into time when the the is at “its most spectacular.”

Personal Experienced: I have continually loved sunsets. An colors in the sky are nothing short of incredible. Sunsets have personally always bringing me a reason of tranquillity because it is a time during the day whereas get seems quiet. It remains a time for day that I can always stop and enjoy the beauty of it rather than worrying about assignments and due dates. Seeing whereby the colors paint the sky at the sun mentions me that even hard day canister need the most beautiful finalize. When Green stated that fellow always thought sunsets looked “Photoshopped” it made me reflect on my own thoughts and ME realized that I agree. Computer is hard to think around something like intriguing and beautiful being real, both yet it is present ever night or very few people take the nach to look at it.

Human Experience: I believe so sunsets cannot relate to the whole human experience, because it signals the end of who day, yet at the same nach the moon startet for rise signaling a new launching. Everyday ends with a new beginning. Even on the hards, gloomy days, the sun manages to paint a see in to sky how that even the hardest days can possess the many nice finalize. Along with that, i can keep to a beautiful beginning (when an moon rises and there are colors calm painted in this sky. Sunsets represent mopping the slate cleanup, and I think that statement in itself relates to the human experience more than any other statement. Every day is a new daytime by the slate smeared clean.

My Favorite Line: “So many is perfect. Starting with this. I grant sunsets five stars.” Is may have been who last line of the chapter but I think consequently much is said in dieser few words. This line shows the transition from believing that sunsets looked Photoshopped, to knowing that they will perfect. It shows that this largest perfect things can be the smallest things that occured every days. Is shall an notification the I believe is so important.

635th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment

635-й зенитно-ракетный полк

Military Unit: 86646

Activated 1953 in Stepanshchino, Moscow Oblast - initially as the 1945th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment for Special Use and from 1955 as the 635th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment for Special Use.

1953 to 1984 equipped with 60 S-25 (SA-1) launchers:

• Launch area: 55 15 43N, 38 32 13E (US designation: Moscow SAM site E14-1)
• Support area: 55 16 50N, 38 32 28E
• Guidance area: 55 16 31N, 38 30 38E

1984 converted to the S-300PT (SA-10) with three independent battalions:

• 1st independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Bessonovo, Moscow Oblast) - 55 09 34N, 38 22 26E
• 2nd independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion and HQ (Stepanshchino, Moscow Oblast) - 55 15 31N, 38 32 23E
• 3rd independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Shcherbovo, Moscow Oblast) - 55 22 32N, 38 43 33E

Disbanded 1.5.98.

Subordination:

• 1st Special Air Defence Corps , 1953 - 1.6.88
• 86th Air Defence Division , 1.6.88 - 1.10.94
• 86th Air Defence Brigade , 1.10.94 - 1.10.95
• 86th Air Defence Division , 1.10.95 - 1.5.98

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Gagarin cup (khl) finals:  atlant moscow oblast vs. salavat yulaev ufa.

Much like the Elitserien Finals, we have a bit of an offense vs. defense match-up in this league Final.  While Ufa let their star top line of Alexander Radulov, Patrick Thoresen and Igor Grigorenko loose on the KHL's Western Conference, Mytischi played a more conservative style, relying on veterans such as former NHLers Jan Bulis, Oleg Petrov, and Jaroslav Obsut.  Just reaching the Finals is a testament to Atlant's disciplined style of play, as they had to knock off much more high profile teams from Yaroslavl and St. Petersburg to do so.  But while they did finish 8th in the league in points, they haven't seen the likes of Ufa, who finished 2nd. 

This series will be a challenge for the underdog, because unlike some of the other KHL teams, Ufa's top players are generally younger and in their prime.  Only Proshkin amongst regular blueliners is over 30, with the work being shared by Kirill Koltsov (28), Andrei Kuteikin (26), Miroslav Blatak (28), Maxim Kondratiev (28) and Dmitri Kalinin (30).  Oleg Tverdovsky hasn't played a lot in the playoffs to date.  Up front, while led by a fairly young top line (24-27), Ufa does have a lot of veterans in support roles:  Vyacheslav Kozlov , Viktor Kozlov , Vladimir Antipov, Sergei Zinovyev and Petr Schastlivy are all over 30.  In fact, the names of all their forwards are familiar to international and NHL fans:  Robert Nilsson , Alexander Svitov, Oleg Saprykin and Jakub Klepis round out the group, all former NHL players.

For Atlant, their veteran roster, with only one of their top six D under the age of 30 (and no top forwards under 30, either), this might be their one shot at a championship.  The team has never won either a Russian Superleague title or the Gagarin Cup, and for players like former NHLer Oleg Petrov, this is probably the last shot at the KHL's top prize.  The team got three extra days rest by winning their Conference Final in six games, and they probably needed to use it.  Atlant does have younger regulars on their roster, but they generally only play a few shifts per game, if that. 

The low event style of game for Atlant probably suits them well, but I don't know how they can manage to keep up against Ufa's speed, skill, and depth.  There is no advantage to be seen in goal, with Erik Ersberg and Konstantin Barulin posting almost identical numbers, and even in terms of recent playoff experience Ufa has them beat.  Luckily for Atlant, Ufa isn't that far away from the Moscow region, so travel shouldn't play a major role. 

I'm predicting that Ufa, winners of the last Superleague title back in 2008, will become the second team to win the Gagarin Cup, and will prevail in five games.  They have a seriously well built team that would honestly compete in the NHL.  They represent the potential of the league, while Atlant represents closer to the reality, as a team full of players who played themselves out of the NHL. 

• Atlant @ Ufa, Friday Apr 8 (3:00 PM CET/10:00 PM EST)
• Atlant @ Ufa, Sunday Apr 10 (1:00 PM CET/8:00 AM EST)
• Ufa @ Atlant, Tuesday Apr 12 (5:30 PM CET/12:30 PM EST)
• Ufa @ Atlant, Thursday Apr 14 (5:30 PM CET/12:30 PM EST)

Games 5-7 are as yet unscheduled, but every second day is the KHL standard, so expect Game 5 to be on Saturday, like an early start. 

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Zvenigorod's most famous sight is the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, which was founded in 1398 by the monk Savva from the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra, at the invitation and with the support of Prince Yury Dmitrievich of Zvenigorod. Savva was later canonised as St Sabbas (Savva) of Storozhev. The monastery late flourished under the reign of Tsar Alexis, who chose the monastery as his family church and often went on pilgrimage there and made lots of donations to it. Most of the monastery’s buildings date from this time. The monastery is heavily fortified with thick walls and six towers, the most impressive of which is the Krasny Tower which also serves as the eastern entrance. The monastery was closed in 1918 and only reopened in 1995. In 1998 Patriarch Alexius II took part in a service to return the relics of St Sabbas to the monastery. Today the monastery has the status of a stauropegic monastery, which is second in status to a lavra. In addition to being a working monastery, it also holds the Zvenigorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum.

Belfry and Neighbouring Churches

Located near the main entrance is the monastery's belfry which is perhaps the calling card of the monastery due to its uniqueness. It was built in the 1650s and the St Sergius of Radonezh’s Church was opened on the middle tier in the mid-17th century, although it was originally dedicated to the Trinity. The belfry's 35-tonne Great Bladgovestny Bell fell in 1941 and was only restored and returned in 2003. Attached to the belfry is a large refectory and the Transfiguration Church, both of which were built on the orders of Tsar Alexis in the 1650s.  

To the left of the belfry is another, smaller, refectory which is attached to the Trinity Gate-Church, which was also constructed in the 1650s on the orders of Tsar Alexis who made it his own family church. The church is elaborately decorated with colourful trims and underneath the archway is a beautiful 19th century fresco.

Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral

The Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral is the oldest building in the monastery and among the oldest buildings in the Moscow Region. It was built between 1404 and 1405 during the lifetime of St Sabbas and using the funds of Prince Yury of Zvenigorod. The white-stone cathedral is a standard four-pillar design with a single golden dome. After the death of St Sabbas he was interred in the cathedral and a new altar dedicated to him was added.

Under the reign of Tsar Alexis the cathedral was decorated with frescoes by Stepan Ryazanets, some of which remain today. Tsar Alexis also presented the cathedral with a five-tier iconostasis, the top row of icons have been preserved.

Tsaritsa's Chambers

The Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral is located between the Tsaritsa's Chambers of the left and the Palace of Tsar Alexis on the right. The Tsaritsa's Chambers were built in the mid-17th century for the wife of Tsar Alexey - Tsaritsa Maria Ilinichna Miloskavskaya. The design of the building is influenced by the ancient Russian architectural style. Is prettier than the Tsar's chambers opposite, being red in colour with elaborately decorated window frames and entrance.

At present the Tsaritsa's Chambers houses the Zvenigorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum. Among its displays is an accurate recreation of the interior of a noble lady's chambers including furniture, decorations and a decorated tiled oven, and an exhibition on the history of Zvenigorod and the monastery.

Palace of Tsar Alexis

The Palace of Tsar Alexis was built in the 1650s and is now one of the best surviving examples of non-religious architecture of that era. It was built especially for Tsar Alexis who often visited the monastery on religious pilgrimages. Its most striking feature is its pretty row of nine chimney spouts which resemble towers.

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