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Turn My Light Caves Entrance Rock
896 wordsOnly a few of my friends share my passion for caving or as it is called in the professional world Spilunking and it is hard to find a time when we are all together and willing to indulge. So one day last spring I decided to explore the newly opened Rimutaka caves just out side the city. I left early Saturday morning while the dew was still forming on the green grass, taking the east highway out of Wellington past the artificial brilliance of the sky scrapers and their fast paced culture into nat...
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt World War Ii
564 wordsAbout 60 years ago one of the most important monuments in history was completed. This famous monument is Mount Rushmore. The big rock where 4 faces are carved. This big rock is located in the Black Hills in South Dakota. Gutzon Borglum and 400 other workers spend 15 years carving the four presidents into history. For the past 60 years the same faces are still there. What if we carved 4 new faces into the monument? Whom should we select? The four people I have selected have played an important ro...
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Boy Willie Piano Lesson
415 wordsBerniece and Boy Willie's uncle is a railroad cook, trying to keep the peace while testifying to the past. A few short generations removed from the African who carved the piano, he comes to Pittsburgh from Mississippi on a mission to sell his piano in order to buy a piece of the land where his ancestors slaved. Boy WIllie's partner watermelons is anxious to finish the business and begin his new life in the north. Boy Willie's sister, Doaker and the action of the play reside in her house. She ref...
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Mortuary Temple Fourth Dynasty
1,312 words... on. In the same time there are people who lived around the pyramids who don't need to live in the pyramids. They come by early in the morning and they work fourteen hours from sunrise to sunset. The royal Pyramids of the third dynasties are on sites distributed intermittently along the west side of the Nile for about fifty miles southward of the apex of the delta, standing on the rocky shelf clear of the cultivated land. Early royal tombs were of the mastaba type, from which the true Pyramid...
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Oversize Ripple Marks Landscapes Were Formed Flood
1,147 wordsHuman beings existing, breathing, and walking around on a measureless, changing and growing quickly as times goes by. Similar to the human growth, landforms kept on changing rapidly over years after years. For many centuries, geologists believed landscapes were formed through a long process known as uniformitarian- a gradually slow process of changing its landscapes toward its environments. Evidence of multiple catastrophism- a speed process of landform has been developed over the years, especia...
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Side Of The Road Downtown Area
932 wordsAudience: Vacation Takers, Recommended for Over 20 Years Old Although Mackinaw Island is very small, it is very beautiful and has lots of exciting activities, such as bicycling, horseback riding, buggy riding, and fudge shopping. Mackinaw Island is located in the upper part of Michigan between Lake Huron, Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. It makes a perfect place for a quick getaway. The tourist season runs from mid-May to mid-October. The Island, being only 8. 2 miles around, looks like a small ...
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Act 2 Scene 2 Boy Willie
1,496 wordsIn The Piano Lesson 1, August Wilson has captured the black experience comprehensively. The main question he has asked is about the past of the Afro-Americans. This past includes years of slavery and degradation. According to Wilson, the main concern, which black Americans have to address is, what they should do with their past legacy, firstly of African civilization and secondly of slavery in the American continent. In their search for self-identity, this conflict of consciousness between past ...
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Bugs Moran Johnny Torrio
1,080 words... Brewery. Knowing full well that there was going to be a raid, O'Banion arranged to close the deal with Torrio at the brewery. Not only did Torrio end up in jail, but O'Banion refused to return the money for a now padlocked brewery. Even worse, he bragged about how he had tricked Torrio. His fate was sealed. Dion's flower shop Mike Merlo, the head of the Unione Sicilana in Chicago, a group that provided national cover to gangsters of that era, died of cancer. A huge funeral was planned in whi...
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British Museum Written Language
646 wordsMore than 5, 000 years ago, a glorious civilization called Mesopotamia arose in the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. This civilization took advantage of its countless benefits. If there were any obstacles, the Mesopotamian's adapted. Soon, great cities emerged as a result of the discovery of farming, and there was a surplus of food. Because of this surplus, not everyone had to farm, which allowed non-farming people to cull their expertise in other fields, so to say. These people cre...
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German Version Italian Art Body
565 wordsThe Two Pietas It is doubtful that there could be two sculptures on the exact same subject with the same figures in much the same pose that would be in more contrast to each other. Michelangelo's Pieta in the Florentine style is very realistic and quite beautiful. It is carved in marble and the pale stone lends an air of serenity to the scene. The Rottgen Pieta has no mood of serenity, but, instead, it invokes horror. It is carved in wood and painted in various shades of brown. The color, alone,...
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Nine Years Return Home
1,724 wordsOf all the themes intertwined in The Odyssey, the one that stands out among the others is Odysseus struggle to return to Ithaca. There are many reasons why Odysseus continually fights to return home. Ithaca is his native land; his roots are there and he is homesick for the country where he grew up. He also has a son in Ithaca, Telemachus, who has grown into a man without ever knowing his father. Odysseus also longs to return and continue ruling his people as king. Odysseus strongest desire, howe...
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Helter Skelter Race War
749 wordsCharles Manson was a bearded, wild-eyed 35 year old career criminal and pimp, who stood a mere 52. He memorized a group of largely middle class youths into thinking he was Christ incarnate. Using manipulation with drugs and force of personality, Manson molded the young people into killers. They would be lucky enough to carry out his visions of Helter Skelter. One of the youths picked up was Leslie Van Houston. She met him, and was very suprised at his advanced age and definitive size. Within a m...
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Chartres Cathedral Stained Glass
394 wordsChartres Cathedral is the cathedral church of Notre Dame (Our Lady) in the city of Chartres in northwestern France. It is one of the foremost examples of High Gothic French architecture, and is widely noted not only for its innovations in architecture, but also for its many sculptures and celebrated stained glass. The oldest parts of the cathedral are taken from a Romanesque church, which was destroyed by a fire in 1194. The present day cathedral was constructed on this church? s foundation, wit...
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Mortuary Temple Step Pyramid
1,316 wordsWhen most people mention Ancient Egypt the first thing that comes to mind is the Pyramids. To construct such monuments required a mastery of art, architecture and social organization that few cultures would ever rival. The pyramids are said to have built Egypt by being the force that knit together the kingdoms economy. Their creations were so subeztial, that the sight of these vast pyramids would take your breath away. Today, the valley of the Nile has an open air museum so people can witness th...
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Permanent Damage Todays Society
955 wordsemail: Friendship What is friendship? Friendship is a very special gift I have been blessed with and is something I cherish more each day. Friendship is an unspoken promise between two people that comes only from the heart; it is the feeling of knowing that someone will be there under any circumstance, despite any distance that may exist. Friendships give the opportunity for learning to trust someone and confide in that person with the most intimate feelings, dreams, and desires. Friendship is b...
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Beam Of Light Chichen Itza
1,009 wordsNoor Al-Kuwari Chichen Itza, The Maya Deep within the jungle of Mexico and extending into the limestone shelf of the Yucatan peninsula lie the mysterious temple and pyramids of the Maya. While Europe was still in the midst of the dark ages, these amazing people had mapped the heavens, evolved the only true writing system native to the Americas and were masters of mathematics. They invented the calendars we use today. Across a huge jungle landscape with an amazing degree of architectural perfecti...
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Islamic Art And Architecture Part Of Islamic Art Buildings
488 wordsTwo dominant features of Islamic art and architecture, the importance of calligraphic ornamentation and the form of the mosque, are intimately related to the Islamic faith and were developed in the early days of the religion. The part about Islamic art and architecture that stands out the most is its uniform style, its symmetrical and stands out more boldly than other buildings and art work. The architecture is art in itself. The way that it is constructed is artistic. The paint is glossy and th...
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Mortuary Temple Step Pyramid
1,336 wordsEgyptian Pyramids When most people mention Ancient Egypt the first thing that comes to mind is the Pyramids. To construct such monuments required a mastery of art, architecture and social organization that few cultures would ever rival. The pyramids are said to have built Egypt by being the force that knit together the kingdom s economy. Their creations were so substantial, that the sight of these vast pyramids would take your breath away. Today, the valley of the Nile has an open air museum so ...
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Fourth Dynasty Sun God
1,190 wordsDuring this great Sphinx Bull-headed During this great age of information and transportation, in a world moving so fast that our reflections are nothing save a blur on the cosmic mirror, who has the time logically dispute the dating of ancient monument. Egyptologists have done the research and concluded that the monuments located in the Giza plateau can be attributed to the fourth dynasty (2900 - 2750 BC). Why should we waste our limited time re investigating what appears to be a closed case? Eg...
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Ancient Rites Pale Skin Blood
1,432 wordsVincent The Vampire The darkness breathed in the cavernous tomb. The walls of granite that formed their underground catacombs had served as a shelter and a symbol. They were carved with the ancient rites and laws that governed their species and glowed now as if alive through the inconstant flickering of a single torch blazing in the center of the central cavern. To those in the room, the darkness was not their cloak. It revealed all to their pale eyes. The circle of light was empty, devoid even ...
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