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National Park Service San Francisco Bay
1,096 wordsNestled in the foothills of San Francisco, lies one of the United States most beautiful and historic national parks. Dating back to 1776 when Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza established the Presidio as a military garrison under commission of the government of Spain. In 1848 it was transferred by a treaty from Mexico, to the United States. The Presidio has played a major role in the settlement and defense of the West for more than 200 years. It served as a mobilization and embarkation poin...
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Haight Ashbury Golden Gate
1,093 wordsThrough out history many generations have gone by that have made an impact on more than all of its ancestors. The decade from 1960 to 1970 was definitely one of those eras. The people didn't follow the teachings of its elders, but rejected them for an alternative culture, which was their very own (Harris 14). People no longer had content to be figures of the generation that pursued them, instead young people longed for change. The changes affected lifestyles, values, laws, education, and enterta...
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Macedonia Was Divided Jews And Gentiles City
604 wordsIn the day of Paul, Thessalonica was the chief city of Macedonia and the seat of the- 99 Roman administration in the century before Christ. It was the largest and most populous city in Macedonia with a population of 200, 000 people (Excel vi). The city is strategically located on the Thermal Gulf and has mountains surrounding the city from the east and west. Also the famous highway, called the Egnation Way, ran directly through the city and linked the capital with all the important cities of Mac...
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Cup Of Coffee Mental Hospital
1,859 wordsBelow the stairs in front of the building. When walking up the stairs, the gate of the building opens wide as if it welcomes you, and you get to a door after passing through a long hallway. when the door opens, you see the inside of the room with a bright atmosphere. And a moment later, the caption goes up on a black screen. Coming through the blinds, warm rays of sunlight cover the room softly, and a pendulum of the metallic ornament is moving in no directions under the window. And a voice is h...
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Left Side Takes Place
489 wordsArt History "Subway Scene" By Mark Rothko "Subway Scene" (1938), by Mark Rothko, depicts the inside of a subway station. At the front of the painting are two pillars, behind them is a staircase used by two faceless characters, depending into the underground. The staircase is surrounded by a cage-like grid. Behind the staircase are another two pillars next to a gate similar to the one around the staircase. On the left side of the gate is a wall where half a door is visible. Just behind the gate a...
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Spend My Eternity Place
764 wordsIt is just a fact we all must die! Some of us are afraid of the uncertainty that death brings. Therefore, it is regarded as an enemy, a tragedy, and the unavoidable downside of life. Others live day by day knowing that death will come, but they have no fear. They are not in a hurry to meet him, but are making preparations for the encounter. Myself, now that I am old, will be looking forward to the place that I will be going to spend my eternity. I am an eternal being you know. I have heard it is...
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Open My Eyes Bus Stop
1,342 wordsI grabbed the dagger hanging from the trolls thigh as I bent before the cliff awaiting death. I pulled it from its holster and in one swift move twirled it in my hand then rammed it through the trolls primitive boot, stopping when I hit dirt. I seized my friend Trevor's forearm and pulled him away from the other troll. The troll clumsily thrust his sword at me and struck the other troll in the shoulder, slicing through his crude armor. The uninjured troll ran to catch us as we bolted for the gat...
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Film Components In The Composition Of Vertigo
1,648 wordsWhen making a good film, many key elements such as lighting, color, editing, visual design and sound, come into play. Another very important element is composition which refers to how subjects are arranged in relation to each other and to the sides of the frame. Framing, mise-en-scene or staging, and photographing all play a significant role in the composition of films, thus creating a desired meaning of the film creator. Through the unique composition of the Alfred Hitchcock film, Vertigo, the ...
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Examination Of Ufo Cult Groups
797 wordsOn June 24, 1947, pilot Kenneth Arnold was flying over the Cascades when he reported seeing "nine shiny objects in a chain-like formation speeding by at some 1600 miles per hour" (Ellwood 393). Arnold compared what he saw to a saucer skipping across water. This characterization led the media to adopt the concept of "flying saucer." Arnold's report was quickly followed by many other sightings reported from various places around the country. The introduction of this phenomenon into society brought...
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San Francisco Bay Correctional Officers
1,128 words... escape and shots were fired at Boarman, Brest, and Hamilton, who were swimming away from the island. Hunter and Brest were both apprehended. Boarman was hit by gunfire and sank below the water before officers were able to reach him; his body was never recovered. Hamilton was initially presumed drowned. However, after hiding out for 2 days in a small shoreline cave, Hamilton made his way back up to the industries area, where correctional officers discovered him. # 8: August 7, 1943 - Huron "T...
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Examining The Works Of Director Mary Harron
1,020 wordsAlthough she was born in Canada, Mary Harron knew a lot about America. She used this knowledge to make the movie American Psycho. In her adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis novel of the same name, Harron was able to make a satirical film about Wall Street life in the 1980 s. It took two years and a lot of controversy to make her feature film debut, but Harron was able to do it in style and without backing down. Mary Harron was born in Canada, the daughter of Canadian actor and comedian Don Harron (a...
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Jacopo Della Quercia Simone Da Colle Work
1,613 wordsThere is no doubt that those in every city who by their merits obtain fame become a blessed light to those who are born after them. For there is nothing that arouses the minds of men, and makes them indifferent to the hardships of study, so much as the thought of the honour and advantage that the labour may bring them. This Lorenzo di Code Ghiberti, otherwise Di Bartoluccio, knew well. He in his first years was put to the art of the goldsmith, but delighting more in the arts of sculpture and des...
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Act Ii Scene Ii Scene 2
1,091 wordsThroughout the play The Tragedy of Macbeth, it is a non-stop action thriller with more blood than ever seen before in most plays. The play was made that way for a specific reason, so William Shakespeare made it the most bloody, gruesome and shortest of all his plays. Watching or even just reading, there is hardly ever any moment to be able to breathe. Except one scene... In Act II, Scene 3, Macbeth's porter appears in the play. There is absolutely no reason for the porter to be in the play. He h...
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African American Street Gangs In Los Angeles
1,602 wordsby Alejandro A. Alonso, M. S. In Los Angeles and other urban areas in the United States, the formation of street gangs increased at a steady pace through 1996. The Bloods and the Crips, the most well-known gangs of Los Angeles, are predominately African American[ 1 ] and they have steadily increased in number since their beginnings in 1969. In addition, there are over 600 active Hispanic gangs in Los Angeles County with a growing Asian gang population numbering approximately 20, 000 members. Sur...
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Heavens Gate Cult Leaders
730 wordsRecently I read an article about the Heavens Gate Cult, and I wondered why on earth would someone get involved in a cult whose purpose seemed so ridiculous. How can you make sense out of the suicide of 39 people? How can you explain behavior that seems so strange? Should we just assume that people who follow this kind of cult are weirdos, stupid, insane, evil, or is there something more to it? I decided to do a little online research to find out a little more about cults. I found out that cults ...
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Stay At Home Current Affairs
819 wordsCurrent Affairs Presentation Producers of television current affairs programs manipulate the audience s comprehension of an event and the people concerned in it. The techniques in current affairs often form a bias interpretation of events and therefore forms prejudice towards certain groups. Techniques used which manipulate and create bias are interviews, editor gate-keeping, speaking head or narrator, visuals and music. I will be using a segment from Today Tonight to prove these points. Intervi...
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Whiskey Rebellion Alexander Hamilton
1,065 wordsDuring the early republic era, distinct individuals contributed to coercing the power the of United Sates federal government to become stronger. These people were George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and John Marshall. The achievements of all these people include the establishment of the powers of the Federal Government. The founding father of our country is George Washington. This man was the first president of the United States. At that time there was a revolt that led to the Whiskey Rebelli...
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Civil Rights Movement Haight Ashbury
2,204 wordsThrough out history Hippies Hippies Through out history many generations have gone by that have made an impact on more than all of its ancestors. The decade from 1960 to 1970 was definitely one of those eras. The people didnt follow the teachings of its elders, but rejected them for an alternative culture, which was their very own (Harris 14). People no longer had content to be figures of the generation that pursued them, instead young people longed for change. The changes affected lifestyles, v...
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Woman Young Man
2,134 wordsPart I The day was still, not a cloud in sight. The glowing sun lit the tumbling waves. The white foam smeared along the sandy beach. High above the ocean? s front lie cliffs with grassy hilltops. A road wove through its tangled mess. There thoughts were bound and passion ran free. The young man gripped his steering wheel and held the throttle. He flew through Highway 5 in his? 78 Camera. Squealing around every corner in his hot convertible, he let his long blond hair blow with the wind. As his ...
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World Report Volume U S News 038 World
1,236 wordsA Quantum Computer a future technology By the strange laws of quantum mechanics, Folger, a senior editor at Discover, notes, an electron, proton, or other subatomic particle is in more than one place at a time, because individual particles behave like waves, these different places are different states that an atom can exist in simultaneously. Ten years ago, Folger writes, David Deutsch, a physicist at Oxford University, argued that it may be possible to build an extremely powerful computer based...
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