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Washington D C Hampton Roads
1,504 wordsThe Merrimac was the first ironclad ship built by the Confederacy. It was built to do battle with the Union Navy. The Confederates were the first to bring forth a warship of this kind. The Union was in control of a navel yard named Gosport. In April of 1862, the South started to advance on this navel base and the North had little choice but to flee. While leaving they tried to destroy whatever they could in a desperate attempt to prevent the Confederacy from gaining more military power with Unio...
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Million Years Ago Continental Drift
498 wordsThe earth, from its deep majestic oceans to its breathtaking mountains, is our home. But what goes undetected to humans is the violent cycle that is going on underneath our earth at this very moment. Volcanoes are spouting hot magma. Earthquakes are destroying cities and the continents we live on are moving around the ocean. But why do these phenomenon occur and what causes them to happen? From space the earth may look like one large floating mass. But underneath all of the oceans and continents...
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Papua New Guinea Body Piercing
1,260 words... women have. Men have beards, women have none. What kind of person would she be without People? She would not be a woman at all. "The plug of wood in the lips, which became little by little a disk, and then a real plaque, was in some manner a sign of possession of the husband of the Djinja woman. It is the man who is to marry her, and very often him alone who operates, transfixing the lips of the young girl with a blade of straw forms the first sign of the deformation to which she will be sub...
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Winston And Julia Ministry Of Truth
796 wordsIn George Orwell s 1984, the story takes place in London, Airstrip One, formally called England, before it joined with North America, South America and some small European countries to form Oceania. The political system is known as Ingsoc, this consists of Big Brother, the Inner Party, the Outer Party, and the working class. The basic plot in 1984 is a simple one; it follows a man through his struggles to rationalize his existence in an upside down world. Winston Smith is the main protagonist. W...
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Grapes Of Wrath Pulitzer Prize
635 wordsThe Grapes of Wrath By John Stienbeck Review By Nic Sherlock This book was published in 1975 but written in the 1930 s. It won the Pulitzer Prize and the author also won the 1962 Nobel Prize for Literature. The book is a story of the Joad family, and their trip to California. It tells of the migration of thousands of homeless families from Oklahoma to California. It follows the Joad family, who, evicted from the land by the bank decide to head for the Golden West to a land of plenty. When there ...
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Act V Scene Imagery Of Clothing
1,323 wordsImagery in Macbeth In all of Shakespeare s plays he uses many forms of imagery. Imagery, the art of making images, the products of imagination. In the play Macbeth Shakespeare applies the imagery of clothing, darkness and blood. (listed from least to most), Each detail is his imagery, it seems to contain an important symbol of the play. Symbols that the reader must understand if they are to interpret either the passage or the play as a whole. Within the play Macbeth the imagery of clothing portr...
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Antic Disposition Hamlet Admits
1,490 wordsIs Hamlet sane or insane that is the question. There are many sections in the play which show portray him as being insane but there are such as the when he hears of his fathers death. On the other hand Shakespeare illustrates Hamlet as a sane person when ever he is with a non guilty party. Hamlet is clearly sane though because he acknowledges that he is putting on an act whenever he is acting crazy. Hamlet is depicted as insane in many scenes during the play. One instance in I, v Hamlet appears ...
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Makes Me Feel Marcel Duchamp
1,143 wordsMarcel Duchamp and the Red Nude The piece that I chose as my subject for this essay is titled Red Nude. This painting was done in oil on canvas. The name of the artist who painted this piece is Marcel Duchamp. In the next few paragraphs I will be doing the following: giving a description of the painting and doing an aesthetic analysis which includes interpretation and evaluation. This painting which was done by Marcel Duchamp is exactly what it states in the title. It is a red nude. This is a pa...
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Serotonin Levels Large Amounts
863 wordsand the Mdma MDMA and the Affects on the brain OUTLINE Introduction 1. Brief History A. Originally created in 1912 as MDA (methylenedioxyamphetamine) B. In 1970 s interest in MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine) for the Aid of Psychotherapy. -Key Effects a. empathetic understanding for others b. large, uncontrolled release of emotions C. When used Clinically, intended result was to have an affect on the Psychodynamic equilibrium (helped to bring repressed material into the walking consciousness)...
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U Ma Cha Yosemite Valley Lived
554 wordsHistory Final Miwok's set many standards for themselves and the tribe. They were usually very hard workers, working harsh numbers of hours a day to keep the tribe alive. There were hunters, fishers, and many other jobs for people. A non-nomadic people, the Miwok's settled in the Yosemite Valley. My report is on the Miwoks Social Life. Games, customs, jobs, and many other things about the Miwoks Indians will all be covered in this. The way they lived, what they ate, and what they farmed. They all...
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Literary Devices Good Deal
800 wordsHuck is very responsive to the beauty of the natural world about him. He uses vivid imagery to describe nature in a peculiar way, which one can even consider out of character for him. His word choice, general attitude, use of literary devices, and the use of words which describe the sounds as they happened, all add to his vivid description of the summer storm. Huck's reaction is unusual because up to this point in the story the impression of Huck that the reader has is one of a wild, uneducated ...
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Historically Accurate Oliver Stone
1,010 wordsPlatoon was filmed in 1986, and directed by Oliver Stone. The production studio that produced the film was Orion Pictures. The lead characters include Sergeant Barns, played by Tom Berenger, Sergeant Elias, played by Willem Dafoe, and Chris, played by Charlie Sheen. Chris is the ignorant college boy who comes to Vietnam on his will because he feels lost back home. The character is based off the director Oliver Stone, who dropped out of Yale to join the war effort. Although he is glad to get away...
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Lava Flows Mount St
656 wordsMount Adams is one of the largest volcanoes in the Cascade Range, it is way bigger then any of the surrounding mountains. Mount Adams has been less active during the past few thousand years than its neighboring mountains of St. Helens, Rainier, and Mt. Hood, it will erupt again. In the future the eruptions will probably happen more often from vents on the summit and upper sides of Mount Adams than from vents scattered in the volcanic fields beyond. Large landslides and lahars that don? t need to...
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Muscle Contractions Skeletal Muscle
875 wordsThe musculoskeletal system is made up of bones, joints, and muscles. This system gives the body form and support, and protects the body while allowing it to move. Basically, the muscles in this system perform three important body functions: the movement of body parts, maintenance of body parts, and production of body heat. These muscles all consist of a mass of protein fibers grouped together, and most are of mesoderm al origin. And almost all of the muscle fibers you will ever have or need were...
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Brush Strokes Primary Colors
975 wordsThe painting, Serpent Mythology, by Aaron Brooks is an impressionistic, oil on canvas painting. The approximate size of the painting is four feet by three feet. The painting consists of, a large coiled, yet up-right snake that occupies the left half of the painting. A vibrantly red sphere appears to hover over a dimly colored, yet detailed skull. All of these images are positioned in the foreground. The foreground is a rocky terrain. The background is a mountain, which appears to shift because o...
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Giant Panda Black Bear
1,634 wordsPandas For centuries, the giant panda has been considered to be very special and was kept in captivity as the pet of ancient Chinese emperors. Since its introduction to the western world in 1869 by a French missionary who shipped back a pelt to the Museum of Natural History in Paris, it has become one of the most revered animals in the world. The giant panda is a large mammal, which has the same general size and shape of the American black bear and the Asiatic black bear. In general, adult giant...
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Mc Murphy Nurse Ratched
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Polar Bear North Pole
875 wordsSaving Polar Bears Polar Bears Saving the White Beast The Polar Bear males can measure up to nine feet long, and can weigh 770 - 1430 lbs. The fur of the Polar Bear covers their entire body except their nose and pads of their feet. The Polar Bear (Ursus maritime) is the largest living carnivore on the planet earth. (National Parks Service). The polar bear lives in a small place on the top of the globe called the Arctic Circle. At an average the polar bears have about five million square miles of...
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Speed Of Light Magnetic Fields
251 wordsRadiation: Properties Of Different Types Of Radiation Radiation: Properties Of Different Types Of Radiation Alpha particles: consists of 2 protons and 2 neutrons (Helium nucleus) highly ionizing therefore they strongly attract electrons have a charge of + 2 bent by electric and magnetic fields but not as much as beta due to larger mass relatively heavy and slow moving absorbed by skin / 5 cm air / card therefore it has poor penetrating power Beta Particles: a fast moving electron in beta radiati...
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City Of Babylon Hanging Gardens Palace
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