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- 6111: August Tubbe
- ... was not honored and at the age of 72 he was held in confinement until the end of World War I. Currently, April 1999, John August Tubbe and his wife Sarah who are both retired school teachers form the Goose Creek ISD, live on August Tubbe's farm in Nacogdoches, Texas. This farm has been in the Tubbe family since August Tubbe purchased it in 1870. Along with the loyalty to ... owner, and engineers. The women worked in their homes as homemakers except for two great-grandmothers who worked in retail, one great-grandmother who worked in a family owned dry cleaners, one grandmother who taught school for thirty years, one grandmother who worked in a family owned engineering firm and my mother who is a curriculum director in education. Female births dominate one side of my family and male births dominate ...
- 6112: Hermes Carrying The Infant Dionysos
- ... eye. During the time that this sculpture was created, a lot had been going on in Greece. There was a big fear of tyranny, and the statues being created were simply claims of superiority and high status. The people became worried about how these powerful individuals would relate with society. Several Persian defeats had just occurred and Alexander the Great had defeated the Persian Empire. Many wars were occurring at this ... also the only artist from who we still have original work. Praxiteles’ style has many traits. His sculptures are often youthful, graceful and beautiful. The eyes of sculptures often have a “dreamy” look to them, high, curving skulls, flat cheeks, long, narrow eyes, a delicate mouth, smooth flesh, and rough hair. Another work of art by Praxiteles, called the Bartlett Aphrodite, had the same traits almost exactly, especially the dramatic, shadowy ...
- 6113: Water Pollution: Is it as big of a problem as we think?
- ... Canada is severely affecting this nations lakes, streams, and rivers. If something is not done to improve the situation it is going to have some severe environmental problems in its future. Today pollution is very high in both inland and marine waters. All different types of water pollution are contributing factors in this problem. Here are some things that are associated with pollution: Pathogens: Pathogens are disease causing bacteria, viruses, and ... 1979 (3.3 million barrels). The largest spill in the US (240,000 barrels) was that of the tanker Exxon Valdez in Prince William Sound, Gulf of Alaska, in march 1989. Within a week, under high winds, this spill had become a 6700-sq.-km., slick that endangered wildlife and fisheries in the entire gulf area. The oil spills in the Persian Gulf in 1983, during the Iran-Iraq conflict, and ...
- 6114: Malcolm X 2
- ... take care of eight children and endure threats from the KKK, suffered a nervous breakdown. As a result, Malcolm and his siblings were taken by the welfare department. Malcolm was later enrolled in a reform school and did very well grade wise. He was the best student in his class and wanted to become a lawyer. When the school heads heard about this, they sent a person to talk to Malcolm. This person told and convinced Malcolm that he was black and that he could never become a lawyer because of it. As a ...
- 6115: Davy Crockett
- Davy Crockett Davy was born in 1786 in Greene County, Tennessee. He went to school at 13 years old. But he didn't like school. He ran away to the woods for 2 1/2 years to avoid being punished for missing days. Davy Crockett's father was from Ireland and he married Rebecca Crockett. They had three boys and ...
- 6116: Donatello
- ... same kind of statue for him. In the early 1450's, Donatello started to work on some important works for the Paduan church of S. Antonio. These works included a bronze crucifix and a new high altar. His richly decorated architectural works of marble and limestone include seven life-size bronze statues, twenty-one bronze reliefs of various sizes, and a large limestone relief, "Entombment of Christ." The housing for these ... the finest of the reliefs are the four miracles of St. Anthony. Donatello was great in handling large numbers of figures ( one relief has more than one hundred ) which predicts the construction standards of the High Renaissance. Donatello was not doing much work the last three years at Padua, the work for the S. Antonio altar was unpaid for and the Gattamelata monument not placed until 1453. Offers of other places ...
- 6117: Introduction
- ... extracting the country‘s recources ‚‘its wealth‘ without returning noticeable benefits to its economy. Moreover they feared that national companies would not be able to compete with foreign investors and as a result of this high artificially prices and profit margins reduced incentives for national companies to enter. This almost irrepairable bad approach towards foreigner went even that far that journalist widely reported that PepsiCo had a CIA connection aimed at ... with a better agreement of ownership - 51 % further their brand name was still well remembered even after the company‘s long absence as the text states ‚bottles were eve smuggled in from Nepal‘ representing a high level of brand loyalty to Coca Cola. I want to point out one important aspect of the development of both companies. During Colas period of absence Pepsi‘s negotiations with governmental level were not only ...
- 6118: How To Grind
- ... and bike racks are good places to start. Approach the bar slowly, taking care to run perfectly parallel to it, and be slightly to one side. As you near the bar, jump up nice and high and turn 90 degrees while watching your landing spot. Much like a batter in baseball, watching where you will be landing is essential to success. Spread your legs about shoulder width apart, and absorb the ... to practice sliding on. Just about anything will do. Once you are ready, start out by approaching the bar slowly, and at a fairly slight angle. As you near the front of the bar, jump high, and pull your legs up. Keep an eye on your landing spot as you rotate through the 90 degrees and as you are coming back down, unwind and drop your legs onto the bar. The ...
- 6119: Social deterioration in "The Crucible"
- ... said, There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires!(26) Mrs. Putnam did her share of spreading rumors after she heard that the girls were flying, so she asked Parris How high did she (Abigail) fly, how high?(11). These rumors happened because people did not want any blame put on to themselves. This `passing the buck' made people start fighting with one another such as Corey charging Putnam of having his daughter ...
- 6120: Dr. Seuss: The Great American Children's Poet
- ... a wealthy brewer and tavern owner until the Prohibition. Then he worked as the manager of the Springfield Zoo. Ted also had an older sister named Marnie. He went to college at Dartmouth and graduate school at Oxford. While at Dartmouth he got into a bit of trouble when the police arrested him for drinking. (This was during the Prohibition.) As punishment he was kicked off the school magazine, The Jack O'Lantern, to which he contributed as a cartoonist. To get around the rule he began to sign his work as Dr. Seuss. And that is why Ted Geisel became Dr. Seuss ...
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