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- 16741: Korean Traditional House
- The traditional Korean house is heated by warm air or warm water which passes through hollow spaces or pipes under the floor. There's nothing better than coming home to a warm floor on a cold day. That's one of the reasons Koreans don't wear shoes in the house. In prehistoric times, people in the northern part of Korea lived in pit dwellings with straw roofs. In the south, they lived in houses built on stilts. These early ...
- 16742: A New Day - Book Review
- ... writer Brenda Conno-Bey. She lives in the northeastern United States. This book features two people: Carol Anne McClementine and Max Scutter. They came from two different social and financial backgrounds. Max had a master's degree in finance and was successful while Carol Anne was just a secretary, not career drive, but trying to find her way in the professional world. There meeting originated in an ice cream shop. This ... longing for a little girl. Carol Anne was past the age of thirty and a single parent and was struggling. She was trying to raise her daugher, provide food and shelter and ensure her child's safety. Hardened by life's harshness to her, she believed in nothing and certainly not the hope that a man would truly love her. Carol Anne must overcome her old wounds and become the person she didn't think ...
- 16743: William Shakespeare: Most Famous of All English Writers
- ... author influenced him to write this play in the fashion that he did. These events come from his life and the point in history in which he lived, thus producing Much Ado About nothing. Shakespeare's life has very much to do with the style of his writing as his stories are from his past experiences. Shakespeare had a life that involved both the good and bad aspects of love. He was married for a short while, however, the marriage was suspected to be an unhappy one because he spent much of his later life away from his family. Shakespeare's misfortune in love is shown in Much Ado About Nothing when it is said, "Speak low if you speak love." (Shakespeare). Contrary to this, the positive side of love is apparent: "Friendship is constant in ... in Much Ado About Nothing is deceit. This deceit involves a conflict between two brothers in which one wants to keep the other unhappy and unwed. This conflict is present as it is said, "There's a skirmish of wit between them." (Shakespeare). Shakespeare, in his life, had some deceitful things forced upon him where he was cheated out of something. He was forced out of school at an early ...
- 16744: Should Steroids Be Banned From Society?
- Should Steroids Be Banned From Society? Its amazing what athletes will do to achieve higher levels of performance and to get an edge on the rivaled competition. Often people do not realize the long-term effects that result from the decisions they make early in life. This resembles the obvious phenomenon with steroids. Steroids became a spreading exposure to athletes in the Olympics and other major sporting events during the 1950s. This use of steroids among athletes became apparent when Canadian sprint runner Ben Johnson tested positive for steroid use after winning the gold medal for the 100-meter dash during the 1988 Olympics. Now a ... an autopsy showed the person was using steroids, but this does not mean they are a lethal drug as some medical professionals have stated. Some advocates believe that because steroids are legal, and since its the decision of the user to take the drug, steroids are not causing a problem in society. Millions, causing deteriorating effects on their bodies consume alcohol and cigarettes, but there has never been a ...
- 16745: On Taunting Lacy Lou
- ... mercy to my small town during June. I would be turning twelve that summer, and my brother would turn nine. Every summer my brother and I traded jobs. We could either feed the dog, papa's golden girl, or mow the grass. Feeding Lacy Lou, dad's pup, meant total admiration from dad. So it was not a thrill when my mother announced the rat had won the good chore. Relentlessly, I trudged to the backyard where I would get started mowing ... chosen, went to get the mixture of dog food with chipped beef and steak for that loyal basset hound. Lacy Lou always gazed at me with her "chocolate" eyes and her droopy mask. I couldn't bear the vulnerability of not having a fence around our yard. The fence held all my inferiority inside the tiny realm. The white lining guarded our material possessions and our sanity. Lacy Lou was ...
- 16746: The Theater of Dionysus
- The Theater of Dionysus The Theater of Dionysus was Europe's first theater, and stood immediately below the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. It was originally built in the late 5th century B.C. The theater was an outdoor auditorium in the shape of a great semicircle ... blue sky, behind it was the Acropolis, and seen in the distance was the olive colored hills and lush green of the forests that surround. The theater was built as a result of the Athenian's religious practice in honor of the god, Dionysos, who personified both wine and fruitfulness. Long before the theater itself was built, an annual ceremonial festival was held for Dionysus in the same spot. This ancient ceremony was performed by choruses of men who sang and danced in the god's honor. Spectators would gather in a circle to watch these dancers; that was the way that the theater took its circular shape. When the theater was built, the performers only sang and danced about ...
- 16747: Gillian by Laurel Oke Logan
- ... well in her classes, and before she knows it, it is time for her to graduate from college. After graduation Gillian went home to her parents house. She was a little upset because she couldn't find a job and all of her friends had found jobs. When Gillian told her father how she felt he told her that there was a woman who called him to see if she (Gillian ... began to think about it the whole idea scared her to death. Going off to a place outside of the United States where she had never been and leaving her family behind, she just didn't know if she could go through with it. A few days after debating about going she called the lady and got more information about it and she decided she would give it a try. Gillian ... area where the camp was located. As the months went on she got to know the people better, she found out that Jake was a Christian and so was her good friend Kyle. Gillian didn't really understand the whole idea about Christianity so she began to ask Jake questions concerning the matter. Well, in the mean time Randy, this guy who is interested in Gillian, tried to tell her ...
- 16748: E. E. Cummings
- ... to life (Triem 2). He also grew up in a rich neighborhood. He virtually grew up in Harvard Yard and was surrounded by the most traditional aspects of Cambridge culture (Smelstor 455). E.E. Cummings s parents not only provided him with creative surroundings, but also provided him with the best of educations. Educated at Cambridge High School and Latin School, he entered Harvard University in 1911 and remained there until 1916, when he received his Master s degree (Ulanov 565). It was during this time that E.E. Cummings was publishing his first poems for the Harvard Monthly Journal (Smelstor 455). After earning his Master s at Harvard, he then moved on to volunteering as an ambulance driver in France during WWII. From his experiences in La Ferte Mace (a detention camp) he accumulated material for his documentary novel, The ...
- 16749: Lysistrata
- ... wine into the bowl signifies the ejaculation of sperm into the womb and contrasts with the sterility of the oath. Their oath promises them to not enjoy intercourse. The burning torches brought by the mens chorus are an ironic symbol of the passions raging in men's loins. Their attempt to batter through the gate is nothing else than a sexual penetration, and foreshadows the attempts of Cinesias later in the play. Within Lysistrata, the pouring of water on the men to douse their sexual urges parallels the dampening of their husbands' passions to which the women have sworn. The Magistrate's allusions refer to the lustful invitations to adultery, which men offer. Amongst all this passion is Lysistrata, and in response to the Magistrates call for a crow-bar (another phallic symbol), she states, " ...
- 16750: Black Holes
- ... hole prevents any light or other electromagnetic radiation from escaping. But where lies the point of no return at which any matter or energy is doomed to disappear from the visible universe? The black hole's surface is known as the event horizon. Behind this horizon, the inward pull of gravity is overwhelming and no information about the black hole's interior can escape to the outer universe. Applying the Einstein Field Equations to collapsing stars, Kurt Schwarzschild discovered the critical radius for a given mass at which matter would collapse into an infinitely dense state ... speak of space and time, much less space-time. Jumbled up at the singularity, space and time as we know them cease to exist. At the singularity, the laws of physics break down, including Einstein's Theory of General Relativity. This is known as Quantum Gravity. In this realm, space and time are broken apart and cause and effect cannot be unraveled. Even today, there is no satisfactory theory for ...
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