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- 27101: How To Build A Pond
- ... feel forced. Simple shape pond shapes are best. Sharp curved edges or too many curves look artificial. Choose plants for the pond and its surroundings that make the pond look genuine. Plants at the water's edge are usually different from those found on the surroundings higher ground. Especially reminiscent of natural ponds are large plant's that leaves overhanging the water's edge, and plants with long thin, grassy foliage that grows in the shallows. These will all help to cover the water edge, which is almost never seen in a natural pond. Most nurseries sell ...
- 27102: Ring Of Time
- In E.B. White s The Ring of Time, the author gives a narrative account of his trip to a circus rehearsal where he describes a fascinating scene of a young girl practicing a horse act for an upcoming show ... he wishes to focus on. After watching her magnificently ride around the one of the circus rehearsal rings, the author begins see a connection between the girl and her act. This brings about the author s central idea of a cyclical view of time. White suggests that time is circular, and that is goes round and round repeating itself. The images of rings and circles throughout the first few paragraphs support this. He describes the girl s gaze as circular , and time itself began running in circles as she took her horse around the circus ring. However, time itself is a constantly changing quantity with everything around it changing also. White ...
- 27103: Style Analysis For See Them Di
- ... harsh, unnatural environment. The inseparable ideas of heat and July give the piece a secure foundation on which the detail builds. This structural security, reinforced by three other lines also set in isolation, gives McBain s writing an uncompromising edge, thus complementing his bleak tone. It is only 8:40 am and it its Sunday. Placed almost midway, offers a structural reminder that much more will follow when the people wake ... previously. Garbage, neglect and the sordid symptoms of poverty establish clearly that the people in the setting are trapped on all sides by heat, July and where they live. The simple movement of a man s arm, through its stark contrast, reinforces the control of the disgusting street environment. The single line This is the only movement on the street Cuts off any further glimpses of people or action, at this stage, in keeping with the writer s chief purpose. He quickly returns first to the stillness and heat in paragraph four, and then to the dissonant sounds, amid the overwhelming heat, in the final paragraph. These two developments add to the ...
- 27104: Indian Removal Act
- ... Indian removal into effect in the war of 1812 when he battled the great Tecumseh and conquered him. Then General, later to become President, Jackson began the later Indian Removal movement when he conquered Tecumseh¹s allied Indian nation and began distributing their lands (of which he invested heavily in). Jackson became the leader of the distribution of Indian lands and distributed them in unequal ways. In 1828 when Jackson was ... went with the suppression of South Carolina and gave Georgia all out support. When faced with the decision of Union or Indians he went with the Union and oppressed the Indians. The Executive branch wasn¹t the only part of government which suppressed the Indians, the Legislative branch also suppressed them. In 1828 Congress passed the Indian Removal Bill which forced the Indians in the south to relocate or "be subjected ...
- 27105: Death Penalty
- ... only serving several years. Being against killing is okay, but putting a life to rest in order to save more lives makes more sense. Criminals live an easy life in prison, and they probably don’t think twice about their crime. First of all, people pay taxes for prisoners to live a healthy lifestyle. Criminals eat, sleep, and are even given an education. All these excessive luxuries will be taken from ... of jealousness, the beast in man, and greed. The law should be laid down to keep people in line and from destructing everything that is good. The death penalty is not an evil punishment; it’s the person who committed such a crime who deserves the death penalty.
- 27106: Natural Law Theory
- ... that every, single person is a part of the universe that was created and is ruled by a divine power rationally. To live rationally and with virtue, according to the Stoics, was to follow one*s nature and reason. Thus, they deemed emotion and passion irrational, and therefore unnatural. For Stoics, the wise would be those who excluded emotion and passion from their decision making process.(Bainton 21-22) The great ... are one way God tries to tell us what is just. Bibliography Bainton, Roland H. Christianity. Houghton Mifflin: Boston, 1987. Berkhof, Louis. The History of Christian Doctrines. Baker Book House: Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1990. Compton*s Encyclopedia. *St. Thomas Aquinas* Britannica Inc.: Chicago, 1989. vol. 2. pg. 520. Compton*s Encyclopedia. *Natural Law* Britannica Inc.: Chicago, 1989. vol. 16. pg. 87-88. ELibrary, Internet, *Natural Law* Microsoft Encarta. *Natural Law.*
- 27107: Cruelty Of Animal Testing .
- ... as well. Mankind often fails to give animals the respect and rights they deserve, they are treated as lifeless, unfeeling scientific specimens and items that we may manipulate at our own convenience and for vanity's sake. Laboratory research involving animals is cruel and merciless treatment of helpless creatures. No law requires that cosmetics and household products be tested on animals. Nevertheless, by six o'clock this evening, hundreds of animals ... and are not plagued with species differences that make extrapolation difficult or impossible. Eytex, developed by InVitro International, assesses irritancy with a protein alteration system. A vegetable protein from the jack bean mimics the cornea's reaction when exposed to foreign matter. The greater the irritation, the more opaque the solution becomes. The Skintex formula, developed by the same corporation, is made from the yellowish meat of the pumpkin rind; it ... If you need backup to encourage the people you speak with, inform them of the sickening situations involving lab animals. Instead of buying all of your personal care products, why not make some yourself? It's simple and inexpensive, kind to animals, and ecologically sound. Boycott companies which test their products on animals, and feel free to write them letting the company know why you are boycotting them. Lists of ...
- 27108: Mound Building Cultures
- ... mound. Inside the temples were carvings, paintings, and a sacred fire that only a few people besides Native Americans have ever seen. Platform mounds were placed in central positions in important communities, especially the chief’s house. The Adenans, Hopewellians, and Mississippians are the three main mound-building cultures. The first American Indian group to build mounds was the Adenans. They began building burial sites around 1000 B.C. The Adena ... remain in Ohio from the Hopewell culture. Around 500 B.C. the Hopewellians disappeared, giving way to a group of tribes known as the Mississippians, also known as Temple Mound culture. The Mississippians built Monk’s Mound, which covers 14 acres and is 100 feet high. Monk’s Mound is a platform mound with a large house on top where the chief and his servants lived in. This tribe used flint hoes to get dirt. The Mississippian tribe built both platform and ...
- 27109: What is Fascism and Why does it Emerge?
- ... funnelling aggression into a powerful force and channelling it against outsiders so individuals will not question the state. Nationalism often relies on the use of a scapegoat. The most blatant example of this was Hitler's scapegoating on the Jews. He would blame them for the defeat of Germany in World War 1, or claim they were the downfall of Germany. Hitler took this idea to an extreme and later went ... functions, but are unimportant, and only important as a whole body. The fascist applies this principle to the notion that the individual is unimportant as a single person but significant in the fact that it's a component of the community and the interest of the state which is the superior element of exisistence. The fascist feels that all means for the state are justifiable and “there is no room for ... New York: William Morrow and Co., 1937 ed. Cohen, Carl "Communism Fascism and Democracy". New York:Random House, 1963. De Felice, Renzo "Interpretations of Fascism". Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1977. Ebenstein, Alan O. "Today's Isms" New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1985 "The Fascist Beast" Economist, Apr 9' 1994. Groth, Alexander. J "Major Ideologies: An Interpretation Survey of Democracy, Socialism and Nationalism". Toronto: John Willy and sons INC., 1971. Kolinsky, ...
- 27110: Tattoo History
- ... for the Apiaca Indian boys began at age 14 and consisted of a face tattoo. This meant a rectangle around the mouth, indicating that the boy could eat human flesh. In many cases the women's tattoo process was made known to much extent. Kayan women are tattooed in complicated serial designs over the whole forearm, the backs of hands, and over the whole area of the thighs. This process that ... his arm, which led many other royal family members to become tattooed. Several artists in England tattooed designs of the Tower Bridge, the Houses of Parliament, the Imperial Institute, and British battleships. In the 1900's images changed a little, in Brazil some artists were focusing on eagles, geisha girls, and the classic spiral dragons with bat winds and sharp elongated claws. These artists used thick, solid outlines, heavy shading, and ... was the only British tattoo artist who left a written record of his life and work. His records were compiled and printed in 1958 as "Memoirs of a Tattooist." Tattoo Lucky buzzed ink into people's skin for more than 20 years in Brazil. During his time it is said that tattoo artists were like gypsies, traveling from one port to another. He worked for awhile on a port in ...
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