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- 28481: The Life of Georgia O'Keefe
- ... as successful as ever. I was prevented from returning the following fall due to a severe case of typhoid fever. By 1907, I was ready to attend school again, this time at New York Citys Art Students League. I continued to enjoy my success almost without interruption. I began a series of one-year teaching positions which I held in Amarillo, Texas in 1912-1913, as a drawing supervisor in ... hills in which I had always thrived. Increased interest in abstract expressionism as well as my advanced age and lack of annual New York shows meant less exposure for my new works during the 1950s. It was in these years that I began to ravel extensively, visiting Europe for the first time in 1953 and in later years, Japan and India. By 1971, I was eighty-four, and my eyesight ...
- 28482: Curfew: Worth It Or Not
- ... during the night, city is spending tax money for something that is impossible to enforce. Curfew makes you feel imprisoned since you can not leave house for parties or be at one of your friend's house for long time. Lets say that I have to get some programs for computer from one of my friends and it might take a long time to do that. So after I finish and ... who is less than 17 years of age or less since you are limited in transportation and money. Kids who are 17 years of age and below do not commit crimes, therefore spending tax payer's taxes for something that will have no use at all. The Curfew is not being enforced since it is hard to identify the persons by their looks, puts an end to your fun, and does ...
- 28483: Shakespeare and his Theater
- ... could understand the play. Not having a lighting technician to work the control panels, Shakespeare had to indicate wether it was dawn or nightfall by using a speech rich in metaphors and descriptive details. Shakespeare's theater was far from being bare, the playwright did have some valuable technical sources that he used to the best of his ability. The costumes the actors wore were made to be very elaborate. Many ... plays included passages of subtle poetry, of deep philosophy, and scenes of terrible violence. Shakespeare was an actor as well as a playwright, so he new well what his audience wanted to see. The company's offered as many as thirty plays a season, customarily changing the programs daily. The actors thus had to hold many parts in their heads, which may account for Elizabethan playwrights' blank verse writing style.
- 28484: Silent Spring
- ... the end of it and all is fair. This cannot be more wrong according to this quote. When you kill one thing many others will die along with it. In Chapter 6 of Rachel Carsons Silent Spring Carson tells of how after chemicals are used many beautiful roadsides and lands were destroyed and the edges along rivers and were destroyed also which left animals without food and water. The first ... tells of no hope either. The quote is telling that this is what happens when chemicals are used. In the world today more and more chemicals are being produced to kill off certain plants. Todays knowledge of chemicals is increasing and each day more people are replaced with the work of machines. These machines make it easy to spread the chemicals across the land and can only do harm in ...
- 28485: The Crucible 2
- ... takes place in the late 17th century during the famous yet tragic witch trials. It is a story that contains the many struggles that came about as a result of the strict Puritan setting. Miller s depiction of the Salem witch trials deals with a community that starts out with a tightly knit and church loving faηade. However, once finger pointing at the witches began, the community starts accusing each other ... Abigail accused Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft because she lusted after her husband, John Proctor. Elizabeth was arrested. It was the hidden motives behind the accusations that fan the flames of the Salem witch trials. Salem s hysteria made the community lose faith in the spiritual beliefs that they were trying to strictly enforce. It is not difficult to offer explanations for the events in the Salem witch trials. The buried suspicions ...
- 28486: Summary Of Latex Allergy
- ... of the upsurge of infectious diseases there was an increase in imported Latex gloves increased from one million in 1987 to eight million in 1988. Also, because of this increase in demand, foreign suppliers didn t live up to the US requirements in manufacturing the gloves, which has of course resulted in a higher latex exposure. And because of Latex being an allergen, the repeated exposure to it may become life ... find/hire a new one, much more so than a 25% increase in money spent for Latex substitutes. Some places in Canada, Europe and our nation have transferred to non-latex products already. I can t understand why the US Government has not taken a more precautious and safe approach to Latex, as no real implications of switching to substitutes have come about. People need to be more educated on this ...
- 28487: Alexander The Great 2
- ... his parents best qualities. His father was an excellent general and organizer, while his mother was extremely intelligent.At the age of thirteen he became a pupil of Aristotle. It was Aristotle who inspired Alexander's great love for literature. Through his mentor Alexander learned the Greek ways of living and the ideals of Greek civilization.However, it was not all work and no play for the young Alexander. He spent ... him. This victory made the rest of Asia Minor vulnerable. In 333 BC Alexander marched into Syria. Even though Darius III, King of Persia, had raised a large army he was unable to withstand Alexander's powerful infantry and phalanx. The entire region soon submitted to Alexander. Following this he went to Egypt, where he was welcomed as a deliverer because the Egyptians hated their cruel Persian rulers. It was here ...
- 28488: Ptolemy of Alexandria
- ... A skeleton star map which could be rotated above a solid plate engraved with day-curves and hour lines for a specific geographic latitude. Ptolemy became the first person to locate places on the earth's surface by latitude and longitude. Ptolemy often complained about the poor quality of Babylonian planetary data. Eclipses and other lunar events were timed with water clocks. Other phenomena were not always reported in the greatest ... theory of stellar evolution can account for such a colour change. Overall, Ptolemy made several significant contributions to astronomy. The collection of ancient astronomy information in his books preserved many early theories. Although incorrect, Ptolemy's centre of the universe theory influenced orbital thinking. The greatest achievement Ptolemy conceived was his method of locating specific places using a sort of astro blade. This astro-blade creation would not be generally used ...
- 28489: Down Syndrome
- ... were thought then to have an arrested development. This ethnic insult came under fire in the 1960s from Asian genetic researchers, and the term was dropped from scientific use. Instead, the condition became called "Down's syndrome." In the 1970s, an American revision of scientific terms changed it simply to "Down syndrome," while it still is called "Down's" in Europe. There are three main types of Down syndrome. The vast majority of children with Down syndrome (approximately 95 percent) have an extra 21 chromosome. Instead of the normal number of 46 chromosomes in ...
- 28490: Why Does Man Create Anyway?
- ... Like Jesus, who suffered. They are often created with supernatural or divine powers. Often times they are eternal. Man feared mortality. In result, man created an eternal Supreme Being who offered Heaven to comfort man's fear of death. The interesting thing is that God can neither be proved or disproved. In Egypt, statues were created and believed to hold life after one died. They were believed to give shelter to bodies through eternity. We have cemetary's filled with graves as a way of recognition of our existence. As human beings we have a difficulty in accepting death and an ending of our personal existence. Different types of religions, beliefs and gods ...
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