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Washington D C Hampton Roads
1,504 words
The 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 words
The 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 words
In 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 words
The 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 words
Imagery 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 words
Is 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 words
Marcel 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 words
and 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 words
History 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 words
Huck 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 words
Platoon 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 words
Mount 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 words
The 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 words
The 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 words
Pandas 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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Plot summary of ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NESTA
half-Indian named Chief Broken begins telling us
of his experiences in an Oregon mental hospital.
His disturbed mind teems with machine-obsessed
hallucinations, yet these hallucinations reveal a
deeper truth: far from being a place of healing,
the hospital is a place of fear. Head of his ward
is Nurse Ratched, a woman of great self-control,
who, in the Chiefs view, is the most powerful of
the hospitals mechanical instruments. Only her
large breasts...
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Polar Bear North Pole
875 words
Saving 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 words
Radiation: 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
722 words
? The approach to the Garden sloped like a
hillside and the several parts of the structure
rose from one another tier on tier On all this,
the earth had been piled and was thickly planted
with trees of every kind that, by their great size
and other charm, gave pleasure to the beholder The
water machines [raised] the water in great
abundance from the river, although no one outside
could see it. ? Diodorus SiculusFruits and flowers
Waterfalls Gardens hanging from the palace
terraces Exotic animals...
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