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An Interpretation of a Text from Different Scholars (323 words, 1 pages)

What is text?When the word text is used most people would think that is a book or a paper which contains a lengthy sequence of narration with the aim of delivering meaning in the form of story-telling or message. This essay will elaborate the interpretation of texts through various scholars.The ... Read More

A Lab Experiment on Conducting a Direct Shear Test to Determine the Angle of Internal Friction of Dry Sand (963 words, 10 pages)

IntroductionThe direct shear test is carried out on either undisturbed samples or remolded samples. To facilitate the remolding purpose, a soil sample may be compacted at optimum moisture content in a compaction mold. Then specimen for the direct shear test could be obtained using the correct cutter provided. Alternatively, sand ... Read More

Winning the Battle from Vasovagal Syndrome (1359 words, 5 pages)

Pupils dilate, muscles tense, rapid heart rate, difficulty breathing, and then blackout. This has become normal for me since having been diagnosed with vasovagal syncope. It is a condition that causes the blood vessels to constrict in moments of stress, anxiety, or depression and then release causing the person to ... Read More

An Escape from the Realities of Life (364 words, 1 pages)

Our life is so multifaceted and interesting that its very hard to discover all its delights in such short period. Spending the most of our life among the society in the cement cities we often forget that we are in fact the part of nature. To my mind the experience ... Read More

A Report on the Quote from Harper Pitt from Angels in America (308 words, 1 pages)

So when we think weve escaped the unbearable ordinariness and, well, untruthfulness of our lives, its really only the same old ordinariness and falseness rearranged into the appearance of novelty and truthThis is a quote from Harper Pitt that describes the inescapable qualities of our reality and how often we ... Read More

The Different Angle of the Gas Leak Report in Los Angeles by the New York Daily News, CNN, California and NPR (930 words, 4 pages)

Plugged On October 23 2015, a gas leak was reported near Los Angeles, forcing thousands to relocate. New York Daily News reported on how the event has affected the state and its residents and specifically how it will affect them monetarily. CNN reports on how it has specifically affected the ... Read More

Who is Superior? Beowulf from Beowulf, or Achiles from the Iliad by Homer? (1269 words, 4 pages)

Stories were a staple of entertainment long ago thrilling tales of adventure and heroism taught children morals and rules that their society valued. Beowulf and Achilles are exemplary examples of heroes that were role models for ancient civilizations, although from different cultures. Their epics were retold for many generations by ... Read More

A Timeless Lesson from the Mahabharata (576 words, 2 pages)

With all purpose anticipation, Duryodhana arranged to have the Pandavas exiled. The Pandavas escaped the fire left the town. When the Pandavas returned, them the Kauravas ruled different parts of the kingdom. Yudhisthira bet his part of kingdom lost it to Duryodhana. The Pandavas went into exile for 13 years. ... Read More

Waking Up from My Dream (421 words, 2 pages)

With my army at my back, I mentally prepare myself for battle. This duel could put an end to this horrible war. My armor is sturdy, I will be well protected from the mighty spear of Menelaus. My brother, Lycaon, his body armor suits me well and I know in ... Read More

Producing an Image of a Celestial Object From Data Acquired From a CCD Camera (295 words, 1 pages)

In order to produce a usable image of a given celestial object from data acquired from a CCD camera, the equation is utilized. P represents the actual photons emitted by our target object, and gives the final image that we intend to produce, while QE and G are values fundamental ... Read More

Technology and Catastrophe in the Movies The Fly from 1958 and The Fly from 1986 (1335 words, 4 pages)

Catastrophe thy Name is FlyTechnology gives us, as a society, the opportunity to accomplish great feats, but can also lead to devastating results. For example, we have created cars that allow us to travel great distances, yet we have also assembled hydrogen bombs that can disintegrate a city. This idea ... Read More

The Concept of Oddity with Odd Numbers (643 words, 2 pages)

The morning melody of car engines impregnates my intellectual conversation with Leibnitz. A car approaches us, and poor Leibnitz runs off warding himself from the devil incarnate. I carefully scribe this intriguing encounter, its contents lost into the Freudian unconsciousness. My Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers lies beneath my face, ... Read More

America From Jefferson to Jackson (692 words, 4 pages)

America from Jefferson to JacksonAmerica under President Jackson was a very different place from President Jefferson in a number of ways although, in some ways, it remained similar. President Jackson eliminated property requirements for voting, as he believed that all men were qualified to hold office, and political positions should ... Read More

An Experiment on the Synthesis of Camphor from Isoberneol (659 words, 3 pages)

Purpose To synthesize camphor from isoborneol in a green way-meaning that reagents rather than chromium would be used for synthesis.Procedure In a 50 mL flask, 1.29 grams of isoborneol was added and stirred along with 1.2 mL glacial acetic acid. 1.7 mL of NaOCl was added dropwise to the solution ... Read More

The Rude Characters of Two Cricket Players in P.G. Wodehouse’s The Odd Trick and How Pillingshot Scored (573 words, 2 pages)

P. G. Wodehouse's "The Odd Trick" and "How Pillingshot Scored" storiesillustrate that cricket players are usually rude two cricket players treattheir colleagues rudely. To this end, Tony Graham forces Philip St H.Harrison to strip in public within "The Odd Trick". Similarly, Scottforces Pillingshot to execute an uncomfortable task within "How ... Read More

The Supreme Court Should Limit Itself from Making Policy from the Bench (1152 words, 4 pages)

The Supreme Court and Judicial PolicyThe Supreme Court of the United States wields a significant amount of power that was not necessarily intentional, given the writing in the Constitution. Many have debated whether the Court should be active in making policy from the bench. However, the Supreme Court tries to ... Read More

A Tour at the Taps from Scratch (950 words, 3 pages)

After a long day planning an event at Stardust Video Coffee, I walked over to the local Winter Park brewery Taps From Scratch to take a tour. The building is one story tall and looks like it was formerly in a strip mall. From the outside the brewery screams local ... Read More

An Escape from Reality through Media (1541 words, 5 pages)

Couch potatoes and people who play World of Warcraft on their PCs all day seem to be victims of mass media, spending hours upon hours to distract themselves from the real world. But let us not forget the nouveau mass media junkies YouTube watchers. From watching cartoons and pets react ... Read More

The Odd Occurrences Shows Greater Understanding of Truth in the Three Characters in The Song at the Scaffold by Gertrud von Le Fort (1460 words, 4 pages)

Occurrences that are at odds with what would be expected can sometimes bring about a greater understanding of truth. Three characters in The Song at the Scaffold show this particularly well. The Marquis life shows how his ideals about revolutionary thought and abstract social concepts are not the goods they ... Read More

Camera Angles and Music in the Film Adaption of The Tin Drum by Volker Schlondorff (703 words, 3 pages)

Little Big Oskar The Tin Drum Screening ReportIn the 1979 film adaption of The Tin Drum, Volker Schlondorff expertly uses camera angles and music to evoke and inform the viewer the amount of control little Oskar has over his life and whatever situation is at hand in the downward spiraling ... Read More

The Difficulties That a Transgender Faces From Society (1175 words, 5 pages)

Gender StudiesAmericas Relationship To SexualityGender is a socially constructed idea that is very much a part of the culture in the United States. Throughout your life, in ways that you may or may not realize, you are being told to fit into a specific mold of male or female with ... Read More

An Analysis of The Angel of the Odd: An Extravaganza by Edgar Allan Poe (614 words, 3 pages)

Edgar Allan Poe's "The Angel of the Odd An Extravaganza" storyhighlights the importance of being keen with what one is doing. To conveythis message, Poe describes the negative experiences of the male narratoris not keen with his actions. This narrator is not keen with his actionsbecause he fails to inspect ... Read More

A Personal Narrative about Meeting and Learning From the Professionals From the Carthage Community (1292 words, 5 pages)

Learning From The ProfessionalsIntroductionIn Tuesdays class we met five Carthage alums that have left the Carthage community to become professionals. Each of them have gone in there own very different directions and have found success in what they are doing. They all had their own stories to tell about how ... Read More

A Look at the Odd History of Marijuana in the United States (1373 words, 5 pages)

Marijuana, also known as cannabis, is a preparation made from the dried flower clusters and leaves of the cannabis plant, usually smoked (through different kinds of drug paraphernalia) or eaten to induce euphoria. Marijuana is a downer that gives the user a high with feelings of mild euphoria and relaxation. ... Read More

Rising from the Ashes (1497 words, 7 pages)

Rising from the ResPhoenix- a mythical bird fabled to live 500 or 600 years, to burn itself on a funeral pyre, and to rise from its ashes in the freshness of youth and live through another cycle of years often an emblem of immortality or of reborn idealism or hope ... Read More

Trade Contributions From Colombia (554 words, 3 pages)

When the average North American thinks about possible world trade contributions from a South American country such as Colombia, the first goods that typically come to their minds are tropical fruits, nuts, coffee, and spices. Though many South American countries do export a large percentage of the worlds consumable goods, ... Read More

How Children Benefit from Chores (693 words, 2 pages)

Assigning Responsibility How Children Benefit From ChoresEvery child needs to have structure in their lives when they reach a certain age and it should start off with simple and easy-to-do chores around the home. Chores like picking up toys after using them and putting trash in its proper place are ... Read More

A Comparison of Emilion Sandoz from The Sparrow and Napoleon A. Chagnon from Yanomamo (1019 words, 3 pages)

The basic fundamental reasoning behind why anthropologist do what they do has not changed over the course of history. When we examine The Sparrow and Yanomamo we can see two separate cases in where anthropologist and Jesuits describe their first contact on field work. The same goal in mind, to ... Read More

The Course of Action from the Utilitarian Perspective and from the Kantian Perspective (1234 words, 5 pages)

Question You are a streetcar driver. On one of your daily routes you roll on to a stretch of streetcar track that is bordered on both sides by steep hills that are not climbable. In front of you are five streetcar-track workers. You blow the whistle and slam on your ... Read More

An Analysis of Comedy in the Odd Couple by Neil Simon (1300 words, 5 pages)

An Analysis of Comedy in The Odd Couple The phrase "opposites attract" was created as an explanation for whytwo completely different people, with different personalities, traits, andviews on life are unexpectedly attracted to each other. To many, this seemsmysterious and quite enigmatic. But nonetheless, some couples fit thisdescription well. Felix ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013