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Green Building Essays and Term Papers
AthenaThe god to be the topic of discussion in this report is . was an
important member of the Olympic pantheon. She was born fully armed from the
forehead of Zeus, the chief god. Athena was Zeus's favorite child. He
entrusted her with the Aegis, his breastplate, and with his thunderbolt.
Athena's ...
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Fossil Fuels And Alternative Energy SourcesSince the beginning of industry humans have been in search of fuel to power machines and generate energy. Fossil fuels, such as crude oil and coal, discovered beneath the Earth’s surface were found to be an excellent source of fuel. These fossil fuels are burnt in order to generate the ...
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The Hoa Lo Prison CampDuring the Vietnam war many U.S. soldiers became prisoners of war (POWs). Some of those prisoners ended up in prisons such as the Hoa Lo prison. The Hoa Lo prison, located in the middle of the city of Hanoi, was nicknamed the Hanoi Hilton. It got this nickname because the building was formally ...
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Fahrenheit 451: ChangeWhat is change? Webster's Second Collegiate Dictionary, defines
change as to cause to become different; alter; transform; convert. Many
things, people, and world events are able to change. Peace may be present
for years and shattered by a disagreement over religion, or shift of
political power. ...
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The LotteryWhen one thinks of a lottery, they imagine winning a large sum of money. Shirley Jackson uses the setting in to foreshadow an ironic ending. The peaceful and tranquil town described in this story has an annual lottery, and you can’t possibly guess what the “prize” is…
The author foreshadows an ...
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Alexander Graham Bellis a name of great significance in American
history today. A skillful inventor and generous philanthropist, he astounded
the world with his intuitive ideas that proved to be both innovative and
extremely practical in the latter half of the 19th century. Most notable, of
course, are Bell's work ...
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Charles Babbage: The Pioneer Of The ComputerCharles Babbage, the British mathematician and inventor, was born December 26, 1791 in Teignmouth, Devonshire UK. He was the son of a Tory banker - Benjamin (Old Five Percent) Babbage. He designed and built mechanical computing machines on principles that anticipated the modern electronic ...
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DionysusWinter squalls are drained out of the sky. The violet season of flowering spring smiles. The black earth glitters under green lawns. Swelling plants pop open with tiny petals. Meadows laugh and suck the morning dew, while the rose unfolds.
The shepherd in the hills happily blows the top notes of ...
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Fire 2Fire is a topic on which most people can comment. Fire is a widespread phenomenon. Most of us have seen fires in natural vegetation, or their effects; stark, blackened vegetation or a smoke pall. Because fires such as these can have damaging economic and social effects, can spoil forestry ...
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The Mountain Of DeathImagine, a mountain that has taken the lives of two people and has hardly ever been climbed. This was the mountain that was climbed in the summer of 1998 by my father, my best friend and me. It is called, Sawtooth Ridge, creeping to an elevation just under 10,000 feet, eighty-nine switch-backs, ...
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To Kill A Mocking Bird 2"I'd rather you shoot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want,
if you can hit'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."(96).
The above words are what Atticus Finch tells his children after they are given air-rifles for Christmas. In ...
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The Battle Of The Spanish ArmadaThe great naval battle between Spain and England in 1588- one of the
most important battles in the history of the world- is known as the Battle of
the Invincible Armada. But in a sense, this is a misnomer. An invincible armada
is one that cannot be defeated, yet the mighty fleet of warships that ...
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Jeremy Rifkin's "The End Of Work"Individuals tend to develop a false sense of security concerning the
certainty of their jobs. After working for an organization for fifteen or more
years, it is difficult for them to understand that their employers may no longer
need their service. Jeremy Rifkin wrote The End of Work in order ...
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Global WarningAs the world's expanding population burns large quantities of fossil fuels and simultaneously cuts down large expanses of forests worldwide, the concentrations of CO2 and other greenhouse gases are building up in the atmosphere. "The green house effect is the (imperfect) analogy used to explain ...
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DionysusWinter squalls are drained out of the sky. The violet season
of flowering spring smiles. The black earth glitters under
green lawns. Swelling plants pop open with tiny petals.
Meadows laugh and suck the morning dew, while the rose
unfolds.
The shepherd in the hills happily blows the top notes of ...
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The Count Of Monte Cristo 3The Count of Monte Cristo By: Alexandre Dumas
Type of Literary Work: Historical Novel
This book is an example of a historical Novel. It is historically accurate, and consists of characters that could have existed in the nineteenth century.
Theme:Judgment Day comes to us all inevitably. We all pay ...
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Personal Writing: Christmas MemoriesApproaching Grandma's, our family anticipates the grand holiday about to
be rekindled once again. With our family and friends about to be reunited with
each other, each family member is trying not to notice how long the last
kilometer is taking. The trees along the road seem to crawl by slower as ...
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Colorado RiverGeography Geographers can tell you that the one thing that most rivers and their adjacent flood plains in the world have in common is that they have rich histories associated with human settlement and development. This especially true in arid regions which are very dependent upon water. Two ...
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Creative Writing: Huck's RebellionI watched as Aunt Sally entered the courthouse to fill out my adoption
papers. She had said to me that she was going to make a sivilized young
man out of me. She actually believes that she is going to sivilize me ,
ha! I looked around the room and saw how grimy and dusty it was. There
were ...
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