Swan

On 3 December 2015, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that all branches of the military must open all combat roles to women within one year. This brings new urgency to the issue of rampant sexual assault and harassment in the U.S. military. Roughly 19,000 U.S. servicemen and servicewomen were sexually assaulted or raped last year while serving their country - that is approximately 52 cases per day. Their assailants by-and-large were other service members. Although roughly 80% of cases go…

The Achumawi was a group of Indians located in the northeast corner of California. It was estimated in 1770 that there were 3,000 Achumawi but the estimate included the Atsugewi who happen to be great friends with Achumawi but are a different tribe entirely. Later on, in the 1910 Census, there is only about 1,000 Achumawi. Achumawi means River people. They were also called Pit River People because of their hunting habits of digging pits to trap deer. The Achumawi spoke the Palaihnihan Language…

The rest the car way was silence. EXCEPT for Brendon breathing. "Stop breathing on me." Dalla complains for the tenth time already. "I'm not.I'm breathing on the window." Brendon corrects Dalla. "I'm about to put your ass out." Dalla snaps. (Damn son your panties are in a twist?) After that Brendon just sat down with his arms crossed; he's acting like a five year old....... Wait when is he not? What seems like forever Brendon, Dalla, and Ryan made it home. Luckily they're not dead, or at…

The piece La Mer by Claude Debussy drew much criticism in its early years. “I see no sea, I hear no sea, I feel no sea,” a Parisian critic remarked following the piece’s deplorable premiere. But over time, La Mer has matured into a classic, hailing today as one of the most famous seascapes ever composed. Inside Dallas’s own Meyerson Center, conductor Pablo Heras-Casado and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra command the group’s powerful volume and musical interpretation toward a phenomenal performance…

javelin is the manner in which one might slaughter a wild beast, not a knight. We see this in other literature of the period, such as with Parsifal's unwittingly dishonorable crime of combatting and slaying knights with a javelin (transformed into a swan in Wagner's opera).[3] Further dishonoring Siegfried, Hagen steals the hoard from Kriemhild and throws it into the Rhine (Rheingold), to prevent Kriemhild from using it to establish an army of her…

water. However, I tell you, it was definitely not a fun experience for me. I think I went to the deep end from jealousy. There was another kid there, Thomas, who was younger than me by 2 years, and he knew how to swim perfectly and could even do the swan dive. There was also this girl, who was also my age, and she always jumped into the deep end. Every time I came close to the deep end, I just stared at the water, and stood there, not having the courage to jump. Somehow, I got the courage to…

perspective, which suggests that all this is personal, and that the fate of nature is intimately related to the reader’s actions. The poem ends with the powerful imagery of clouds, the last hint of nature in the city, exposing their feminine and vulnerable “swan-white neck” for slaughter. Humans may yet pursue technological development, but only at the expense of obliterating every bit of goodness nature has to…

I've been really enjoying this thread and your discussion of swan Lake convinced me to sign up. I'm not usually this negative, but here's a bit I wrote about the NYCB costume gala... I saw the NYCB costume gala program (not on the gala night). I thought Justin Peck's Pulcinella was very well crafted. It's great to see him tackling Stravinsky, classicism and tutu ballets. In my opinion, the costume gala is always a gamble. One example is Liam Scarlett's duet where the woman is so dwarfed by…

It has been genuinely engaging and enjoyable to read the articles selected for this improvisation class. It’s no surprise that “Boooorrriinng!!!” was entertaining as well; however, I found it strange. I value the lessons derived from the article, but I find Philippe Gaulier’s teaching methods to be excessive and avant-garde. If I’m being completely honest, I think the author’s writing style is a bit pretentious, which adds to the over-the-top atmosphere of the article (ex. “Gaulier quickly…

Hinduism and Life of Pi are closely connected, due to their incorporation of animals in both the book and the religion. Hinduism closely incorporates animals through their gods, while in Life of Pi, Pi has a close relationship with animals and talks about them a lot throughout the story. Some examples of this are: Animals in Hinduism are very important, Hindu gods use them as vehicles (Hindu Gods/Goddesses and Their Amazing Vehicles). In Life of Pi, the author notices many statues and pictures…