Clutch

As Roman author Publilius Syrus once said: “Fate is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity” (quoted on Quote Collection). In William Shakespeare’s classic work, The Tragedy of Macbeth, his most notable character, Macbeth, suffers a calamitous downfall due to his own vices based on three equivocations, also known as false predictions, given to him by each of the three witches at the beginning of the play. The Tragedy of Macbeth is loosely based upon the murder of the Scottish king, Duncan,…

This semester we were assigned to write in a journal, or notebook regularly. I may have taken this assignment a bit overboard seeing as I am a distance student and cannot participate in person at the scheduled times. We were suggested to write easch day, a piece that made us feel something. I took this opportunity to not only write daily, but express my thoughts, ideas, opinions, and feelings. I used the book somewhat like an over glorified diary. Each day I would write, or scribble at times…

Witches, and Prophecies? That sounds like the inner workings of a childs whimsical imagination, but in this case, a power-hungry leader named Macbeth creates theses illusions through the use of his overwhelming imagination. In the dramatic play Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Macbeth’s imagination consumes him and causes him to perform horrible crimes in order to become successful. Witches visit Macbeth in the woods and they communicated a prophecy to him. The prophecy they give to him indicated…

In Night by Elie Wiesel, Wiesel encapsulates the horrors of persecution from his experiences in the Holocaust, and how such cruelty breeds men into beasts. As readers, we began to question: what differentiates us from animals? By examining the behaviors seen in the initial deportation of The Jews of Sighet, Wiesel’s witness to the killings over bread and Juliek’s last violin concerto, we are able to see how apathy and empathy defines us as ‘humans’. ‘Ignorance is bliss,’ and such is the case of…

1.1 What is a composite material? Composite materials are materials in which a homogenous matrix is reinforced by a stronger and stiffer constituent that is usually fibrous but may have a particulate or other shape (web.mit.edu). They are produced when two or more materials or phases are used together to give a combination of properties that cannot be attained otherwise. For example steel reinforced concrete, plywood and fibre glass. 1.2 What is a Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC)? CMCs are a…

As the metals are heated, they turn into a liquid which can be blended into others metals to form a new metal like how different cultures blend to form the melting pot ideal. In “Covering: The Hidden Assault on our Civil Rights”, Kenji Yoshino argues, people are hiding their individuality to comply with societal norms and become part of the mainstream. “Covering”, a commonly used term that indicates the enforcement of assimilation on the people, especially minorities who are subjected to conceal…

arm is much more actively involved in the foreground, and therefore our eye is drawn to it almost immediately, while the left arm dangles to the side; somewhat pronounced, all the while, but only by the grace of the medium. The fingers and knuckles clutch securely around the handle of what appears to be a small tote or basket being carried. As was the case with the last object, this one has magical qualities of its own; by all accounts, the “horn” in the right hand is meant to literally disperse…

threaten in 1993. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has monitored the population try to assess the reason for the decline. They have developed a management plan for population recovery. Over the last 24 years research on Kigigak Island has documented clutch size, hatch date, final nest status. Spectacled eider females are resighted, captured, and banded if unmarked to estimate survival rate. In additional spectacled eider broods are captured to monitor duckling survival. The research will most…

Over the years, statistical analysis has changed the face of almost every major sporting event during the twenty first century. This is especially true for America’s pastime, professional baseball. Since the beginning, scouts and other club executives bought and sold players based on a variety of attributes such as looks, physique, personality, and whether or not he is a multi tool ball player or not. Sabermetrics shattered this way of managing players and changed the behind the scene action…

big day. Going against the rivals, Austin Wranglers. We played hard first half, 51-54 them. Second half I walk out onto the court and there’s NBA scout! You know what that means, showtime! No room for mistakes, can’t be stopped. Fourth quarter, clutch time, crunch time. 6 seconds left 98-96, them. I get the ball run as fast as I can pull up from three. BANG! The crowd goes while the speaker yelling. “The high school champions, the Dallas Jaguars!” All I can do is smile. I see the NBA…