Covered bridge

water travel from a spring called Uzès to the Romans of Nemausus. This water was important to the Romans as they held local baths and fountains in their culture. It was used for this purpose until the Roman era came to a draw and was used as a toll bridge. Pont du Gard was constructed around 40-60 AD. It holds 50,000 tons of limestone ashlar masonry. This limestone was used in a shell system, being built with all the same materials all the way through. Post du Gard contains semicircular…

Have you ever heard of the famous painter of light? This man is Thomas Kinkade. Kinkade grew up in Placerville, California. Always admiring and sketching the mountains, his family knew he could draw well by the age of four; Before he was sixteen, Kinkade was under an apprenticeship of the famous artist Glen Wessels. As Kinkade grew older and finished school at the University of California at Berkeley; He and his friend, James Gurney, traveled from California to New York to sketch different areas…

their empire. The roads ensured that they could get military personnel throughout the empire as quickly as possible. Aqueducts brought much needed water to big cities were springs would not be enough, allowing for cities to grow even bigger. Finally bridges allowed them to access parts of the world that would be harder if not for that. Roads “All roads lead to Rome” a phrase that everyone knows, but its meaning is not…

Mrs Varvil, that even at parent conferences only the mother has understand of what is being said and is able to partially converse. When I first entered the classroom, the children were all on the floor working together to write a letter to Ruby Bridges, who became their topic in education on race and segregation in the 1950/1960s. Carlos sat at the back, behind the children who sat at the back. He participates in all class activities and is eager to learn,…

Santiago Calatrava, who won the contest with his beautiful design inspired by the anthropomorphic figure of a bird, created a striking entrance hall 27 meters high steel and glass covered by a mobile brise-soleil that raises its wings twice to the day to welcome visitors. The important extension of Calatrava "responds to the culture of the lake: the sailboats, the climate, the sense of movement and change". The new spaces designed…

The Battle of Antietam took place on September 17, 1862, near Antietam creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland. This battle brought about America’s bloodiest day, the product of Confederate bravery and Union command failure. Shortly after routing the Union Army of Virginia under Major General John Pope, General Lee led his own Army of Northern Virginia across the Potomac into Maryland. Reasons for this assault included taking strain off the Shenandoah Valley which was referred to as” The Breadbasket of…

is 185 metres long and 120 metres wide. The roofs are made up of 2 194 parts pre-cast concrete sections. These sections weigh up to 15.5 tonnes each. They are held together by 350 km of tensioned steel cable. The roofs weigh 27,230 tonnes and are covered with exactly 1,056, 056 swedish ceramic tiles arranged 4,253 pre-cast lids. The architectural style is Expressionate Modernism which involves innovative form and use of novel material. The sydney opera house has many purposes and holds up to…

their red sirens spinning”(Beller 60). Smaller sentences can aid in the creation of a suspenseful mood. With the suspense, Beller is able to add to the panicky tone. Another example of creating tone with syntax is with the description of the ash covered man. “He was shaking. Eyes were red from dust and maybe tears. He didn’t seem like the sort of man who cried”(61). Using shorter sentences lengths, Mr. Beller emphasizes on the details of the unfortunate man. The reader, focused on these minute…

killed herself by jumping from a bridge after her children drowned in the bathtub. That night, they travel to the bridge, and Sam makes it clear that he doesn’t want to return to hunting with Dean and John. He also questions the value of their quest to find whatever killed their mother. During the confrontation they see a woman jump into the water, and, when they go out on the bridge to investigate, the Impala mysteriously starts on its own and pursues them down the bridge, stopping once they've…

rusted metal and scrap pieces of paper. Boots pattered along the abandoned sidewalk with stern purpose. From their shoes to their heads they were covered with clothing, keeping the harsh winds from blowing handfuls of dust into their eyes. The shortest man was distinguished from his partner by his blue Oakleys, which perched themselves upon the bridge of his nose. "Keep going, no time for stopping. We will be reaching the people soon." He muttered, almost as if he wasn't talking to his partner,…