Dungeons & Dragons

Ancient Chinese sports like juedixi, dragon boat racing, and cuju are able to connect and unify many people across the globe and allow barriers to be crossed throughout the world. Juedixi is an ancient form of modern day gymnastics that changed the way we do gymnastics today. The Chinese were able to take gymnastics, which were originally from England, and create its own distinct features that challenged…

traditional festival is over 2,000 years old and, originated in times that were ruled by a man named Qu Yuan. A part of the tradition for this festival is that tams get together, and have an annual boat race. A group of people get together and join in a dragon shaped boat that is colorful, then when the referee of the race says everyone is ready they fire a gun to start the race. When the race starts team’s row across rivers and rapids to get to the finish line, teams work together and try to…

Is Your Personal Dragon Everyone has their own dream or achievements they want to conquer. Some people want to climb Mount Everest and some want to lose 10 pounds. People have these goals because it challenges them to push their body. These challenges do not come easy to anybody, not to the person that wants to climb Mount Everest and not to the person that wants to lose 10 pounds. The obstacles that push people to want to achieve these challenges knows as psychological dragons vary in every…

Hawaii Five-O is about a team of detectives in Hawaii that investigate and solve different crimes. The show uses witty one-liners for comical moments and creates drama with the characters through ongoing relationships. The show has tense moments that are full of action packed gun fights and it uses the beautiful backdrop of Hawaii. This crime show is a remake of the original Hawaii Five-O that was produced back in the 1960s. The show uses the same character names with updated stories for this…

Dr. Michael Stone professor at Columbia University knows exactly what evil is and how it works. Dr. Stone has probably looked evil in it’s eye for he is also forensic psychologist. He created the “Graduations of Evil” which consisted of twenty-two levels of evil and with every level an explanation for how a person could be categorized in a specific level. The twenty-two levels are divided into three main section one is the justified homicide, two through eight are impulsive murders, nine through…

Have you ever heard of the wildly dangerous Komodo dragon? The one whose bite contains so much nasty bacteria, that it kills large animals like water buffalo and deer. If not, it’s time that you did because there is a lot more than the Komodo Dragons bite to learn. For starters, the Komodo Dragons mouth isn’t full of bacteria. That is just a myth! It actually produces venom, like a poisonous snake. And, even though these reptiles are quite large, some growing up to 12 feet, they are actually in…

The names Pyro, Pyro Drastica. I'm a hotheaded 15-year old who lives in the magical land of Mongolia and life is pretty normal for me. Except for the fact, my dad's a wizard saint. You see, in Mongolia, there are a variety of wizards and witches that house different powers, my father for one uses a magic called Fire Magic. He tries to tell me that he can see the inner fire within me and that I might also be a Fire wizard but I think that's complete bullshit. I mean, why would I be a wizard and…

Psychological Assessment Today I am presented with a 50 year-old white male, Dr. Hannibal Lecter. He is currently in FBI custody for the murder of 14 people, and attempted murder of three (Bruno, n.d.). Before his arrest, Dr. Lecter was a successful clinical psychiatrist. He interned at the Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated with his degree in medicine. He stayed in Baltimore, and established a private practice in the 1970s. His practice became highly renowned and…

the speaker taught us about animals like a Bearded Dragon, a blue tongued lizard, and a kangaroo,carpet python, parrot, and a tarantula. She was very smart and taught us a lot. This is what I learned. The bearded dragon lives in the desert and changes color to cool off during the day or warm up at night. When they are hot they pant like dogs and breathe hard. At night when their cold, several dragons lay on top of each other to warm up. These dragons are cold blooded and don’t have actual teeth…

Conformity in Chinese and American Society Woman Warrior, written by Maxine Hong Kingston, focuses on the topic of conformity. Throughout the novel, Kingston is forced to conform to both Chinese traditions and American society. Her mother, Brave Orchid, pressures Kingston to conform to Chinese tradition, which is believed to keep her safe and make her a strong Chinese woman. However, Kingston, who is growing up in American society, is confronted with the new American beliefs, offering more…