Half Dome

The environment I chose to analyze was the Shiawassee County Circuit Court room. In order to enter the court room, you must push open the heavy wooden doors. Upon entering the court room, I noticed that half of the room was separated into theater style seating. The chairs were made from wood, but also medal support so that the chairs could not be moved, making them a fixed feature. There was a wooden gate also known as the bar separating the publics side from the actual court settings. The bar…

only a quarter for admission and quoted “I used to go to the balcony with my boyfriend, don’t tell your Papa.” Clay enjoyed going to the movies as a teenager. He went to the place he spoke highly of, the Dome Drive-in. As he was reminiscing of his younger days he said “we always, always went to the Dome Drive-in after football games on Friday nights, everybody was going to be there.” Carmike theater is a popular feature in Catawba County, a good place to go with your friends and/or girlfriend…

I was born and raised in India, a developing country that is very diverse - with various religions, different clothing styles, and -more than 500 languages spoken. I was blessed to be raised in such an exciting world that is India for my first 18 years of life: My family; my dad and uncle owned land in India, which allowed my mom and my aunt to be homemakers. I have a younger brother and two first cousins; we all belong to the Patel family and Hindu community. I have been taught to believe in…

there, but I say it’s worth it. The view is breathtaking! One downside of all of this is the walk up the mountain. It’s about half a mile up, and it’s very steep. And there was no water, which stinks because it was hot! As we are walking, I see a family pushing up a stroller, good luck to that family! There is different locations of where you can go. We went to “Clingman’s Dome”. It’s where you walk up a long railing that leads to 360 degree view. There was a certain spot at the railing were…

court is 94 feet long and 50 feet wide, divided in half by a midcourt line. Each half is a mirror image of the other” (NBA- The Game Court). A football field is much larger than that. “The field is 360 feet long and 160 feet wide. The end zones are 30 feet deep. The line used in try-for-point plays is two yards out from the goal line” (NFL Rules Digest: Field). Most football games can be played outside in the weather or like some teams in a dome covering the stadium. While football is in most…

During Reconstruction, the period following the Civil War, federal troops occupied parts of the South to maintain order and ensure the rights of African Americans. Congress established the Freedmen 's Bureau to help former slaves and enacted some legal protections for African Americans. In 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing citizenship and legal equality to all people born in the United States, including former slaves, and in 1870, the Fifteenth…

Over the past few decades, urbanisation has been developing exponentially across the world with more than half of the human population making their way into cities. Cities, as products of urbanisation, become magnets for people looking for job opportunities, excellent infrastructure and efficient transport facilities. However, the sprawling nature of expanding cities has taken its toll on surrounding landscapes, with wild plants and animals being replaced with concrete buildings and paved roads…

During the 1920's there where numerous amount of illegal activity some being police bribery, Prostitution, Gang affiliation, Speak easies, Teapot scandal and many more. It was a time where law was not as followed at times because it was considered the golden age because of the many changes during this time such as the development of cars, women became rebellious, new type of literature arose. Many factors contribute to this but the one that really stood out as the root of the…

High Renaissance, the representation, taken from ancient architecture, were developed and put into the practice with the greater confidence (Cole). As an example of such influence could be noted the elegant and quite simple technical solution of the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore (1436) and Palazzo Pitti by Filippo Brunelleschi, which has determined the development of the Renaissance architecture. At the same time the representative of the High Renaissance was Donato Bramante (1444-1514),…

there were only three people aboard. The only crewman, Angus McNight was on the pilot’s bridge. The Duchess of Spine, Kaitlin Caitlin, was on the top deck. An activity deck: it had a pool, hot tub, exercise equipment, and a juice bar. A tented dome covered it, providing a beautiful…