Look Sharp!

life. For instance, the youngest children live with the middle aged group of people until they turn twelve, which is when all the children move into dorm style living. The society appeals to readers because everyone gets to choose exactly what they look like, and nobody hates anyone. There is no war or any major crimes that make citizens scared for their wellbeing. Although, the reason there is no war, crime, or hatred is because there are lesions in everyone's brains. The society is foreboding…

ground which excited his curiosity. "I must stop and see what that is," said Happy Jack. So down the tree he ran, and in a few minutes he had found the odd thing which had caught his eyes. It was smooth and black and white, and at one end it was very sharp with a tiny little barb. Happy Jack found it out by sticking himself with it. "Ouch," he cried, and dropped the thing. Pretty soon he noticed there were a lot more on the ground. "I wonder what they are," said Happy Jack. "They don't grow,…

innocence of the boy with the “nettles.” The poet uses the words “slashed” and “honed his blade.” The word “slashed” presents quite an aggressive action, which shows how much strength the father must put in to win his battle. The word “honed” shows how sharp his blade must be. Some might say that the verb “honed” shows the father’s relentless desire to protect his son from the dark and menacing world. This contrast between the boy and the nettles could be show the contrast between Scannell and…

This photo, taken by Gustave Le Gray in 1857, is one of the first examples of a combination print. To produce this image, Le Gray combined two separate negatives (one of the sea and one of the sky) into one composite seascape. During this time period, photography was often regarded as an objective record of truth and reality, a notion that Le Gray challenged in performing this manipulation. In addition, by working with two separate negatives, Le Gray was able to overcome the inability of early…

Racial identity can be the identified as one’s outward looks which classifies each to a specific group of ancestors. In other words, your race describes where you or your family is from. Some people, as Zora Neale Hurston reports, are still held back in time when people of color were mistreated, and they feel as if they are the “superior race”. She responds to their misconception in her essay “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” by saying “It fails to register depression with me. Slavery is sixty…

relationship resolving to G-sharp in measures 74 and 75. However, the scale that is shaped in the upper strings outlines B major. When placed below the stagnant trill on Bb in the clarinet, the suggestions of B major create the clashing half step dissonance theme observed earlier. Another issue that displays ambiguity with this cadence, is the V sonority is incomplete and missing an implied third. Rather than having the F double-sharp stressed in measure 74, a G-sharp is stressed instead. The…

Some people usually have a confused look on them whenever they hear the word Parallax. Parallax or image focus adjustment accomplishes two things; focuses the image on the scope and allows the shooter to estimate the distance to the target. The parallax is an adjustment where the focal plane of the rifle scope is offset to the target while looking through the scopes reticle. The parallax is basically an optical illusion needing correction and should not be confused with the focus. Changing a…

to place, seeking refuge constantly underwater. At first, the sharp teeth of Surgasaurolus seemed to be a dead give away that we were looking at a predator, but upon closer inspection, we realized that the creature's eyes were on the side of its head, indicating that it was, after all, most likely prey. After thoughtful consideration, we decided that the animal was not a predator, but not quite prey either. It was a scavenger. Its sharp canine teeth were perfect for tearing through flesh of…

longing for his parents. He had it set in his mind, They would make it ok, my parents would. Or his cat, his brother almost, what would happen to him, he pondered as he sat on the floor. He heard a horrific scream from behind him and turned around to look. He turned around to a frightful fiendish…

The assigned article for this week of the gunstock checkering lab is titled "Stippling: Checkering's ugly cousin". The article is authored by Russell Corbitt, and originally appeared in the September 2006 issue of American Gunsmith magazine. Mr. Corbitt begins his article stating that checkering can be expensive. It may not also be practical on a firearm that will see it's share of field time (or be used and abused). One alternative is gripping tape, although it can be an eyesore. The other…