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In high school, most people in America read some form of Shakespearean play, I read Macbeth. Macbeth appeared a loyal man to his country, but turned out to be a monster. When reviewing the story of Macbeth, Macbeth has many different themes. One of those themes would be never feel invincible, and motifs to support this theme is blood and the supernatural. I shall start with the supernatural. In the beginning of Macbeth there were three witches that appeared and told Banquo and Macbeth…

Thankfully the techniques of breast augmentation have advanced considerably since the days at the end of World War II when Japanese prostitutes used to inject silicone directly into the breasts to add to their 'appeal' to US servicemen. During the 1950s, the process advanced in as much as polyvinyl sponges were then used as primitive implants but, as they tended to both harden and shrink within a year, as well as frequently result in infection, it was not until the late 1980s that the procedure…

Find needle, no needle, thumb tack will do. Mirror for placement. Adrenaline rush followed by pain. No turning back now. Struggle to get through cartilage, frustration arises. “Pop!” followed by pinching. IT IS THROUGH! Now pull thumb tack out and stick earring through. This was the steps from the first time I unprofessionally, with little sanitation added a new hole to my nose. I have never been grounded, but this was the first time my parents have ever grounded anyone. This reaction that…

The Cold War holds a very significant place in history; never before had there been such leaps and bounds in the fields of science and warfare. The computer, now a seemingly harmless invention was going to be used to launch and detonate nuclear missiles. Nuclear, chemical and biological weapons were at one time was nothing more than science fiction. The world has never been so close to ending than in the years which are labeled the Cold War. From the Truman Doctrine to the Cuban missile crisis…

with kids is important. The author himself once had a confab in his family and he discovered many surprising ideas from his children. After they finish their confab, children started to speak about many things such as Alfred Hitchcock had removed his navel by surgery, whether a bee needs its whole body only to carry the ball when playing baseball, and so forth. Moreover, these words let other children speak of very interesting questions. For example, one child wonders if dinosaurs have butts or…

In his essay “Better than Human: Why Robots Will-and Must- Take Our Jobs,” Kevin Kelly, executive editor of Wired magazine focuses not on the economic effect automations have caused for the countless number of laborious jobs, but on how robotics have created millions of jobs for people in entirely new fields. Kelly, argues that robots have become a revolutionary outbreak since more can get done in a timely matter. But Kelly’s argument is completely bias because even though Kelly brings up many…

Eleutheria: Freedom “Hanson daringly brings the facts to life and unearths the often surprising ways in which the past informs the present.” Western Civilization’s basic social norms and values traced back to Ancient Greece, were ultimately threatened by the overwhelming numbers and wrath of the Persian army. The Persians were distinctly divergent from the Ancient Greeks in the sense that their culture did not agree with the concepts of Western Civilization. An interesting fact talked about by…

One of the most interesting features of this island is its 887 giant monolithic statues named moai. While the initial name of the island was considered to be ‘Te Pito O Te Henua’, which means the Navel of the World, it was renamed in 1722 when the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen arrived there and has been known as ‘Easter Island’ since. The moai statues of huge male figures on average are 13 feet high (3.9624 m) and weigh 14 tons (12,700 kg). They…

that stuck out to me was his Vitruvian Man: The Study of the Human Body. I have seen this work countless times, but I did not realize it’s significance. Leonardo was able to capture the male body in the center of both a square and circle with the navel in the center (p. 447). This had never been done before and I did not know this is what made this piece so significant. Looking closer, I could see the thoughtfulness and the delicacy that Di Vinci had to use in order to get this image correct. I…

tried to attack Zeus and Zeus knew he had to punish them, but did not know how because he did not want to let them off or kill off the entire population. He decided that he must split them in two. When he did this, they were sewed back up and their navel was created. The two would then want each other and try to seek each other out. When one of them died, they would try to find another person. Zeus then decided to change where the genitalia was and placed it on the front of the body so that men…