Virgo

Rhome Nhyle L. Virgo “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” -Confucius (Philosopher, 551 BC - 479BC) This quote teaches us that the only way to learn something is to do it by ourselves. If we just hear it, or see it, we might forget, or somehow remember. Just like the songs that we’ve heard and the movies that we’ve watched. We can just forget them all, but unlike if we experience the real thing or do the same thing, we can deeply understand everything that we need…

More than Genies and Spirits: The presence of Feminist Characters in old Arab Stories In her book titled The Hidden Face of Eve, Naawal El Saadawi an Egyptian writer writes that “Woman is at her best and most powerful when she takes on the form of a genie or spirit in A Thousand and One Nights. Men fall victims to her beauty and her spells and go through suffering and even torture to gain her favour.” (, P. 162) In this passage, El Saadawi expresses an opinion that is very popular within the…

fused nor separated these spheres more that the Vestal Virgins. The Vestal Virgins were a cult of six women in charge of worshipping the goddess Vesta whose eternal flame represented the “heart and hearth of Rome” (Parker 567). Chosen by lot, the Virgo Vestalis Maxima and five other Vestals sacrificed a minimum of thirty years of service to keeping Vesta’s fire burning: the first ten years learning the responsibilities and rituals of their sacred position, the next ten years actively serving the…

John Dunstable was an English composer that was born in 1385 and died in 1453. 68 years seems like a short life, but Dunstable accomplished a lot of things during his lifetime. Due to the age in which Dunstable was alive, not many records reveal much information about his personal life, but there is some very interesting information that can still be found about Dunstable. As well as being a composer, Dunstable was also a mathematician and astronomer. It is also known that he was in the service…

Regan’s excessive manipulation of masculine strength and defiance of traditional female role gradually transforms herself into an abhorrent woman, as she utterly resembles a metaphorical imagery of monstrosity and gender role’s misappropriation. Shakespeare intriguingly connects the relationship between Goneril and Regan as sisters, who both acquire the ambition to detest King Lear and achieve greater power and to perpetuate the uprising power of masculinity in women. Regan is equally…

Music faced a major breakthrough during the Renaissance and the Baroque Period. It became an important part of the people’s lives. During the Renaissance most of the music were sacred music which basically means religious music. Along the sacred music secular music was beginning to flourish, and musicians started playing music in different places like courts and towns. Town musicians played music in feasts, weddings, and religious…

side, biting my knee, begging for a treat. The man, oh that man has his face in my online photo album titled, “Why Do I Bang Assholes?” I ponder at each masked face and attempt to figure out my love life’s pattern. Two Cancers, One Aquarius, Three Virgos, One Taurus, One Pisces. One with blonde hair, three with brown hair, four with black hair. That’s as far as I got. (Now, you’re probably assuming my number is eight!) Think what you want. It’s realistic fiction. And you must also be wondering:…

he Romans constructed aqueducts to bring a constant flow of water from distant sources into cities and towns, supplying public baths, latrines, fountains and private households. Waste water was removed by the sewage systems and released into nearby bodies of water, keeping the towns clean and free from noxious waste. Some aqueducts also served water for mining, processing, manufacturing, and agriculture. Aqueducts moved water through gravity alone, along a slight downward gradient within…

As for those that do not know, 12 different kinds of constellation makes up the zodiac sign. In the zodiac constellations, there are Leo, Gemini, Taurus, Aries, Pisces, Capricorn, Sagittarius, Libra, Virgo, Scorpio, Aquarius, Cancer. There is a different kind of zodiac signs, that is used all over the world, based on what their beliefs and religion are, their zodiac constellations may be a whole lot different than ours. But this the one that we all know…

The Purpose of this Lab: The purpose of this lab was the help the experimenter gain a better understanding of consolations by helping the experimenter be able to identify the circumpolar constellations, understand the effects of earth’s rotation on viewing consolations, be able to use the Sky Map app, and to describe the characteristics of an astronomy photograph. Description of the Materials: Within this lab, the experimenter uses the Sky Map or SkyView in order help label and identify various…