Abstract This paper explains that Big Dig, a state-of-the-art eight-to-ten-lane expressway, for the most part underground or underwater, will run through downtown Boston and the Ted Williams Tunnel to Logan Airport. The paper reviews three areas of environmental concern: The digging and dumping of the dirt, mitigation and air quality. The author points out that the mitigation aspect of the project protects the city from devastating noise disruption, dust, traffic gridlock and economic damage.
From the Paper "There are other benefits as well. According to Daniel Wood of Public Roads Magazine, the Big Dig will be "good news for the local shellfish population because of the construction of an artificial reef in Boston Harbor" (Public Roads). The reef, created in collaboration with the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is designed to compensate for filling in over one acre of blue mussel habitat in the harbor during the closing and capping of the former municipal landfill on Spectacle Island. Wood also says that, "As the northernmost artificial reef system in the United States, the complex is expected to become home to lobsters, crabs, and finfish, as well as the displaced blue mussels" "
Abstract This paper explores Thomas Hardy's poem "Ah, are you digging on my grave?" The paper explains Hardy's concept of death and highlights the poem's satirical tone. The paper notes that the poem also contains autobiographical elements.
From the Paper "Ah Are You Digging on My Grave." In his poem "Ah Are You Digging on My Grave" by Thomas Hardy, the poet challenges Western society's conventional beliefs about death. Aparna Zambare writes in Library Journal that in this work as in some of Hardy's other poetry, the dead still have a voice. In the poem the deceased is a woman who at the opening of the poem senses a shifting in the earth above her grave."
Tags: thomas hardy, poetry, point of view, characterization death
Abstract This paper looks at how the poem "Digging" is one of Seamus Heaney's earlier and cruder poems, reflecting a much rougher style. It looks at how his themes are very direct and the impact created is not as significant as some of his later work. It discusses how the poem reflects an internal struggle as Heaney comes to terms with his career, that of a poet, and breaks with his family tradition of farming.
From the Paper "Heaney's poem has a quality of honesty, as it conveys farm life as it really is, rather than a cover-up. He portrays it as hard work, performed with simple pride, with no pretensions whatsoever, amongst "the cold smell", "the squelch and slap". He relives his childhood experience, yet he doesn't want to follow in his forefather's footsteps. Though his roots are farming, he honestly admits that he has "no spade to follow men like them". His reason for choosing another vocation is not that he feels it is beneath him or ashamed of it, rather on the contrary, he feels great pride for his family traditions. However, he feels that he is not cut out for that life, and since he has more choices than his father or grandfather had, he exercises those choices."
Abstract This paper discusses the Irish poet ,Seamus Heaney, who is the most prolific poet of our times and one of the best Irish literary figures to emerge after Yeats. The author points out that ?Digging? refers to "a passion" that give a meaning and purpose to life. The paper examines his unassuming, non-aggressive approach that makes his work standout among heaps of conventional political poems. The references are annotated.
From the Paper "Born in 1939, Seamus rose to the heights of international fame when his first collection of poems appeared in 1966 titled, "Death of the Naturalist". It was in this collection that his most widely read poem appeared which gives a reason to believe that Seamus? past is important to him and his rural background has always been a source of pride. This is one reason why we notice references to his past deeply embedded in many of his poems most noticeably in Digging, a poem that talks about Seamus? life on a farm in Mossbawn, a place ?30 miles northwest of Belfast?."
Abstract This paper presents a detailed discussion about the forensic sciences when it comes to the process and philosophy regarding archaeology and crime scene investigations. The writer examines terms and processes to answer questions about criminal investigation from an archaeological point of view.
From the Paper "Turn on the television on any night around the nation and one can find a crime show. We are inundated with crime shows, real time shows and law and order shows. Each show has a victim, suspects, a search scene and then the trial all wrapped up in a neat little time frame. If we watch closely we often see elements of the forensic science in action but mostly its pan shots, evidence found and bagged then on to the next scene. In real life however the discovery and search of a crime scene is much more involved. There are laws that must be followed and procedures that are handled with care to insure the scene nor the evidence becomes tainted or destroyed."
Abstract This paper digs deeply into how aspirin and salbutamol were developed and also how they interact in the body from a heavy chemical and neurological perspective. It also gives a detailed overview into how, in general, pharmacueticals are developed using bronchodilars as an example. Also included are numerous diagrams in order to aid the reader comprehend the text.
From the Paper "Since 400BC physicians prescribed a bitter powder extract from the willow bark tree to alleviate pain. In the middle of the 18th century two chemists by the name of Fontana and Brugnatelli extracted the active agent Salicin from the willow, and was then converted by Piria into Salicylic acid. Felix Hoffman a German chemist set about trying to synthesise salicylic acid."
This paper is a personal review of the popular television series "Dawson Creek" and an essay that defines how the series has affected the author's life.
Abstract The author states that she is addicted to "Dawson Creek", but that her addiction has positive aspects because it has interested her in becoming a screen writer and into being serious about her studies. In addition to presenting an overview of the series, its characters and plots, the website is reviewed. The author warns not to dig too deeply into the story.
From the Paper "Perhaps, to me, the series is a little more than something to look forward to. I have begun to wonder if this source has subliminally crafted my personality and as well as my future. Earlier this month I had begun to show an interest in script writing. Dawson, like me, has left his home and friends, to become a filmmaker. He wants to be a film maker, and I am showing interest in script writing."
Abstract This paper looks at the different styles of fashion worn by American women in the past 100 years. It describes decade by decade of the twentieth century, styles, materials, influences and key designers of the main fashions of the time.
Outline
Introduction
Portrait of the American Woman as a Fashion Plate
Passage
The American Dress through the Years ? Evolution
1990-La Belle Epocque ? Era of the Beautiful
1910-The Eastern Touch and the Paul Poirot
1930-Despair and Fantasy
1940-Sporting the New Look
1950-Flamboyant and Ultra Feminine
1960-Gearing Up for a Revolution
1970-Hippies in Polyester
1980 to present
Fashion in Search of Identity
Fashion without Boundaries
The Academician Digs into a Woman's Fashion
Ford Search for a Supermodel
A Media Prediction of a Fashion Event
Quotes from a Popular Press
From the Paper "Day and evening clothes had unusual cuts with odd puffs and fitted sleeves. Evening dresses were bias-cut and high waisted. For day wear, 2-piece suits were popular with square pockets, large buttons and narrow, lean skirts done in thin materials. Fabrics used were of natural fibers sometimes linen but mostly cotton, wool or silk, acetate, rayon, light to medium weights in velvet, georgette, crepe, organdy, satin for both day and evening wear. Colors were often muted or of deeper hues; florals, geometric or abstract designs were used, quirky designs flourished. Because of the influence of Salvador Dali who designed textile for designers, surrealism thrived in prints."
Tags: clothes, dresses, skirts, blouses, material, style, day, night
A review of the book "Maus I and II" by Art Spiegelman, "The Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez and "The Confessions of Nat Turner" by William Styron and how they relate to history.
2,244 words (approx. 9 pages), 0 sources, 2002, $ 69.95
Abstract This paper examines how in "Maus I and II", Art Spiegelman, uses the comic book genre to explain the complex and un-comical of one Holocaust survivor's tale and the transmission or testimony of this tale to the son. It looks at how "The Hunger of Memory" is Richard Rodriquez's autobiographical story of growing up and achieving success in white America and how it has affected his relationship with his own culture. It also looks at how in "The Confessions of Nat Turner", William Styron has written a story taken from an actual event in American history and digs deep into the psychology behind Nat Turner's 1831 slave revolt. It analyzes how all three books a slice of time is explored in a sort of first person narrative and how each looks at the human side of historical events and how the times and the events shaped their lives.
From the Paper "Art Spiegelman uses the comic book format for telling his story of his family's experiences during the Holocaust. His use of cats (the Nazis), mice (the Jews), pigs (the Poles) and other national stereotypes is designed to focus the reader's mind on the complex issues that occurred during the Holocaust. The use of the comic book genre is intended to amplify the process of compression, simplification and devaluation not merely of the Nazi's practices before and during the Holocaust, but the reduction and simplification present in many responses to the Holocaust as well. Spiegelman moves through several different historical subject-positions and narrated events to tell his story. Not only is there the pre-holocaust, the Holocaust, and the post holocaust, but also, within one time frame, there can be other times and places co-present as well."
Abstract This paper focuses on domestic or spousal violence against women, bearing in mind the continuing regularity of sexual assault beyond the family and stray incidences of violence and harassment that many Canadian women experience. Thinking Canadians regard violence against women as a moral disgrace yet research suggests that it has become very common, making it essential to dig deeper into what is creating this situation, in addition to what can be done to ameliorate it.
Abstract This ten-page paper presents a discussion about the archaeological proof that there was Christianity in Northern Europe between 600BC and 1000 AD. The author takes us on an exploratory journey in which the reader sees evidence; both concrete and anecdotal that shows a Christian trend within that time frame.
This paper compares Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" and Olive Ann Burns's "Cold Sassy Tree" from the position of their both being Southern novels.
Abstract This paper discusses that the romanticized South appears to be a land of plenty, blessed with a temperate climate, and filled with happy people for whom hospitality is almost a religion; but, the other South, the nightmare version, offers stifling heat, which engenders uncontrollable passions and senseless acts of violence, and "secret sin" poisoning even the mainstream of life. The author points out that the themes of "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Cold Sassy Tree" are very different; about the only thing that holds them in common is that one took place in Georgia and the other in next-door neighbor, Alabama. The paper relates that "Cold Sassy Tree" scratches the surface of "Southern-ness"; where "To Kill a Mockingbird" digs deeply and brings the rotting roots up to the light of day.
From the Paper "Indeed, there are no obvious class distinctions in "Cold Sassy Tree". When such technological marvels as the automobile, the indoor plumbing and so on are introduced, it seems as if very ordinary people, Will's relatives, who have them. There is none of the racial strife so obvious in "To Kill a Mockingbird". In fact, anything even resembling bona fide racial tension is so lacking in the book that the book seems beyond romantic. It is both melodramatic and sentimental; the same sort of unrealistic symbolism seen in "Gone with the Wind", and the same one that ensured Cold Sassy Tree would get a chilly reception from the critics, despite its popularity."
Abstract This paper explores how the questions of fate and destiny are handled by the characters in "Oedipus the King". It also explains that "Oedipus" digs deeply into the moral and ethical nature of its characters and unearths more questions than it answers.
From the Paper "The ideas of fate and destiny were a consuming topic for the Greeks. Their pantheistic understanding of heaven included gods who toyed with humans for their own covert pleasures. The Greeks built a society which sought to understand the nature of men. Were men free, or did the god's ultimately hold their finger on the pulse of the universe, directing even the most insignificant actions according to some unseen plan? Socrates, Aristotle, Plato . . . each of these men wrestled with finding a purpose in the randomness of life. Through the concentric events of Oedipus the King, Sophocles created his own understanding regarding the subject of fate. Although free, Sophocles believed that we were not ultimately the masters of our own ships."
Abstract This paper explains that in "The Shawshank Redemption", Morgan Freeman (Red) and Tim Robbins (Andy) give memorable performances that add to the credibility of their on-screen mentor and mentee relationship. The author points out that Freeman almost exudes father-like concern and wisdom simply through his speech, and his acting is exactly right on for the role because he is calm and understated. The paper relates that Red not only provides the hammer that Andy uses to dig his way out of prison, but also Red grants the emotional support that keeps Andy sane and safe from harm through arduous years in prison.
From the Paper "As the mentor, Red, is Red is an old timer in the prison. He says he is the 'Sears and Roebuck' of the yard, meaning that he can get almost anything for a price. He is true to his word, and ultimately provides Andy with the tool (a rock hammer) that gets Andy out of prison. Red is a kind man who admits that he has done a bad deed, and ended up in prison. He realizes his guilt, and has accepted that he must pay for his crime."
