Hippodrome‚ ancient Greek stadium designed for horse racing and especially chariot racing. Its Roman counterpart was called a circus and is best represented by the Circus Maximus. The typical hippodrome was dug into a hillside and the excavated material used to construct an embankment for supporting seats on the opposite side. In shape the hippodrome was oblong‚ with one end semicircular and the other square; it thus resembled a U with a closed top. Seats ran in tiers the length of the arena and
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Out of the depthless matrix of your faith in us‚ and on the silent cliffs of freedom‚ we carve for all time your marmoreal dream! Until our people‚ seeing‚ are become like the Molave‚ firm‚ resilient‚ staunch‚ rising on the hillside‚ unafraid‚ Strong in its own fiber‚ yes‚ like the Molave! Not yet‚Rizal‚not yet. The glory hour will come Out of the silent dreaming from the seven thousand fold silence We shall emerge‚ saying WE ARE FILIPINOS! and no longer be ashamed
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Descending into Despair with “La Belle Dame sans Merci” In his poem‚ “La Belle Dame Sans Merci‚” John Keats has emphasized the literary elements of structure‚ speaker‚ and imagery to create a story reminiscent of courtly love from the medieval era where the knight errant suffers for the love of the beautiful‚ mysterious and unattainable mistress. In the early nineteenth century‚ an interest in the ballad of earlier centuries was sparked by the romantic poets of the time‚ of which John Keats
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Hurricane Mitch was born 21 October 1998 in the warm waters near the equator. The sun heats the surface of the sea evaporating 1 trillion tons of water each day. Once in the air the water droplets cool transforming into clouds. Carried by the rising warm air‚ the clouds billow upwards. If the heat from the sea below is strong enough they turn into massive tropical storms. The storm spun towards Central America picking up vast amounts of water and increasing wind speed. On Thursday‚ October 29 1998
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Thousand Splendid Suns. New York: Penguin Group‚ ( Hosseini 15) 2007. Print. In the Mornings‚ they awoke to the distant bleating of sheep and the high-pitched toot of a flute a Gul Daman’s shepherds led their flock to graze on the grassy hillside. Mariam and Nana milked goats‚ fed hens‚ and collected eggs. They made bread together. Nana taught her to sew too‚ and cook rice and all the different toppings: shalqam stew with turnip‚ spinach sabzi‚ cauliflower with ginger. Nana made no secret
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People’s religious views and culture determine whether they believe if justice and fate are determined by a higher power or occur by chance. Major religions such as: Christianity and Muslims believe their deity predestines the outcome of their life. According to their Bible or Koran and their belief system they think their deity has total control over their life. In the story of Oedipus‚ he grows up in Greek culture where the people of Greece believe in Greek Gods‚ -- now known as Greek mythology—through
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English 111-105 September 2013 The Night I Will Never Forget It was April 24‚ 2010; we all sat in a small waiting room at Baptist Hospital nervously and anxiously waiting for any news. The least bit of movement in the hallway would get our hearts racing and blood pumping. Most of us were still in shock from what had happened the previous night. We were still trying to convince ourselves that it wasn’t her in that car‚ that they had the wrong person. It had just been a birthday party she was
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Although the city clearly ranks among the world’s major metropolises‚ a significant proportion of the city’s 6.1 million inhabitants live in poverty. The worst of the areas are the slums and shanty towns known as ’favelas’; often crowded onto the hillsides‚ where sturdy buildings are difficult to build and accidents from heavy rainfall are frequent. A unique aspect of Rio’s favelas is their close proximity to the city’s wealthiest districts. Upper-class neighbourhoods such as Ipanema and Copacabana
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Pictures of seagulls and lighthouses hung furmly against the wall. the showcase was filled with deritive plates‚ and trinkets. As I explored the property‚ I found myself in a fairy tale like wood‚ that emediatly woke my inner child. nestled along the hillside‚ the cabin was surrounded by lush green gardens‚ and matured trees‚ covered in fuzzy black bumblebees. a freshely painted wooden deck wrapped halfway around the cabin‚ and on it‚ sat a large hot tube that overlooked the ocean. If you peered over
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Cropping Systems Just as each individual is unique so too are the methods of farming in every town‚ village‚ country and region. A variety of farming systems have been formulated for producing crops in different places. In the Caribbean the main cropping systems are: Continuous Cropping: this is where the same area of land is under continuous cultivation. It is practiced where there is a short supply of good agricultural land. The land is never left to fallow. Monocropping: this is the planting
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