Monumental Figure is an open form sculpture made out of a solid piece of limestone. It is from Maya culture and it was found in Mexico. The Chakh was originally from the Puuc hills of Yucatan and it was probably part of a royal court building. Where it looked straight at everybody who entered the building. It has been dated back to the 9th century. Its dimensions are H. 214 x W. 50.8 x 61cm. It is classified as a stone sculpture and it was purchased in 1966 by Harris Brisbane Dick fund. The sculpture
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The Washington Monument is a magnificent structure designed to honor George Washington‚ the commander of American forces in the American Revolution and the first president of the newly created republic. The monument takes the form of an obelisk‚ a narrow‚ tall tapering four-sided structure with a top section that resembles a pyramid in shape. The Washington Monument‚ fashioned in granite‚ marble and sandstone has the distinction of being the world’s highest obelisk and the world’s highest stone
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Canada has been actively involved with the United Nations since its creation in 1945. Since then‚ Canadian peacekeepers have participated in almost every single peacekeeping mission. The role of Canadian peacekeeping was to bring peace and stability between countries. However‚ Canada’s role is slowly starting to diminish because of its failure to prevent conflict in peacekeeping missions. Examples of this instance include the mass genocide in Rwanda‚ the civil war in Somalia and Yugoslavian crisis
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The notion of dreams and the process of dreaming is one that intrigues society and does not fail to fully escape the grasp of understanding. It is such an ephemeral circumstance in which we find ourselves daily. And yet‚ fascination with the overwhelmingly unknown continues to probe our interests. In a manner‚ film overlaps into the realm of rapid eye movement in the most basic form. Through an alternate reality we exist‚ without control or complete possible actuality. Both film and its constituent
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In 2014‚ a film called‚ “Monuments Men” was created based on a true story that is illustrated in‚ “The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes‚ Nazi Thieves‚ and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History” by Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter. This film was about seven men on a mission to recover the art that Hitler has stolen from all over Europe and hidden in Germany. This movie starred George Clooney as Frank Stokes‚ Matt Damon as James Granger‚ Bill Murray as James Campbell‚ John Goodman as Walter Garfield‚ Jean
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Canadian Stereotypes Essay As I write this‚ I sit inside my igloo with a warm glass of maple syrup next to me and my moose “Rex” curled up in a ball just outside. Just hearing that sentence probably made you think of a Canadian even though‚ except in rare cases‚ none of it is true about me. Stereotypes are impossible to avoid. No matter what country you live in‚ or what race you are‚ people will be able to set you into a group based only on stereotypes they have heard about you. Stereotypes are
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that they lived in Canada‚ they view themselves as authentic Canadians and they hope that they can be considered as authentic Canadians. Firstly‚ the Chinese Canadians was a group who are in the third space. Secondly‚ the Chinese who were born in Canada have assimilated into the western culture. The Chinese Canadian does not belong to the Canadian or to the Chinese. Firstly‚ in their mind‚ they hold the view that they are Canadians; however‚ their family is quite traditional. From The Jade Peony
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The Monuments Men‚ directed by George Clooney‚ is a 2014 film based on World War II. This movie reveals another crime the Nazis were committing which was the theft of many famous art masterpieces and hiding them inside different mines all around Germany so no one could find them. To stop the Nazi thieves from taking priceless masterpieces away from anyone else‚ the United States created a unit containing seven men to retrieve the masterpieces and return them to where they belonged; they were known
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Stereotype essay Canadians are vampires. Canadians are vampires because they drink the blood of trees‚ own ferocious monsters as pets‚ and have sparkly skin like the vampires in twilight. A classic Canadian staple food on everyone’s table in the morning is maple syrup. Maple syrup is technically trees blood‚ and Canadians survive on trees blood‚ instead of drinking animal or human blood like many classic tales tell. Vampires do not have to survive on mammal blood‚ but many movies portray vampires
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catalyst for gang related violence and crime‚ especially in the Indo-Canadian community. However‚ there is not enough documented evidence explaining why violence is so prominent amongst Indo-Canadian youth. Although there is not enough evidence accumulated by researchers on this topic‚ based on research that I have gathered about other minorities involved in gang related violence‚ I will show that there is a tendency for Indo-Canadians to follow the same pattern as other minorities who become involved
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