“Storge” Art History Essay Jessica Boucher AWM4UO Carozza 13/01/18 Storge‚ the Greek word for familial love‚ is the title of the art exhibition. Consisting of six works of art‚ of varying mediums‚ all but one from the modern era‚ this art show is meant to project love of family‚ and the feelings it may bring‚ whether they are joy or anguish. All the pieces in the show are meant to evoke maternal or paternal feelings in the viewers‚ and when combined‚ the pieces are meant to show the journey
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To this day‚ California has been in a drought. The governor‚ Jerry Brown is struggling to create policies to prevent people from using large amounts of water. He has made proposals to reduce the water use in California by building tunnels under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to increase the supply of water. One of the reasons California is in a drought is because of our history of dealing with the gold miners using hydraulic mining to mine gold‚ and damming the Tuolumne River to provide water for
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Wildfires have been raging through California for only a couple of days now. Firefighters started fighting the numerous wildfires on October 7th‚ now they face a new‚ and overwhelming challenge on Wednesday. The winds have started to strengthen and expected to develop more‚ causing a threat to spread wildfires. The wind gusts are predicted to surpass more than 40 mph‚ even at 12-13 mph cause embers to fly. The wildfires have destroyed hundreds of buildings causing thousands of people to evacuate
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so‚ what are they doing about it? Although water seems to be everywhere all water is not useable. Even though 71% of the earth is made up of water‚ water is still scarce in every country; including the United States‚ according to Williams (2014). California sits right on the Pacific Ocean; however‚ this water is not consumable and Californians are experiencing a four-year drought. As mentioned by The Water Project (2015)‚ in developing countries‚ either the quantity of water is significantly scarce
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In 1989‚ it cost $6 billion dollars to fix the damaged caused by the Loma Prieta earthquake in California. Many things happen when there an earthquake‚ not just the ground shaking and people becoming terrified. It affects earth‚ people and property. Earthquakes can do a lot of damage and I will tell you about the effects from them. The first thing earthquakes effects is earth. When two continental plates meet‚ earthquakes are happening‚ volcano eruptions and mountain formation caused by continental
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A Dream within a Dream By Edgar Allen Poe The poem “A Dream within A Dream” by Edgar Allen Poe is about how it feels to lose your hopes and your dreams all at once in a very sorrowful and frustrating manner. In the first stanza he is asking the reader if it matters that his purpose‚ motivation‚ and his love has been taken away by life itself and whether or not it was worth it. Although‚ with the lines “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream” has the meaning that what he thinks
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The shrieks and screams of those before me‚ I later learned‚ were of joy‚ not fear. Yet‚ while I stood in line for California Screamin’‚ I was positive that I had just condemned myself to approximately sixty seconds of torture when I agreed to accompany my friend on the ride. I took a shaky breath‚ clenching my clammy hands into fists and staring up at Mickey’s sinister smile on the sign‚ attempting to trick me into complacency. The sugary scent of churros and the chaotic hum of the amusement park
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works included “A Dream Deferred” and “Dreams.” The two poems are prime examples that can be compared and contrasted very easily. In “A Dream Deferred” and “Dreams”‚ there are multiple parts that can be compared between the two poems. The main comparison between these two works is their thematic content. Both poems demonstrate the importance of dreams and aspirations. They are both about the negative things that could happen when someone does not have dreams or even lose a dream that they once had
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You rush to the supermarket because you remembered you have to make guacamole for your friend’s fiesta tonight. You get to the produce section of the supermarket and there are two options for avocados the California avocados or the Mexican avocados. You grab the Mexican avocados because they are much cheaper. Later you are at the party and someone mentions to you that the avocados are not very flavorful and there is no buttery texture. She then goes on to tell you about how California’s avocados
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California High Speed Rail: An Overview California High Speed Rail: An Overview On November 4th‚ 2008 California voters approved something completely new to the state of California. A high speed rail system which will connect north and south of the state‚ From San Francisco to San Diego‚ on a 800 miles long stretch of rail tracks which will be completed by 2030. State of California is a place which has very few or limited ways of public transport. It never had anything like this which connects
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