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    Pompeii Baths

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    Baths * There were 4 public baths in Pompeii: the Stabian‚ the Forum‚ the Central and the Amphitheatre Baths. Herculaneum had 2 sets of baths: one near the centre called the Forum Baths‚ and the other on the marina outside the walls by the sea‚ known as the Suburban Baths. * Apodyterium- a change room. Caldarium- a hot bath. Tepidarium- a warm steam room. Frigidarium- a cold bath. Thermae- a bath. * Public baths were a very social place where friends met not only to bathe‚ but to

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    Bath Salts

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    The drug I chose for this are bath salts. The reason why I chose this drug is because I want to learn more about its effects and potential dangers. It also seems interesting to know that they are human-made chemicals. Bath salts are an amphetamine that are known to cause erratic behavior and psychotic episodes (Gateway). After doing some research‚ I found out that bath salts also go by the name “synthetic cathinones.” Bath salts have gained tremendous popularity in the past decade. They’re known

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    Satire

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    Tragedy. The importance of Being Ernest sways more toward the Comedy side of the scale. This play is filled with satire and comedic situations. Throughout the storyline‚ Jack (or Ernest) is a snake wanting to live two separate lives but keeps tripping up and this causes the unveiling of his twisted-up life. There are several different aspects of the play that point to comedy. Satire plays a part in this by

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    The Roman Baths

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    century B.C that the first bath houses were built and back then they were simple washing facilities for men only. By the time of Augustus there were 170‚ privately owned bath houses. As they became more popular in the imperial age‚ they became public bath houses and people went there to bathe‚ meet‚ or discuss business. However‚ men and women did have different bath houses.• You had to pay to use the baths. • You could buy refreshments at the baths. • Only the very biggest baths had facilities for men

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    Wife

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    Chaucer’s character‚ the Wife of Bath‚ grabs the reader’s attention immediately as she sets the stage for giving an account of her beliefs on love and life: “Housbondes at chirche dore I have had five.” Because of her blunt honesty at the very beginning of her Prologue‚ the reader senses that the Wife of Bath feels no shame and carries no regrets about her many marriages. This is confirmed when the Wife proclaims‚ “Of whiche I have piked out the beste.” She displays two attitudes throughout the piece:

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    Bath Salt

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    Bath salt description Ways to use Snorted Smoked injected Classifications It’s a depressing drug that also cause you to have hallucinations. Its schedule is 1 of the most of high restricted drugs with no accepted medical use in the U.S. Bath Salts Nicknames Ivory wave Vanilla sky White lighting Cloud 9 Charge + (plus) White dove Blue sky Mojo diamond Bolivian bath Ivory Bubble love Plant food Mad cow Snow leopard Pure ivory Sextacy Purple rain Purple wave Crush Zoom Red dove Bliss Hurricane

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    Bath Salts

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    When you think of the word "drug" what comes to mind? Probably marijuana‚ cocaine‚ lsd‚ prescriptions but what about bath salts? When I first heard stories about people on bath salts my reaction was you have to be kidding right‚ but no first popping onto the radar of the DEA and poison control in 2010‚ this product is causing quite a stir in the United States. Mark Ryan from the LA poison control says in an interview on the Dr. Oz television show "that he has never seen a drug that has caused the

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    Estate Satire

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    Monika Pareek Professor Abraham English A 10th February 2014 Chaucer And Estate Satire The meanings of the word “estate” defined by the Middle English Dictionary is ‘a class of persons‚ especially a social rank or a political class or group; also a member of particular class or rank’. The idea of the "estates" is important to the social structure of the Middle Ages. (Mann‚ Jill. Chaucer And Medieval Estate Satire. Introduction. London: Syndics of Cambridge University Press‚ 1973. 1-7.Print.)

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    Wife

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    Syfers- I Want a Wife Vocab: 1. Nurturant- warm and affectionate physical and emotional support and care. “I want a wife who is a good nurturant attendant to my children‚ who arranges for their schooling‚ makes sue they have an adequate social life with their peers‚ takes them to the park‚ the zoo‚ etc.” 2. Entail- to cause or involve by necessity. “And I want a wife who understands that my sexual needs may entail more than strict adherence to monogamy.” 3. Adherence- to stay attached; stick fast; cleave; cling

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    Juvenal Satire

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    Satire‚ in order to resonate with the audience‚ has to reflect something about reality‚ but‚ in Juvenal’s case‚ it is surely a heightened‚ exaggerated version of it‚ even a caricature. As evidenced‚ this is by far the longest‚ and in some ways the most offensive‚ of the Satires by Juvenal‚ his sixth‚ which he devotes to a wide-ranging attack on the folly‚ for men‚ of marriage. Postumus‚ are you really Taking a wife? You used to be sane enough—what Fury’s got into you‚ what snake has stung you

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