Naia‚ a water nymph employed by Poseidon‚ was collecting water from the river to send to the mortals. Poseidon and Zeus had been fighting for weeks‚ and for a rather meaningless reason. The gods of Olympus were sick of drinking just nectar‚ and wanted something that could wash the taste away from their mouths. That‚ of course‚ had to be water. When Poseidon refused to send all of his water to Olympus‚ Zeus erupted in anger and forced his army onto Poseidon’s seas. Naia was supposed to collect water
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Dunkirk in May 1940 in the wake of being defeated by the Germans in the Battle of France were conspiring about a possible Allied attack in the English Channel. The next year‚ Allied plans for a cross-Channel attack started to take shape. In November 1943‚ Adolf Hitler‚ who knew about the danger of an attack along France’s northern coast‚ appointed Erwin Rommel and made him responsible for initiating security operations in the district‚ although the Germans did not know precisely where the Allies would
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August: We set sail at 8 am on Friday‚ August 3rd‚ 1492. I am on the Santa Maria with Columbus. On August 6th‚ the rudder of the Pinta slipped its socket. The rough sea prevented the rest of us from helping repair the ship. I continued on with Columbus and we left the Pinta and crew behind. Martin Pinzon was doing his best to repair the Pinta. September: It’s been a month and I’m starting to get a little suspicious. I don’t feel that Columbus is telling us the truth. The days seem like we should
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particular. The piece was called “Ante Meridian”‚ oil on board‚ c.a. 1935 by Frederick Judd Waugh (American 1861-1940). This representational painting was of a presumably north eastern coast line where waves were battering the cliffs and rocks during a stormy day. The sky was ominous yet you don’t see the rain falling. The sun appears to illuminate a jetty in the distance giving you the impression that the storm was passing. The focal point of the painting is a rather large wave‚ cresting‚ foaming‚
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The Gothic genre is a very fascinating one because it is one of mystery‚ suspense‚ and high emotion. With intriguing elements and its out of the ordinary style‚ the gothic genre has captivated readers for centuries. Mary Shelley ’s "Frankenstein" is a classic gothic novel which has been adapted into a film directed by Kenneth Branagh. This film can be perceived as a typical gothic piece because the archetypal elements such as dark setting‚ horror‚ and suspense are apparent. However‚ in the film adaptation
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climate pattern that describes the unusual warming of surface waters along the tropical west coast of South America. El Nino has an impact on ocean temperatures‚ the speed and strength of ocean currents‚ the health of coastal fisheries‚ and local weather from Australia to South America. El Niño events occur irregularly at two- to seven-year intervals. However‚ it is not a regular cycle‚ or strictly predictable in the sense that ocean tides are. El Niño has long been recognized by fishers
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References: Clugston‚ R.W. 2010. Journey into Literature. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/books/AUENG125.10.2/sections/sec9.1 Naïve. 2012. In dictionary.com Retrieved on July 1‚ 2012 from www.dictionary.com Ichheiser‚ G. (1943)‚ MISINTERPRETATIONS OF PERSONALITY IN EVERYDAY LIFE AND THE PSYCHOLOGIST ’S FRAME OF REFERENCE. Journal of Personality‚ 12: 145–160. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1943.tb01953.x Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-6494
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Yellow Wallpaper is the story of a woman locked in the upstairs room of her summerhouse. Many stories in the Victorian era showed several signs of having used gothic literature. Setting is used to show gothic literature immensely‚ usually with stormy weather‚ fog or a dark setting‚ old objects and haunted houses will usually be present in a gothic story‚ In The Red Room the house that it is set in‚ is described as being run down and aged‚ much like any typical haunted house “I left the door wide open
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eyewitnesses to the calamity and much confusion. Captain Samuel Cutler‚ the executive officer of the U.S. Army Rest Area at Mackay‚ recorded some details of the incident in his personal wartime dairy.16 The day before the crash‚ he wrote: Sunday‚ June 13th‚ 1943 Saw CBA Flying Fortress test hopping over us. Our Major Diller was aboard with Lt. Gidcumb as pilot. The B-17 was in good shape after having been laid up for almost a month while getting a special gas tank from the U.S. The plane was known as Miss
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leadership named this operation the Italian Campaign. The goal was to get Italy out of the war and to draw German troops away from the Allied advance through Nazioccupied northern Europe aimed at Berlin‚ Germany. The Italian Campaign‚ from July 10‚ 1943‚ to May 2‚ 1945‚ was a series of Allied beach landings and land battles from Sicily and southern Italy up the Italian mainland toward Nazi Germany.2 The
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