DOUGLAS HOUSE‚ RICHARD MEIER‚ 1971-1973 The Douglas House was built by Richard Meier in 1971-1973 for Jim and Jean Douglas. The house is gently placed on a steep slope over the water‚ almost as if it is floating amongst the trees. As Meier stated about the house‚ “So steep is the slope to the water that the house appears to have been dropped into the site‚ a machine-crafted object that has landed in a natural world. The dramatic dialogue between the whiteness of the house and the primary blues and
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societal‚ political‚ economic‚ and religious principles. Its authorship includes Frederick Douglass and Harriet Beecher Stowe who dually challenges the legitimacy of slavery in their literature. While both Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚” and Frederick Douglas’s “Narrative of the Life of an American Slave‚” offer impelling accounts‚ regarding the historical slavery era throughout the 1800s‚ the two authors write from distinctive experiences. Stowe’s Uncle Tom‚ a fictional character‚ attracts
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While it may be true that Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass lived very different lifestyles‚ Lincoln having all the benefits of being a white male in the 1800’s and Douglas born into slavery with no civil rights‚ they had very similar views. Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass came from similar backgrounds‚ they put great value into education‚ and they became well-known for their impact on slavery. Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin County‚ Kentucky in 1809‚ and moved to Spencer County‚ Indiana
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“Learning to Write‚” by Benjamin Franklin‚ showed me how anyone can improve themselves. As a lad‚ Franklin made it a mission to himself to become a better writer and speaker. Throughout the excerpt‚ he puts himself through various tasks to do so. When he was just a child he would go out of his way to learn from different prints and would copy and turn the piece into his own words. Day and night‚ he would practice. I remember as a child myself I would practice my drawing skills. Franklin’s passion
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Douglas was a man who wanted freedom. He would speak out about freedom‚ and how he and every other African American wanted to get away from slavery. How he and the rest actually wanted to get somewhere in life for themselves and not for anyone else. He was very passionate about what he said and he meant it. The topics he would talk about a lot was about freedom‚ slavery‚ and antislavery. When Douglass talked about freedom‚ it was not much so of how much every African American wanted it‚ because
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Douglas Spalding Douglas Spalding was the architect of ethology‚ the scientific study of animal behavior. He started his research in the mid 1800s. His studies discounted British empiricist claims that animal skill regarding depth‚ distance; perception and sound localization were learned by the animals while they were young. Spalding study of ethology involved the determiner of behavior such as instinct is behavior that is predisposed or shaped by natural selection or innate pre-programmed behavior
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book “The 7 Habits of highly Effective Teens” and the fundamental base of leadership found in the 40 developmental assets. The main things that made Douglas a highly effective leader are family support‚ caring‚ integrity‚ school engagement‚ begin with the end in mind‚ put first things first‚ think win-win and synergize. Thomas Clement "Tommy" Douglas (20 October 1904 – 24 February 1986) was a Scottish-born Canadian democratic socialist politician and Baptist minister. He was elected to the Canadian
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Noah Douglas is a six-year veteran of the FIRST programs with three years of FLL and three years of FTC. He is a committed team member‚ who is reliable‚ a fierce competitor‚ and has a passion for learning. I have personally taught Noah in multiple college-level engineering courses through Project Lead The Way (PLTW)‚ and he has been a hard-working student who has demonstrated tremendous levels of perseverance‚ willingness to learn‚ and an ability to always find excitement through his education. He
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Douglas Noel Adams 11 march 1952 – 11 may 2001 Adams was an English writer and dramatist‚ best known as the author of The Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy. He also wrote a lot of other books and stories like The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988) and three chapter for the television series Doctor Who. He was a strong advocate for animals and the environment and on the other hand a lover of fast cars‚ cameras and new computers. He is known for being an radical atheist and used to describe
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Did you know that gymnast‚ Gabby Douglas won the Summer Olympics in 2012‚ and not only because of her superior talent in gymnastics‚ but also because of her ambitious personality. Gabby Douglas is an Olympic gymnast‚ starting her gymnastics career at the age of six. She was born on December 31 in 1995‚ she grew up in Virginia and then moved to Iowa to further pursue a more serious gymnastic career. Although other gymnasts have obviously won gold in the olympics‚ she was the first African American
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