Kai Lin ARTD 250 Extra credit My Blue Lake When looking at Kiki Smith’s My Blue Lake‚ it maybe difficult‚ at first to understand what you are looking at. In fact‚ it might even be difficult to tell what the piece of art is. The picture has the detail and smoothness of a photograph‚ but the abstractness and lack of defining boundaries characteristic of a landscape painting. There appears to be features of a person as well as features of a room‚ but the person has no body and the room seems to narrow
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Adriana Garcia January 29‚ 2013 ENC 1102 Analysis of the Theme in TC Boyle’s Greasy Lake The theme in T.C. Boyle’s “Greasy Lake” is demonstrated when the narrator and his friends learn a potentially deadly lesson through a series of accidents‚ caused as a result of their reckless pursuit to be bad. The nature of life reveals to them that striving to be bad in order to be viewed as hip or cool can often result in dark accidents‚ with catastrophic consequences. In the beginning of
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Costs: Filtration Plant: $20 Million Plant Improvements: $8 million Paving Roads: $4.8 million Annual Costs: Road Maintenance: $600‚000 / yr Exercise: You represent top management at Twin Lakes Mining company. The EPA has fined the company $30 Million for pollution. The mine is situated on a lake and if the company decides to build a filtration plant it would cost $20 Million. If the company builds the plant the fine would then become $10 Million and the company could bottle water and sell
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archaeological sites in Australia’s history‚ that is‚ Lake Mungo. The lake‚ which existed about 25‚000 – 45‚000 years ago‚ had once taken up 135 squared kilometers of land and was 10 meters in depth. However 14‚000 years ago it dried up and many extinct animals where found‚ such as‚ the zygomaturus1‚ Tasmanian tigers‚ huge kangaroos and hairy-nose wombats. Along with that‚ Lake Mungo was radiocarbon dated by scientists. They found that aborigines occupied the lake‚ 40‚000 years ago‚ they also discovered their
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Demonstration of Ignorance and Impulsivity of Youth In “Greasy Lake” by T. Coraghessan Boyle My parents would always ask me when I was younger‚ if I would jump off a bridge if so and so told me to do it? I would always respond no and they would say then why did you (insert stupid childish behavior)? I know now it is because by nature as we grow up we act on impulse and we don’t often think through the consequences. T. Coraghessan Boyle’s "Greasy Lake" demonstrates the ignorance and impulsivity of youth
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Adolescence is the most influenced period in one’s life‚ not only because it is the transitional phase to adulthood but the personality and character is also forged at this specific time. ”Greasy Lake” by T. Coraghessan Boyle‚ is a short story about three teenagers who portrays themselves as “dangerous Characters”‚ as the story unfolds they realize more and more that this behavior is simply not for them. The story suggests that people are capable of anything when they find themselves operating outside
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One of the concerns is the great lakes and working towards protecting them from invasive species as well as keeping them cleaned up. Currently‚ the invasive species in the great lakes are zebra mussels‚ sea lamprey‚ and types of plants. There is not a way to get these invasive species out of the great lakes; however‚ we can work towards preventing more from getting in. Right now a major concern for the great lakes is to keep Asian Carp from entering the great lakes. Currently‚ there is a small fence
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The short story “Greasy Lake" by Thomas Coraghessan Boyle reveals a moment of enlightened transformation in three young men as they go through a series of mistakes‚ consequences‚ and reaffirmation. Greasy Lake is a short story that traces the events leading up to the young men’s revelatory moments. This short story can easily be applied to similar stories of young men all over the world as a well-remembered turning point on the road to the maturity. For the characters of this story‚ one mistake follows
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Great Lakes: Great Decision Case Study MEMO Date: 7/21/2010 To: Great Lakes Board of Directors From: Subject: Great Lakes: Great Decisions Since the mid-1990’s there is growing worldwide pressure‚ especially from environmentalists‚ for us to stop making the lead additive via our subsidiary‚ Octel Associates‚ because a scientific study in the 1960’s found that lead caused brain damage in children‚ respiratory problems
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Arvo Lake‚ a retired 71-year-old man‚ bought an air conditioner in May. The unit was installed and operated according to the manufacturer’s specifications. Unbeknownst to Lake‚ the unit contained a hole in the refrigeration system that allowed Freon‚ the coolant‚ to escape from the unit. By August‚ the unit had ceased cooling‚ and Lake’s residence reached a temperature of at least 96 degrees Fahrenheit. The heat caused Lake to suffer from hyperthermia‚ which caused circulatory failure and then death
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