The Cloud Room Essays

  • Personal Narrative: Harry Potter And The Prisoner Azkaban

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    lunch in silence. Mom came and went from the kitchen to the living room where she had the TV on. After I finished, I put my plate in the dishwasher and went back to my room so I could continue reading my book. Another hour or so passed before I heard Jezebel’s mom pull up to take her home. Finally!, I thought in my head, I can finally go to the living room. I picked up my book and walked to the living room. I walked into the room to mom and Taylor sitting on the couch staring at me solemnly while

  • The Annunciation: A Painting by Francisco de Zurbaran

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    naturalistic style. The painting features a room in which a woman – like angel is seen at the left kneeling on the ground before the Virgin Mary. The figure of Mary is placed between a chair and a small wooden table draped with a green cloth. Mary disregards an open Bible on the table, as she appears solemn while staring at the floor. Floating above the two main figures in the upper left side of the painting are cherubs resting on a bed of clouds. They happily gaze down at Mary with eyes from

  • Formal Analysis of Art Works: Three Examples

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    Formal Analysis The first artwork I chose for the formal analysis project is The Tiger by Ito Jakuchù originally painted in 1755. This painting is of a tiger licking its paw in the grass underneath a tree branch. There seems to be two diagonal planes as the tiger is leaning forward and sitting erect. There is a horizontal plane from what appear to be branches above the tiger. The painting has asymmetrical balance as the elements are equally distributed to balance the top and the bottom of the space

  • The Great Gatsby Creative Writing

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    The room had no doors, just clear windows, a desk and a chair. The cube-shaped room appeared hovering in the center of a bigger room. The cube room was surrounded by men and women in fantasy clothes with floating pens and paper. They bickered to each other and argued over the contents on the floating books at their side. Alex wasn't sure if they were even human. It was hard to make out details from inside the glass cube room. "His stats are far too low for our standards

  • Billy Collins Allusion

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    With Collins saying, “names printed on the ceiling,” (1294) it can be shown to be the ceiling in the room, but is it to show that maybe it’s the ceiling of the World Trade Centers that he’s seeing these names on as the buildings are falling. This quote carries different meanings. As well as, “names printed in the pale blue sky,” (1295) the allusion of

  • Insights on Death in I’ve Seen a Dying Eye

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    comes to rest, the person observing the death cannot provide any definite proof that what the dying person saw was hopeful or disturbing. The dying person seems to have no control over the clouds covering his or her eye, which is frantically searching for something that it can only hope to find before the clouds totally consume it. Death, as an uncontrollable force, seems to sweep over the dying. More importantly, as the poem is from the point of view of the observer, whether the dying person saw

  • Grounded: A Short Story

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    My parents went through all the hassle to get my missed work from school, and I forgot it. Consequences. I loathe that word. But really it’s just a more complex word for “Grounded.” So then in a hop, skip, and a jump, I landed myself sitting in my room… Alone. I just simply sat on the edge of my bed, twiddling with my thumbs. I’m so bored! I complained to myself. So I got up and walked in a couple of circles before having the best idea- I could grab my phone!- Until it was the worst idea- I’m Grounded

  • Waco Tornado Essay

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    ground. Before a tornado occurs, a very severe thunderstorm will more than likely present itself. Before the grave thunderstorm arises, a wall cloud will form in the sky. A wall cloud is an abrupt lowering of a rain-free cumulonimbus base into a low-hanging cloud. A wall cloud is usually situated in the southwest portion of the storm. A rotating wall cloud usually

  • NFPA 13: A Summary And Analysis

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    11-6, drop-in, ceiling has a suspended gyp board cloud 6 in. below at 11-0 above finished floor. Occupancy is light hazard and construction is non-combustible. The 6-in. separation does not allow space for a sprinkler covering above the cloud to operate. Is coverage above the cloud required?” In response to your question, we have reviewed NFPA 13, 2013 edition that you indicated as the applicable standard. Our informal interpretation is treat the cloud ceiling per the obstructions rules. Although the

  • Girl With A Pearl Earring Analysis

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    describes the difference to him by saying, “the light, it’s cleaner now.” When Vermeer asks Griet what color the clouds are, she first sees them as only white. Vermeer compares the situation to her vegetables, and Griet understands. There is more than just white in the clouds, she sees the blue and yellow and gray as he does. Vermeer says, “you will find there is little pure white in clouds, yet people say they are white,” (101) while trying to explain to Griet why he doesn’t need the blue paint

  • I Lost My Grandma's Assisted Living Home

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    My dad went into my grandma's room alone because the secretary said that they hadn't taken my grandma to get cremation place and my sister and I were scared of seeing her dead for some reason. So the waiting game began my sister and I talked about all the fun times we had with my grandma while my dad went into her room to start cleaning her room and getting stuff ready to get packed up. About two hours later a guy came with a cart and took

  • Essay On Tornado

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    large black funnels hanging from storm clouds. The winds inside a tornado can blow at speeds up to 500 miles per hour, but on average about 300 miles per hour. They are the fastest winds on earth. A tornado can form very fast, some even in less than a minute. Some people may say that a tornado is as loud as a train, but that isn 't always

  • How Does Kate Chopin Use Imagery In The Story Of An Hour

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    obvious one is the room Louise Mallard locks herself in when she hears of her husband’s death. In the locked room, it is only Louise and an open window. The room Louise has kicked herself in represents their marriage. In her marriage, she feels very trapped and locked in. When her husband passes, Louise finds a new freedom and independence in her husband’s death, this is represented by the open window Louise Mallard looks out of from the locked room. The only way the escape the room she is locked in

  • Nt1330 Unit 1 Assignment

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    Big Data (301046) Assignment Cloud Computing The idea of accessing, storing, and processing data from online server or virtual server instead of local server is called as Cloud computing. When we store data in our hard disk which is very near to computer that is called as local storage and computing but Cloud computing doesn’t access data from our hard disk. Best example of cloud computing is Google drive and Apple iCloud. Google drive is an unadulterated distributed computing administration, with

  • How Charlotte Bronte Uses Language Detail and Setting In The First Two Chapters Of Jane Eyre

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    mood and atmosphere very effectively the whole way through the novel however it is used to brilliant effect in the first two chapters. The first chapter/scene is set in a winter afternoon in November. The author describes the weather as having "clouds so sombre", "rain so penetrating". This reflects that the atmosphere in the Reed's household is negative and depressing. As the novel is in first person narrative we see everything in Jane's views and thoughts only. Brontë describes the rain as

  • What Does It Mean To Be Napped

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    But then again, a combination of being three and asleep tends to cloud your memories. I imagine it must have felt very nice and reassuring. If you were little and were trying to fall asleep somewhere other than your bed, you might have found it difficult. Having someone rub your back like a parent would was likely very

  • Museum Critique

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    My Museum Critique I have selected the artwork Three Trees, Two Clouds by John Beerman 1990 because it caught my attention as soon as I entered the room. Its bright pinks and oranges just captivated me and pulled me in. As soon as I saw the artwork, it brought up good memories of when I use to live in upstate New York; which made me feel happy and helped me enjoy the painting even more. I was so captivated by the painting that I could not keep my eyes off it. As I sat on the cushion and stared at

  • Euripides’ Electra and Aristophanes' Clouds

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    is ethically correct and morally wrong. Aristophanes’ Clouds is a tragedy disguised as a comedy that illuminates Strepsiades’s profound disregard for justice, conduct, and the establishment of civilization. Underneath Aristophanes’ comedic approach lies a dark conclusion that alludes to a problem that civilization faces today: ignorance and its resistance to evolution. Electra adheres to its respective form as a tragedy while Aristophanes’ Clouds outgrows its comedic structure to form a darker, more

  • History of Cloud Computing

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    Cloud computing is here and basically every business, corporation, or organization is using it in some form. Learning and understanding the opportunities and risks that is interlinked with this technology can be very important. Cloud computing is a model for allowing convenient, on-demand network access to a shared collection of configurable computing resources. These resources included networks, storage, applications, servers, and services. It can be quickly provisioned and distributed with insignificant

  • The Sistine Madonna in the Royal Gallery at Dresden, Saxony

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    Saxony. It was painted by Raphael as an altar-piece for a church in Piacenza, Italy. In a far corner of the great Palace of Art it is now placed, probably to remain until the colors shall fade. It is the only picture in the room. The figures are of life size. When that room is entered all voices are hushed, and all merriment silenced. The place is as holy as a church. In the centre of the canvas is the Virgin Mother with a young, almost girlish face or surpassing loveliness. In her eyes affection