Tam Lin

Unique Design of the Vietnam War Memorial At the age of twenty one, a female undergraduate at Yale University named Maya Lin submitted her design for the Vietnam Memorial. Her idea for the memorial was extremely unique and controversial. After long discussions by a panel, it was chosen for construction. The design that she submitted was one that was very different in comparison to other memorials, and it was one that has a tendency to leave a lot of questions on the minds of the visitors

and most people bought it. The use of opium among Chinese people had become very common and many people became addicts even though it was still illegal. In 1839, 5.639 million lbs./year of opium was being imported in, the Emperor order Commissioner Lin Zexu, to end the opium trade. Commissioner Zexu was very successful and retrieved 3 million lbs. Of opium, which took about 23 days to destroy. The British government was outraged by Commissioner Zexu’s actions and immediately sent in military

history about the Vietnam Veteran Memorial Creation that Maya Lin created and designed, it assist one in appreciating and understanding her work. This is because Maya Lin used natural material as well as recyclable substances to address environmental issues that people could easily recognize. As an artist, environmentalist as well as sculptor, she carved haunting and beautiful imagery to represent the results of environment destruction. Maya Lin won Vietnam veterans memorial competition since she created

A. Plan of Investigation The purpose of this study is to answer the question: To what extent did Chinese leaders display their power through the controlling of sex in the Chinese Cultural Revolution? This can give historians a better understanding of the extent to which the Chinese leaders controlled every aspect of the Chinese people's life. This is a fairly new subject because, as I will discuss later in the project, sex was silenced in the Cultural Revolution. (words:137) | B. Summary

The Solution The business man behind a desk, the scientist in the lab, the artist approaching his canvas, the mathematician examining the symbols he placed on the blackboard--the thoughts going through each of their heads are very different in many ways, yet amazingly similar. For example, the business man must come up with an idea to cut costs and increase revenue for his company. He must find a creative twist to an old idea, a new combination of numbers that allows the company

of China, Mao Zedong feared that China would move too far in a revisionist direction with an emphasis on expertise rather than on ideological purity as the Soviet model was doing. In response Mao gathered a group of radicals such as Defense Minister Lin Biao to help him attack current party leadership to reassert the authority he had lost during the recent economic crisis and the Great Leap Forward. In 1966, Mao launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966 – 1976). The goal of the movement

Kota Kinabalu: We have heard numerous news about Datuk Lee Chong Wei’s intention to retire early. Yet, The National shuttler, Datuk Lee Chong Wei disclosed in the BBC interview that he would retire from badminton if he was slapped with a two-year suspension for alleged doping. In that interview as well , Lee, who tested positive for a banned substance last year when he was world number one, said he would, however, return to competition if his appeal was successful. He was suspended after traces of

Both artists, Maya Lin and Andy Goldsworthy, use nature to express their feelings through art. Goldsworthy uses nature more in a temporary art setting. The sculptures he creates are all from objects surrounding his project. Whether it is made of rocks, leafs, branches, ice sickles, and many other surrounding objects. Maya Lin on the other hand brings in all the materials that she uses on her sculptures. Lin strives to show the way nature or a piece of land once was and how important it was to

design was perfect for the criteria needed. The model had the judges were in awe of the design for many reasons. The design entered by Maya Lin greatly impressed the judges. One reason why it impressed them so much was the design itself. The model had a form that fit the scene perfectly in the Mall. In the essay, Always to Remember: The Vision of Maya Ying Lin, by Brent Ashabranner, states, “It is uniquely horizontal, entering the earth rather than piercing the sky.” Another piece of evidence is when

Running head: HEALTHCARE FRAUD AND ABUSE Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Abstract Rising costs of healthcare is a valid concern for many households in America. A factor in the cost of healthcare insurance is fraud. Fraud is often very difficult to detect. The magnitude of healthcare fraud is unknown. Initial reimbursement and payment and billing timeframe of 90 days allows for fast payment of services, however, many times before there is an indication of fraudulent billing the company has closed