Essays on Lotus

Retrieved from http://www.uncubemagazine.com/blog/9133113 Retrieved from http://www.uncubemagazine.com/blog/9133113 Trusses are engineering structures common for wide-span buildings like industrial buildings and sports centers with the purpose of reduction the consumption of materials and lightweight design. Figure 1 and Figure 2 show the first SANAA’s industrial building located at the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein. The architects of the building were Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, and its project commissioner was Rolf Fehlbaum, chairman of Vitra. It has a diameter of 160 meters and is 11 meters in height. Inside, the building is divided into two parts for safety reasons. As ...

External Analysis

The first opportunity was holding a design contest for its first product. In this manner, the company managed to secure the manufacturing and engineering expertise of Lotus cars who brought experience to Tesla Motors. The use of Lotus’ software and tools also ensured that a company that has specialized in the area built the chassis. There were financial challenges that faced the company due to the misleading by the CEO, who lied to the investors about the manufacturing cost of the car. Furthermore, there was a discovery that the technology used was outdated, resulting in safety issues in the ...

Introduction

Food is a vast subject and encompasses from the simplest recipes to the most complicated flavors and ingredients. It can lead to a productive discussion about its nutritional value or the financial aspect of the food trade. Asian cuisine has always been intriguing for the West as Asia represents the eastern flavors of the world. It's a different style of cooking and the ingredients are very different from the regular European or American dishes. This paper evaluates a small Asian market, My Hoa Oriental Food Market, the kind of food it sells, their nutritional value and how dieticians can ...

Abstract

Artefacts have been suggested as the primary points of insights into the culture and customs of a civilization and the way they interact with the world around them. Whilst many of the objects in question convey spiritual messages in terms of idols and iconography, it is important to consider the ways in which the objects communicate on an implied level also; for example, jade stone is one particular inclusion within many Eastern Asian ceremonies and ceremonial pieces and had been considered within these cultures’ as a precious stone, but also, for its ability to preserve an individuals spirit. As ...

IDEO’s Human-Centered Design & The Fun Theory

1.0 Inspiration

Bottom line: When finished with this step, your team will have identified a behavior that could be improved to make a better world and will understand the goal/wish/challenge for which it will seek a solution. Explore behaviors that you would like to improve. Due to the nature of the online environment, and to ensure everyone on the team has the best chance of fully participating, focus on behaviors of family, friends, co-workers, or other similar groups vs. working with the general public. For example: Changing the behavior of library patrons or children on a playground may not ...

One of the elements of globalization has been the disappearance of borders in terms of goods and services. This is most easily observed in with food. This paper will explore some of the benefits and disadvantages of our increasingly borderless society by analyzing its impacts on one meal The meal that will form the basis of analysis consisted of pork ribs, lotus root, broccoli, rice, and “Tieguanyin” tea. The lotus root, rice, pork ribs and tea were purchased at a local grocery store. The other items, namely, the broccoli and green beans were purchased at a local farmer’s ...

Even though few companies can set out to be racist in their adverts deliberately, sometimes their feeble attempts at humor and subtle prejudice can quickly backfire (Terlutter 111). A good example of humor attempts gone wrong is the Twin Lotus toothpaste advertisement in Thailand in 1982. The main intention of the advert was to show people that one should not judge someone or something based on appearance. Since the company is making an advertisement for a black toothpaste, they use a black man as a nice person who gets put down despite his nice intentions. The advert shows how ...

Thesis

Toni Morrison's novel, Home, is an allegory that uses post-Korean war setting to paint a picture of the never-ending human conflicts like war, racism, trauma and manhood. Despite many years as the world’s superpower, America has not yet found a solution for world conflicts. Despite fighting in Korea, where he lost his homes, Frank Money has not yet learned how to be a man, and he thinks of Lotus, where he was grown, as a place worse than any battlefield. The novel is a reflection of a struggle that never ends, no matter how someone, how a country ...

The paper makes a visual analysis of two statues of Buddha from different centuries, Bhaisajyaguru, and Seated Yakushi Nyorai.

Bhaisajyaguru Bhaisajyaguru is from the 8th century and belongs to Nara period, which is considered the most outstanding period of Buddhist art in Japan (Indian Influence on the Art of Japan 71). Buddhism was introduced in the country during the mid-sixth century. Looking at the sculpture of Bhaisajyaguru, the gray metallic tone of bronze lends it a dark and heavy look. The stocky body of Buddha sits on a circular pedestal that is carved with the lotus petals. The body of the statue is done in proportions and carries the demeanor of a great spiritual man. He wears dynamic ...

Shintoism and Buddhism in Japanese History

Before the spread of today’s religion, the early civilizations had different views as to how they could explain the things around them. Some would say it is the work of spirits who dwell upon plants, animals and inanimate objects while others believe in the intervention of divine beings who created the world prior to mankind. While some of these early beliefs have been forgotten in favor of newer religions, there are countries where early beliefs played heavily in the formation of the nation and even triggered a conflict to occur when a new religion was introduced to the ...

Egyptian Revival and Bauhaus

(History of Design Object) (Word Count) Ancient Egypt is one of the four ancient civilizations of the world and is also recognized as the oldest kingdom on the Earth. There are a number of alluring attractions in Egypt including the Pyramids on the Valley of the Kings and the well-known Great Sphinx. Those internationally renowned historical sites were constructed during the era of ancient Egyptian civilization extended from the first waterfall of Nile River to the Delta area. This civilization continued from the Tasa Culture (5000 BC) till the Arab conquest of Egypt (614 AD). The culture of ancient ...

Basic Setting(s):

The Story is set in a tropical place where the sailors find many exotic things and the scenery is wonderful as there are waterfalls and other natural beauties.

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The beginning of the story asks for action because the sailors get to a country which is exotic and new. Everything is strange and they see a place which is tropical with a variety of divine natural wonders. The “Lotus-eaters” are the people who are native in this place and they are very kind, but seem to be melancholic. The sailors who taste this plant have a strange feeling and they ...

The leadership of Jiang Zemin can be described as successful considering the achievements made during his reign. His successes against his failures can be rated at 80% against 20% because he was able to rebuild broken ties with the United States which had been broken since 1989. Furthermore, regardless of the fact that he was an object of ridicule on so many occasions, he managed to meet the demands of the period and ensured sustainability in China (Qin). His efforts towards eradicating corruption also defined his tenure together with social, political, and military changes he introduced in China. The ...

Some themes of "The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor" and typology of the character of Homer's poem "The Odyssey” are similar to some extent. Further, in the paper, such similarities will be discussed. The form of storytelling of “The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor” recalls the story of Odysseus. Both stories start in a similar way. In “The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor”, the poor meets Sinbad the Sailor in his house, after which the latter tells stories of his travels and adventures for seven nights in a row. Odysseus meets in the same way King ...

Introduction The desire for beauty led individuals into mutilating their bodies, a practice that was carried out by many different cultures of the world. Examples of some of the practices are plastic surgery, tattooing, circumcision, but none compares to the pain and effort that accompanied foot binding, which was practiced by the ancient Chinese. Dorothy, In Every day a lotus, indicates that the culture of foot binding began in China in the tenth century during the reign of the Tang dynasty. The culture lasted for a long period which is approximated to be around 1000 years. The Tang dynasty had ...