It was a cold snowy morning on the frozen shores of Lake Superior. I unloaded all of my ice fishing supplies from my truck and back my ATV out of the trailer. The ice was at least a foot thick by this time of year according to the people in town more than safe enough … Read more

It is not often that Portland sees snow, but when we do the whole city pauses. Schools are closed, roads are treated and somebody, somebody always gets into an accident. Sometimes the snow melts just as quickly as it falls and other times it leaves you wondering if there will ever be an end in … Read more

It’s 9 in the morning on a Friday, hours before Sakata Gintoki is anywhere near the peak of wakefulness. Supressing a yawn, he leans his back against a dirty brick wall in a nondescript Kabukicho alley, contemplating whether he should wait out the company of his friends or go back home to the comfort of … Read more

While the religious icon had been a popular type of painting since the medieval period, a new style of icon emerged during the fifteenth century; this new icon was a type of hybrid. This new hybrid icon was a mixture of Western European and Eastern Greek and Byzantine styles while still maintaining its spiritual value. … Read more

I have never been an extremely confident person. Although I love to express my ideas with others, I face anxiety when confronted with the prospect of public speaking or even speaking in class. I tend to focus more on my schoolwork and less on making sure I am participating in every way possible. However, my … Read more

In recent years, the information technology boom has inspired many high-tech companies such as Google, Ford and Tesla to step up the self-driving vehicle tests successfully. Lavrinc (2012) implies that the driverless vehicles have been allowed to operate legally on roads in three states in United States, the law approval is a major step forward … Read more

In 1494, Florence, Italy was overtaken by France. There the Prince, leader of Florence at the time was the third generation Medici. Given to him was a series of chapters of The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli written in 1513. Niccolo Machiavelli was known for his vast knowledge in politics and literature. Thus after being exiled … Read more

Every athlete always dreams of having that big moment. Hearing the crowd chant your school name as you make memories you will never forget. The moment where they reach one of the highest points in their career, but know it’s not the peak. They spend countless hours in the gym hoping that someday their moment … Read more

Writing originally was invented independently in three separate countries including the cuneiform writing system in Mesopotamia which was first introduced at around 3200 BC in southern Mesopotamia (Houston, 3). To be specific, the system was created during the Uruk period, which “is characterized by strong urbanization and increased societal complexity” (Houston, 4). During this period, … Read more

Time for school! Time for school! Are you excited? There was once a time when I was excited about going to school. I use to organize all of my school supplies trying to make sure I had everything that I needed. And I even use to pick out my own school clothes the night before, … Read more

Death is a factor of life everyone has to go through. No one is too busy for death, it takes everyone whether it bothers us or not. Like every poet, Dickinson and Whitman reflect their point of view in their poetry, albeit they have different ways of expressing this reflection. Both poems are characteristically different, … Read more

When I was in pre-kindergarten, when I was supposed to be sitting and talking with other children, I sat in my own corner doing what I wanted to do, barely interacting with anyone else. I felt abandoned. Most of my good friends from preschool were not there and my best friend was in another classroom. … Read more

School Counselors- school counselor help students at all levels to understand and cope with social, behavioral, and personal problems or issues. Schools or education counselors emphasize preventive and developmental counseling to enhance student’s personal, social, and academic growth and to provide students with the life skills needed to deal with problems before they worsen. School … Read more

Income inequality means that there is no equality between people. Also, there are big differences between the rich and everyone else. This problem grows year after year. Some people become poor and other become rich. The American Dream is related to income because everyone who wants to achieve the American Dream must have a great … Read more

Another type of media is a magazine. What seems to be the most popular and influential thing about magazines in today’s society is who is on the cover. The most common type of person that is seen on the cover of a magazine today is a young, skinny, white woman. With the amount of diversity … Read more

Fundraising leadership within a nonprofit organization is crucial to the success of the overall mission and controls the size of any possible impact the nonprofit can make on a community. Most often leadership is a backbone which employees use as a source for various job related problems. In the nonprofit sector leadership is even more … Read more

Bisphenol-a (BPA) is found in many beverage and food containers, including baby bottles. The main use for BPA is in the production of plastic items, like water bottles, computer cases, sunglasses and canned and beverage goods. In addition, this a component of this chemical is used in making the heat sensitive coating on thermal paper … Read more

Soccer season is about to start. This is Wally’s favorite time of year. Wally plays soccer professionally for FC Barcelona. He just joined the team after a great first season with Ajax. As Wally heads out to his first practice, he can’t wait to meet his teammates! As Wally gets closer to Camp Nou he … Read more

Oedipus the King by Sophocles The painting was created by Collin Mills, also known as Rezurekted from the famous art site Deviant Art. In the painting the absence of Oedipus’s eye did not becloud him, but yet his spirit was lightened, there were puzzles he was trying to piece together. Although the windows of his … Read more

MEMORIES OF ONE KIND OR ANOTHER presents with an original voice. One considers it a character driven story of self-discovery. It’s a psychological, drama with sci-fi and supernatural features. There are solid themes about connecting, belonging, and learning the true meaning of family. The concept of the “God Particle” makes for a compelling hook. The … Read more

There’s a reason cats aren’t called man’s best friend – and it’s all in their genes, according to a new study. Cats are simply not as domesticated as dogs despite sharing households with humans for at least 9,000 years, researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine have found. The reason is because they have … Read more

Although the bare essentials to human survival are just food, water, and shelter, there is also other things that humans need. They need spiritual needs like believing in a faith. Or emotional needs like friendships and feelings. In the novel, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, Yann gives Pi spiritual, physical, and emotional needs. Pi … Read more

Many poems, although very unique, share important features that help us as the audience better understand what people go through in their lifetime. There are instances where the reader can feel what the poet is feeling and that is what makes a great poet differ from an ordinary poet. As in anything, poetry is subjective … Read more

Some sponges are made for different reasons, but all serve the same basic purpose. They are made to absorb liquids. It doesn’t matter if the sponge is from the sea, or from a factory, they both use wicking and surface tension in order to absorb sponges. This use is what allowed the sponge to soak … Read more

What effect did the culture revolution had on china? The culture revolution happened in the mid-1900s and lasted a full decade and had a lot of impact on the Chinese people. The main goal was to preserve communism ideology by purging against the “evil” of capitalism in the tradition Chinese society. The book Red Azalea … Read more

Traditional gender roles have existed for many centuries. Throughout the history of humanity among various cultures and eras, there are pieces of evidence and traces of unfair treatment of women. Women have a role of a wife waiting for her husband to return from the war, a mother of the conquering hero or a great … Read more

Have you ever arranged your trophies on the self in a very particular order to leave the room and come back in to see one out of place? That creepy feeling you get thinking how could they move on their own? Or have you ever felt your very special stuffed animal or security blanket had … Read more

Timbuk2 is a San Francisco-based corporation that has been creating messenger bags for over 20 years. Timbuck2 was founded by Rob Honeycutt in 1989. Originally named Scumbags, this corporation started out as a simple messenger bag for work and has now become a full-fledged business of various customized bags. The popularized and successful corporation has … Read more

In the most general sense, realism is the view that there are entities in this world that exist that are mind-independent. In essence, scientific realism offers a certain portrayal of what a scientific theory is and what constitutes its acceptance based on truth. A scientific realist holds 2 fundamental principles: science aims to give us … Read more

Whom or what would people considered the most terrifying thing known to mankind to exist or to have existed on this planet? Something that would inject fear into your veins, send shivers down your spine. Some would argue sadistic serial killers like Jeffery Dahmer and Ted Bundy, others would claim a 30-foot tall meat eating … Read more

Prostitution has always been an issue of mankind, even starting from the very beginning of civilization whether society likes it or not. It is an issue that is inescapable by any country; therefor it should be made legal in the United States because sex trade is never going to go away no matter how hard … Read more

To what extent do you agree with the view that Forster makes it obvious to the reader in chapters 1 – 4 of ‘A Room with a View’ that Lucy Honeychurch and George Emerson will fall in love? ‘A Room with a View’ by E. M. Forster was first published in 1908, and heavily involves … Read more

ONE-TO-ONE: Trade promotion, data-driven marketing and personal selling A decision maker at Woodtronics Woodtronics Inc. is an American manufacturer of remarkable Consoles, Work Stations, Trading Desks and Benching Systems and arrange operation control communities for monetary organizations, the military, and police and fire offices. Jeffrey Brechman is a chief at Woodtronics Inc. He changed his … Read more

The United States is the worlds largest producer of nuclear power, accounting for more than 30 percent of the worldwide nuclear generation of electricity. Nuclear power is also among the verge of the most expensive, construction on a new power plant in Georgia skyrocketed past the projected expenses by $737 million to nearly $7 billion. … Read more

We are the victims of our own poisons: to those toxic manifestations we seek to remedy, but only medicate; often only sedating. To that poison which gives one the desire to target those who falsely attest to fabricating panaceas for countering the opiate we facilitate and foster within our own minds; and the ensuing impulse … Read more

This experiment seeks to explore different chemical reactions conducted in the lab. A cation is defined as positively charged ions, which are K+ and Pb2+ in this experiment, and an anion is termed as negatively charged ions, which are CrO4 2- and NO3 2-. The major objective of this lab experiment was to examine the … Read more

The stands were already getting packed and the crowd getting louder as we all walked off of the buses and into the locker rooms of Doc Harris. Inside it was as quiet as a library. My teammates quickly started to strap their gear on and do what was necessary to prepare for one of the … Read more

My approach to writing my letter was very different than my approach to a writing a typical research essay. Instead of appealing to a professor, I was appealing to someone on more of an emotional level instead of an intellectual level. Although I discussed some facts in my letter, I did not go into nearly … Read more

One of the oldest questions in philosophy is whether humans have free will. When I look in retrospective, my journey to Miami makes me wonder is everything predetermined. Ever since I was a kid, I had vivid dreams about a sunny beach, soft golden sand, palm’s waterfall, and beautiful girl who will love me unconditionally. … Read more

It should be around in this block… aha! There it is! Roxie thought. It was four in the afternoon, and she just got out of school. She got a text from her best friend Pippy to come to her parents’ Dunkin’ Donuts quickly. Pippy was an energetic thirteen year old that still acted like a … Read more

Unlike in the letter to the church at Ephesus, in this letter Christ gives no praise to the church. To understand why one must understand the history of Laodicea. The Seleucid King Antiochus 2 found Laodicea, during the third century BC. The city was the richest in the region and connected Ephesus to the western … Read more

Optimism is hard for me to achieve. I’ve been through so many tough times in my seventeen years and it is very difficult to stay positive. I’ve had to suffer through many broken bones and surgeries, depression and the things that go along with it, and also being bullied in school. I try to stay … Read more

From the time Sign Language was initially adopted in America as early as the late 1700’s to the present, deaf individuals have had to face more and more decisions that have the potential to change the course of their entire lives. Both people in the deaf community and people in the hearing world have deliberated … Read more

Climate change has been the forefront of international news and how leaders will take specific measures on tackling environmental challenges. China has faced much pressure and criticism, domestically and internationally with their actions or lack thereof on the environmental crisis. China is the world’s leader when it comes to the release of carbon emissions. Approximately, … Read more

William Golding William Golding was born on September 19,1911 in Saint Columb Minor,cornwall,England.He was raised in a 14th-century house next door to a graveyard.His mother, Mildred,was an active suffragette.His father, Alex, worked as a school teacher His father. He enrolled in Marlborough Grammar School,The same school he’s father worked in.Also,Golding was a bully in school, … Read more

Plagiarism. You probably have heard that term a lot throughout your academic career and through your common knowledge. Plagiarism is the act of using another person’s words or ideas without giving credit to that person. There is a lot of effects if you are plagiarism. Plagiarism will hurt your creativity. Creativity is important. Creativity is … Read more

The concept of ‘panopticism’ was originally developed by Michael Foucault from his book Discipline and Punishment (1977) pp195-228, Foucault describe panopticon as “mechanism that coerces by means of observation”(pp:195), at the time of writing his theory, there was a lot that was going on around Foucault such as the disband of the soviet union in … Read more

Analysis of the Steel Artworks in the Cullen Sculpture Garden The sculptures that adorn the acre-wide Cullen Sculpture Garden are not just an exhibit. They are an experience. They are to be walked amongst, and viewed as they are exposed to the elements. Light, shadow, weather, all play a part in how they are viewed … Read more

Nursing in the 21st century is constantly changing. Nurses today are not only expected to focus on the patient’s condition but, the patient as a whole. They are expected to focus upon the patients physical, psychological and social problems (Scott, Matthews, & Kirwan, 2013). The ways we address all of these needs must be proven … Read more

Grilling is similar to broiling, the primary difference is that grilling is cooked “over” a direct dry heat source on a gridiron (open wire grid) or a griddle (flat plate); whereas broiling, cooks food “from above. ” Grilling uses a hot surface to cook foods, which creates a distinct aroma and flavor through a chemical … Read more