Exotic Animals in Burke County? One night an exotic 40-pound cat named Tyra ran off in downtown Morganton and the owners needed people to help find her. Who knew that you could have an exotic cat that almost looked like a cheetah in Burke County? Did we allow exotic animals at the time? Tyra’s owners had her for four years and as I was not aware that you could have exotic animals in Burke County. Many of you probably don’t know, that the mayor of Morganton did go out and fee the cat and…
based on the population of the state (Greenberg, 38). The New Jersey Plan was proposed by smaller states to build a strong government with more power than the article based on the equal representation in national legislature (Greenberg, 38). The Connecticut Compromise was than created at the Constitutional Convention where lower and upper house of legislature was determined from population and equal representation (Greenberg,…
“People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the gray areas. Things are not all black and white. There have to be compromises. The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower. This quote by former President Eisenhower, shows that the value of compromises is evident, but sometimes, compromising is not always the best course of action.…
Emily Morua Edwardo Pedregon English 4 April 20, 2016 Morua i Final Draft Basketball was invented by a physical education instructor named Dr. James Naismith in the early 1890s. He was challenged to come up with a new game that was able to be played indoors due to the cold weather. Back in the days before the actual basketball was invented, they would play with a soccer ball. The basket didn’t have a hole on the bottom of the rim just yet. So what they had to do was, climb up to the top of…
The mere mention of the word death evokes fear, anxiety and restlessness. It preys on the young and old alike, the poor and rich, the strong and weak, the brave and the cowards. Because of its nature that remains to be a mystery, men and women have turned to poetry to vividly describe it, seeking to shed a glimpse of light on this “might foe” Such thoughts are captured in the two poems by John Donne, “Death, Be Not proud” and “The Tyger” by William Blake. For sure death is just a temporal state.…
Finding Self, Whitman’s Way: The One Among the Crowd “The impalpable sustenance of me from all things, at all hours of the day; The simple, compact, well-join’d scheme-myself disintegrated, everyone disintegrated, yet part of the scheme” (Whitman. “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.). Walt Whitman was a graceful, yet outlaw poet that pushed the boundaries ink and paper. Whitman’s works were a journey of finding self through the natural world and his relation to the world, along with cleaver wording that…
In Whitman's “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer,” he paints a verbal picture of appreciating learning from experience. In lines one and two, he inundates you with heavy words like proofs, figures, charts, and diagrams that are all very strong and authoritively describing his learning experience in a lecture room. He grows "tired" and "sick" of this sense of confinement. Feeling captive and stagnant in this conventional learning environment, he longs to, instead of just reading the facts and…
There come times in individuals lives where they feel that a matter is out of their able hands and need the help of someone who is more knowledgeable and will be able to give them assistance. Individuals that seek help from professionals rightly expect that any information disclosed will be kept private. Confidentiality is a fundamental aspect of any professional-client relationship, meaning that professionals are obligated to maintain that the information of the client and any matters discussed…
(SCOTUS) decision of Griswold v. Connecticut, established there is a right of privacy protected by the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution. Nevertheless, there is no such word of “privacy” in the entire US Constitution. The precedent established by Griswold v. Connecticut, has been used to decide various landmark cases. Decisions such as Roe v. Wade regarding abortion, and Lawrence v. Texas regarding sodomy, have been influenced by the precedent established in Griswold v. Connecticut. In order…
Though Roe v. Wade established an improved precedent for women’s reproductive healthcare, it did not effectively improve the conditions faced by women seeking abortions due to increased stigma and unaddressed financial concerns. Grace Herdelin AP United States History Mr. Reader 6 June 2016 Women have struggled for the right to proper reproductive healthcare for decades, particularly for access to birth control and abortion. However, birth control was not readily available…