The noise of high heels dancing on the wooden floorboards echoes through the cold, empty, deserted rooms of the compact London flat, that she had called home for the last few years.Eyes closed, she drinks in the memories, smells and sounds. Moving from room to room, revisiting happy times and events, absorbing them to her mind’s eye for the long lonely nights that she thinks lay ahead. Suddenly Sarah Jane stops and stands like a statue frozen in time. Here in a state of numbness, within the…
The Fourth Amendment is a great representation of the freedoms that the founders of the United States sought to establish in this country. This same freedom plays a key role in shaping every day police work as well as cases in court. These same ideals have also caused some hardship for law enforcement officers that neglect to yield to proper procedure. Some aspects that have been created from that very ideal allow criminals to avoid prosecution due to technicalities. Yet, the Fourth Amendment…
In this particular episode of the podcast, 99% Invisible, Roman Mars explores unpleasant design, and how architecture and technology have contributed greatly to the depersonalization and sterilization of public spaces. One of the original methods of deterrence through design is sound, more aptly put, sound that is unpleasant or assaulting to the ears. The best example of this is something I myself heard about but never experienced (thankfully) throughout my adolescence. In an attempt to combat…
musicians. In this essay, I will discuss more on Payola. Payola is portmanteau of the words “pay” and “Victrola”. Pay is obvious in meaning and Victorla is a word taken from the original radio-phonograph called “Victor Talking Machine Company of Camden, New Jersey and used to…
Francis Marion was born near georgetown in berkeley county, south carolina. He was a leader of a revolutionary militia war in 1781. Francis was approached by one of the british officers to discuss an prisoner exchange. They were camping on snow's island south carolina. The british officer was so inspired by the way they overcome and commits to the cause. In spite of their lack of satisfaction provision, francis promptly switch there alliances and supported American independence. The patriots…
and Great Expectations. Charles moved a lot in his childhood because of his family’s poor status. In 1816 they moved to Chatham, Kent, close to the countryside where they were free to roam and wander about. In 1822 they moved again, this time to Camden Town, a poor neighborhood in London. His family had hit a hard time in their lives when his father was sent to prison for debt in 1824 when Charles was 12. Following these events Charles was forced to leave school to work at a boot-blacking…
Coexisting in The Harlem Renaissance: Jessie R. Fauset The 1920’s, Harlem Renaissance, was a period of where joyous moments seemed almost inevitable to forget. It was a time of where people were relentlessly free. Poets, singers, jazz musicians, political leaders, authors, and so much more were on the rise. Literature played an important factor to many lives. Poetry was an influence because it was a way of African Americans expressing their feelings and opinions; of how society was being…
Political or social cartoons that often appear in our papers, use imagery and satirical text to comment on a contemporary social issue. They may contain a caricature of a well-known person or an allusion to a contemporary event or trend. By examining the pictorial elements of the cartoon, along with the textual elements, you can start to understand the message of the cartoon. This will lead you to understanding the cartoonist’s goal in persuading the reader to think a certain way about a…
Camden G. Neal Mrs.White English 1 B2 21 Apr. 17 Is It Murder ? Abortion is a very controversial issue. It’s such a controversial issue that almost immediately when you hear it, you want to start giving your political, religious, or ethical opinion. We probably all know that the argument for or against abortion is whether abortion is killing or not killing a baby. Abortion is taking the life of an innocent, unborn child. No matter what facts you use to defend an abortion, murdering an…
sibling, Justin Biel. She and her family frequently moved to Texas, Connecticut, Woodstock, Illinois, and finally settled in Boulder, Colorado. Furthermore, she began her career as a vocalist, appearing in musical productions until she was cast as Mary Camden in the family-drama series 7th Heaven. Biel's first acting job was in a Pringles commercial at age eleven. She won an acting scholarship to the young actors' space that year. Biel started acting by auditioning for television pilots at a…