Census-designated place

. . My name sounded over the speakers and I stepped up onto the podium. A medal engraved with sixth place was handed to me. Pride filled my being as I stood facing the stadiums. Mingled throughout the audience I could see my family who had supported me, friends who had laughed and trained with me, and coaches who dedicated their time to teach me. Although I did not place a personal best, or become a state champion, I learned knowledge worth more than any athletic title or achievement…

Jennet Wall’s was abused by people around her and her own family, she had many negative experiences and they were most affected by the places she lived in. Throughout her life there has been events that normal people can’t comprehend to be true, yet it started off when she was only three. Where she lived first and the first memory she could remember was in Arizona in an old trailer park. “I was on fire. It’s my earliest memory. I was three years old and we were living in a trailer park in a…

jacket was clean and pressed, his shoes had been polished until they were gleaming, his bowtie had been tied perfectly around his starched collar, and his hat was placed neatly upon his head. He was clean-shaved, his hair was combed and gelled into place beneath his hat, and his hands and fingernails had been cleaned. In the more than fifty years since Mr. Jenkins had moved to Mulberry, he had only ever missed one single service. And, just like every other Sunday, after the service had come to…

gingerbread man. One day while the elves continued to make presents for the kids, there came a green figure knocking onto the door, “all elves are reported to be sent to another place to work for the presents. The elves assuming that the green figure worked for Santa, they agreed to come with the green figure to the mysterious place known as a huge igloo. When they have come to the huge igloo they had realized they had made a mistake of…

How humans interact with a place, says more about them than location itself. The idea of place and how people relate to the area around them is an on-going topic of sustainability. This unseen connection is the string interwoven into our daily lives that allows us to feel the desired feelings of being at home, safe, or connected. Many of the books we have read revealed the author's personal connection to place, but I feel as though Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert by Terry Tempest…

2.4 Place attachment Essentially, the term place attachment refers to ‘affective bond’ between people (individuals or group) and a significant environment, which is developing over time (Scannell and Gifford, 2010). However, due to ‘the proliferation of concepts and measurements proposed for characterising emotional bonds between humans and places’ (Manzo and Devine-Wright, 2014, p. 125), place attachment has a diversity of definitions. These definitions, however, remain scattered in the…

around us. When people hear a song images pop into their heads. Music plays a key role in the sense of place. The articles Place or Space and Sacred Spaces and Tourist Places, the way images are presented, and the things I learned all contributed to our project in the way music corresponds to geographic sense of place. In the article Place or Space by Mike Crang, Mike writes, “Spaces become places as they become ‘time thickened’. They have a past and future that binds people together around…

THE GAME OF BASEBALL The game of baseball, at any level, can be a very competitive sport. Whether it is tee ball or the pro level, everyone has something to offer to that competitiveness. Each level of baseball teaches the player the fundamentals they will need to be successful at the next level in their career. Baseball also teaches players to be more social and to make new friends they would other wise never know. It is also an amazing way to get exercise and get into to shape. Tee ball is…

The Peculiar Character of Judge Goodwill Banner The novel “The Natural” by Bernard Malamud is a story about a character named Roy Hobbs and his unique experience with major league baseball. Roy interacts with many unique characters through the story, however Judge Goodwill Banner stands out amongst all of the others. Through Judge Goodwill Banner Malamud tells a deep story. In the story the Judge servers to be a constant presence over the club while still remaining somewhat mysterious. The…

decision. As is often the case, now there is one important discussion left for Ortiz. Now that David Ortiz’s career is finished, it is our job as those who enjoy the game to examine and dissect the totality of his career and determine its final resting place, namely, is his story one that belongs in Baseball’s Hall of fame? One thing is for certain, this is a man who is beloved in Boston, and respected by fans in cities all across the country, not…