Cobblestone

When walking around the city of Philadelphia, the majority of advertisements focus around one word: Phillyosophy. A popular way of describing the comprehensive personality of Philly residents, Phillyosophy is often interpreted by locals as the unique attitude Philadelphians have due to the city’s defining characteristics like it’s rich history, welcoming cultural perspective, and passion for sports. Growing up in the shadow of this city, I’ve developed my own Phillyosophy over the years. Since…

spots to go in my extra time is the shoreline. A shoreline is a national geographic nature made landform that is almost a waterway. It normally comprises of free particles, which are as often as possible made out of sand, rock, shingle, stones, or cobblestones. The particles living on a shoreline are every so often natural to the causes, for example, mollusk shells or coralline green growth. Shorelines normally show up around territories along the drift where there is a wave or current action…

The world is interconnected with the web of ideas, commerce, and culture linking the deserts of the Australian outback with the acreages of the American South, the forests of India with the cobblestones of German villages. This globalism defines the modern world and transforms economies, governments, and the private lives they shape. However, globalism was not born with the creation of the World Wide Web, vast networks of public transportation, or even Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone. The…

The Same Seeds: Preconditions of Revolution in England and France In his afterword to A Tale of Two Cities, A. N. Wilson contends that Charles Dickens gives “no quarter” to Edmund Burke’s view of the French Revolution. While Dickens rejects the Burkean assertion that the French Revolution was a mere “outbreak of barbarism,” he shares Burke’s fear of the latent, omnipresent bloodlust that feeds revolutions. Like Burke, Dickens exhorts Englishmen not to be naive in their beliefs that a revolution…

Walter Raleigh Coleton Hootman October 29th, 1618. This day is like no other in my life. I’m walking down a long stone hallway surrounded by brutal guards. I hear a snicker or two from them saying that I deserve what is coming. With iron shackles around my wrists and around my legs, I find it difficult to walk. The air is thick and every sound echoes from the hard stone walls. I fight against the guards, but it is no use. There is no way I can get out of it this time. I…

“Sir Perceval! Sir Gawain is causing a real ruckus at the tavern, and I was told to come get you. Right away.” A young runner stood before Sir Perceval in the castle courtyard. The boy—perhaps ten—panted, a fine sheen of perspiration glistening on his brow in the fading evening light. “I see,” said Perceval. “I’ll be along soon.” “Erm, Master Will said he needed you now.” Will was Perceval’s father-in-law, and the owner of the Cup and Sword Tavern. The last thing Perceval wanted to do was…

The press didn’t tend to bother me in the West Wing of the palace. A knock came at the door of the study and Martin walked in, frowning. “Doctor Lihn said you were being abrasive again,” he said. “This isn’t helping me Martin,” I said, collapsing on the leather couch. “Why do you want me to see her?” “I just want to make you feel better,” Martin said, wrapping his arms around my shoulders. He kissed my temple and gave me a wide grin. “I don’t want a crazy fiancé.” I blushed at the word,…

Singing in the Rain is “backstage” musical filled with comedy, songs and romance that was released in 1951 but set in the late 1920’s. It was one of the last films to be produced during the profitable golden age of the studio system. The film employs the typical characteristics of a Hollywood musical by relying on superstar names and contagious dance numbers. The movie incorporates an additional level of parody into its wistful plot that is centered on the disruptive shift from silent movies to…

"The brightest flame casts the darkest shadow." ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings I sat in the old oak tree, listening to my favorite playlist. My little sister ran around the yard. Through my earbuds, I heard an eerie but familiar screech. I pulled out my earbuds. What- She screamed. It was the type of scream that you never can get out of your head; the one that will haunt you for the rest of your life. I was paralyzed with shock I could see no more than a dot in the sky. "Violet...?" My…

TOPIC 2 : BUKIT TINGGI PAHANG i. Introduction : Bukit Tinggi is a highalnd that located at the Bentong district of Pahang in Malaysia. In recent years, Bukit Tinggi Highland is considered as the newest highlands in Malaysia apart from some well-known highlands such as Genting Highland, Kundasang, Cameron Highland and Fraser’s Hill. The founder of Berjaya Groups, Tan Sri Dato' Seri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun bought 16000 acres of tropical forest at the Bukit Tinggi Pahang and he tends to make Bukit…