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himself than of the past, and this past felt like the furthest of yesterdays, further even than the day before it. Into the throat of today the hallway took him: a whole but meager morsel of regrettable meat to be swallowed down the stairs one step at a time. As he descended, the…

This era is now known as the era of technology, a time in history that can be known as the greatest or worst time to be alive. About everybody in the world has some form of technology and is most likely connected to the internet in some sort of way. One way of staying connected is through social media, and just about everybody has some form of social media. In The Wall street journal, there is an article written by Epstein and in the article, he states, “we are wise to sometimes make compromises…

Jim Westcott brings the endeavoring radio into his home to present happiness in his household. Ironically, the radio brings the oxymoron of his original idea. Irene becomes obsessed with the nature of being able to chime in on every person’s conversations. Her obsession begins to haunt her, when she finds out that not every thing going on around her is all peachy keen. She becomes distressed when finding out about everybody’s miseries in her apartment complex. Irene is overwatching everybody’s…

position to reach out to more people to make an impact in her community. This year the Mortal Combots mentor FTC team 12753, FRC team, and FLL teams. Along with mentoring teams, the Mortal Combots go to a local aged care center regularly, spending time with the elderly, making them feel more involved. With these (adj) events, Mackenna has helped improve the outreach hours by a whopping 185% from last year. This year (2017/2018), the Mortal Combots have also impacted over 450 people in the Quad…

class. ”After that she didn’t play around with the soldier anymore, but only with a few flat-footed, short young men in town, who couldn’t get into the army at all.”(Pg 75) So it shows she lost interest in soldiers, which gatsby was a soldier at that time and was a low class. “Daisy was popular in Sanchez 2…

diseases, cataracts, and beak down of the central nervous system. Long term exposure is a factor strongly considered when thinking of sending astronauts to mars and they would be exposed for a long period of time. Suits are in the works to eliminate the risk of all the radiation. Limiting a crew’s time exposed to radiation was used in the early space programs. During the Apollo missions to the moon exposure to radiation belts was minimized but on the way to a planet like mars other factors may…

Animal Diversity Report: Comparison of the Nervous and Reproductive Systems of the Compass Jellyfish, Axolotl, Horseshoe Crab, and The Compass Jellyfish (Chrysaora hysoscella) - The Compass Jellyfish (Chrysaora hysoscella) is a species of jellyfish that can be found in cold and temperate waters near the continental shelf regions of the Irish and North Seas, the Mediterranean, and coastal regions of South Africa (Doyle et. al.). The Compass Jellyfish belongs to the Genus Chrysaora and the…

New York City's Graveyard Shift is an essay about everyday people having night jobs in New York City. The essay talks about some of the people’s experience and thoughts about their night jobs. It is the norm to have a 9 to 5 job in the city, coming home to having the rest of the day to yourself, or going home to cook dinner for your family. For the rest of the city, people are just getting up to prepare themselves for night of labor. My favorite photo from the essay has to be of Villavicencio a…

Mrs. Barger AB 3/4 2/13/17 Simone de Beauvior, a writer, intellectual, and philosopher once stated the following: “Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay.” In other words, Simone is saying that not taking advantage of opportunities to change for the better may lead to dire consequences. In comparison, the novel A Christmas Carol’s main character is a man who desperately needs to change, or he will face nasty repercussions. He must make a choice: change, or…

An American philosopher named George Santayana once interestingly stated: “Those who cannot remember the lessons of the past are condemned to repeat it.” With this same philosophical idea proposed by George Santayana, the study of our nation’s history and foreign policy efforts should be used as a lesson to guide any future behavior on how the United States should deal with the threat ISIS presents because of the clear thread that exists between the past and present. The same gap of…