Half & Half

wish to share a connection with others; the problem is maturity, or lack thereof. Maturity is on the lower spectrum of society’s priorities. Immature individuals have fallen victim to the “Sibling Society”, so says Robert Bly in “A World of Half-Adults”. The half-adults are oblivious, and seem to forget that there are wonderers out in this world, seeking meaningful companionship, seeking individuals who are intellectual, who thrive in conversations with an impeccable passion in their choice of…

Half Moon Pose (Ardha Chandrasana) About The Half Moon Pose is a standing yoga pose that will test your leg muscles and your capability to balance. How To Begin by starting in the Extended Triangle Pose to the left side. With your right hand placed on the right hip. breathe in, bending your left knee, and move your right foot about six to twelve inches forward along the floor. Simultaneously, reach your left hand forward, past the little toe side of the left foot, at approximately twelve inches.…

About a year ago at this time, I was training for the NYC half marathon. I’d never really taken to running in my life, despite always being pretty active. This was different. After I’d recently lost my mom, running connected me to something larger. When the cold winter air came into my lungs, I knew each breath was all I needed to keep going. It allowed me a space to surprise myself and as long as I kept at it, I constantly did surprise myself-- in strength, commitment, and fortitude. It was the…

After reading The Great Escape and Half the Sky and considering each one carefully, I would say that the way Kristoff and WuDunn explains about helping the oppressed people and offering aid, it is more specific and very carefully explained then Angus Deaton. The way that Angus talks about aid is more general, just like giving money to poor countries but not really knowing where this donation will be applied to. For this reason, I would say Kristoff and Wudunn would be right about the foreign…

around 1971 when he was elected president of the International PEN Club. He went on to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1972. Some of Böll’s most acclaimed works are Billiards at Half-Past Nine and And Never Said A Word. Like any author, Böll’s works are influenced by his own experiences. In Billiards at Half-Past Nine, the inspiration from his life impacts the novel in an extremely evident fashion. Heinrich Theodore Böll was born in Cologne, Germany, on December 21, 1917. On both…

The important theme there is “Minotaur”, The Greek mythology’s half man, half bull. Create personal and political allegory is the remarkable images of Minotaur. In 20th century the most important graphic works have been made. There are four prints there that represents, sightless, pitiful and impotent Minotaur.in the 1930s,they informed by the darkening political in Europe. Picasso have fears in dark or blindness. Minotaur who once control over the relationship, unable to see and weak. The…

A Glass Half Empty When walking down the beverage isle of a supermarket, what do you see? Mainly soda, juice, and water, right? Well next time you are there, take a second to look a little closer at the amount of calories in the supposedly “healthier” apple juice compared to Coca-Cola. Although many Americans believe that juices are healthier for their body’s versus soda, consumers should reconsider because most juices contain just as much sugar, calories, and artificial flavors as soft drinks.…

1.6 million students sat down and took the dreaded ACT in the year 2013. Of those 1.6 million at least a few questioned the origin and reason of a four-and-a-half-hour test. (NYT) The answer is simple. The first record of standardized tests came from China to test knowledge on “Confucian philosophy and poetry.”() It was introduced in the Western world as a result of the Industrial Revolution and the increased number of children coming into the schools. ()For almost every student in the 1.6…

Half a Day and Zaabalawi Najib Mahfuz was born in Cairo in 1911. Mahfuz is a 1988 Nobel Prize winner in literature, by displaying artistic, cultural, and structure through his writing. Mahfuz uses symbols and hidden messages in his writing to make the reader search for the true meaning be hidden them. Two of Mahfouz stories show his rage of creativity, Half a Day and Zaabalawi. In these two short stories, he shows great examples of his culture through time and religion. In Half a Day, Mahfuz…

The story The Other Half of Me by Emily Franklin is funny, relatable, and heart warming. The main character, Jenny Fitzgerald is the product of her mother and a sperm donor. When her mother was pregnant with her, she met a man and fell in love and he has since raised Jenny as his own child. Jenny has three half siblings, as far as she knows. The twins, Sage and Sierra and her brother, Ross. The three of them share the same parents, while Jenny shares a mom with them. Jenny has never felt like…