For many years, there has been growing controversy on whether or not the drinking age in the United States should be lowered from 21 years old to 18 years old. Underage drinking has been a major problem in our country for many years now, and alcohol is the most widely used substance among America’s youth. According to the 2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, “ 8.7 million Americans between ages 12-20 report current alcohol consumption; which represents 23% of this age group for whom…
the viewer as though he has quite recently turned upward from the teapot in his left hand; the pot is done yet stays undecorated, and the imprinting instruments at Adore's elbow bear witness to the work yet to come. At the point when Copley painted Love's picture, his sitter was a refined, entrenched silversmith and expert of the lavish style, both in imprinting and in three-dimensional hollowware, for example, teapots. He finished the Children of Freedom Dish, now viewed as one of the United…
Diary Entry #1 Hi, My name is Norma Jeane Mortenson. I have decided to start writing diary entries to kind of help let go and get over my past. So as you go along to read more you will learn so much about me and all the behind the scenes action to my life. Diary Entry #2 I was born on june 1, 1962 in Los Angeles, California. Let’s get right into it and start with the things you’d never expect from me. I never actually knew my father, but there was a time when I thought Clark Gable might have…
They are here. Knock. Knock. The heavy taps stir me and move me to organize my papers. Two hunched over adults enter with somber and nervous expressions. It is the first meeting with my new clients: Angela and Joseph, parents of a two-year-old girl named Annie. They witnessed their daughter go through a seizure. As a parent myself, I can imagine the pain and stress they are suffering now. “Her name is Annie. She had a seizure last Saturday” said Angela, a petite woman in a shaky voice. Her…
Vince always seemed to put on that he had a ton of patience, but with the entirety of the bond Mixie could tell it was fragile. It was really when he snapped, that face he made, the way he pinned her down like a kill and said that one word that caused her to shudder and wince. It wasn't just the voice of her mate, she could tell as the bond rattled, it was the command of the Alpha in him that stirred her. Mixie was only starting to realize what she had accepted, what awaited her with him. "I'm…
Passive-Aggressive Personality How do you know you are dealing with a passive-aggressive person? An ancient Chinese proverb describes passive-aggressive behavior as “a fist hiding behind a smile.” The NYU Medical Center defines a passive-aggressive individual as someone who, uncensored, "may appear to be sympathetic.” However, after considerable reflection, the realization finally arises that they are really doing more for themselves than anyone else. A passive-aggressive is a personality…