Jersey Shore

For the great majority of its early life, poetry was as much a science as it was an art. There were many cardinal rules which were never to be questioned, much less broken. And yet, like in all fields of the human experience, progress is only made by those intrepid souls who are willing to question the status quo. The instigators of change have always been men who had a higher regard for progress and truth than they did comfort or tradition. In their day, these men were often labeled as heretics…

government had been using dragnet surveillance to surveil most calls, texts, emails, and video chats that occurred within the U.S., what is interesting is that more citizens from the United States were being surveilled than citizens from Russia. While there is less population in Russia it is still interesting to see that more of the United States’ citizens were being spied on. There was only slightly more spying occurred in china than the US. In a 30 day period 97 billion internet records were…

I lived in Manhattan, New York. This is the city where everything happened, evil and good. Many things happened in this neighbourhood. From drug dealers selling drugs to gangs that did crimes such as stealing. Seeing blue lights in my room was something usual to me. It meant that cops had pulled through in our neighbourhood. It was mostly cold in New York. There was a freezing wind that always blew on my face and made me not to feel my nose and make my hands complain due to pain. The skies…

1. One of the events that broke down the "Invisible Wall", was the war. When each side lost family members from the war, it brought the two sides together and they forgot their about their differences. Another event that broke the invisible wall down was when the Germans surrendered and the war ended. The two sides came together to celebrate and the bitterness and animosity that had existed between the two sides disappeared. Harry noticed that, "The war, it seemed, had almost completely…

New Jersey courts have considered the following factors in deciding whether the employee was an independent contractor or an employee (the list is not exhaustive): 1. Review type of payments, W2, 1099’s, or cash; 2. Review payroll records for the worker; 3. Read any contracts between the companies involved, including indemnification cause, which may render the independent contractor defense moot; 4. Investigate any pending IRS issues pertaining to the worker’s status; 5. Determine who supplied…

in 2005 the program was adapted to meet the needs of schools. No Place for Hate was officially endorsed by the Governor of Pennsylvania in 2006 and is currently active in 220 schools and organizations throughout eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware; they are also partnered with…

The Jersey Devil; he has the face of a goat, body of a kangaroo, legs of a crane, wings like a bat, and pig’s feet. The idea of these features mashed together just seems impossible. This bizarre creature is believed to inhabit Pine Barrens, in Southern New Jersey. How could such a strange creature come into existence? There are many different variations of the Jersey Devil legend, but the more known one tells the story of Mother Jane Leeds. Mother Leeds lived in Pine Barrens in poverty. The year…

Walt Whitman, a well-known poet and journalist, was born on May 31, 1819 in West Hills, New York. Walt’s love for America and its democracy was contributed from his parents and his upbringing. His younger brothers are even named after his parents favorite American heros such as George Washington Whitman, Andrew Jackson Whitman, and Thomas Jefferson Whitman. Whitman and his family moved to Brooklyn, when he was just three years old. In New York his father hoped to take advantage of the economic…

What America means to someone is a greatly personal matter. With “I Hear America Singing” and “I, Too”, two artists give their views, and the poems, written years apart, pair well together. Whitman celebrates those who can sing, while Hughes speaks for those who are silenced. Whitman sails over flowing description, showing the tales of Americans in lush colors. Their calls spring from the text. Quilted together, the voices of ordinary America form a tapestry, made of workers. Idols are not…

In "I, Too," Langston Hughes is obviously in conversation with the earlier poem, Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing." Both poems explore the idea of American identity -- who and what is an American? What characterizes the people of this nation? The two poets, however, reach somewhat different conclusions in response to these questions. Whitman is known as the quintessential American poet, in part due to poems like this one. Whitman's "Song of Myself" positions the individual at the center,…