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endured, he still does many nice things for the kids. "Two live oaks stood at the end of the Radley lot; their roots reached into the side-road and made it bumpy. Something about one of the trees attracted my attention. Tin-foil was sticking out of a knot-hole just above my eye level, winking at me in the afternoon sun. I stood on my tiptoe, hastily looked around once more, reached into the hole, and withdrew two pieces of chewing gum minus their outer wrappers."(33) One of the first signs that…

“Till do us part”. When taken literally, this is a powerful, committing set of words that over two million Americans swear to each year as they tie the knot. Oddly enough, the American Psychological Association states that the current divorce rate in the United States is 40-50 percent. Suffice to say, the majority of these divorcees do not end their marriages because of death, but rather relationship troubles that darken the once bright light that shone over their spouse. The idea of marriage…

1959702695 Osmosis is a type of facilitated diffusion where water molecules move from high concentrations of water to low concentrations of water through a selectively permeable membrane. Osmosis is a way for water molecules to create equilibrium between a cell and its environment. For example, if the cell is a hypotonic solution and its environment is a hypertonic solution, then water will naturally diffuse to its environment to create equilibrium. The guiding question for this experiment was,…

exact words I said to my parents and Rabbi (the religious leader of the Temple) 5 minutes before the service. I cannot even present a slideshow without biting my nails, so leading a whole service with all my friends and family, well I had the biggest knots in my stomach at that time. A couple weeks before I thought to myself, “I cannot do this! I still have to learn 2 blessings and write my prayer”. As people started arriving I started to get even more anxious but my Mom…

Man's Folly Shakespeare keenly describes the paradigm of English rule during the middle ages up to the renaissance. John of Gaunt describes England as a garden, this I believe was a statement that was directed toward the monarchy and the current "status" of the king, having soiled the kingship of many kings before him. The great folly of man has always been him seeing himself as "God" on earth, and thusly acting in the, "interest of God", when in reality he is justifying his own gain by…

Brooches In the beginning, brooches were used as a device to pin up robes, coats or cloaks. Due to their functional use, they usually came in simple shapes. However they soon started to be used as a body adornment on clothes. As a matter of fact, they stated to become more decorative by using gold and silver and in the following centuries brooches took several shapes, designs and inspirations from nature like birds, flowers, animals etc. Hat Brooches started to set it’s trend from the 15th…

important items and details safe. The military forces use it for holding knives, pistol, sword and whistles. Subsequently, it became an integral component of a soldier’s uniform. It was in 1950s when children started experimenting with lanyard for making knots and braids. At present, lanyard offers limitless functions particularly…

My right foot questionably steps onto the navy blue designed carpeted room and a rush of cool presses up against my skin. This room... this room could be the beginning of my future. That makes it terrifying, but exhilarating all at the same time. I force my trembling body to push through the nerves and my body straightens with confidence like a warrior entering his battleground. Cleanliness tickles my nose and my eyes are drawn to what looks like golden pillows on wheels. Intrigued, I take a…

More than once I've had to dive for cover in the green, slimy muck of a pond. I doubt I would have ever picked up the sport of fishing if I knew it required dodging golf balls, but this is the type of fishing I love. While I don't remember the first time I went fishing, I've seen pictures of my dad and me dangling a line of the pier, standing in mountain streams and side by side in the surf. Nevertheless, I cannot actually remember fishing. However, I do remember many years ago when I was…

The day was March 6, 2015: the second day of the Regional Beta Club Convention. Anticipation had my stomach in knots as I sat in the lobby, fiddling with my thesaurus, waiting for the time when we would be called into the conference room. For weeks I had looked forward to participating in the writing competition. I had spent a week imagining the setting of the room, my competitors, what the topic may be. I wanted to feel the glory of coming in first place, not only for my club and for my school…