Locking

In recent discussion of the National Anthem, one controversial issue has been the NFL players taking a knee during it. In the article, “They Took a Knee” by Megan Garber, The take the knee movement is a movement where athletes and famous artists are taking a knee during the National Anthem to protest against the injustice that people of color are faced with in the United States. On the one hand, people argue that these athletes are patriotic since they are protesting against police brutality and…

Dakota was a senior from her high school whose father was the principle. Dakota reared back and stared wide eyed at Jeny, recognition in her eyes. Jeny continued lying there staring at Dakota when Dakota spoke aloud, “What a surprise it is to see you here.” Dakota reached her hand down and yanked Jeny up to her feet. Jeny was still in shock, not saying a word. When Dakota started talking Jeny jerked alert and back, creating a few feet of space between her and the older girl in front of her.…

The Farberware 6-Quart Digital Pressure Cooker has both pros and cons for me. My family received it as a gift so I do not know if it is worth its price, but I do know whether or not it is worth getting based on how useful it may or not be based on your individual needs. First, I will mention the pros of this pressure cooker. I like pressure cookers because you can just set them aside and let it make the dinner for you. This one is no exception, it acts like most pressure cookers. You can fill…

The Law That Goes Sideways Will the gods reward Antigone for her courage and loyalty to her brother in the afterlife, or will she face consequences? In Sophocles’ Antigone (441 b.c.), Creon’s monologue secures the attention of the reader through the use of rhetorical devices, attempting to persuade him into believing that the law he created is crucial and must be upheld even if his people disagree with it. After Creon supersedes the previous king and Antigone is caught trying to bury the…

Consequences to Target Behavior: Paula’s parents are extremely fluent in identifying antecedents to emotional outbursts and avoid situations Paula may find upsetting. This may include giving Paula full environmental control over their home and allowing her to decide what the family will watch on the television or where they will go for dinner. When emotional outbursts occur, Paula’s parents will refrain from engaging in power struggles or disagreements and will attempt to meet Paula’s current…

In the novel Les Miserables, Victor Hugo the author shows us examples of the relationship between sacrifice and love throughout the novel.Three examples the author uses is what Eponine does for Marius, what Jean Valjean does for Cosette, and what Fantine does for Cosette. As we know as readers, Eponine was deeply in love with Marius. Eponine knowing that Marius was on his way to the barricade went after him and ended up taking the bullet for him. This shows that Eponine was willing to…

juvi for sexual charges. Juvenile inmates tend to be the ones the government works on trying to rehabilitate and help to change their actions before they turn eighteen and more to the jail or get released. According to the Justice Policy Institute, “Locking up a juvenile costs states an average of $407.58 per person per day and $148,767 per person per year when the most expensive option is used”. This means for each juvenile incarcerated the tax payers are hit with the large bill. There are…

Benvenuto Cellini, born in Florence, Italy, was a man that lived a perilous and unusual life. When he moved to Rome, his rise to success had stalled when he apparently murdered a man and stole gems from the Pope. He then moved to France, but eventually found conflict and was on the brink of getting imprisoned. Because of this dilemma, he decided to return to Florence where he created the prominent statue of Perseus in the mid sixteenth century. The statue was placed close to Michelangelo’s David…

Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a simple narrative, straightforward in its execution but complicated in its implications. Mr. Hyde is a complex metaphor, standing in for the dark underbelly of 19th century society. Thomas C. Foster, thankfully, lays out ways in which this metaphor is expressed in his How To Read Literature Like A Professor - including the roles of physical deformity, sexual metaphors, and geography. The most basic, and in fact textual,…

The benefit of walking comes from the fact that it works to prevent your muscles from locking up. Your muscles have a greater chance of locking up after you have finished a run, in part because they are still stimulated from the run. If they begin to lock up, the muscles will start to cramp, get tight and then hurt. Walking is a way to smoothly ease your muscles from…