The Day the Earth Stopped

Things change. This inevitable part of life destined to occur even to the most insignificant of souls will never cease to exist. Places change, views change, and as unfortunate as it may sound, people change. Human emotions are fickle, and no matter how much a person tries to fight this change, time will relentlessly march forward. The past will be replaced. The only part of the past one can retain is the memories it takes with it, and even then the most precious moments of one’s life can be…

More than a decade ago, a similar situation relating in Argentina. In 2001, the country suffered a debilitating economic crisis and, as a result, defaulted on its foreign debt and stopped pegging the Argentine peso to the U.S. dollar. When the peso to dollar conversion jumped suddenly to three to one, many Argentines lost two-thirds of their savings overnight. Banks closed. Companies went out of business. And fully one-quarter of the…

for short, due to them having the shape of a shield. They are not exactly what you would call comfortable or your first choice for a place to spend the rest of your natural life (which is likely over 80 years, with all the wonders of medicine of the day.) But I am getting off the topic at hand....what was I saying again...Oh!!! Now I remember. I was about to tell you something, that is of great importance. I first must clear up one thing, before I tell you my story. I am only a seventeen year…

Ferdinand Magellan was a well-known figure in the Philippine History. He was a Portuguese explorer who gives Spain their fame because of his expedition looking for westward route to Moluccas that result to the first circumnavigation of the Earth. With the consent of the King of Spain, Magellan then with five ships and more than 300 men began their voyage. As Magellan’s trip landed in the Philippines, he met Rajah Humabon of Cebu and became friend with him. Humabon then embraced Christianity as…

Immortality - Hard to believe, but it's true, two inverse subjects – Mortality and Immortality – possess this sonnet. We discover that the memory of the speaker's passing day is being told hundreds of years into life following death. Thus, in this sonnet, Dickinson…

Harbison’s The Age of Reformation declares that even after Calvin had left the city, “it was to Geneva that young protestant enthusiasts went from all over Europe to see what John Knox called ‘the most perfect school of Christ that ever was on earth since the days of the apostles’… they received the theological training and the ideas of the church and state which they carried back home to put into practice” (Harbison 76-7). Even after Calvin was no longer there they still resembled a truly…

Global Warming is more than just temperature change. The cost of global warming is extraordinarily expensive. According to a report by the United Nation 's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released in March 2014, the Earth 's rising temperature could bring about economic disaster ranging anywhere between $70 and $100 billion a year. This would be the result of “the combined cost of crop losses, rising sea levels, higher temperatures and fresh water shortages” (Surrey 2016). Furthermore…

been going on for a while there’s a part where the volume drops for a moment and then picks up (enter Augustus Waters). Then the solo violinist starts his or her solo (this time representing Hazels struggle to not fall for Augustus since her time on Earth is so short). It is soon accompanied by other violins and (possibly) a cello (Hazel finally submitting to her feelings for Augustus). The music then drops in volume as it did before and slowly pick up (representing the return of Augustus’…

Do you think the United States would ever be without pollution of any sort? If fracking is a major form of attaining natural gas in the United States, there is a chance there won’t be. Fracking, or hydraulic fracking, is the drilling down into the earth to remove shale and other natural gases. Fracking can be controversial because it could be good economical but can be very bad environmental wise. This process uses many chemicals and is very bad for the environment, especially dealing with…

The fall.. I woke up one day to find myself getting chilled, I opened my eyes, the bright light tingled them. I found tones of snow all around. The gusty wind was really scary, killing me with its chillness. I stood up roamed some steps. It seemed like I was on one of the glaciers in some part in Antarctica...puzzled...I moved on, From a distant I saw a full grownup but lean and thin polar bear on the edge, her kids were playing around her in warmth love of their mother. Leaving the occasional…