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A long time ago, in Ancient Egypt, in the Cave of Beasts, there once lived a Seer, a person who could foresee the future. She once lived a battle that she wasn’t able to face. “Stop, please!” she cried. Even though she was blind, she knew that a figure in a cloak was after her to try and steal her powers. “I need your powers. They are to powerful for someone like you to comprehend,” the figure said. The Seer then waved her dress and a gust of wind blew the figure back toward the wall. “You have…

In the song “Upside Down” by Jack Johnson, the author, who is also the artist and performer, expresses the feeling that turning over a new leaf or taking a new angle is a good way forward when you feel trapped or overwhelmed in your present situation. Throughout the song, the author conveys to the audience that when things are changing, sometimes memories of how life was before the change, fade, in lieu of new memories and experiences to come using the lines, “I can feel in change in…

In The Kill Order, Earth has been hit by sun flares, which destroy vast amounts of land and creates intense radiation. The Earth’s population is cut in half, but resources are low, and the surviving population is large. Trying to prevent the rapid depletion of resources, the Population Control Committee (PCC) propose the release a deadly virus in an attempt to prevent extinction of the human race. VC321xb47 kills fast and efficiently, shutting down the brain, and causes severe hemorrhages, which…

Soccer has been in Russia and the Soviet Union since the beginning of the 20th century. Even though soccer has been in Russia for the better part of 100 years, soccer fan culture has remained the same across the decades. The fans have always and will always be enthusiastically cheering for their team. However, while there were incidents of fans getting rowdy during the early days of soccer, there is a new sub culture present today that was not present back then. This subculture is known as…

They say the first person that loves you the most is your mother. After all, you are the only person that actually knows her from the inside out. Your mother is your biggest fan; she provides sunshine when the world appears to be dark. She is supposed to protect you from all evils and fight for you until the end. If these are true, what do you do when your very life force is the main presence of hatred and bad energy? Where do you turn when nothing is going right or when the one person who is…

The world is full of diverse cultures. They used to be separated in a world without the ability to quickly travel vast distances. With the creation of more and more advanced technologies, the airplane opened the doors for fairly convenient world exploration. Now cultures weave in and out of each other, delicately or violently mixing. Bruce Knauft shares his discoveries and challenges with the Gebusi culture in his book, The Gebusi: Lives Transformed in a Rainforest World. One intriguing…

technology is ruining the world and some might say other wise. It is an on going issue that might never get resolved. To the click of a button on the top of your finger we have access to information that we didn’t have 30 years ago, just goes to show how much the world has evolved. I think the real argument here is that does and will the Internet give or take away the value of art. We are faced with not just on world but two… the Internet. We have always dreamed of a better world and what did…

Travelling is always the great opportunity to see the world and to expand the boundaries of your perception of your life and of what surrounds you. Travelling is one of the best ways to experience what you have never tried before, to look at the usual things from the different angle. That is why I was so lucky to have a five-day trip to Bogota, D.C. Colombia. I was invited to visit Bogota with my second family and I was very happy about this fact as living with people you know is always much…

The definition of a hero is a person in the opinion of another who has heroic qualities and Is seen as a role model. My granny Frances McGinnis Wise had possessed the qualities of a hero by being courageous, compassionate, dedicated, loyal, honest, and determined. She showed courage by not being scared of what may come she had stage four colon and liver cancer and stayed strong till the end. I recall the day she found out that her cancer was stage four everyone was over at her house, she cooked…

Times are getting colder and the leaves getting browner. Its time to cuddle up in your fuzzy blanket and call all of your friends. These calls are fun, but not everyone receives those kinds of calls. Police stations and the 911 emergency hotline receives calls that will tickle a chill up your spine. In 2002, a man dials 911 to complain about someone being violently hit with an axe. The receptionist asked if the victim died or just injured. There was a moment of silence, footsteps, a thud, the…