The World Is Flat

The saxophone is one of, if not, the most played woodwind instruments available. It is just a very popular instrument in general for its unique sound, instrument variations and versatility, and difficulty of play. The instrument is generally made out of brass metal and produces sound through the vibration of a reed, or a piece of wood put in the mouthpiece of the instrument. The sound travels through the inside of the horn and comes out at the end projecting it out with a pitch (or note). The…

Thomas L. Friedman’s Hot, Flat and Crowded brings light to key problems that a hot, flat, and crowded world is dramatically intensifying. It discusses five main concerns: the growing demand for scarcer energy supplies and natural resources; disruptive climate change; energy poverty, which is dividing the world electricity-haves and electricity-have-nots; rapid accelerating biodiversity loss, as plants and animals go extinct at rising rates; and a massive transfer of wealth to oil-rich countries…

in the world. Taxes allow government institutions the ability to run. Also, they create many jobs throughout our society. Throughout the world, and history, the taxation methods of different goverments has varied. None of which may have been wrong, but also may have not been right. The income tax system is a difficult system to understand because the in depth involvement of the government.…

At my house there is a trail that leads to a place known as The Flat Rock. It gets that name because it is a long, flat, gray stone that ends at the Uwharrie River. I have been told the stone stretches all the way to central Virginia, and yet it chose the five and a half acres of land I reside on to end. It is cool and mossy, even in the heavy heat of summer. It provides a small refuge against the world and all its burdens. The Uwharrie River is little more than a creek where it crosses…

these collaborative paradigms come with consequences that can be either positive or negative. In the world today, collaborative paradigms generate both positive and negative ramifications in the way that people, businesses, and countries all over the world exchange new ideas and technologies. Wikipedia has become one of the most well know collaborative paradigms used by people all over the world. With the invention of wikipedia and the internet, research suddenly became much easier. Instead of…

Bolivia most attractive to most travelers it is a very inexpensive country to travel through and can make for a very affordable adventure through land that appears out of this world. Where else can you bike the world’s most dangerous road, explore the planet’s largest salt flats and hike along the highest lake int he world all on one vacation? Head to Copacabana to visit Lake Titicaca…

lovers who turned eachothers worlds upside down. Eleanor never imagined going behind her mother’s back or risking her well-being for some boy. Except he wasn’t just some boy, he was Park. Park never thought he’d sacrifice his secure social status for “the new girl”. Except she wasn’t just the “the new girl” she was Eleanor. In their little town in Omaha, Nebraska, neither one of them expected to find someone whom they couldn’t stop loving, that would open up their worlds to possibilities that…

Caricature is used quite often by Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities. Many say that Charles Dickens created characters that are “flat” or one dimensional when using carituature in his writings such as in A Tale of Two Cities. Many say when Charles Dickens uses caricature, it leads to his characters being meaningless. The characters that he describes turns out to be “flat” or one dimensional instead of being “round”. The characterization used in Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities does not…

With the knowledge that we possess today it is almost insane to think that there were those who used to believe that the earth was flat. It almost seems understandable that before the first voyages around the world that the belief of the earth being flat was plausible because if you do not know the solid facts then what information or theories that are provided are the only form of knowledge on that subject and those are the choices to choose from. It maybe an educated guess but it is just that,…

In his 1789 letter, Ben Franklin wrote: "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Likewise, every year, millions of Americans around the nation dread the 15th of April, which has been traditionally known as Tax Day. Yet, it is indisputable that taxes are a necessity for many basic government functions, such as law enforcement, educational funding, and criminal containment, to operate. While Americans will never escape the burden of tax, altercations to the…