The origins of this phrase are not very clear. Its first mention was in The Times of London in May 1960: As far as building up a basis for profitable negotiations is concerned the two sides are back at square one. (Quotation found in Quinion, p. 238) The phrase is believed to have its origin in the early BBC radio commentaries of soccer matches, but this seems to be only a folk story because of the long gap between the...
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When I want to forget about worries, stress, and time, I draw. Drawing is one of the most relaxing activities I partake in. It has always had a special place in my life. Something about picking up a pencil and being able to put whatever is in my mind on paper is fascinating to me. With every line drawn and erased, every curve reshaped and adjusted, I become more engrossed in the act of drawing. Drawing is something that has...
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My fascination with animals, their biology, and their welfare has always been my main passion. With all the experience I have gained as a veterinary nurse, I am committed to now progressing to study veterinary medicine and achieving my long-term goal of becoming a small animal veterinary surgeon. Having given it careful consideration, I know I have more to offer the profession and now feel ready to develop my knowledge and understanding. Despite my love for veterinary nursing, I am...
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Tennis is a sport dominated by men, as most sports are however, there is the rise of one specific female who seems to have a strong presence in this sport. Serena Williams is a tennis player who since her beginnings seems to have had something to show in this male-dominated sport. A player who appears to have found a way to make her name be heard and show she can be a respectable female player and not just a female...
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My hometown is Miami, Florida and here you will find cuisine options from all over the world in various areas of the city. The Miami restaurant scene provides infinite options that cater to various customer segments and demographics that include (1) tourists (2) business people/executives (4) couples (5) families and (6) millennials and (7) singles, crowd. Additionally, there are many restaurant types and concepts to consider such as (1) fast food restaurants (2) fine dining (3) tapas style restaurants (4)...
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As Pablo Picasso once said, “Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth”. I for one felt that painting my self-portrait helped me realize a part of my true personality. Today I will be talking about the meaning behind my self-portrait and how it relates to my personality. Like most people who create self-portraits, I was inspired by several artists. In my speech today I will share who inspired my work, how the style of the artists I...
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Police brutality occurs when police officers abuse their powers by killing and harming innocent people, causing nationwide protests and outbreaks. Without action on this issue, police officers will continue to abuse their power and make wrong decisions. This will end up in more violence in the world as more innocent people will be harmed by police every day. Where it is happening? Although police brutality occurs all over the world, in North America it is mainly pointed towards the USA....
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According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, scarcity is the lack of certain resources, making it hard to achieve. In the context of economics, the lack of resources leads to the inability to meet the demands of the market. The reason scarcity exists in the first place is due to the consumption of the resource itself. The usage of the resources eventually leads to a shortage of resources. The higher the consumption, the faster the supply runs out, causing demand-induced scarcity....
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My role model is My Mother. My mother is not famous not even a celebrity or known personality but for me, she is more than a celebrity or famous person. Her love for all of her children is the same and equal She is well-managed in organizing a joint family system and house. Whenever she is around I feel safe, happy, and blessed. She is my best friend too I share all of my problems with her without any fear....
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What is considered to have beauty? Defining if an individual, place, or thing has beauty is debatable. A person may find a rose beautiful, but for another, it is not. To possess beauty, it is not necessary to enter into specific standards, since deciding what is truly beautiful depends on the feelings and perspective of each human being. Equally, many people are attracted to the physical, but for others, beauty goes beyond external qualities. In ” To Autumn,” John Keats...
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A leader that I admire is Mr. Jamison Chandler, the Director of the Jazz Band at KIPP AMP Middle School. I admire his vision to educate and inspire students in our community to understand and appreciate jazz music, instruments, and the importance of practice. I also admire Mr. Chandler because whenever I need advice or support he is an adult that is always willing to help. Mr. Chandler teaches us qualities that we do not learn in our traditional classes...
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Restaurant quality and customer satisfaction in the hospitality industry are very important because the happier the customer the more likely they are to visit the restaurant again which means more money for the restaurant and the customer will therefore recommend the restaurant to other people bring more customers to the restaurant. According to Navaraj Budhathoki (2018), customer satisfaction is the keyway of running a business successfully and the customers being satisfied will be the base of the business for more...
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Moments in a person’s life will largely affect one’s mental growth at some point, and I, like many others have learned from it. The hard-working woman I am today is only because of how I was raised. Through yearly family gatherings, my views on the world have been shaped and allowed me to grow into the strong person I am today. Although I was raised in the small town of Texarkana, an important part of my upbringing happened in Lubbock,...
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The fact that the strict principles classical music from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries adhered to became the foundation of pretty much any musical genre that was going to emerge after the heydays of its original composers should not be surprising to anyone remotely into music. Listen to how Beethoven epically channeled his inner turmoil, Handel’s oratorios, the complexity of Bach’s compositions, Mozart’s focus on three to four chords and specifically Schubert’s arrangements, and it becomes obvious that their reoccurring...
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Ever since money was introduced to us a thousand years ago, it had controlled our lives ceaselessly. Due to this many people were blessed to have enormous amounts of riches to sustain and to provide for their families and selves, but if there are people who are at the top there are also people at the bottom. Poverty is not having enough material possessions or income for a person's needs. Some families, mainly in the Philippines are greatly affected by...
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The kenning that I choose to use for this story is corpse-maker. This kenning is one of many of the names to describe a monster named Grendel in the story of Beowulf. For example, Grendel was basically similar to the devil himself. He is the embodiment of moral and physical evil. Grendel is an evil monster and everyone in the town is afraid of him. Grendel receives the kenning corpse-maker because he is a murderer who has been killing people...
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Many today enter into relationships and insist over and over again that their partners are perfect, but soon the intimacy of marriage starts to reveal faults and habits that irritates them. They begin to say marriage life would be more enjoyable if their partners would conform to their ideas of how a perfect mate should order their lives. Accepting your mate means you view your partner as a person of worth, and that you like him/her as he/she is and...
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The film “Nickel and Dimed: From the American Ruling Class” shows the life of low-wage workers in Americas society. In this video, Barbara Ehrenreich went about trying to mimic their life style and work ethic firsthand, living as a low-wage worker. I was very impressed at her angle of perspective to consider low-wage workers as the major “philanthropists” of our society. Often times we say that we serve someone or something but that all comes from our own pride and...
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In the story, Gulliver's Travels, it shows insight into the understanding that humans are not meant to know everything in life. It shows that all we understand we have as humans has a natural limit and this theme is a very important one in Gulliver’s Travels. The author finds all these different worlds while traveling by ship who have their own set of knowledge and ways they live. For example in the first meeting he found himself with the self-centered...
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Latin texts have always touched on the topic of “afterlife” due to the close knitted relationship with God and Christian belief. The Underworld, Heaven and Hell have always been interpreted in different ways, each influenced by contextual ideologies or religious factors within those preceding times. One can determine the Divine Comedy’s significant societal expectations through close comparison between Virgil’s The Aeneid. The contrasting time difference between these two sources portrays tremendous differences in society’s views about Christianity beliefs and afterlife....
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One of my greatest passions is black and white photography! Yet, I don’t think there was a defining moment that sparked my interest in photography, and now I cannot imagine my life without it. Several years ago, my parents graciously gifted me my first DSLR camera for Christmas, and to this very day, it has never failed me! When I explore new places, I document my journey with my trusty Nikon D3200. In my experience, photography is a means of...
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My parents have always stressed the importance of education to my sister and me our entire lives. Education has served as the foundation upon which my goals and dreams have been built on. I have been blessed with the opportunity to further my education beyond grade school and onto the collegiate level. My greatest ambition in life is to help children develop to their fullest potential. My teachers and professors have played a major role and have helped me gain...
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The uncanny is a Freudian concept1, entirely psychological in nature, where the unknown becomes eerily recognizable, both deplorable and desirable; this perverse attraction to the taboo results in either self or societal rejection. Within the Gothic, the uncanny simultaneously evokes feelings of terror and attraction, Morris citing that it “derives its terror (…) from something strangely familiar2;” the conflict between these two polarising states reflective of the period in which the novels, “The Monk,” written in 1796 and “Dracula,” in...
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The House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros tells the story of Esperanza Cordero through beautiful vignettes and the narrator describing how her family first arrived on Mango Street. When the pipes in their previous apartment burst and the landlord refused to repair them, she , her parents, brothers Carlos and Kiki , and sister Nenny moved to Mango Street. Esperanza had not been hoping for a small , decaying red house in a poor urban neighborhood when her parents...
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Daoud's hero has a manifest horror of the absurd; he wants to replace a narrative that relates the absurdity of the human condition with a meta-report that revolts against this absurdity. However, as Sartre says: 'The stranger is a leaf of his life. And since the most absurd life must be the most sterile life, his novel wants to be magnificently sterile. Art is an unnecessary generosity'. However, Daoud's book is a narrative that explains and is clear. In fact,...
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Art and Controversy Introduction Arts forms are important to society because they communicate important messages and inspire people to do something. The art forms encourage more conversation in society and this increases the level of democracy. Citizens should also feel free to challenge the decisions of artists. Also, cultural leaders should tirelessly protect the choices they make in public. The art usually gains relevance in the public through the vigorous defense. The freedom of art is usually exploited and abused...
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'When I grow up, I want to be an ultrasound technician!' probably isn’t the most common reply a kid would give when asked what he wants to do when he grows up. It’s not a job name, that rolls from one's tongue, either. Alternative names for an ultrasound technician are diagnostic medical sonographer or just sonographer. While those names are probably as difficult to pronounce and remember, they do help us have a better understanding of what people in this...
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We are living in an age of relatively advanced technology. Cloning technology can copy objects into living objects. Cloning pigs and cloning cattle have become a reality. If it were not for some people's objections, cloning humans would certainly become a reality. We have to figure out whether technology is out of control. My understanding is that in a sense, technology is out of control. First, literature always precedes reality. Many years ago, we read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. In...
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How much can a parent sacrifice for their child? How should a person handle the gray area between right and wrong? These were just some of the questions I had in my mind as I read through the book. The Hand Bringer written by Christopher J. Penington is a story of sacrifice, family, friendship, and love entangled with time travel. The Hand Bringer started with the introduction of Peter Hadrian, a member of the police force, in the middle of...
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“This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona.” By using background stories and third-person narratives, it introduces readers to tense relationships and seeks self-identity from the perspective of Native Americans. Alexei showed the audience the personal conflict and broken relationship between loved ones leading to the guidance, understanding, and guidance of the internal struggle. The author encourages others to ask important questions about themselves and others, allowing individuals to gain clarity and insight through self-reflection. In this way, the...
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