I sway back and forth anxiously as I stretch my fingers. I’ve never stretched my fingers before playing piano before, but it should help, right? I’m focused on keeping my breathing calm and steady. Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe out. A finger tapping on my shoulder brings me back to reality. It’s my friend. “Good luck!” she wishes me. I nod my head and give her a little smile. “Thanks.” She must see the uncertainty on my face, because she gives me a reassuring hug and says, “I know
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Obesity has plagued my life since the age of 12, along with other health issues from birth. Morbid obesity has plagued my family down through the years, along with having diabetes, hypertension and cancer. I think these are the major three demons of many African Americans families. I am looking to break the chain. My mother during this time tried everything imaginable with several physicians input to help me lose weight. Being born with one leg much shorter than the other, my weight added hurt
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Exploration of Drama and Theatre Characterisation – In week two, exercise two, I had to choose a character from the play and walk around the room using facial expressions and movement to portray the character. I chose to be Gregor because I felt that his posture changed continuously throughout the play, so there were many different ways that I could represent him. My posture was very laid back, almost like I was dragging myself along. I did this because I believed that while Gregor was transforming
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for me wake up and ready for school. The start of my day is usually me fighting my alarm that goes off five times. I always manage to hit the snooze button in my sleep every time it goes off upsetting my mom who also wakes up. After hearing her rant I get up before I have to deal with her wrath. I grab my close groggily, brush my teeth, and awaken myself in the shower with warm water. Leave the house and catch the bus headed for school. This is my usual uneventful daily routine. At school I always
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Lincoln Square Fieldwork Assignment Walk down to Lincoln Square on a Sunday afternoon, and you will find yourself immersed in a world without problems. At least that is how it looks from the outside, just observing. People walk around with their families, pushing strollers or walking their dogs, conversing with each other and taking the time to talk to people they meet. You see nice cars and beautiful houses, restaurants and patios, library and cinema, the Old Town school of Music, Lillstreet
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Marketing 310 Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping I chose the book Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping by Paco Underhill. This book really opened my eyes to a lot of marketing issues. In all honesty, I chose this book because I’ve always found the idea behind shopping interesting and I’ve always wondered why I walk out of the store with an item I don’t even need. After reading the book, I discovered that this book is actually not about that at all. This book is actually far more interesting
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in work shoes And green work pants, beer belly And white T-shirt, the porky walk Back to the truck, polite; possible To feel briefly like Jesus, A gust of diffuse tenderness Crossing the dark spaces To where the dry self burrows Or nests, something that stirs, Watching the kinds of people On the street for a while— But how love falters and flags When anyone’s difficult eyes come Into focus, terrible gaze of a unique Soul, its need unlovable: my friend
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I’ve seen you in the wicked winter air scooping the walks leading to the front door of this business before that garbage-bag of a human you call your boss was even out of bed. You can’t tell me he doesn’t treat you like chattel. He’s so tight, I bet he doesn’t pay you a penny more than he has to either.”
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Blue Ocean Strategy Paper 01/05/15 MKT/421 Blue Ocean Strategy – Introduction When a company is about to enter the market, they typically spend their time trying to create a strategy to overcome their competitors that already exist in the market. In the book Blue Ocean Strategy authors W. Chan Kim and Renée Maugorgne explain how to create your own blue ocean. A blue ocean is the complete opposite of the existing red oceans in the market that quickly drown a new company before they can gain
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It was a scorching hot summer day, the bright sun beamed upon my face making me blind. I couldn’t see a single cloud in the clear blue sky. The only thing I can see is the vibrant colors from the buildings that made the small street pop. I looked around, my eyes start to get bigger and bigger. I could feel my lips lift upward. My heart skips a beat for the beauty that surrounds me. The pink, orange, red and yellow colored buildings were the brightest colors I have ever seen, making me blind every
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