The Germantown Festival is an annual arts and crafts fair that is held in early September where people around the city come together and have fun. I went to the festival to volunteer for Key Club hours and to have fun. It was a extremely hot September Sunday. Although it was the second day of the festival, many stalls were open and people came to look around and see what was in stored. It was my second time volunteering at the festival; but instead of doing face painting, I helped out selling the
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The water tower is a fictional picture book written by Garry Crew and illustrated by Steven Woolman. In this book there are human experiences, The experiences featured in this book are curiosity and isolation. The book is about two boys Bubba and Spike that live in a small country town that is simple, strange and perplexing. The town is a mysterious and odd, but that doesn't stop the boys from being adventurous adolescence. Curiosity, represents the human experience in the book because there is
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As we had gone along with the activities planned for the past week or so with the entire class my eyes had been opened to a new part of life. Prior to this activity I had pondered a little bit on the topic of the way that technology has affected our culture and way of life; however, I didn’t think it was as drastic as it truly is. It’s changing our way of life (Wells). I don’t hold a cell phone, Ipad, Ipod, or any other weird technological thing everyday, so this activity was that of an average day
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In the argument Norcross wrote about two different but similar stories to prove his point. In the first story a man was in an accident that had damaged his godiva gland, which means his body can no longer produce the hormone cocoamone and he can no longer taste chocolate. Knowing that humans do not produce cocoamone he finds out that puppies do when they are under intense stress and severe trauma. This man loves chocolate so much he abuses puppies to death so he can taste chocolate again. In
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Everyone has a place they love to be. Mine so happens to be Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Tuscaloosa is also called t-town which means title town. Tuscaloosa is called t-town because of the sixteen national championships the football team has won. Tuscaloosa is my favorite place to visit. Some reasons it is my favorite are the University of Alabama is there, everyone is friendly, and the weather is amazing. First and foremost, Tuscaloosa is home to the University of Alabama. The University is one of the
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brand is Fenty Beauty created by Robin Rihanna Fenty. Fenty Beauty is a new make-up brand created by artists/entrepreneur Robin Rihanna Fenty. Fenty Beauty first dropped at the end of 2017, since then there has been wide success all around the world. There
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After remembering what the king had said to him, Santiago perseveres through his comforting thought of becoming a shepherd again and believes he can conquer the world. ANother time in the novel that Santiago must persevere through obstacles to continue on the journey to his personal legend is when he has to leave Fatima behind at the Oasis. Santiago explains to the Alchemist and later to Fatima, “I want to stay
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“It is about being alive and feisty and not sitting down or shutting up when people want you to.” Alecia Beth Moore-Hart, more commonly known as Pink, said this quote during an interview with Oprah in 2009. Pink is influential to America in many ways no matter if it is through music, dancing, or donating to charity. She is an active sponsor for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, aka PETA, UNICEF, and Save the Children association. Each year she evenly distributes 45% of her earnings to
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In today’s world, from the minute we wake up to the moment we sleep, we are encountered with numerous choices. From a purchasing a luxurious new house to replacing a worn out shoelace, we are in a society where we are constantly in need of something better. People want to go to better schools for a better education, desire a better education for a better job, a strive for a better job for a better life. This is a known phenomenon and most people in the present society strive for it. But how many
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The “Samaritan’s dilemma,” is the conflict we feel when we want to be altruistic, but fear being taken advantage of. It’s an argument against charity, a dilemma faced by the “soft-hearted” who want to help their neighbor but don’t want to be exploited. Stone compares the feeling to when one person in a struggling family comes into fortune and finds themselves bombarded by relatives asking for help. We can’t help everybody, because if we did we would be spread too thin. Most of us want to help the
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