As I looked into my boyfriends eyes out in 30 degree weather‚ in a city we have never been to‚ I realized how lucky I was to be celebrating my birthday in this one of a kind place‚ New York City. Two eighteen-year-old kids exploring this wonderful and large city all by ourselves. What could possibly go wrong? The subway got closed down unexpectedly when we needed to get back to our hotel room in order to make it on time to the untold musical story of the Wizard of OZ‚ “Wicked” so‚ we decided to
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SELF-LEARNING & EMPOWERMENT THROUGH LEADERSHIP William Shakespeare says in his famous play Twelfth Night‚ “Some people are born great‚ some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them”. If we slightly modify this statement‚ it also goes true with leadership. So we can say that‚ “some people are born leaders‚ some become leaders through their achievements and some have leadership thrust upon them”. Some people in this world are born leaders. It is engrained in their blood. They cannot
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The New York Kouros The New York Kouros is one of the earliest examples of a Greek free standing statue that still stands strong today. The inspiration for these life-like statues came from the Egyptians. When we look back at when Greek statues started to come about‚ we notice that it is about the same time that the Egyptians started to let foreigners past their borders for trade and other matters. We notice that‚ at first‚ they used the same technique and proportions used for Egyptian works.
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for me. But there is only one place that stands out the most. New York City is the place that has captured my heart. I have tons of memories being a child and going into the big city. Now that I’m older I get to experience the city alone. I love leaving the small town of Iola and enjoy the hustle and bustle of the big city. I also love all the different smells‚ food‚ and people. In my opinion you will not find another place like New York City. I like to go into the city early in the morning so I
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Francisco Lake What is power? What are different examples of power? How can people gain and maintain power? Power is being able to make something happen or prevent something from happening. You know if someone has power if they are leaders or if they are respected. If you’re a good influence you can also gain power because people begin to follow in your footsteps. Examples of power are political‚ economic‚ and social. Political power is an authority held by a group within society that allows for
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LOVE to be very significant and cannot imagine a world without it. The 1960s‚ Pop art movement in New York would have not had the same impulse without Robert Indiana’s LOVE and the world would be worse off without it. Abstract Expressionism‚ subconscious creation on large canvases‚ would have still been the only accepted art during this time if LOVE did not influence the American public with this new Pop Art. In 1958 Indiana begun to experimenting with LOVE‚ place the letters just right with the
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One of the biggest social issues that New York City faces is the problem of poverty. Poverty is a social problem because the effects of poverty are felt in society as a whole. The effects of poverty are very serious. Poverty carries with it a particularly strong set of risks for families‚ especially children. The children are exposed to very high-risk health issues because their families do not have the necessities and financial status to give proper shelter or proper medication that their children
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victim not the problem. In the era of computers and networking‚ we face many new issues that can have very real consequences. We have lost many young lives due to this new technology‚ and even though it may be great to keep up with friends and family‚ not everyone is using this new technology for good. Many kids are getting bullied online in places like Facebook and Myspace‚ and in most of the cases‚ the kids are not of the age listed by the company to be able to open an account. This rule is partly
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The Importance of the Press The newspaper is a powerful medium. It is powerful because it has the ability to influence the way that people view the world‚ as well as their opinion of what they see. In peaceful times (or in times of oppression‚ for sometimes they can appear to be happening at the same moment) the press is usually one of the instruments used by the state in order to maintain the status quo. However‚ during times of political unrest it is often the press who becomes the major
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Jennifer Lawson American History Project #2 Movie Critique Gangs of New York “Gangs of New York” is a historical crime film which takes place in New Yorkin the 1840s-1860s. The film was released in 2002. It was directed by Martin Scorsese‚ and written by Jay Cocks‚ Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan. It is loosely inspired by Herbert Asbury’s 1928 nonfiction book The Gangs of New York. The film was critically acclaimed with 10 Academy Award nominations‚ including Best Picture and
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