The Edge

“Taran? Are you all right?” asked Bili. “You went quiet for a long time and seemed sort of lost.” “Fine, fine. I was remembering everything. I’ll explain it as best I can…” Taran relayed the memories to the best of his ability “Llacheu showed me around, we ate. Gods, Bee, it was one of the best meals I’ve ever had, a cream soup with beef and sweet, soft bread like you’ve never tasted. “I sparred with Llacheu, and he was good with a sword for a seventeen-year-old, though I managed to disarm him…

Foreigner is a popular band founded in 1976 by Mick Jonas. Along with him on guitar, you have Kelly Hansen as lead vocalist, Tom Gimbel who could play guitar, keyboards, sax and flute, Jeff Pilson playing bass, Michael Bluestein playing the keyboard, Bruce Watson playing guitar, and Chris Frazier on drums. Still around today, it has made a huge impact. This essay will be able to tell you a bit about the band, and how their music affected their time. It will also convey information such as their…

The daughter of the chief was beautiful with long gorgeous red like a bowl of cherries. Even though she was so pretty she was also hard headed as the elderly would say or very disobedient. She was told not to stick her head out the top of the mountains, because the wind was very strong and it was extremely dangerous. From the top you could see the ocean so curiously she climbed to the top, and the wind grabbed her by her long red hair and took her away.When landing among the fir trees she was…

Greg Hardy wants to pursue an MMA career. In 2013 Greg Hardy was an elite NFL pass rusher. He had a Career- best 15 sacks and was selected to the Pro Bowl. It looked like Hardy could be the NFL’s next elite pass rusher. However, the following two seasons turned out to be a whirlwind of arrests and accusations. It all started in 2014 when images of Greg Hardy’s girlfriend, Nicole Holder, surfaced. The graphic images show a bruised Holder after she was allegedly beaten by Hardy. The…

do. However, if we consume media created for and about adolescents we can learn some of the messages adolescents receive, and we can analyze the which messages are true and empowering and which messages are unfair, toxic and limiting. In the case of Edge of Seventeen, there is an important lesson about the pressures we put on young people to perform socially, academically, and as caretakers, and the way in which we punish adolescents with shame and isolation if they dare to challenge these…

“Tricks” and Wenlock Edge” by Alive Munro both depict two female characters who are shamed by a male figure. The two female characters, Robin and the narrator, both deal with their feelings of shame in different ways but both wish to conform to societal norms. According to the article “The Lives of Women who Experience Male Violence” written by Helen Baker, “shame concerns the relationship of the self with others in society” (5). These two characters feel shame because they went against societal…

Project Task #1 My research topic is about the correlation between punk music and rap. Music has always reflected its generation and what was going in that era. Punk music and rap are two totally different genres and cultures. Despite the difference in sound, they face the same socioeconomic issues. Both Punk, and Rap are products of low income areas. What I’m gonna be talking about is how and why the same things affect both subcultures. Both are viewed negatively, but…

world, but the young and reckless America especially, struggled to get a grip on what true success and happiness were. Then, there were neither in the 30’s when the Depression smacked the world with harsh reality.W. Somerset Maugham’s novel The Razor’s Edge follows a young writer (a character named for himself) and the trials of his social group throughout the decade of extremes. In this group, each character fights their own battles to find what would, in the end, make the most sense for them.…

Edge Computing Applications in the Dairy Industry and What It Can Do For You In the past 100 years, technology has come from patenting air conditioners and zippers to 3D printers, drones and self-driving cars. Never has the ancient occupation of farming had more resources at its disposal to improve production and sustainability. Most “precision agriculture” conversations focus on crop applications; using GPS and thermal imaging to detect areas of high pest populations or disease and using…

The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham is a novel that takes the audience on a journey into self enlightenment. This novel takes place in the early 1900s before, during, and after the crash of the American stock market. Within this tale the reader is introduced to several characters that are all acquainted with one another. Among those characters is one of particular depth, Isabel Bradley. Isabel is a complex character because she experiences several conflicts and takes various courses of…