I have decided to share with the world my “I am,” poem that I have created earlier this year. Although it may not be clear, this poem reveals my wishes, fears, goals, and intentions in life. I am fireI wonder when my embers will smoulder I hear the whispers of dark grey smokeI see the blazing…
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On March 14, 1979, Judy Chicago’s art instillation, “The Dinner Party,” was opened at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. That instillation pushed feminist art to the limelight, changing the lives of women, and forever defining Chicago as a legend. Now, “The Dinner Party” is permanently installed in the Brooklyn Museum, but the life…
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I like to think that I am well versed in meme culture. Especially considering that I live my life online, I sure hope that I have learned *something*. Below are some of the my favourite meme formats that I’ve seen this month. Enjoy. Well yes, but actually no Elon Musk Surreal Mars Rover “The Expert”…
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Fettuccine Alfredo is one of my all-time favorite foods: rich, creamy, and a total calorie bomb. As a kid, it was my go-to pasta order (yes, even more than mac and cheese). Traditional Alfredo sauce is a simple cream sauce, made from butter, heavy cream, and parmesan cheese. Most versions we eat today also contain…
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Introduction The Calgary Food Bank is a program that donates food to families in need, and/or individuals facing a crisis. There are two main roles to be played in the Food Bank, the volunteer, and the client. The Volunteer- This role is obviously the employees. Except, they aren’t getting paid. The board of staff is…
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Although, the exact date of her death is not definitely known; Anne Frank and her sister Margot Frank were spared immediate death in the Auschwitz gas chambers. Instead, they were sent to Bergen-Belsen, a concentration camp in Northern Germany where they died from Typhus sometime in late February or early March of 1945, just weeks…
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I try to untangle the tangles That have been so tightly knotted For so long Trying to get the electricity flowing But the vessels let only a single spark through After all This twisting and untwisting of coils Here I sit In a cluster A storm I can’t seem to undo. The coils have a…
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Sometimes I discover underground artists whose music I enjoy and deserve much more attention. Having done quite a bit of that, I wanted to share some of the lesser known artists who I have discovered. Birdy Jasmine van den Bogaerde known as Birdy is an English singer who is not very well known but is…
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This past weekend was one of the most exciting weekends of the year for NBA fans; All-Star weekend! If you’ve never watched, it’s basically a three-night event containing a rookie’s game, a skills challenge, a 3 point contest, a dunk contest and finally, the All-Star game–featuring the best/most popular players in the NBA. Held in…
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Standardized testing is a test that is administered and scored in a consistent manner. It’s a test where everyone is given the same test which is scored the same way. One example where standardized tests can be most commonly found is at school. There are advantages and disadvantages about everything and standardized tests are not…
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Maria stood by her barre skillfully rotating through first position to fifth position, every movement of her body performed perfectly like a well oiled machine. However, her movements were anything but robotic, even the smallest motions were so fluid, it seemed like water was flowing through her body. She had been a ballerina her whole…
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Based on George Orwell’s 1984, this is a video game that puts the player in the role of an investigator with access to futuristic surveillance systems with the goal of preventing a terrorist plot. With time being extremely limited, the player is forced to make difficult decisions often with very little information. The decisions that…
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Art Tatum (born October 13, 1909 in Toledo, Ohio) is known for his technical virtuosity as a jazz pianist and for his skill in improvisation. Visually impaired from a young age, Tatum began to learn the piano at age 13. He received some training from the Toledo School of Music, but he was mainly self-taught,…
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The question that all true Marvel fans will ask, what are the most powerful items in the (Marvel Cinematic Universe) MCU ?. Most of you believed that the Infinity Gauntlet is the most powerful weapon in the cosmos but there is something even more powerful? What if I told you that the Infinity Gauntlet was…
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The 1929 American Wall Street Crash caused the intertwined European economy to crash as well. After WWI, Germany was depending on America for loans so she could pay back her war reparations, and the money countries such as France and Britain received money from Germany and going back to America to repay the war bonds.…
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