Barbra Streisand

It was a great day in the village of Athar, everyone was busy doing their daily chores. The children were playing with stones, the men were away hunting, and the women collecting vegetables. The King of Athar was being a cocky man like always walking around the village ordering everyone around and of course, everyone listened because they didn’t want to be executed. Execution was something the village was just told about. There was this story in which The King of Athar was ordering around the town’s

Yentl, or Anshel as she is known throughout most of the film, is played by Barbara Streisand who also directed, produced, and co-wrote this film. She captures the character beautifully, the expression in her eyes and voice displaying clearly the feelings of a woman struggling for knowledge and love but torn between her desire to learn and

Technology and the Internet have evolved over the years to the point where it is used daily by millions of people. As a result, people’s privacy are more susceptible to invasion than ever before. Most people had no reason to question their privacy until the Snowden revelations of 2013 or the celebrity photo leak in 2014. However, as demonstrated through the documentary The Power of Privacy by the Guardian, it is very easy to have your personal information stolen or discovered by others. As technology

“ Hello miss, sorry to disturb you late at night, but a 911 call came from your daughter's house, your daughter had passed away. We need you to fly here in Italy and verify the body that has claimed to be your daughter.” These are the words that a mother would never want to hear. One mother's worst nightmare came alive on November 1, 2007 when Arline Kercher received a phone call from the police station in Perugia, Italy informing her that her daughter has been murdered and the primary suspect is

Many people utilize verbal communication, others prefer to do it by writing their feelings. Either way, the objective of this is to communicate their ideas, feelings and even a way to event impulse a movement. In addition, people utilize this forms of communication to express their most deep secrets or the most traumatic events that may have to affect their life. In every society, we can see how people can be part of a change, either in a positive or in a negative way. The decisions that are taking

MILLERSBURG — The getaway driver in a 2013 armed robbery, recently identified through DNA evidence collected from urine left at the scene, a Delaware County man admitted to related criminal charges. Kevin A. Strickland, 24, who currently is incarcerated at the Toledo Correctional Institution, pleaded guilty Thursday in Holmes County Common Pleas Court to aggravated robbery and theft. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 22, at which time he faces up to 13 years in prison. In entering his plea

The courthouse I visited was not one of the largest courthouses but still a good choice for me at least. South Regional Courthouse which is located on 3550 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, FL 33021. Upon Entering the courthouse, I had no idea where to find criminal courts so I went up to the front desk and asked where to go. After explaining I’m a student and I don’t have to be in court today they then advised to to go to two rooms. Courtroom 210 and 230 so I decided to walk directly into 210. Upon entering

The devil's arithmetic book by Jane Yolen and the movie by Dustin Hoffman are very similar to each other. They both tell the story of a young girl who is transported through time to the 1940’s to learn what it’s like to live through the era of the holocaust after she ignores her family heritage. She then dies in that time at the hands of the Nazis and learns why she must remember and tell the future generation about the holocaust. These stories are the same but told in different ways and in different

America is a combination of diverse countries, making defining American culture a difficult task. In Brent Staples “Just Walk On By” a true story is shared about a lifelong experience of racist interactions just because of his skin color. In the poem “Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson, everyone wanted to have the life of the man in the poem. People praised him for his materialistic attributes, but in the end he committed suicide. Stevie Wonder composed a song called “Village Ghetto Land”

First came the town, built around the fort of Riverwatch that defended a bend of the River Running. Then came the tyrant, Vasper Morianart scourge amongst men with his son Endhorg behind. Afterwards came the sword, wielded by Merigal Quickblade who toppled both tyrant and son. And last of all came jubilation, echoing through the streets after Merigal returned to the town after years spent adventuring across the Dalelands. He was proclaimed Lord Protector of Riverwatch and for years he defended