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Death, its such an unexpected thing that happens to everyone at some point in their life. Some people die old, some go young. Others go without warning, just disappear from our lives without explanation. No letter, note or goodbye, they just leave us to never return. Death, or in this situation suicide, where you may never know why they did it. Just left with loose ends that will never be tied up. For others its a glorious thing, they accept it as a way of life or something that has to be done to

Architectural qualities of the Guggenheim Museum in New York have an expressional capability of conveying meaning onto its user. William Whyte suggests that this is able to be read as a language, related directly to its spatial features and geometries. This essay attempts to examine the Guggenheim’s meaning in a contextual framework of time, through the medium of photography. Discussing critical interpretation at the time of the Guggenheim’s completion, and how socio-cultural changes have translated

William “Bill” Gates is a philanthropist, businessman, software developer, and most notably an entrepreneur who founded one of the largest company in the world; Microsoft and subsequently became the richest man in the world. Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955, in Seattle, Washington and was born into a Christian family. At a young age Bill Gates showed keen interest and talent in the computer world, and later pursued it as his career in his life. From his skills, he and partner Paul Allen built

In our society, everyone has their own interpretations of “success.” The Oxford English Dictionary defines success as “the attainment of an object according to one 's desire: now often with particular reference to the attainment of wealth or position” (Success). According to this definition, one must be affluent or materialistic to be considered successful. However, one does not need money to be considered successful in our society. Success is very subjective, so everyone has their own definition

this science by what its purpose is and how scientists use it. Cryonics is a type of science that allows you to deep- freeze the bodies of people who have died of an incurable disease, for future hope of a cure. Despite the term dead, the Alcor foundation says “cryonics is a belief that no one is really dead until the information content of the brain is lost, and that low temperatures can prevent this loss.” As of now there has been no information gathered to conclude that the brain activity could

the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain and the Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles. The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum that represents modern and contemporary art. Its story first begins when Thomas Krens the director of Solomon R. Guggenheim foundation in New York City, was looking for a museum location in Europe. He chose the industrial wasteland in the middle of the city on a curve of the Nervion River. The site was located in the center of

Cutting to the Common Core In the summer of 2010 the United States issued a new Common core curriculum for its youngest Americans, and since, forty-three states have implemented the new standards. According to the Common Core Standards Initiative, the principles are simply, “a set of clear college- and career-ready standards for kindergarten through 12th grade in English language arts/literacy and mathematics,” (“About the Standards”). Why would the American people want their children to be common

Student ratings can provide teachers, administrators, and researchers with valuable information about the learning environment and instructional practice, and have become a critical component in policy efforts to assess and improve teaching. Seventeen states and many large municipalities including Chicago, Illinois, Memphis, Tennessee and Denver, Colorado include student ratings as a key component in formative and summative teacher evaluation plans (Partee, 2012). Several other states and municipalities

000 millennials in 186 countries.The results showed, in order, what millennials considered most to least important: climate change, inequality, poverty, food and water security, lack of education, lack of employment (Jackson). The United Nations Foundation agrees with the urgency of these issues, especially climate change, food and water security, and additionally, diseases and illness (“Global Issues Overview”). There are charities that are effectively addressing the global issues and those that

000 millennials in 186 countries.The results showed, in order, what millennials considered most to least important: climate change, inequality, poverty, food and water security, lack of education, lack of employment (Jackson). The United Nations Foundation agrees with the urgency of these issues, especially climate change, food and water security, and additionally, diseases and illness (“Global Issues Overview”). There are charities that are effectively addressing the global issues and those that