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¶ … spinning a little too fast, and I need to get away, I usually head to the small coffee shop that is only about two blocks away from my house. It is a no-name shop, not one of your cookie-cutter conglomerate shops which you can find on any corner in any city in any country of the world. My shop is small, run by two sisters who share the work part time. On the outside it is unimpressive -- a regular storefront in a 1970s era strip mall. The windows are covered with sticky see through vinyl which lets some light in but keeps the world from peering in at the regulars who hold up inside.
As I enter the shop, I am at first assaulted with the delicious aroma of fresh brewed coffee. While this shop offers the typical "double-tall-non-fat-half-decaf" specialty drinks we all know and love, the two sisters also keep several different types of regular drip brew around all the time, for the hard-core who like their coffee black and bitter. The smell is a mixture of Arabica beans, Colombian blend and Sumatran with a hint of Oriental Chai mixed in. If you go early enough in the morning, the smell of the baked goods that come in from a nearby bakery are mixed in with the coffee smells, and it is enough to make your mouth water. The shop is mostly in the semi-dark. There are a large number of recessed lights in the ceiling, but the owners deliberately...
Sometimes, a girl with a pierced lip works behind the counter, and adds her own aroma of patchouli and mint gum into the mix. Distracting, but somehow it works in this unconventional setting.
The shop is small, maybe about 90 square meters total. There are a few tables with marble-esque tops and some bent wood chairs that would look more at home in an ice cream parlor than in this store. I usually head to one of the large, shabby chairs that are scattered around and throughout the customer area. Refugees from Goodwill and garage sales, they are clean but carry their own history of smells and are broken down in all the right places from a lifetime of buttocks. To sit in these chairs is a misnomer. I sink into one and feel as though I am a small child sitting in his father's chair, as the relaxed springs lift my legs up and sometimes away from the floor. The armrests hit just exactly right and I feel a wave of comfort and security when I rest there.
Each chair has one or two small side tables nearby, none from the same era or style but each one in a dark wood and scarred with old watermarks and even some cigarette burns, although smoking…
The potter has complete control over the shape the pot takes by the pressure, how fast he spins the potting wheel, and the moisture and pressure he applies from inside and outside the pot. He can keep the pot short and stout by slowing the wheel decreasing the outside pressure, or by spinning it faster and pulling upward he can grow the pot taller. The bearing has to be maintained and
This image has lasted for nearly three thousand years but may now be in need of renewal. "God" may be longing for release from His immolation in the structure of our beliefs. To use a gardening metaphor, God has become pot-bound, fixed and constricted by the anthropomorphic, gender-biased, paternalistic image that we have projected onto Him. As Teilhard de Chardin suggested, we need to formulate a new image of
Light Energy illustrates the techniques employed by various scientists in determining the accurate value of the speed of light. This paper outlines all the methods employed by them and the grave difficulties they faced in acquiring a more accurate value. This paper also emphasizes on the importance of the value of the speed of light. Light Energy One of the fundamental concepts that is put forward for the students, who are
Tornadoes: Nature's Phenomenon What is a Tornado? A tornado is "a violent, destructive, whirling wind accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud that progresses in a narrow path over the land" (Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 2012). Tornadoes can develop in mere seconds and destroy everything in their path Sometimes, a tornado will happen so quickly that there is little or no sign before it starts (Federal Emergency Management Association, 2012). A tornado can have the strongest winds on
Wearin' of the Green An Irish-American's Journey Margaret-Mary clutched her daughter's tiny hand. Watched with pride as the five-year-old waved the little Irish Flag in her other hand. It was a cold, blustery day, but then it always was on St. Patrick's Day. Yet as Margaret-Mary braved the wind and the crowds, she didn't feel the least bit cold. Never did, but especially not today. It wasn't just that today she
computers for the organization. All three are high-end ultra-slim laptops for the sales force. These are compared according to a number of key variables -- weight, size, performance, memory, communications, power, software, operating system and price. The three models are the MacBook Air, the Toshiba Portege R830 and the Samsung Series 9. A recommendation is made at the end of the paper. This essay will compare three different computer models