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History benchmark

Posted by James Seward in Globalization - Laufenberg on Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 11:06 pm
here it is

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My Fav Benchmark

Posted by James Seward in Statistics - Thompson on Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 10:54 pm

​My favorite statistics benchmark was most definitely the first quarter benchmark. This benchmark was about calculating the consumer price index of various supermarkets all over Philadelphia.    This was a group project, and my group members were Michael Kelly and Mary Altamuro.  The stores we obtained all of our information from were Thrift Way N’ Shoppin’ Bag, Acme, and Pathmark. This project helped us by letting us use univariate and bivariate data.  We were able to use mean, median, mode, Q1 and Q3 and range to calculate the difference in prices between the stores and figure out which store was the cheapest.  This project is my favorite because I was able to do much more for my group than in any other project.  I was able to go to the stores and check out the prices for the items we picked out and calculate the percentages and prove it using histograms and pie charts.  This benchmark has also laid important groundwork for me to continue on in statistics.  It taught me about all of the things I mentioned above, (Mean, median, mode, etc.). It also taught me the proper usage of histograms, stem-leaf plots, and box-whisker plots.  Finally, I was able to learn some outside world experience from this. I learned that all stores are not the same. Sometimes prices differ because of the brands of food or just because of where it is sold. I noticed that the same items that were sold at Acme and Shop rite were considerably lower than the items sold at the Fresh Grocer. We connected this to the neighborhood the Fresh Grocer was in. Stores in wealthy neighborhood tend to have higher prices.

 

 

Research: I researched information on what consumer price index is and how it’s useful and effective for the costumer.

 

Collaboration: I collaborated with Mike Kelly, and Mary Altamuro,

Presentation: My group and I presented our work and on keynote and the presentation went well.

Reflection: I worked very hard on this benchmark and I feel as though it was the most in compelling subject that we worked on. 

 

 

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Sigh

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 9:58 pm
this is a poem i wrote in freshman year....yeahh
Now jimmy’s only 20 years of age.
He has a dead end job with minimum wage.
He has a girlfriend that has to lay,
15 guys for 60 dollars a day.
He dropped out of school to be with his honey
Now they got a child and they're running out of money
Life is so very dangerous and so it seems
The only place he’s safe is in his dreams
So jimmy nods his head, brushes his teeth, turns out the lights and goes to sleep
Praying one day he'll find a place with no worry or any type of haste.
Next thing he knows, he’s riding on a tiger
His girls on his left, their daughter right beside her
They're riding through the jungle, strong and fast
They ride off a cliff but the fall don’t last.
Now they're riding in a jet, sitting first class
With hearts full of hope, and pockets full of cash.
Now hey land inside a active volcano
He asks her hand in marriage, she really cant say no
Next it’s the wedding small and bliss
Its finally time, he goes for the kiss
emotions run deep. the good guy finally wins
Its his first and last chance to repent for his sins
He holds her tight. their souls begin to blend
But nothing after that. the dream just ends....

R.I.P Brian Jr
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Polls

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at 9:52 pm
Worked the polls alllll day. i am too tired to write a long story
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Sigh

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 9:41 pm
Im trying to write this story...i have no idea what to do . all i was given was this character....sigh
Hagiyaguitar
Hagiyaguitar
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Whyyyyyyyy?

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 8:26 pm
There is...SOO MUCH HOME WORK!!!!!!​
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Music awards show

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 9:06 pm
In high hopes for the upcoming SLA music awards show...May 25th
grammy2
grammy2
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Yay jobs

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 9:46 pm
I got me a jobbbbbb. im gonna be workin at city hall from now on. yayyy me. 
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And tonight is...

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Friday, May 6, 2011 at 9:06 pm
"There once was pirate named Gold Roger, who was the King of the Pirates.
He had fame, power and wealth beyond your wildest dreams.
Before they hung him from the gallows, these were the final words he said.
"My fortune is yours for the taking, but you'll have to find it first. I left everything I own in One Piece.
Ever since, pirates from all over the world set sail for the Grand Line searching for One Piece the treasure that will make their dreams come true."

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Once upon a time...

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 10:18 pm
...The gate way to imagination...starts with one line...
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once_upon_a_time_wm
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Help!

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Today I needed help with my paper for storytelling...i asked mr chase for help with the paper...and i got it.  Beginning, Conflict, Climax, Resolve, thats one good :)
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Save me now- Mary Mary Feat. Kirk Franklin

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 6:22 pm
​It was once upon a time not long ago
Lived a little black boy in the middle of the ghetto
Pretty good kid but he always found trouble
Inner city life it ain't hard to find trouble
No income in the home you find struggle
2 years struggling it's no puzzle
He hit the block hard and found him a hustle
Burned the wrond bridge and now he needs muscle
He tried to let it go but the streets don't forgive
I guess they ain't heard of live and let live
But after going round and round he broke it down finally found out
That only god can save him now

[hook]
Save me now, please save me now, save me now, please save me now
I'm on my knees, down at the floor
You're the one i need oh lord
Save me now

[verse 1]
I heard the story many times before/still i'm wondering
How in the world did i get here/and what am i doing
Took the ring and acted like i do/without the ceremony
Now i got three little ones and i'm/hurting and i'm lonely
Threw away my dreams when i left school/now i'm 22 never should've choose him over you

[hook]

[bridge]
Take me away/i don't wanna stay here
I wanna go/back to the beginning
To that place/where love is forever
You and me together
Lord will you please 
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A day in the life- 12 year old italian boy

Posted by James Seward in Globalization - Laufenberg on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 12:31 pm
I did my project on Italy so i chose a twelve year old italian boy.

HERE is the link to the project. 
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The news...6 words

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Monday, May 2, 2011 at 6:59 pm
news reporters are the real terrorists.
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Story

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 6:40 pm
The Moral of the Story...

One day at the end of class little Billy's teacher has the class go home and think of a story and then conclude the moral of that story....

The next day Billy tells his story....

"My dad fought in the Vietnam war, his plane was shot down over enemy territory. He jumped out before it crashed with only a case of beer, a machine gun and a machete. On the way down he drank the case of beer. Unfortunately he landed right in the middle of 100 Vietnamese soldiers. He shot 70 with his machine gun, but ran out of bullets, so he pulled out his machete and killed 20 more, but the blade on his machete broke, so he killed the last ten with his bare hands"

Teacher looks in shock at Billy and asks if there is possibly any moral to his story....Billy replies, "Yeah... don't mess with my dad when he's been drinking
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ME... TIE ... DOUGHTY ... WALKER

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 7:24 pm
​There was always these tales about a haunted house ,and a dead man who would come down from the chimney (but) piece by piece...

On a rainy night a man and his dog arrived to a small village.They were looking for shelter,he didnt have money with him ,he couldn't rent a room from any of the people there."There's a cottage not far uphill but i must warn you its been said that a ghost haunts it" said a noble old man. The man didn't care he started walking away from the old man and couldn't hear what the old man kept saying.

When he reached the cottage he thought " what could possibly haunt this place"?he walked in dried off looked around ,there was wood at the corner of the room ,he started to make a fire in the fireplace, went to the kitchen ate and fed his dog.

He laid by the fireplace took out a book and started to read...it was midnight the fire went out ,as the man got up for more wood he could hear a voice from the chimney and it said: me tie doughty walker...and the mans'dog answered!:"linchy kinchy ,colly molly, dingo dingo" and two legs dropped from the chimney,The man was shocked he just stood there in fear (frozen).

The ghost said:"Me Tie Doughty Walker" ,his dog answered:"Linchy Kinchy ,Colly Molly, Dingo Dingo" the upper part of mans' body dropped,two arms dropped connecting itself together forming a human body.The man was digusted by the smell,he wanted to run but he couldn't help but stare and wonder what would happened next.

There it was a headless rotten corpse standing in the same room as the man and his dog.One last time the ghost said (but louder)"ME.. TIE ..DOUGHTY WALKER"and the man ran to his dog and try to hold his snout,so the dog wouldn't answer back, the man was too afraid to know what happened next...but the dog managed to say "LINCHY KINCHY ,COLLY MOLLY, DINGO DINGO" a head dropped but it didnt connect to the body ,it fell on the floor.

The man was releived , he grabbed a broom heading towards the head that was facing the other direction he poked it with the broom stick and nothing "oof" the man thought as he approached it without the broom he got down on the floor ready to touch it...the head... slowly... turns around and ....AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sigh

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Monday, April 25, 2011 at 7:45 pm
Im dying!!!! this work load is tremendously stupid for senior year. I need to get on trackk...i have to post this benchmark for mr chase that i didnt know where to upload...and as it turned out, i posted it in the place, just under the wrong way. i had posted my story but not as my character so now its on tumblr and its in the right place. if you wanna see it, its here......anyway heres my story for tonight

One day, a scorpion looked around at the mountain where he lived and decided that he wanted a change. So he set out on a journey through the forests and hills. He climbed over rocks and under vines and kept going until he reached a river.

The river was wide and swift, and the scorpion stopped to reconsider the situation. He couldn't see any way across. So he ran upriver and then checked downriver, all the while thinking that he might have to turn back.

Suddenly, he saw a frog sitting in the rushes by the bank of the stream on the other side of the river. He decided to ask the frog for help getting across the stream.

"Hellooo Mr. Frog!" called the scorpion across the water, "Would you be so kind as to give me a ride on your back across the river?"

"Well now, Mr. Scorpion! How do I know that if I try to help you, you wont try to kill me?" asked the frog hesitantly.

"Because," the scorpion replied, "If I try to kill you, then I would die too, for you see I cannot swim!"

Now this seemed to make sense to the frog. But he asked. "What about when I get close to the bank? You could still try to kill me and get back to the shore!"

"This is true," agreed the scorpion, "But then I wouldn't be able to get to the other side of the river!"

"Alright then...how do I know you wont just wait till we get to the other side and THEN kill me?" said the frog.

"Ahh...," crooned the scorpion, "Because you see, once you've taken me to the other side of this river, I will be so grateful for your help, that it would hardly be fair to reward you with death, now would it?!"

So the frog agreed to take the scorpion across the river. He swam over to the bank and settled himself near the mud to pick up his passenger. The scorpion crawled onto the frog's back, his sharp claws prickling into the frog's soft hide, and the frog slid into the river. The muddy water swirled around them, but the frog stayed near the surface so the scorpion would not drown. He kicked strongly through the first half of the stream, his flippers paddling wildly against the current.

Halfway across the river, the frog suddenly felt a sharp sting in his back and, out of the corner of his eye, saw the scorpion remove his stinger from the frog's back. A deadening numbness began to creep into his limbs.

"You fool!" croaked the frog, "Now we shall both die! Why on earth did you do that?"

The scorpion shrugged, and did a little jig on the drownings frog's back.

"I could not help myself. It is my nature."

Then they both sank into the muddy waters of the swiftly flowing river.

Self destruction - "Its my Nature", said the Scorpion...

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uhm

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 9:13 pm
so much work...even over break....sigh
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My stories

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 8:10 pm
I was bored so i wrote this stroyline.  Minato Asagi was your normal high school student. He was an A, B student, and captain of the kendo club, Student council member and boyfriend to the prettiest girl in school, Yukari Todowashi.  Although he was average at most things, the one thing he excelled at over any other was card games.  Be it Yu-Gi-Oh or Blackjack, Minato was the undisputed champion. All of that changed when one day, The resident reserved girl of the school, Hinata Yamagishi, beat him at his own game, then claimed to hate him and card games in general.  Determined to find out more, Minato follows her and is suddenly dragged into her world as they are attacked, his powers activate and he is teleported to the far off land of Sensori.  Now, with his powers, his new teammate and his will, he must learn to survive and unravel the secrets in this card based death world.  
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She is...

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 8:04 pm
​She is...


She is someone who is of African American descent. 
She is someone who is tall, almost as tall as I
she is someone who is Light skinned, with Long, dark brown hair
She is someone with big, dark brown eyes
She is someone who has a smile that brightens any room

She is someone who loves animals
She is someone who loves candy
She is someone who can hold her own in a video game tournament
She is someone who can spend her life at sea, she swims that well
She is someone who knows her way around a city, as long as it isn't Philadelphia 

She is someone with her mind in the clouds, only because her dreams are there
She is someone who is willing to go the extra mile for people in spite of herself
She is someone who can deal with the weight of the world because its her nature

She is someone that can keep a smile on her face no matter what the situation

She is someone who has her weak moments, but no one would ever know it.

 

She is someone who I can go to, to talk about anything

She is someone who comforts me and makes me feel like I am special

She is someone who I feel sees the real me, even when I put on a mask for other

She is someone that keeps me going when I can’t think of any other reason to go

She is someone…someone I will forever hold dear to my heart

 

She is…

 

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Harajuku Fun Madness

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 8:03 pm
Harajuku Fun Madness. Fun name right? well a super fun game needs a Super fun name...right? dont know what it is??? well here it is basically...
They, whoever they may be, slip the players coded messages that we have to decode and use to track down clues that lead to more coded messages and more clues. Imagine the best afternoon you've ever spent prowling the streets of a city, checking out all the weird people, funny hand­ bills, street­maniacs, and funky shops. Now add a scavenger hunt to that, one that requires you to research crazy old films and songs and teen culture from around the world and across time and space. get it now?? well thats basically my sales pitching story fo the night
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Old man syndrome

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Monday, April 4, 2011 at 11:44 pm
​So this is what it feels like....to be an old man...I know im not actually old, being im one of the youngest in the class, but regardless,  i still feel old. Allow me to paint you a picture.  Yesterday im sitting in on a friend of mine's student teaching class. 2 seniors, 1 teacher, 20 something freshman, you get the picture. Im helping with one of the science fair projects and I flash back to my own science fair project.  I actually couldn't remember the details, though i remember the feeling, and some of the things that went on that day.  besides the fair, I got to become friends with some people in my class who im still very close friends with today.  Anyway, after i finish day dreaming I actually started telling the story of that dat! can you believe it? i just told the freshman that....guys, im old...
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Egypt & Kenya

Posted by James Seward in Globalization - Laufenberg on Friday, April 1, 2011 at 8:32 pm
HEre is my project. 



My countries were Egypt and Kenya. Egypt is Sub Saharan Africa while the other, the middle east.  Choosing my countries and Finding the information was the easiest part. I found multiple websites that had tons of information.  The hardest part was putting the information in a presentable form.  It was difficult to choose a way to represent the data and put it in a way that made it worth seeing.  I would spend more time making it more presentable if i could.  I wanted to do something extra but didnt have the time.  
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Benchmark reflection

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 5:45 pm
SO far, my benchmark has been going well. i have created a twitter and a facebook page for my character I have also researched other blog sites to make my character.  I am close to completely most of my story and i plan to be done by the time the deadline arrives.
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A six worded story type

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Monday, March 28, 2011 at 8:53 pm



Benchmarks are difficult....Capstones are nightmares
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Story of Central Sub-Saharan Africa

Posted by James Seward in Globalization - Laufenberg on Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 9:50 am
This is the public link to my story
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Begining of the story ive been writing recently

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 2:29 pm
as i previously explained, i write stories and sell them to people who wish to continue them. this is one of the stories i wrote recently but its only a part:

Alright! Today, we are introducing a new student to Lenten High.” Exclaimed Mr. Tomonaga. “Please welcome, Daichi Tatsuya.” At first, no one came into the room. But after a moments’ hesitation, a young boy, about the age of fifteen walked in. Standing at about 5’8, right under where his name was written on the board, was a young looking, light skinned boy sporting a ponytail with electrifying green eyes. He was wearing a sweater vest, sweat pants with cuffs at the bottom and American high-top sneakers. Everyone in the classroom became momentarily silent as Daichi waved awkwardly. After introductions were over, everyone continued to talk amongst each other and pay no attention to the New Kid. Daichi slowly began his short walk toward his desk. To him, that walk felt like; a hike through the jungle, a voyage on the sea, a long catwalk in which everyone and everything was just waiting for him to mess up. As Daichi finally found his seat, he didn’t notice the person watching him: Ramona Toru-Nakamura. Ramona’s seat was one spot to the left and two seats behind Daichi’s and she began to enjoy Daichi’s presence before she even spoke to him.
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Six word story

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 5:43 pm
Im hungry, chews loud...chase comments...:D
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Another days story

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 7:11 pm
Today was on/off day, if you know what i mean.  Early today i was with my record label.  Now as some may know and others may not, we are in a beef, battle with this other “record label”.Now we thought we had finally cornered these guys.  We found out that their leader was using lines that someone else wrote for him.  Now some people find that may be fine, but to me, who spends times actually thinking about what im gonna say, thats a disgrace.  So we take it to the people who are supposed to be judges, but they are among the people who say its ok to suck and have other people write for you. Im beginning to believe this is a very biased battle.  but thats fine cause when we win, it will undoubtedly prove were the better label. So after school i was chillin with my vice pres, slim, my lucky lefty Oscar and my bestie best best kamille and we were actin goofy as hell. that was awesome. afterschool i went to the grave of my departed best friend….i know its weird but it helps me calm down and…ya know….maybe ya dont….anyway, when i got home, they told me my cuz is in the hospital but gave no reason why…so now im worried…what a day….i was talking to my old friend Aaron and he told me to cheer up even though i was on the brink of having a fit….his words were “as long as i've known you {since kindergarten] youve been a monster. fighting, super energetic and husky as heck…a devil in premature form…and not once have you never cried. so why start now? right? ahahahaha devil may cry was based off of you so dont cry..devils never cry like the game says”…corny right? but its the best pick me up ive ever been given….lesson of the day, always count on your friends
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Storyyyyyyy

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 9:20 pm
"The 1st person we have up today in out first ever poetry slam....is....."  This was the first part of the sentence that would begin what could have been a life time. But a good story always has a beginning so let me go there...

"oh yeah...thats right...todays the first poetry slam" I said, walking into Mr. Chases room today at C - Band. I walk to the back...i carefully look over each chair to see which one im going to sit in. after i finally find my seat, i notice the smell of tea, coffee and cookies filling the room.  
"Dang...forgot my mug..."
"Ok Class, take your seats" Mr chase echoed to the room.  
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Story

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Monday, February 14, 2011 at 6:28 pm
Heres the story i wrote earlier today in school..

Happy Ending: Have you ever picked the petals off a daisy? asked yourself over & over " Loves me, Loves me not"...I havent Cause she's always loved me...

Melancholy Ending: Arent stories supposed to have happy endings? no?...guess not, because what we have in front of us, was, is, and will never be happy...
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The Epitaph of Twilight

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 12:08 pm
This is a poem that tells a story

Unknown where the Cursed Wave was born...
After the stars doth cross the heavens...
The sky in the East doth darken.
And air doth fills with mourning.
From the chosen land beyond the forest,
A sign of the Wave comes.
Riding the Wave is: Skeith, the Shadow of Death,
to drown all that stands.
Mirage of Deceit, Innis,
Betray all with the flawed image,
and did aid the Wave.
And by the Power of Magus,
a drop from the Wave doth reach the heavens,
and creates a new Wave.
With the Wave, Fidchell,
the power to tell the dark future,
hope darkens, sadness and despair rule.
Gorre schemes when swallowed by the Cursed Wave.
Macha seduces with the sweet trap.
Wave reaches the Pinnacle, and escape none can.
Tarvos still remains with more cruelty to punish and destroy.
And with the turbulent destruction after the Wave.
Only a void remains.
From deep within the void arrives Corbenik.
Yet to return, the shadowed one.
Who quests for the Twilight Dragon
Rumbles the Dark Hearth,
And Helba, Queen of the Dark, has raised finally her army.
Apeiron, King of Light, beckons...
At the base of the rainbow they meet.
Against the abominable "Wave," together they fight.
Alba's lake boils.
Light's great tree doth fall.
Power - all now to droplets turned in the temple of Arche Koeln.
Returns to nothing, this world of shadowless ones.
Never to return, the shadowless one.
Who quests for the Twilight Dragon.
The wife buffeted by "waves" turns her back on the field.
The daughter that waited for the shadows repeated,
"For sure... For sure I can go home."
But the girl did not know...
The truth that waited at the end of the journey
The eternal mourning of her land.
In the place of the calamitous, only life was known.
After the circling stars
When the eastern dark void, the air full of despair
In the depths of the divided forest, in the land of Karma,
Riding fast on the path is Skeith
Bearing death's shadow, it eliminates all that seek to thwart it.
The Confusing Mirage, Innis
Deceives those that see it with illusions, rescues the waves
The wave soaring high, when its head is smashed,
A new wave will emerge
To become Magus's power.
When questioning the wave,
Hope's light will be lost when he speaks of the dark future of where
sorrow and resignation reign.
Using Fiddlehiem's Technique
When engulfed by the Waves of Calamity, Gorre will plan
The sweet snare of conciliation is Macha
The Waves, an exceeding maelstrom
Nothing can escape
When you think you have escaped, Tarvos exists
To destroy those with his exceeding cruelty
Upon violent requital, only to remain is the void, the vacant darkness
is the harbinger that Corbenik is to appear.

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250 words of fun

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 9:13 pm
​Minato Asagi was your normal high school student, who was an A, B student, captain of the kendo club, Student council member and boyfriend to the prettiest girl in school, Yukari Todowashi, and although he was average at most things, the one thing he excelled at over any other was card games; Be it Yu-Gi-Oh or Blackjack, Minato was the undisputed champion but, all of that changed when one day, when the resident reserved girl of the school, Hinata Yamagishi, beat him at his own game, then claimed to hate him and card games in general; Minato, determined to find out more, Minato follows her and is suddenly dragged into her world as they are attacked, his powers activate and he is teleported to the far off land of Sensori, where the monsters are abundant, people are warriors and any video game nerd would call paradise, and now, with his powers, his new teammate and his will, he must learn to survive and unravel the secrets in this card based death world as the clock

 

 

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Travel in mind

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 2:11 pm
Vacation.  Travel in mind, The World Adventure. We Fly high,Airplan Trip, Touch the sky. Chicago, Where the sky is high. All around the world. Race with the devil on the Spanish highway, Flight over Rio. What a wonderful world. She saw you, Willing to follow you. That funny feeling, Unbreak my heart. Travel in mind, To Nowhere. The closer I get to you, Colors of the heart, Cupids chokehold. Paris, Tokyo, Just the two of us. In the end, Im still in love 
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My 1st Song

Posted by James Seward in Storytelling - Chase on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at 1:07 pm
​"Que Cera, Cera"

Well, since this is my first blog post, this may come off as more of a journal entry than a story so just bear with me.  yesterday was February 7th, a.k.a, Superbowl Sunday. Of corse there were parties to attend all over the city but i decided to go to one with my friends, the one being hosted by the girl ive had a crush on for a long time, but i'll get back to that.  Yesterday was not a day completely full of fun that i wish it had been.  A couple of days ago a dear friend of mine had fallen into a coma, and had not woken up since, and yesterday, he went completely brain dead and they ended up pulling the plug on him.  It was a heart breaking moment to have another friend snatched away from me so quickly.  
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Hw

Posted by James Seward in Web Design1 - Alfano on Monday, January 24, 2011 at 9:14 am
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Am Gov Benchmark James Seward

Posted by James Seward in American Government - Laufenberg on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 7:43 am
Published Link!​

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 I chose my items based on how easy they were to compare to my life. Al ot of the items were easy enough to compare to my life but others were difficult and almost impossible.  It was an easy, but time consuming process.  The idea of it was easy, finding all of the items and writing about all of them became a time consuming task as the days went on though. i believe that my life would become more affected by the American Government. I plan to diverge myself as much as i can into politics because i want to know exactly whats going on when im voting or buying things from stores.  
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Final Lobbying assignment: keeping the drinking age the same

Posted by James Seward in American Government - Laufenberg on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 11:46 am
“"He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future” ~ George Orwell

 

For the final step of my blog post I decided to trace my steps for this project to revisit and redesign my first blog post.   I realized that the reason the congressman I was trying to reach wouldn’t respond was most likely because I didn’t present my information in a fashion that was both interesting and compelling, so I have decided to “start again” and reconfigure this so I can make progress in a different way.

 

            My idea is to convince the Politian’s to keep the minimal drinking age 21 and not raise it as they had previously planned to.  Although it may seem like a mute cause, its something I feel is worth fighting for, and will once again establish my opinion on the matter.

            Previously, I had tried to get in touch with congress through emails.  It was less than successful.  I have decided that this time around I will take a more direct approach by gaining the attention of my peers in a similar age group and getting them to commit to the cause themselves.  Alone, one can accomplish something but together we can accomplish many more things.  

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James's bureaucratic Reflection

Posted by James Seward in American Government - Laufenberg on Friday, December 17, 2010 at 12:11 pm

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The bureaucratic "task" we selected was legally obtaining a gun license  in the state of Pennsylvania.  It is the process of going through the Gun Unit Personnel to obtain a license to rightfully own and operate a gun.  

The first thing we did was research information on the process of obtaining a gun in different states and how they were different.  Afterwards, we dived into the web to find out the exact process off getting a license.  

The paper work to that I needed to fill out was quick and basic. it was more or less a page worth of questions about myself such as "have you ever been arrested, used drugs, drink often or been in a mental institution. 

If i could have changed on think about the process, i would have changed the length it took. it seemed to not take enough time to get the license.  Theres a lot of other information that could have been asked about such as does your family have a history with guns or such?

I feel the system needs to be be complicated so that everyone cant just get what they need. If everyone could just apply for such things it would make the system too easy to get around.  

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No raising the voting age

Posted by James Seward in American Government - Laufenberg on Monday, December 13, 2010 at 7:12 pm

It’s almost time to begin to take action.  I’ve gather the information and the motivation, now all that is left is to put the plan into motion to make sure they do not lower the drinking age too 25.  After finding out a lot of information, I have come to the conclusion that the best way to reach the senate is through rallies and demonstrations.  I chose this because I’ve seen other forms of gaining attention in action, such as petitions, phone calls and emails, and I know from personal experience that using such methods in this situation would only delay the process.

The 1st thing I plan to do is spread the word about my cause.  There can’t be a rally if people don’t know what they’re rallying for.  The second thing I need to do is draw the attention of the media.  Although some people may disagree with this at first, any publicity is good Publicity. The next thing I would do is search for a good time and date to have the rally and where.  There are many factors for this so I need to think carefully.  Because my father knows Mayor Nutter, I might be able to get him to support me or help me in some manner when doing this for real. As time marches on the  and the days for until this project insues, im growing more anxious for the day to arrive. 

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uploaded benchmark take 2

Posted by James Seward in American Government - Laufenberg on Monday, November 15, 2010 at 1:21 pm

here is the published link to the google doc where my project is at.  again

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Why do we have opposable thumbs

Posted by James Seward in Science and Society - Best on Friday, November 12, 2010 at 12:49 pm

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For generations, humans have had the competitive edge over other species on this earth because of one amazing feature we have that other creatures don’t.  Our opposable thumbs.  We have these amazing appendages and we use them to do things most other creatures couldn’t even begin understand.  For those of you who don’t know, “an opposable thumb is a physical adaptation. An adaptation is a feature that helps a plant or animal survive in its habitat. Adaptations can either be physical (a part of the body) or a behavior an organism has developed.” Thumbs have helped us with things we normally could never do.  They let us hold things, make tools to work and work those tools.  They even let us give thumbs up.  They do so much for us that we sometimes even forget how important they are.  Years of evolution have let us go this far with thumbs and they will not stop now. 

 

 

Sources

http://www3.nsta.org/main/news/stories/science_and_children.php?news_story_ID=49036

http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Opposable_thumb

 

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Mockup

Posted by James Seward in Web Design1 - Alfano on Monday, November 1, 2010 at 9:31 am
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