With the numerous choices of countertop materials on the market, it's often difficult to determine which will be the best choice for your home and for prospective buyers. Granite has long been the top choice for homeowners for their kitchen countertops, however quartz is now taking the top spot, and for good reason. Appearance - Quartz, unlike other stone slabs, can be designed with a controlled appearance. The way quartz slabs are crafted allows the fabricator to provide you with the exact color, texture and pattern that you desire. Whereas with granite, you will have to hand select the pieces you want to use to make sure the patterns are similar and will match your color scheme once installed.…
In Jet Run: City Defender you regulate a boxer jet that is attempting to remove invaders that are getting into the city. Jet Run is an unlimited jogger title. You swipe the display to relocate your boxer as well as you tap on the opponents to discharge rockets at them. The opponents come with you in waves as you fly around the city as well as you need to fire them down in addition to preventing challenges as well as opponent strikes.…
The 101st Airborne Division Association was formed on the fields of Europe in May of 1945 by World War II Screaming Eagles who wanted to ensure all those who fought wearing the Screaming Eagle patch would not lose touch with each other. It is a non-political, non-sectarian, non-profit soldier’s and veteran’s fraternity. We have chapters around the country who have their own Gathering of Eagles each month. Thousands of men and women have served with the Army’s famed 101st Airborne Division since it was activated in 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana and these soldiers have served in many places around the world. These places might have been stateside for training, in England, France, Holland, or Germany during World War II, or somewhere in…
He was the last man to walk on the Moon. Astronaut Eugene Cernan was the commander of Apollo 17 when he became the last man to walk on the moon. On December 11 1972, Cernan navigated the lunar module named Challenger to land on the Valley of Taurus-Littrow on the Moon. At the time, he knew that future moon missions had been cancelled, but when he died in 2017, he still couldn't quite believe that no astronaut had been back.…
In the 1960s, the United States’ NASA carried out the Apollo program, the third of its manned human spaceflight programs. The goal of the program was to achieve manned exploration of the Moon and retake the lead in the Space Race against the Soviets, who had beaten the US to the first satellite and human in space, and convince the American public of the superiority of the US’ technological capability. After three unmanned flights, mission AS-204 (named Apollo 1 by the crew, and officially changed after the tragedy in their honour) was staffed with two NASA veterans, Command Pilot Grissom and Senior Pilot White, and one newbie, Pilot Chaffee. The aim of the mission was to verify crew operations and system performance. The disaster did not occur…
Day One: 17 September. The airborne landings on the first day were completed without any major incidents. The 101st Airborne met little resistance and captured four of the five bridges assigned to them. The Germans destroyed the bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal at Son just as the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) neared the objective (Badsey, 1993, p. 41). The Bailey bridge, a portable, prefabricated bridge developed by the British, constructed over the canal was not finished until the morning of the 19th (Badsey, 1993, p. 56).…
The Life of Douglas Macarthur Douglas Macarthur was a man of honor, stature, pride, and a love for his country, and I’m here to tell you about it. He lived a long life of military service and with forever be remembered as “The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces.” I will be explaining the years of his life; young to old. Though he is an amazing commander many lives were lost in world war 2 long forgotten by youth but haunts families.…
Everyone expected it to rain very soon, but instead something oddly amazing happened. Instead of raining cats and dogs, it rained pens. The exception with these pens, is that they weren’t your everyday dollar tree pens, they were pens with power exceeding that of superman’s, but the children wouldn’t know this for another day yet. The next day was Saturday, when kids just chilled, had fun, and conversed with each other.…
“Computers, when used for the right purposes, can make a big difference” (Kleinman). Kayla Delzer, a teacher from West Fargo, has been, what she calls, “reinventing her classroom”. Her design allows students to be the leaders while she is the learner. She says “ When the students are in control of their learning, it makes it very relevant to them. Embrace their knowledge and they will embrace their learning”.…
The next turning point would another misfortune, and my mother was hit by a car crossing the street from her place of employment in the parking lot at Laredo Texas. My mother was in critical condition, and the car that hit her fractured her ribs, pierced her lung, and she broke her own teeth. I have a younger brother who lives in Atlanta, Georgia; nevertheless, one of us was required to move back to Laredo, Texas. I decided it would be myself; consequently, my mother has always been my rock, so now it was my turn. My brother, David was working on two Masters, and it was the rational decision.…
Many members of my family have served in all branches of the military. This has caused me to always have the utmost respect for our military veterans, past, present, and future. I feel it is my duty as an American to follow in their footsteps. Service academies challenge their cadets physically, morally, and mentally. They challenge cadets to attempt to achieve rigorous academics while also balancing physical training and other obligations.…
G-Dragon is a South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter and producer. He was born in August 1988, which makes him currently 27, although he will turn 28 this year. When he's 29 he will have to enlist for his mandatory military service, but before that he is expected to have a solo comeback, which would follow his previous successful solo efforts as well as his many successful albums with band Big Bang, of which he is the leader. With Big Bang, he is known for the songs "Fantastic Baby," "Lies," "Loser," "Bang Bang Bang," "Sober," "Let's Not Fall In Love," and "Bae Bae," among others. As a solo artist, he is known for the songs "Heartbreaker," "Crayon," "Crooked, and "Coup d'état," as well as many more.…
I came up with an idea to help the community kids during the stress that will come with taking state tests. For my Service Learning Project, Maggie, Lindsay, and I are making what we call “Study Buddies”. Study Buddies are going to be a clothespin designed as a person that comes with an inspirational note for kids who are taking test, such as the Park test.. We plan on making these items over the week and sending them to the seventh graders at illini during their testing session next week. I got this idea during the announcement s about state testing as it brought up a project we did at my old school in Oklahoma.…
Space flights have been useful in scientific investigations and will continue to expand our knowledge about the universe. Future Advances in space exploration demands new approaches to meet the mission requirements. Spacecraft formation flying is one of the most promising technology that gained a lot of attention in recent years. Using multiple small inexpensive spacecraft in a formation flight has several advantages in terms of performance, robustness and financial benefits compared to a single large spacecraft. It enables us to do several tasks that are difficult or impossible to achieve using only the conventional space-based operations.…
SpaceX founded back in 2002, has come a long way in a short time when it comes to paving the way for reusable and more responsive space launch vehicles. It currently has two different launch vehicles at its disposal the Falcon 9 and the Falcon Heavy. The Falcon 9 space launch vehicle is designed to be reusable. The Falcon 9 itself is a simple two-stage rocket that uses 9 first stage and one Merlin vacuum engines to power attached payloads to their appropriate operating orbit or transfer orbit.…