Adirondack Park Agency

It has consumed my thoughts whenever I go to a fair or amusement park for a day that should be filled to the brim of thrill-intensive joy. This fear led to my ever-growing terror of heights as well. Whenever I look at a roller coaster, I’m filled with a terrible foreboding, and thoughts of the car departing from its…

Immanuel Kant would advise Martin Luther King. Jr. to reject paternalism and address the causes of a lack of enlightenment and the preconditions necessary to make it possible for individuals to enlighten themselves. Immanuel Kant’s interpretation of enlightenment would be a general starting point for Martin Luther King to respond to Birmingham’s Racial Segregation Ordinance. Immanuel Kant’s literature on What is Enlightenment argues that the motto of enlightenment is to use your own…

Park Slope is neighborhood in Brooklyn that has become know as “highly desirable.” Park Slope is known for its historic buildings, shops that line Fifth and Seventh Avenues, bars and its proximity to Prospect Park. Around the 60’s and 70’s many of Park Slopes historic brownstones were cleaned up along with the rest of the neighborhood but before this Park Slope was a rough working-class neighborhood. Many neighborhoods, including Park Slope, are going through the process of gentrification. While…

have seen it on quite a few occasions, walking the Lake Michigan boardwalk, or heading to Soldier Field, to watch the Chicago Bears play. Not only did the Cloud Gate take three years just to create, when it was shipped and constructed in Millennium Park, it was hidden underneath a large tarp for approximately 7-9 months. This is where I have a unique connection and one of the main reasons I chose to pick this work of art for this paper. A 24-person crew, in 2005 took to the task of polishing…

to fight against injustice in today’s world, how would you go about with your mission? Would you risk your life just so you can lead to help others just like Harriet tubman?, or would you refuse to give up something you deserve just like how Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on the bus. Maybe you might even have to go to jail to prove your point just like how Nelson Mandela spent 20 years in jail for his opposition to the racist apartheid system which excluded blacks from…

of people would gather to hear Dr. King’s speeches and it influenced the audience of mostly African Americans, to peacefully protest. This led on to some of the most popular nonviolence protests in the 20th century, including sit-ins and the Rosa Parks bus movement. His speeches are now taught in classrooms all across the United States and Dr. King is the only non-president to have a national holiday in his honor, which signifies his importance. King had a vision, and by taking the…

Walt Disney started off as a farm boy drawing cartoon pictures of his neighbour’s horses for fun. When he was older, Walt tried to get a job as a newspaper cartoonist, but was unable to find one and ended up working in an art studio where he created ads for newspapers and magazines. Eventually he grew to work on commercials, became interested in animation, and eventually opened his own animation company which has become one of the most successful businesses in the world. Walt Disney's childhood…

It is time to take a deep breath, look towards a goal and starting running! From August 29th through August 31st, Disney will be hosting the huge Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend. Everyone is invited to take part in the variety of events and even those who are not actively participating this weekend can cheer the participants on! This is a popular event as according to Karla Bruning of the webiste runkarlarun, "Last year, 15,872 runners finished the Disneyland Half Marathon and another 7,839…

Representatives election in 1872 in order to protest female disenfranchisement. Let’s focus on the specifics of the Montgomery bus boycott protest. Fuck him pain lasted from December 5, 1955, The Monday after Rosa Parks an African-American woman was arrested, all the way until December 20, 1956, when a federal ruling Browder v. Gayle took affect it led the US Supreme Court decision to declare that Alabama and Montgomery laws that segregated buses were unconstitutional. The Browder v. Gayle was…

Zootopia is a beautifully plotted fantasy film set in a metropolis where anthropomorphic predators and prey live together in peace and harmony. This 3D computer-animated comedy-adventure film (McNary, 2017) was produced by Walt Disney Animated Studios and release by Walt Disney Pictures in 2016. The film was co-directed by Bryon Howard Richard Moore and stars the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, J.K. Simmons, Jenny Slate, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Alan Tudyk, Octovia Spencer…