Afterschool Alliance

While some parents view after school programs as a place to send their child as an alternative to daycare or a babysitter, it is important to realize that after school programs are far more than just a place to send your children at the end of the school day. According to information from the Afterschool Alliance, a program dedicated to expanding after school programs in the United States, 178,554 students in Arizona participate in after school programs. While that is only about 16 percent of Arizona's K-12 students, 97 percent of those parents are satisfied with their child's after school program. Plus, 34 percent of Arizona children not enrolled in after school programs would participate in them if they were available in their area. Why are after school programs appealing to so many parents? Academics Academic success is important for students of all ages. After…

resulted to a fair competition which leads to efficiency, strategic innovations and lower airfares. Many company join up and the increase in demand raises. The networks of airline show an example of continual progressive complex network. The air transportation set up has witnessed a lot of changes in the past years. One of these changes is the airline alliance. The main reason why some airlines formed alliance is to come up with a way that can reduce cost. It is important to note that this…

Background Star Alliance has approximately 250,000 questionnaires that have been collected from Alliance carriers. To put the value of this data in perspective, many life-saving drugs on sale today with a value in the billions of dollars, have been analyzed with less than 1/10th or less of data that Star Alliance has available. Although many predictive analysis and modeling techniques have been available for decades, the time and resources to internally plot all of the potential relationships…

Star Wars VI and Avatar are both examples of consisting of a primitive and portrayal of natives. Avatar is a movie that focused on the indigenous inhabitants called the Na’vi. The Na’vi are the extraterrestrial humanoids. Jack took place of his brother when he was killed and became a part of the mission in a world of Pandora. Star Wars VI is a movie that involves a civil war that is within the Galactic Empire. Star Wars VI was set in the past. Being primitive is someone that is preserving the…

mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.” Having lost his dear family and home, Luke finally accepts that his destiny was to not stay at home on Tatooine and live out his days on being a moisture farmer, but to embark on a journey that would forever change his ordinary life. Throughout the films, Luke’s journey to becoming a Jedi Knight was met with hardships and trials, but by the end of the original trilogy, Luke was finally able to fulfill has destiny and save…

It’s been almost a year exactly since The Force Awakens rekindled my dormant love for the Star Wars franchise. In that time, my fanboyness for this universe has reclaimed a spot with superheroes and The Lord of the Rings as some of my favorite things on the world. Despite that love, I was among the people who were skeptical of Rogue One, the first film set outside the saga proper. Simply put, I thought it would be pretty good. I was wrong. It is amazing. Set in the time leading up to the events…

would happen if they were done really well." George Lucas got his idea and inspiration of galactic fantasy from Flash Gordon movie, since childhood. His fascinating with Flash Gordon movie contributed to the creation of the Star Wars saga. Furthermore, because of the Flash Gordon Movie, today we have Since there are two parts of the Star Wars saga, the first Star Wars film which was released in 1977 was A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, and Return of the Jedi in 1983. “The…

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope is a very famous science fiction movie released in 1977 and directed by George Lucas. With only a $13 million budget and the help of computer generated effects and models they made $775.4 million in the box office. This movie follows the protagonist, Luke Skywalker, and his voyage, which shadows the 12 stages of the hero’s journey by joseph Campbell. The first stage, called the ordinary world, states that “it is where the hero exists before the present story…

The Triple Alliance consists of Italy, Germany, and Austria Hungary, in the late 1800s the Triple Alliance had several conflicts with the Triple Entente, the Triple Entente consisted of the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain. While having these conflicts there were many creative military tactics used by both sides such as Germany planning a quick victory which would be doable with the Schlieffen Plan (The New American p34). Germany was a very…

standing of South Africa is complex given that it encompasses eight different countries and nine provinces under the African National Parliament. Within the National Parliament there are two houses of delegates, which are called the National Assembly of Provinces and the National Council of Provinces. These houses are further broken down into 13 different political parties to make up the African National Parliament. Shared between the two houses of Parliament are 400-delegate seats. The majority…