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Hindenburg, Space Shuttle Challenger, and Space Shuttle Columbia are examples of engineering disasters that resulted in catastrophe. The Hindenburg marked the end of the airship era. Many other airships went down prior to its destruction including the USS Akron and the British R 101 both which cost the same number of lives as the Hindenburg. The reason that these events were not recognized as signs at the time is because these crashed occurred at night and over the ocean, far away from any…

The Day I Choose LCC Have you ever thought about what college you would attend and how successful you would be? Well I have, as child I would imagine what college I would attend and would I be able to succeed. I imagined how collage would be, would I attended a large university or a small local community college. Students may even worry about the ACT and SAT and how successful will they be when taking those two extremely important tests. Luckily, I choose a school that didn 't stress me out…

reversed his sentence because the DNA on his shoes did not match the blood of the victim. A Cleveland man was freed from his death sentence after serving forty years when a witness confessed to lying during the trial about seeing the murder. A man from Akron was spared from execution after officials confirmed that he was mentally disabled and contained the mind of a second-grader. (Johnson and Wagner, 2015) Capital punishments consist of being sentenced to civil death or execution. Many…

Gender Roles The post World War II era was the golden age for traditional gender roles. The majority of the population wanted the same family dynamic of a breadwinning father, nurturing stay at home mother, mild mannered daughter, athletic son, and dog all held within a white picket fence. In this dynamic, everyone fit their gender roles like a glove. The glove fit comfortably until the late 1960 's when the feminist movement began to sweep the country. It was at this time that people began to…

Sojourner Truth was born in 1799 and died November of 1883; however, she was known for being a former slave, abolitionist and advocate for rights of women in the United States. Although most people would consider her a legendary figure in the struggle to eliminate human bondage. Truth was born during slavery where she was liberated by the New York State Emancipation Act of 1827. In the Mid 1800’s, she was given the name “Sojourner Truth”, and she started a traveling career, where she toured the…

James. When Lebron graduated high school, he went straight to the NBA draft where he was selected with the Number 1 pick in the NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. The irony of this? Lebron James was actually from Ohio. “James, 31, who was born in Akron and played for St. Vincent-St. Mary High School.” (Emily Bamforth) From the day Lebron was drafted, The challenge for Lebron was to bring a championship home to Cleveland. This was a hard task considering Cleveland had not won a championship…

profitable war work. At Kelly-Springfield Tire Company all their tire productions were paused to help with war work. Fifty caliber shells and eight inch artillery shells were produced by the tire plant. Over that time tire production continued in Akron, Ohio and Gadsden, Alabama. While war effort was taking place at the Kelly-Springfield factory, guards were brought in to protect the tire plant. Thirty eight men from Cumberland and surrounding areas got commissioned with police jobs at the tire…

College students need to feel supported by family, friends, and especially faculty. Support is important not only for lecture faculty, but clinical faculty as well. Lack of adequate support for faculty members can be perceived as discrimination by the student. The feeling of discrimination was reported in several studies as a barrier to success for minority nursing students. For example, a study by Sedgwick, Oosterbroek and Ponomar (2014) involved interviewing 41 minority students about…

I recently watched the movie “Gimme Shelter” featuring Vanessa Hudgens as the main character Apple. Apple lived in a broken home with an abusive drug addicted mother and an absent father. At age eight she, was placed into foster care after her mother was arrested for drugs. At the age of twelve she had been placed in twelve different foster care homes. When Apple was sixteen she, made the decision to leave her home and ended up living on the streets. While living on the streets Apple discovered…

Marketing Mix Analysis Marketing Mix Analysis – Case (Existing Offering) a) Product Strategy Based on the case, Goodyear Tire and Rubber is one of the major brand-name company that producing tires. At first Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was starting as a supplier of bicycle and carriage tires. Soon the company begin to target automotive industry. The was the largest tire manufacturer in the world. Goodyear produce variety types of tires that suitable for every type of vehicles. The company…