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September 11, 2001 is a date that is ingrained in the minds of anyone who was old enough to hear the reporters on the news stations announce that an airplane has hit the World Trade Center. Even before we knew the extent of the damage, or we were told about the other planes, I knew this would affect me. With less than five years of service with United Airlines, I knew that even plane crash from any airline was a big deal. A live camera focused on the towers when it happened. The south tower was…

Mötley Crüe will wrap up their second Las Vegas residency at the Hard Rock Hotel’s Joint this weekend. The L.A. quartet’s plans after that are up in the air, but the end is nigh for the group. Frontman Vince Neil said over the summer that the band was planning a farewell tour next year. Nikki Sixx confirms that while the timing is not set in stone, the band will at some point in the future set out for one last jaunt around the world as "brothers." As the group gets set to put Vegas behind them,…

I start my trip from the location of frenzied outfitting activity throughout the 1840s and early 1850s, Independence (Missouri) was the jumping-off point for the Santa Fe and Oregon trails. The town includes several historic buildings, monuments and Independence Spring. As the place of convergence of early routes from the Mississippi Valley, this square was the last significant point of supply until the mid-1840s, when Westport also became an outfitting town. When I visited Independence in 1846,…

the second weekend of October 2016 was bluebird-perfect, with a forecast showing no precipitation, moderate daytime temperatures, and nighttime temperatures marginally within our comfort zones. Elated, we set off—Gary from Palo Alto, and Kath from Boise, Idaho. Our paths converged in the charming hamlet of Alturas (Modoc County) on a Friday afternoon. The early October snow was melting quickly this year—when we arrived, there were only a few icy patches left thawing in the sun. We immediately…

On April 11, 1944, Holocaust victim Anne Frank wrote, "Who knows -- it might even be our religion from which the world and all peoples learn good, and for that reason and that reason alone do we now suffer.” Antisemitism is the discrimination of Jewish people. The earliest recorded act of antisemitism dates back to the 3rd century B.C.E. when the Greco-Egyptian historian Manetho said that Jews were expelled from Egypt. Throughout the years, Jews have been driven out of more than 80 countries…

Hydraulics vs Airbags Have you ever seen a car with beautiful murals, low to the ground, able to lower and raise up? Around the 1950’s people started using hydraulics for their “lowriders”. People take pride in their lowriders and if people don’t want to damage their car they would put airbags instead. Lowriders are classic cars like the ‘64 Impala and are customized like putting hydraulics, airbags, candy paint, murals, and etc. Most lowriders use hydraulics and are able to 3-wheel something…

Colter Silhan Mario Cano Socio 561 4/21/17 Robert Sampson’s Collective Efficacy As the field of criminology evolved from basing most of its theories of crime on the individual as the positivist school did with using physical features as a determining factor to determine if an individual would commit crime, people began to gradually show disapproval towards these theories made by criminologists such as Lombroso. These new thinkers began to focus on effects society itself has as a cause of crime.…

Best buy is a retail company that was discovered by Richard M. Schulze in 1966 that currently specializes in all types of electronics. Back than it was just one store located in Minnesota, called Sound of Music Inc. The store only focused on home and car stereos. Four years after the store opened, Schulze bought out his partner and began to expand the business on his own. The store was operating efficiently up until the 1980’s. Things really started to take off around this time, and in 1983 the…

My Culture Is Not Your Culture What is contemporary culture? Contemporary culture refers to the common themes of art, music, architecture, fashion, and literature that are popular at the present time. Many people do not admit this, but families have a major influence on who we become as individuals. A person’s true identity is built according to their culture, family history, and an environment. In other words, an individual 's family history, culture, and environment will shape their identity…

In recent years, several various news outlets have reported on the increase of obesity in the United States. While it is easy to point the finger at the rise of capitalism and the ease of access to calorically dense, nutritionally empty fast food, the one thing that is often overlooked is the lack of resources in rural areas. Not only are rural areas often overlooked in general, their lack of available healthcare and often “food desert” status leaves rural areas underrepresented in terms of…