Colorado

This chapter takes place in Colorado Springs, CO. Schlosser discusses the history of this city, and the outbreak of WWII. The military brought thousands of troops to the area and after the war bases were opened. While industries are an important part of the economy the largest employer is the restaurant business. Schlosser considers teenagers as having the bulk of the fast food work force because the fast food industry seeks employees who are unskilled, easy to manipulate, and willing to work…

citing his religious beliefs. Craig and Mullins did not discuss any details of the cake with Phillips. Masterpiece Cakeshop is a “place of public accommodation” as defined by the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA). On September 4th, 2012, Craig and Mullins each filed a complaint against Phillips with the Colorado Civil Rights Division (the Division) claiming that Phillips had engaged in sexual orientation discrimination in violation of CADA. The Division determined that Phillips violated…

Tragic times in Hayman, Colorado as a devastating wildfire occurred over 138,000 acres of forest on June 8th, 2002 and continued for over a month after it was started, spreading to four colorado counties. Overall, 600 structures were lost to this fire, including 133 residences, one commercial building and 466 outbuildings, costing more the $42 million in damages. Six indirect fatalities were accounted for, including five firefighters in a crash on the way to the fire and one woman who suffered a…

Four decades ago, Edward Abbey's iconic novel "The Monkey Wrench Gang" served as a wake-up call to environmental activists. In it, self-appointed guardians of the Colorado River become so incensed by the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam that they conspire to detonate the massive 710- foot concrete structure. Although the dam remains intact, the sentiment behind removing the dam has since resurfaced. Both Lake Powell, the reservoir formed by the Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Mead, located 300…

Factors that result in healthcare disparities may be grouped into the following categories: social, economic and physical. An individual’s ability to receive the most out of the healthcare system is determined and limited by these factors. For this reason, eliminating all factors that affect a person’s ability to obtain quality healthcare is the goal of nurses and other health care providers. As mentioned in previous articles, a nurse’s duty goes beyond the hospital; nurses have the duty to…

people—and we think legislators would be wise to look at these questions as they consider the legalization of marijuana.” This was the answer from Chris Thorne, the vice president of communications, to the question of marijuana legalization. Colorado and Washington together decriminalized and legalized cannabis by popular vote in 2012. After that, more areas of the country joined this tide, including Oregon, Alaska and Washington D.C. Many states followed Washington and Colorado’s approach…

of basic training at Lackland we graduated and John and I went our separate ways. He headed to aircraft electronics school at Keesler Air Force base in Mississippi and I headed to Lowry Technical Training Center at Lowery Air Force Base in Denver Colorado…

The topic for this assignment is the legalization of cannabis, better known as marijuana, but it also has a variety of other names. The legalization of cannabis, has been a hot button topic of conversation in the political arena for the last few decades. The debate of the legalization of cannabis has reached even beyond the political arena into the medical field as well as practically every other aspect of society. Some of those debating the legalization of cannabis argue the positives, while…

A problem America faces today is the fight for marijuana to be legalized in all fifty states. Would it be wise for the government to legalize recreational and medical use of marijuana? The U.S. can’t come to an agreement all together just to legalize and just profit off of it by taxing marijuana. People with wide chronic pain are requesting for the use of medical weed to help take the edge off of pain because they don’t want to take pills. Pills can lead to addiction and can hurt your body over…

Everyone mourned the loss of Robin Williams, one of the funniest men I have ever known. Famous people such as this hit the news and everyone morns, but what about the ones we do not here about. Sitting in our basement watching television as a family the other night our phones all started ringing. A loud message over the phone tells us this is a code red emergency message from the police department. We are responding to an armed person that is threating suicide in your neighborhood please stay…