Huntsville

On March 18, 2012, an unlikely group of men gathered at 3:30 am in the Mormon town of Huntsville, Utah. They were Catholic Monks of the Order of Cicstercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists) performing a routine most of them have been doing for more than 60 years; rising in the middle of the night to attend Vigils and to pray together by chanting Psalms and doing the readings of the Divine Office. That night, an even more improbable person participated in the Liturgy of the Hours—a…

printing to capture the dynamic composition of the image. Andy Warhol, a connoisseur of pop art and expressionism, screen painted his Moonwalk only months before his death in the year 1987. It is currently located in the Huntsville Museum of Art, a befitting location as the Huntsville Museum of Art is located near the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. The central theme of the painting depicts astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing next to the American flag as capered by Neil Armstrong. Moonwalk ties…

Stowaway The pay phone, on the wall outside of a tiny grocery store, was a short walk from my apartment. In 1980 I was 18 and had been living in a small town in central Arkansas for less than a year. Since anything resembling a cell phone or the Internet existed only Sci-Fi flicks, conversing with anyone not standing next to you consisted of a letter or a phone call. I’d never been a letter writer, they are so slow and I was all about instant gratification at 18. By the time a letter is…

my resume, you will see all of that. What you will not see, however, is under the line mentioning that I am the HOSA International Champion in medical photography, the number of times I practiced that speech to myself as I drove back and forth to Huntsville Hospital after my mother had an emergency hip replacement this past November and I was left solely in…

One Sunday morning, a group of men gave their testimonies about their life without God. Many were rebels and suffered throughout life because of the hard troubles. Because of the program through the church, those men will no longer have to live in defeat. A similar story under the same circumstances is the trial of Jonathan Wayne Nobles. He was a criminal that was charged with a double-homicide and was sentenced to death. Rehabilitation is proven to happen with anyone if they set their mind to…

Pam Oliver Bio, Married, Boyfriend, Husband, Net Worth and Wiki Short Bio - Who is Pam Oliver? The daughter of Mary Oliver and John Oliver, Pam Oliver was born in Dallas, Texas. She was born on 10 March 1961 and parents named her Pamela Donielle Oliver. She is of American nationality and has a black ethnicity. Her family relocated to different places because of her father being in the United States Air Force. In 1984, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism. Oliver is an…

“The earth we living is warming up.” People can hear this everywhere, every time when media talking about the extreme weather. Global warming became a hot point since a long time ago, normally people associates human activities with global warming, but also some people voice different opinions. “Global average surface temperatures have increased by about one degree Fahrenheit since the beginning of the 20th century, and nine of the ten warmest years on record have occurred during the 21st…

Due to a rise in social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, people have questioned school administrators’ rights to monitor their students’ social media activity. Schools not only have the right, but also the duty, to scrutinize the internet presence of their students. Many teens may argue against this invasive activity, but it may turn out to be a blessing, rather than a curse. In recent years there has been an emergence of private companies whose clients include schools and other…

Capital Punishment in Texas Murder, felony manslaughter, espionage, genocide, and treason. Lethal injection, gas chamber, firing squad, electrocution, and hanging. If you commit one of the horrible crimes in the first list, you could end up choosing your method of death from the second list. Does knowing the possible consequences of capital offenses deter individuals from committing the crimes? Did it make you stop and think? In the US the death penalty is used as a form of punishment for…

Growing up, Julia Quan garnered a love for helping those less fortunate around her. Specifically, she found her passion in working with inner city children. “Working with both my parents and my church group in low income areas, I always thought it was so neat that the boys and girls I was getting the opportunity to meet were just like me,” Quan said. Julia Quan grew up in a family that always challenged her to find new ways to help those around her. Those experiences led her to find her…