In the Flesh Tour

uncharted village of New Guinea. With danger, discovery, and determination, Zuckoff reels readers in as he captures this dauntless tale almost flawlessly. Lost in Shangri-La recounts the true story of 24 World War II Army men and women who take an aerial tour of the New Guinean valley called “Shangri-La.” The excursion turns into a fight for survival as the plane crashes into mountains surrounding the valley: “The air grew bitter with the stench of burning metal, burning leather, burning…

The narrator enlists in the Army on his birthday, believing he will soon be drafted "They draft the white trash first 'round here anyway", and serves two tours of duty in Vietnam. Once he returns home, he decides to use the Copperhead Road land to grow marijuana, rather than produce moonshine when the narrator said, "I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico." Having learned a few tricks from the Viet Cong…

Warped tour is a giant all day concert that starts at 11:00 a.m. and doesn 't until around 8:00 p.m. It has at least 20 bands with 6 different stages. Someone is always singing. It 's mostly screamo, some rock and the occasional pop mix. I had decided to go with…

In the contemporary world that the society is living in today, deception and false appearance are required skills for entrepreneurs. These are the key aspects of accomplishing the ulterior motives and goals that has been set. That is to say, no matter how unethical the situation is, the industry business will attempt to make us perceive their own beliefs. In the play, Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Shylock whom is a Venetian merchant made a deal with a Christian merchant named…

The battle al-Yarmuk, Heraclius gathered Greeks, Syrians, Mesopotamians and Armenians numbering about 200,000 men, the Muslims had gathered about 24,000 men from the Lakhm, the Judham, and other tribes. About 70,000 of the 200,000 men were killed by the Muslims and the remaining forces fled from al-Yarmuk to Palestine, Antioch, Aleppo, Mesopotamia, and Armenia. These battles provides a clear view of the military power of the Islamic Empire. The main motivation for the Islamic Empire 's military…

a calm wind blowing through the still wet grass from an earlier storm. Animals of all sorts could be spotted peacefully grazing in the distance, every once and awhile swatting their heads back trying to keep away the ferocious bugs biting at their flesh. The scenery would distract me for a short period of time, but then smoke rising in the distance or a single rifle shot would remind me of where I was. It was the first day of May, only one more month before I go home, leaving this dreadful…

The day seemed to drag on and on, as I waited, counting down the days to California. It was a humid, sunny afternoon down at the Alton pool, where I usually spend most of my summer days working as a lifeguard. Today was very different than most…. And maybe the reason why was because it was my last day of work before I flew off to the big L.A. Most days at the pool the time went by slower than any I have ever known, with the scorching hot sun burning my skin, and little kids yelling at their…

has changed very little over the years and was developed in what is now known as Tokyo in the nineteenth century. Sushi techniques are passed down from generation to generation, and take many years to perfect. According to the website Inside Japan Tours, Japanese food requires careful preparation and meticulous presentation. Japanese food is truly an art form, perfected over many generations. Japanese culture and cuisine has become a world-wide sensation, finding its way in homes all across the…

The art of writing is a phenomenon similar to playing an instrument or practicing a sport. In all activities, no matter how much practice or experience someone has, there is always room for some type of improvement. Writing is no different because there is an endless cycle of error and correction involved. When something is corrected, there is always another error or mistake that pops up in a piece of writing. That mistake then needs tweaking, sometimes minor, and other times major. My journey…

I physically was able to tour Walmart to see just how they present their toys for the public to buy. It was quite evident that the toy industry has created toys to be specific to one gender over the other by looking at Walmart’s toy section. They create toys that are made for a boy or a girl and there are no acceptations for in between. A feminist intersectional analysis of the toy industry would be acknowledging that the toy industry is dangerously creating toys that make children fall into…