Maximum Ride

inmates. Throughout the course of history being a correction officer inside a Texas prison has been a scrutinized position. Countless inmates have filed complaints about abusive correctional officers. Daniel Webster Johnson, a 56 year old inmate, at a maximum security prison serving time for possession of cocaine was quoted in an interview about the conditions of life in prison “Officers who have assaulted inmates can prevent them from filing grievances. You have to file a grievance within 14…

else, meaning “high end” brands (Nike, Pacsun, Adidas, Hollister, etc.), if the child gets low test scores it could lead to being teased, and much more. Lastly, living in poverty leads to multiple absences in the classroom. Possibly from not having a ride to school because their parents may be or still be at work, the children might have to go to work instead of school to help the family retrieve money, etc.…

hardwired into the Constitution. It produces wildly fluctuating revenue booms and busts that put state services on a cruel feast-or-famine roller coaster that drags the poor, the elderly, children and even the business community along for the painful ride. Similarly, local funding is hogtied to the state's, forcing our cities and counties to suffer as well from outdated laws in the Constitution,” (Wunderman 1). Allowing local governments to keep locally collected taxes instead of sending them…

In sprinting, the athlete needs light weight shoes like the Lunar Eclipse+2’s which proides maximum comfort and flexibility for the runner. The shoe also provides the added stability for the athlete without the additional weight to the shoe. The suits they wear also affect their performance because they keep the body cool and holds the muscles…

Tesla Model S is regarded as an “evolution in automobile engineering” (Teslamotors.com, 2015). With its dual motor feature at the front and rear wheels (see Figure 2 above) resulting in “unparalleled traction control in all conditions”, Tesla Model S is a definite enhancement on a usual conventional four-wheel drive system. (Teslamotors.com, 2015) Every individual Model S is constructed to be lighter, smaller and more efficient to provide both faster acceleration and improve range, enabling the…

The wealthy Roman’s life was not that much different from yours. They had jobs, they had families, and they had a good family. The rich Romans had a wonderful life because they had slaves to do all of their tasks for them, they had plenty of food, and they had great families. The family and slaves would start their day by wishing the father of the home good morning (Newton). A wealthy Roman would wake up to see his slaves already working. One slave would be ready to put his toga on for him…

aside..for possible use as a United States military reservation.” The island was used by the U.S. Army for a little over eighty years until it was turned over to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. In 1933, “The Federal Government had decided to open a maximum-security, minimum-privilege penitentiary to deal with the most incorrigible inmates in Federal prisons, and to show the law-abiding public that the Federal Government was serious about stopping the rampant crime of the 1920s and 1930s.”…

weeks of freezing temperatures in the winter months. As you stroll the scenic streets you will be delighted by sights of magnolia blossoms and old oak trees adorned with Spanish moss. While visiting, hop on a trolley and take an old town tour or take a ride on a steamboat. The Savannah River offers panoramic views and picturesque walks on the promenade. Forsyth Park, a 38 acre old world haven in town, is where you’ll find the famous Forsyth Fountain. Sit and people watch, or throw in a coin for…

Mortality salience and travel: Mortality salience is a subset of overall salience bias. Salience bias is defined as making decisions based on easily available information (Mullainathan & Thaler, 2000), because of its vivid, visceral nature keeping it prominent in the mind. Mortality salience, then, is individuals’ awareness of the inevitability of their own death, and the use of this knowledge in their decision-making. The possibility of death is ever-present, yet focusing too much on it causes…

friend would always be at my house for dinner or just to be away from home because her mother would be passed out from being intoxicated. My best friend would have to care for herself and sometimes after our soccer games we would have to give her a ride home because her mother wouldn't show up. I watched my best friend go through this for years until her mother went to a AA meeting. Thanks to the meetings her mother has now been sober for years and is a completely different person from the one I…