New York City Ballet

tragic date in U.S. history for both the United States and many Islamic countries. On September 11th of 2001, Islamic extremist group Al Qaeda led by Osama Bin laden attacked The United States by crashing two planes into the World Trade Center in New York City killing around three thousand people. This incident shocked the U.S. unexpectedly and in turn forced the U.S. to make hurried policy initiatives in order to make the U.S. feel like a safe country again. The George W. Bush administration…

Plateau, Cedar City is embraced by the majestic Hurricane Cliffs to the East and the vast Escalante desert to the North West. This unique transition from mountainous area to desert offers the ideal climate and landscape for adventure activities all year round. However, this is not the only reason why visitors are flocking to Cedar City. Due to the efforts of Utah Parks Company for the last 50 years, who worked tirelessly to establish Cedar City as the ‘Gateway to the National Parks’, the city…

lived in cities than farms and cultures were mixing into one. The reason for this was because of a great economic upraise between 1920 and 1929. The nation was becoming so advanced that people were basically blowing money and there were so many parties, and dances. But other than that, a big thing that was uprising was the need for Jazz. The roaring twenties could be known as the “Jazz Age” because it was the time that Jazz started to evolve and became a prominent type of music to the new…

was too late to save." He flicked her a smile in return, trying to make light of it. "I'll ask my Shrink next time I visit. At least, I'm happy to hear you don't consider me culture-less and it's always nice to meet someone who shares my dislike of ballet. I believe the demise of my relationship started when I embarrassed my ex in front of her work superiors by snoring through a premiere performance of Swan Lake."…

Within the passed few days multiple, treacherous and seemingly never ending winter storms made there way through New England. All the snow sparked hibernation but also curiosity within me. I have noticed through out the last week that even the most experienced with snow are sent into frenzy at the sight of a single snowflake. Rhode Island, although small has a huge stereotype of freaking out the second someone says “snow”, but in a very strange way. With every storm whether it be hurricane…

Frank Sinatra, also known as Francis Albert Sinatra, was born in Hoboken, New Jersey on December 12, 1915. He was born to Natalia and Anthony Sinatra at a whopping thirteen pounds. Both of his parents were Italian immigrants. When Frank was just eight years old he began singing to make tips at his local city nightclub and soon became a professional vocalist when he was in his teenage years. Sinatra dropped out of high school shortly before graduation. Sinatra has been considered one of the best…

was more afraid of dying than he was of getting caught. Either way his shoes were confiscated. Failure to detect the explosives in an attempted terrorist’s shoes put airport security into overdrive the world over. Security measures were innovated, new checks invented, anything to prevent something like this from ever happening again. The first order of business: check passengers’ shoes. Anybody who has gone through airport security at least once knows the true inconvenience this attempted shoe…

BECOMING AMERICAN The United States is more a "salad bowl" than a "melting pot" because President Jimmy Carter combined these ideas when he described the United States this way: "We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic.Different people, different beliefs,…different hopes, different dreams."(making a better life ) What he meant by this saying is that we are not a melting pot because everybody in america has different cultures or heritage .Also you can take out the carrots and cucumbers…

There is an old man who owns his own bagel shop in New York City. He makes the bagels kosher so he gets a lot of business from his own jewish community. He also sees bankers right before they head off to work, tourists looking looking for the authentic New York morning experience and other ordinary sorts of people who want a good bagel for whatever reason. He greets every one of them with a smile and a “hello”, sometimes in english and sometimes in yiddish. They know him as the friendly man who…

As a child growing up I loved my neighborhood, it was a place where everybody knew everybody. I lived only a few buildings away from Yankee Stadium. The streets seemed to be crime free and everyone got along. I remember playing double Dutch with my friends, my older cousins picking me up from the school bus and playing in Ms Rays bushes. I never witness or heard of any crimes growing up in my neighborhood I guess it’s because my mother kept me away from it all, but that all changed with time. As…