Robert Gates

There are thousands and thousands of bridge is in the world. there are really famous ones like the Golden Gate bridge You can say this about Redding, Calif.: When it comes to building a footbridge, they're not afraid to try something new. In fact, they hired one of the world's foremost bridge designers, Santiago Calatrava, an architect of an aesthetics that can be seen around the world. Through this unusual collaboration the sun dial bridge was created. It was unveiled with an appropriate…

To quote the late Scottish poet Robert Burns: “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” This quote never meant much to me until I watched all of my dreams come crashing down around me on a cold, snowy day in December. I’ll start from the beginning. Since I was young I’d wanted to be in the military. My mother and father always told me stories of their time in the Pineville High School JROTC, (Junior Reserved Officer Training Corps, a type of military training for highschool students)…

Francisco. So did I like nostalgic cities and towns. From the spectacular Golden Gate Bridge, to the bustling harbor and houses with fancy old architectural looks along with the busy modern shopping centers. I loved San Francisco, a city of cheerful nostalgia. Just as, in 1989, a horrific earthquake, named Loma Prieta ruined the famous Embarcadero freeway and devastated the two-storey ramp leading to the Golden Gate Bridge, highways 101 and 880 from the city of Oakland, San Francisco's neighbors…

them; so far. In this fifth installment in the series, Dr. Warsaw’s allies do horrible things to the twins. Coke and Pep get thrown in a pit with a deadly snake, get thrown into the Hoover Dam, and get threatened with a nuclear weapon on the Golden Gate Bridge. Despite all of this, Coke and Pepsi persevere with lots of courage, and survive. The theme…

It was a cold, windy night when John, Susie, Billy and Pepaw were sitting around the campfire, when pepaw began to tell a story from his childhood. He began the story by telling them about his trusty lantern. He said he was on the Golden Gate Bridge with his beloved wife. His lantern began to flicker, so he began to sway it back and forth to make the flame reappear. When he looked up there was a dense fog forming over the water, a large pirate ship began to appear. They began to get frightened…

A hero in society is somebody that is admired by others, has a positive outlook on life, and people look up to them because of how good they are. A tragic hero is someone who has their life planned out for them. They have been handed an amazing opportunity that either they take and go far with, or they destroy their chances of ever becoming good again. Aaron Hernandez used to be a tight-end for the New England Patriots. He was a huge part of the team and their winning season. Aaron Hernandez…

Have you ever wondered why you remember graphic description more than textual description? It is because graphics expedite and escalate the level of understanding more than text. Randy Krum, a designer and author says, “people love using pictures to communicate because its hardwired into the human brain.” Information is poured out daily; the digital age has made it accessible to all. We lack the time to go through copious data; infographics represent the same boring data in an interesting and…

The Great Impact of Bill Gates Bill Gates tremendously changed the lives of American citizens. Bill revolutionized the technology industry by personalizing it and created one of the largest monopolies in U.S. history. Along with this honorable achievement, currently, Bill and his wife, Melinda are extremely involved with charity work and make enormous contributions to philanthropic causes. These are the great contributions that Bill Gates has made to history and he will forever be discussed as…

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was established in the year 1999 when Bill Gates combined three charitable family foundations. Today, it is the largest private foundation worldwide, and “the largest transparently operated private foundation in the world” (Bates, 2010). The foundation is worth an estimated $40 billion, which makes it the richest charitable trust in the world. The foundation follows a guiding principle “…that every life has equal value”, and, therefore, focuses its…

All humans aim to be successful in life, many literary pieces demonstrate how people will do anything in order to gain success, or stay alive. Many are consumed by the idea of advancing in society and in power, and this leads to people to lack both loyalty to others and moral standards. Many literary pieces demonstrate that humans are driven by both self gain and self preservation, and sometimes the obsession with this idea leads many to lack morals and cast away loyalties. All humans hope to…