Six Flags

In the last two centuries we became very dependent on technology and its use has made our life a lot easier. Changes in technology may affect the demand for their entertainment products, the revenue it generates from these products, or the cost of production or distribution of products. It is out of discussion that the technological factors have a big impact on tourism in general and Walt Disney World in particular. The innovations in technologies which were brought to human society were adopted…

Whoosh! The big roller coaster zoomed past me. It was my first time at Six Flags. So far we had rode about six roller coasters and we were waiting in line to ride the Joker. I watched as each cart slowly crawled up the tracks till they reached the top, then all of a sudden the cart would begin to lean forward and spin upside down while it followed the track’s ups and downs until finally, Bam! Screech! Clunk! The cart would come to a screeching halt and as the people inside waited to be let…

Heroism comes in many forms. From the grasp of the union juggernauts, emerges one of the last Civil war ships, The CSS Shenandoah. In John Baldwin and Ron Powers’ book, Last Flag Down, the final span of the war ship Shenandoah’s life is brought into play and the efforts of the crew to keep it alive are put to the test. When the Confederacy began slipping and falling prey to the Union’s overwhelming power, a Confederate States Navy Lieutenant Commander strives to claim this warship as his own,…

cultures that inhabit this planet and emerge as a global citizen. As an international student traveling from Pakistan to the United States for the first time, I encountered many things that shocked my nerves and appetite for a while. Here I present six of the many positive things that you should expect…

Those who think Kaepernick kneeled to disrespect the flag, genuinely don’t comprehend the purpose. Over the years, many African Americans have been murdered, and didn’t find justice. Statistics show that nationwide, police shot and killed 492 people in the first six months of this year (Jenkins, Sullivan, Tate, Thebault, “Number of Fatal Shootings”). This article also states that twenty-seven unarmed people were fatally shot. On February 12, 2012, teenager Trayvon Martin was shot and killed.…

I had just came back from two fun days at Six Flags with my two younger sisters and mother. We rode roller coasters, ate hotdogs and ice cream, and then rode more roller coasters, but not in that order, because that would have been a disgusting mess. Sadly, we eventually head home, back to Corpus Christi, I was in the front seat, while my two younger sisters were in the back seat, sleeping. I looked out the window at the scenery and saw the many places past by; I saw some trees, then a gas…

their cabins. I chose the top part of a bunk bed. The bunk beds had a light tan color with a long hollow part on where you could put a sleeping bag in. Right after everyone unpacked, we all ate lunch at a tiny brown picnic table. The cabin had six bunk beds, three toilets, three showers and two…

The “Satrah Bhedi” kings of worship are read out. During the execution of the Puja, the flag is hoisted. 7) Rathyatra or Chaityayatra: This festival symbolizes the holy chariot procession taking the image of the Lord. The fourfold society of Jains and thousands of devotees accompany the procession as the procession is of divine luminosity…

blurred, holding signs and flipping the camera off. On one of the signs it reads “Brown Pride”, there is a man holding up a Mexican flag in the background and one of the children is wearing a sombrero. The author, Todd Starnes, begins the article with the statement “There is something a bit unsettling about watching violent, foul-mouthed protesters waving the Mexican flag on American soil.” Here, he is relating to the stereotype of the aggressive Mexican immigrant and are where they are not…

General Australian refugee facts and figures The 1951 UN Refugee Convention defines a refugee as “someone who has a well-founded fear of persecution in their own country, because of their race, religion, nationality or political or social affiliation” (Refugee Action Coalition, n.d.). In other words refugees are ordinary individuals who have been forced to leave their country to be able to escape war, persecution or natural disaster (Oxford, 2014). Ever since 1945 there have been over 700 000…