The Lightning Thief

a high level defense plane, The F-35 Lightning. The project is expected to cost $1.5 trillion over a span of 55 years (Ehley 2). By canceling this program, the United States could cut roughly 37 million dollars from the total federal budget. I have decided to cut it because currently within the project, the airplane has faced multiple issues with its engine and also has never been used in combat. In addition, there are further alternatives to the F-35 Lightning, including other advanced planes…

rones or UAVs have become a common sighting nowadays. These aerial vehicles can be seen in the sky doing all sorts of work like photography, inspections and even food deliveries. With the drones becoming so integrated in our lives, it is no wonder that more and more people are coming around to the idea of getting one for their personal use. However, a drone is really not a play toy as some people might think it to be. It is a sophisticated device that needs to be controlled properly or it can…

Introduction When it comes to maintaining and supporting legacy aircraft such as the F-16 within today’s Air Force inventory, the logistics scheme currently in use includes distinct and separate information systems for repair, supply, maintenance personnel and skills, mission planning and post-mission debriefings. They are standard for the Air Force and used by other fleets (Butler, 2013). With the introduction of the Joint Strike Fighter program, the F-35 will replace several aircraft…

The F-4 Phantom was the creation of some forward thinking individuals with-in the McDonnell Aircraft Company. In 1952, the company set out to conduct internal studies to determine which branch of the military would be the next, looking for a new airplane; their studies concluded that it would be the United States Navy (Hickman, Vietnam War: F-4 Phantom II, 2015). The predecessor to the F-4 Phantom II was the F-3H Demon. In 1953, McDonnell took the Demon and set out to improve on it to create…

In the 1996 case of Leonard v. PepsiCo, John Leonard is not entitled to the Harrier Jet that PepsiCo advertised in their Super Bowl commercial. Leonard is not entitled to the jet because any reasonable person would notice the intended puffery and jest that PepsiCo put into their commercial. In certain circumstances, there are legal issues that arise with advertising, in whether they are, or are not legally binding (Cohen, 2000). In the majority of cases, advertisements are a mere invitation to…

This paper seeks to better understand ethics in irregular war and cyber warfare. Notably the relationship between US and China. Both actors are two major developed economies, which highly depend on the Internet. Therefore they are both remarkably exposed to cyber war. In addition, we will see how both actors use cyber warfare to towards each other. Cyber warfare is defined as “actions by nation-state used to invade another nation´s networks or computer to cause damage and disruption.” Today…

Jackson the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is an example. The ordinary world is when the character is introduced to an uneasy, uncomfortable, environment where he or she is introduced to the audience. The hero is shown against a background, environment, and personal history. Something going on in the hero's life is causing stress and their life is being pulled in multiple directions. In The Lightning Thief, this is where we meet Gabe (his step-dad),…

protagonist is familiar with, or, in some cases, is just starting to get familiar with. You are revealed to what seems like a routine to them, in order to distinguish this stage from the following ones, in which their world starts to change. In The Lightning Thief , this stage takes place in the first few pages, when the reader is introduced to the surroundings, people, and scenarios Percy is familiar with. You learn about Nancy Bobofit, his friend Grover, Mom, and Smelly Gabe. You learn about…

instances will be when they come across other people along the road and how the man and the boy deal with these situations. The first person the man and the boy come across in The Road is a man that has been struck by lightning. They followed him until the man struck by lightning sat down and stayed…

With so many myths available to people with different plots, different characters, and different beliefs, one common appearance that seems to occur is how women are treated. We often to see the disrespect that women are catered with after they have significantly helped to the hero’s journey. In “Theseus and the Minotaur”, Theseus was on a mission to kill the mighty Minotaur. After arriving to the island, he was sentenced to enter the labyrinth to die, but the princess Adriane knew his true…