Torrance

Final Thoughts and Musings I wanted to close this post out with a disclaimer and some encouragement… Disclaimer: Like James Torrance mentioned earlier, despite the covenantal, filial, and loving nature in which God relates to humanity - which, requires nothing on our part for its effectiveness or actuality - it still demands a response from us. For some of you reading this post, you may be thinking to yourself, “Sullivan, if our salvation, God’s relationality, etc. towards us is covanental in…

retire from Bell’s Drive-In and sold the restaurant. With the money he made selling the restaurant, he bought a new one in Downey California. He called it Taco Bell. Just two years later in ,1964, Kermit Becky opened the first Taco Bell franchise in Torrance, California. Taco Bell opened its 100th restaurant in 1967.…

From a very young age we are told that we must go to school to become intelligent and functioning members of society; but how effective is the current education system? Erica Goldson gave her high school valedictorian speech on that very same topic in which she condemned the public education system. The American education system ought to value creativity and individual uniqueness over receiving high grades and scores. Every student is unique which is why it is such an important problem that…

during the midst of World War II, became a B-24 Bombardier who’s plane goes down in the Pacific Ocean and not to be heard from for several years to come. Zamperini was born in Olean, New York, on January 26, 1917 then later moved to his new home in Torrance, California. He was born into an Italian-American family as the second oldest child with his brother Pete and his sisters, Virginia and Sylvia. He attended USC where he became a world renowned mile runner clocking in at 4:21.2. During the…

that are stereotypes and separate you by class. Even though I never really experienced it because everyone in my neighborhood is poor. Once I turned 13 my parents lost their home and we had to move in with my aunt that lived in the nicer part of Torrance. On the first day of school in my new neighborhood people asked me where I came from and I told them from Los Angeles and that I had lost my home. Many people started telling me stuff like, “Can you or your mom come clean my house?”. I didn’t…

Unlike living celebrities, dead celebrity cannot make another film, television show, musical recording or live or taped performance or statement (holograms, aside); they cannot suddenly interrupt what had been a consistent narrative with an unusual or uncharacteristic narrative-changing statement or incident. But, similar to what Jones writes, it is not that the dead celebrity narrative in the afterlife is unchanging, rather it develops layers of meaning enriching and resounding for some dead…

Programs across the world. Devices developed by Moog range from pedals in cockpits, power-actuators, wing folds, weapon bay doors, and numerous other items ("Moog Inc.", 2017). A suggestion that I have if specifically, for the warehouse operations in Torrance, California that I’m currently managing, directly under a logistics manager that oversees the warehouse, shipping and dispatch group. The warehouse is offsite for the main facility which separates my group from the rest of our department.…

creating a generation of automatons, those who can recite by rote, but lack the ability to create new and interesting ideas. Kyung-Hee Kim, William & Mary University found, “though America’s IQ scores are on the rise, the country’s scores on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking have been declining since 1990.” (Zagursky) Her studies show this is greatly pronounced in young…

He is known for starting a religious uproar in Massachusetts’s with his news on religion vs. government. He is known for advocating separation of church and state in colonial America. He created many views on religious Torrance that denied from his disapproval of the practice of confiscating land from native Americans. On order to further establish his beliefs, he bought land in Narragansett where his followers settle and followed the ripall of his religious beliefs. The…

Introduction The human brain can be divided in terms of its structure as well as function. Structurally under the cranium of any human being exists a brain with two plainly visible parts, each about the size of a fist, known as the right and the left hemispheres of the cerebral cortex. Even though these two hemispheres appear identical in terms of structure, they perform distinct functions. Split-brain studies and cognitive research has indicated that the left hemisphere is associated with…