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Indiana Jones trilogy. All his fame began with his first successful feature film being “American Graffiti”. This famed director is known to have a net worth of 5.1 billion USD as of 2015, according to Forbes magazine. Lucas studied in the University of Southern California/US Cinema, in 1966 he received a bachelor’s degree from USC. He is now 71 years old and has 4 children. The brilliant capabilities of technology that George Lucas has able to bring to audiences worldwide has forever changed…

isolated. Currently, about 0.5% of Americans have served in the military in the past decade, and up to 80% of those serving come from families in which either a parent or sibling served. Furthermore, 49% of the military is concentrated in five states: California, Virginia, Texas, North Carolina, and Georgia. This gap is creating a warrior class, which is a multi-faceted problem that affects national security by hampering military readiness and diversity as well as increasing the distance between…

On May 17, 1954, these men, members of the U.S. Supreme Court, ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. In spring 1953, the Court heard the case but was unable to decide the issue and asked to rehear the case in fall 1953, with special attention to whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause prohibited the operation of separate public schools for whites and blacks. The Court reargued the case at the behest of Associate Justice Felix…

decreased. Although the number of drunk teens has decreased, the total number of fatal crashes has remained the same due to distracted driving.The only states that sentence people who text and drive to jail is Utah and Alaska. In other states, such as California, for texting and driving you are fined a mere twenty dollars for texting and driving. The South Carolina General assembly should pass a law that texting and driving is treated severely as a DUI in order to reduce the risks of car…

“Everyone who fights Rousey knows what’s coming but no one has been able to defend it”, said Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) commentator Mike Goldberg when asked to critic Ronda Rousey’s strategy before every fight. At the age of 28, Rousey has in four years become the most dominant mixed-martial-arts (MMA) fighter in the sport’s history and was in fact recently named “the most dominant athlete alive,” beating out names like LeBron and Mayweather (“The World’s Most Dangerous Woman”). Ronda…

work hard and excel. Ryan attended West Elementary School in Jerseyville, Illinios from Kindergarten until 4th grade. He then moved with his family to California, he attended Longly Way Elementary for 5th grade. Ryan stuggled with the curriculum and felt left behind in his courses. After 5th grade his family moved to a different two in California. He attended middle school at Southridge Middle School. This school district was more laid back than his 5th grade school district. This gave Ryan an…

groomed him to take over the family farm but he proved too sickly and weak to handle the strenuous work. In 1806, his family moved to Tennessee but he would return to the state of his birth in order to pursue his education. He graduated from the University of North Carolina with honors on 1818. He pursued a career in law under a leading Nashville attorney Felix…

Marijuana use has been well documented as far back to China in 2737 B.C. It was first utilized by humans as an agent for achieving euphoria. The ancient Chinese, which were the first society documented to discover its usage considered marijuana a medicinal herb. Marijuana use spread from China to India and then to North Africa, and reached Europe as early as 500 A.D. Flash forward to colonial North America. Marijuana, or as it was known, hemp, was grown as a source of fiber. And, during…

(kolotv.com) Andrew Yoxsimer also discussed how another school in California switched to mandatory uniforms and had an increase of 95% in three years with no violence in the school. The uniforms also provide a sense of community and school pride which can also make students feel safer. When the students feel like a part of a community they want to take care of it and the people in it. According to a 2007 study from Oxford Brooks University in the United Kingdom found that uniforms "often…

“In Germany they came for the communists, and I didn’t speak up… They came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up… Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up.” Reverend Martin Niemoller wrote these impactful words in 1946 addressing group responsibility for the Nazi’s actions during their regime. Perhaps inspired by the same words Saul Friedländer would come address similar topics in his historical narrative Nazi Germany and the Jews Volume I: The Years of Persecution,…