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it exploits the nation’s greatest asset – our technical skill.” - Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Second Air Force Chief of Staff. Over time, different aircraft types have been used to meet specific demands and specialize in single purposes. The F-117 Nighthawk specializes in stealth, the A-10 Thunderbolt is designed purely for Close Air Support, and the F-22 Raptor was created as an air superiority fighter. One function that has been added to the list more recently is STOVL (Short Takeoff Vertical Landing)

Thomson Highway's The Rez Sisters Works Cited Not Included The play The Rez Sisters is written by one of Canada's most celebrated playwrights, Tomson Highway. Highway was born in 1951 in northwestern Manitoba. He went on to study at the University of Manitoba and graduated from the University of Western Ontario, with honors in Music and English. Native Literature is inspired by 'contemporary social problems facing native Canadians today; alcohol and drug abuse, suicide, wife battering, family

Abstract Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection is a cornerstone of the Art Institute of Chicago’s distinguished holdings of Post-Impressionist and modern art. Assembled by Frederic and Helen Bartlett in the early 1920s, it was presented to the museum and placed on permanent display in 1926—at a time when works by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and even Georges Seurat were still considered too radical for the collections of most American institutions. Today the Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection

Bates mansion from psychotic, the classic Hitchcock thriller; see it through day, naturally. 2. Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago, Ill. In the heart of the city, the Art Institute is home to such recognizable masterpieces as Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks, Grant Wood’s yankee Gothic and Georges Seurat’s

During the time of the 19th and early 20th century, became a time known as modern society, known for its modernity and time of modernism. During this time, artists were flourishing and growing into their own skin, pushing the limits in art, never seen before. This was a time where society became dominated by industrialization, modernization around civilization. The focus became more on machine-age life than ever before. But with machine-age life came the city life, below the night-lights where

Iowa is the home of the Hawkeyes and the Cyclones, but it is also home to some of the most competitive high school championship events in the United States. In a state full of corn fields and rural towns, many high school kids spend their teenage life training to compete at a high level on their respective stage. When training, these kids have one goal in mind; the state championship. The state championship events in Iowa bring in thousands of fans and create some of the greatest atmospheres in

CURRENT DRONES TECHNOLOGY 1.) Methane is a greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming and inherently dangerous to human health. It can also be a potent energy source and a potential indicator of life or life-like activity. NASA uses the Open Path Laser Spectrometer with the drones to detect methane gas leaks large and small (Atherton, 2016). 2.) Electric drones are often limited to just 20 minutes of air time before they have to land and get new batteries, or wait for the old batteries to

There have been many horror stories in the news about mass shootings at schools. The public, and even the president of the United States, is asking if anything can be done to prevent these tragedies. There are many theories on why students kill their peers at schools; these range from increased violence in video games and movies to bullying troubles at school. Almost always, the perpetrator suffers from some form of mental illness (Khadaroo). Because of this, motives for these crimes are extremely

Resilience and Community in Tomson Highway's The Rez Sisters: Combating Racial Stereotypes in Indigenous Narratives. Tomson Highway’s play The Rez Sisters takes place in the fictional indigenous reservation of Wasaychigan Hill on Manitoulin Island, Ontario. The overarching issue of racial stereotyping is abundant throughout the play, as it plays an important role in setting the stage and atmosphere of the story. It also is where our characters find themselves at the start of the play, as they are

It’s been over a century since Austria declared war on Serbia. The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, sparked a war that was to end all others. It clearly did not. Countless wars and conflicts have been fought since each evolving into something different than the last. As a result, modern warfare has evolved into something completely different than that of a century ago. Although war is fought for fundamentally the same reasons, warfare, as it is practiced