Gracie West is an 11 year old girl who was diagnosed with cancer around a year ago. When asked by Make a Wish Foundation about what her one wish was, she immediately responded with "I want to meet the Pope." This month, Gracie will head to the Vatican and she will meet the Pope.
It is known all too well that the amount of faith in this country is extremely high. Our reliance on religion was the reason why this country was founded and why it was highly populated in a small amount of time. Gracie just shows us how much connection people still have to their faiths today, although not as extreme as they were when the U.S. originally started.
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After the murders of John Crawford III and Tamir Rice, Ohio State Rep. Alicia Reece submits a document to all toy gun manufacturers stating that they need to make toy guns seem way less realistic in fear of safety for children.
Guns are a big issue in the U.S. right now. The glorification of guns is sometimes extremely detrimental because then you have cases like Tamir Rice, 12, who was shot to death by county police. Some people will say "Just keep the damned things away from our children!" but the reality of it all, young boys (and girls) love guns. They love the power of guns and how it feels to hold one, even if it is fake.
Taking this into a bit of a personal perspective, I have 2 little brothers. My mom tried her hardest to refrain from buying anything gun related, but they naturally drifted towards wanting gun games and toy guns. Now they own a collection of video games that only have guns (Call of Duty) and even though my mom wanted to stray away from that path, they got what they want.
Glorification of guns is found in multiple videogames, shows, movies, really anything media related.
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http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/08/investing/tesla-stock-oil-prices/index.html?cid=ob_articlesidebarall&iid=obnetwork
Gas prices are coming down to a frightening (yet enlightening) low. While money is being saved, Tesla business is not. Teslas are cars run solely on electricity, but with the new gas advancements people are finding no reason to invest in an electric car.
Technological innovations such as the Tesla, take a while to finally "spark." Mainly because we always either think that what we have is good and we don't need change. Tesla prices range anywhere from $50,000 to above, and with that kind of money people believe gas is a better option.
What we don't think about is that natural oils and gases will soon run out and we will have to rely on new innovations. In the 1800's we thought horses and buggies were all that but finally the Ford caught on and here we are.
Gas prices are coming down to a frightening (yet enlightening) low. While money is being saved, Tesla business is not. Teslas are cars run solely on electricity, but with the new gas advancements people are finding no reason to invest in an electric car.
Technological innovations such as the Tesla, take a while to finally "spark." Mainly because we always either think that what we have is good and we don't need change. Tesla prices range anywhere from $50,000 to above, and with that kind of money people believe gas is a better option.
What we don't think about is that natural oils and gases will soon run out and we will have to rely on new innovations. In the 1800's we thought horses and buggies were all that but finally the Ford caught on and here we are.
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