Led Zeppelin is possibly one of the most influential bands of all time, reinventing the rock and roll industry, with great hits such as Stairway to Heaven, Immigrant song, and Kashmir. The band consists of 4 rock legends, Jimmy Page on guitar, Robert plant as vocals, John Paul Jones on bass, and John Bonham on drums. Their 50th anniversary was recently on the 7th, of September, and fans were greeted with a remastered version of their famous concert, This Song Remains The Same. However, Robert Plant stated that they have more surprises in stow for their fans.
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By: Sierra Brown At least 25 people have been reported dead from this severe hurricane. Hurricane Florence has knocked out power to over a million business and homes. Florence has maximum winds of 125 miles an hour making it a category 4 storm, According to National Hurricane Center. Hurricane Florence was last located about 435 miles southeast of Wilmington, North Carolina. Photo Courtesy of Joint Base Andrews The biggest threat from the hurricane is not the wind speeds, but the impact from its heavy rainfall. Florence is expected to bring not inches but feet of rainfall and life-threatening storms as well. Residents of the Carolinas have started to evacuate their homes and coastal areas as Hurricane Florence heads toward the region. Hurricane Florence's storm surge could be up to 13 feet in parts of North Carolina according to The National Hurricane Center. It’s gaining strength and could even be upgraded to Category 5 before it makes landfall, according to forecasts and time. “It’s possible it could be even higher than that depending on how quickly the storm moves to the coast, but we’re kind of expecting it to slow down as it moves to the coast and would probably cut down the storm surge,” AccuWeather hurricane expert Dan Kottlowski says. Hurricane Harvey and Florence are very similar, but with one key difference. That difference is the geography and the presence/lack of barrier islands. “The waves and storm surge from Hurricane Florence will hit the fragile barrier islands, causing step changes in their structure and literally pushing the islands landward” states Trevor Nace and Forbes. The hurricane has now been lowered to a category 2 and has dropped 30 inches of rain in North Carolina, and then over 20 inches of rain in other places. By Lilly Shrock When the iPhone X was taken off the market, people weren’t surprised. Not much was new for this phone. There are three new phones to replace the X. They will be named the iPhone XS, XR, and XS Max. Many assume that the replacement of the iPhone X is due to the fact that of how expensive it was retailed for. The iPhone X costed $1000 dollars (or $30/month), and it wasn’t very different from the previous products. The XR is the cheapest phone, with a price of $749. There will be six different colors for this phone. They will be white, black, blue, yellow, coral and red, according to the apple website. It will have a quicker face id recognizer than the discontinued X, as well as an improved camera. The phone will be available on the 26th of October and will be able to be pre ordered a week before it’s release. According to Apple, the XR will be the first product to come out with liquid retina, an advanced LCD display. This feature allows it to hide the pixels of the phone, creating the look of real images. Instead of liquid retina, the XS will contain super retina. This means that the pictures displayed will show accurate colors and true blacks. It will be $999, and the XS max, a bigger version of the XS, will be worth over $1000. The Max version of this cellular device is expected to be the largest screen made by Apple by far. The colors for these phones include gold, silver, and gray. The battery is expected to last half an hour longer than the iPhone X. The XS is very close for availability, being released on September 21st of this year. photo courtesy; Wikimedia Commons By: Jake OrbanOn September 7th, 2018, Pittsburgh born rapper Malcolm James McCormick, better known for his stage name “Mac Miller” was found dead of an overdose in his California home; located in the Studio City district of Los Angeles.
Today is the September 14th and the entire music world is still mourning the loss of this legend. Musicians such as John Elton, to “old school” rappers such as Snoop Dogg, and even “new wave” rappers such as Lil Skies hopped on social media to express their grief. “Rip Mac Miller, This hurts another Legend lost from PA... u were a f------ goat bro... really inspired me coming up... i'll never forget you & your impact..ever” tweeted by Lil Skies. Many of the late rappers friends dedicated songs and even their entire shows to him. Rappers such as Drake and Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) took breaks from their shows to share stories of Mac and express how much they missed him. A pattern with everyones explanation of what Mac Miller was like are all the same; genuine, sweet, and compassionate. When scrolling down your Twitter feed on the day he passed, you would’ve seen numerous tweets saying how sweet he was to the people in his life and how he could light up a room in seconds by just being there. Through the denial, we must move on. All though he is gone from the physical plain, he has made his leap into the spiritual plain, where now he is hopefully at peace. Rest In Power, Malcolm James McCormick aka Mac Miller. Photo Courtesy; The JUNO Awards Toronto based rapper Nav, has finally released his long awaited third studio album entitled “Reckless” Sticking to his emotional style, Nav gives off his as some call “cloudy” and “sad” flow.
The Ring of Fire (shown as an orange-red line) and tectonic plates (represented as the black lines). Volcanoes (the black triangles) are lined up all along the magma belt. (Photo courtesy of Universal Images Group Editorial) Hawaii has been having volcano problems recently. Eighteen identified lava flows have broken out, forcing people out of their homes as magma slowly incinerates all in its path. The jungle has been set ablaze, houses are melted, and the roads are smothered with solidifying rock that measures up to more than 10 feet.
It’s not just the lava that’s threatening citizens of Hawaii. Released poisonous gases are killing off whatever life the lava cannot touch, and numerous earthquakes point to an ominous, imminent catastrophe: Kilauea volcano’s destructive eruption. Kilauea volcano isn’t alone in crafting disaster. On May 11, thousands of travellers across Indonesia had their flights canceled, delayed, or diverted. The cause? Mount Merapi, Indonesia’s most active volcano, had erupted, sending columns of ash into the air. Local cities are exercising caution, advising the public to wear masks while outside. And on May 14, two volcanoes in south Japan erupted. The Shinmoedake volcano had its second major eruption since 2011, and Io volcano erupted for the first time in 250 years. Fortunately, neither eruption has caused any damage. What connects these events together? A series of volcanoes situated on the edges of tectonic plates called the Ring of Fire, where many earthquakes and eruptions occur. While Hawaii isn’t on this belt, the timing with its volcanic activity coinciding with the other eruptions certainly doesn’t reassure anyone that other volcanoes on the Ring won't become active. For now, all that can be done is to evacuate the citizens of Hawaii and prepare for other possible eruptions. By Amelia Keller Barbara Bush, first lady of the United States and wife to former president George H.W. Bush, sadly passed away on April 17.
Barbara was born June 8, 1925 in New York City. She had five children. Barbara was the second woman in American history to have both a husband and son elected to presidential office. Barbara didn't become involved in policy and didn't share her personal political beliefs. She was, however, heavily involved in public service. She started the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. The BBFFFL websites states their mission "is to advocate for and establish literacy as a value in every home." The foundation takes only 4% of donations to cover the cost of fundraising, with the rest contributing directly to the cause. More than 1000 people attended her funeral in Houston on April 20 to honor her legacy, remembering her as "a teacher and role model on how to live a life of purpose and meaning." By Caroline BlackFarmers protesting against the violence (Photo courtesy of Gulshan Khan, AFP, and Getty Images) South Africa, an industrialized country dubbed as the “Rainbow Nation” for its mixed population. Its economy is successful enough to be the second largest in Africa and the 34th largest in the world. It’s an example of how people come together to create and sustain a successful first-world environment.
However, the era of the rainbow’s crest appears to be coming to an end. The current president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has stated that land owned by the white minority shall be taken away from them and redistributed to black South Africans without any compensation. The justification for this act? Claiming that this will heal any divisions and injustices done by the original European colonists from over 400 years ago. Accompanied by this law is growing violence against European-descended farmers. Thousands of brutal farm attacks and farm murders have been wrought on the white population of South Africa. This has only been encouraged by the government, as officials have even composed a song about the minority’s genocide. Unfortunately for the survivors, there’s nowhere to go. The Western World is already in debate with itself as to what needs to be done about the black and Middle Eastern people fleeing to Europe in hopes of a new life, a new beginning. Compared to them, the white Christian Afrikaners will never be viewed as refugees, even if they are being tortured and butchered by their own country’s government. The only long-term solution for both sides is a peaceful and lawful secession of the Cape region. A civil rights organization known as CapeXit sent a secession letter to former South Africa President Jacob Zuma describing that the secession is meant to be “the end of an era where marginalization and disregard of the basic human rights of the Afrikaner have become the accepted norm in South Africa.” Seeing as how Jacob Zuma has left office, nothing has been done to reply to this letter as of the writing of this article. It is a shame that the celebrated “Rainbow Nation” is turning its people against each other based on their race. No one should ever be persecuted or blamed as the center of a country’s problems based on race, sex, religion, or what have you. If anything, it only creates more problems in the future; if the secession is successful, the possibility of war breaking out between the two newly divided countries and adding to the pile of corpses will likely hang over their heads. South Africa’s current state should be used as an example as to why discrimination against any human being will never end well, and that it should be avoided altogether. By Caroline BlackDepiction of Mansoura saurus shahinae (Photo courtesy of Andrew McAfee, Carnegie Museum of Natural History) On January 29th, a gigantic discovery was made on the western side of Egypt. A new species of titanosaur, dubbed Mansoura saurus shahinae (man-sore-a saur-us sha-hee-neigh), was uncovered. Weighing in at 14,000 pounds, this terrible lizard is helping to clarify as to what became of dinosaur evolution as Pangea was breaking apart.
Before this new sauropod surfaced, it was believed that Europe and Africa were completely cut off during most, if not all, of the Cretaceous period. However, comparisons were made between Mansourasaurus and other titanosaurs, where researchers concluded it was more closely related to dinosaurs in Europe and Asia than those farther south in Africa. These remains suggests dinosaurs living in Africa and Europe were not as isolated as assumed. This isn’t the only mystery Mansoura saurus is assisting in solving. Before its discovery, scientists were unclear as to when Pangea completely ruptured. With the fossils dating back to 80 million years ago, and sharing more common characteristics with European and Asian dinosaurs, Mansoura saurus gives scientists a much clearer idea of when Pangea completely split apart. Discovered by paleontologist Hesham Sallam, Mansoura saurus has been hailed as the “Holy Grail” of dinosaurs in Africa. For years, the evolutionary path dinosaurs in Africa took was left ambiguous, leaving room only for speculation. Thanks to the work of Hesham and his team, Mansoura saurus can finally provide shed some light on how dinosaurs were evolving in the Cretaceous period as the world drifted further and further apart. Iowa has been named the best state to live in according to U.S. News & World Report. These rankings were released on tuesday. They follow specific criteria and give rankings for many individual categories. These categories and Iowa’s rank are as follows:
Though Iowa is receiving such national attention, students here at CCA have some varied opinions on their home state. Senior Chloe Beckler stated, “I think it’s hard to believe since everyone says they want to leave when they graduate and the weather isn’t always great.” She later added though that she can understand the rating because, “It is a comfortable place to live and the communities are very close and welcoming.” Freshman student Aaron Feinberg also commented on the national recognition, “I’m proud to be in the state that is number 1. I do agree with it because Iowa is a pretty safe state to live in and I do believe people can make a living here easier than being in bigger city or state.” Both students are unsure of whether they will stay in Iowa but included that neither of them would mind spending their lives here. “I believe I will always keep roots in Iowa,” Said Feinberg. |
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