Have you ever heard of Amelia Earhart? The earliest time I had ever become aware of her is in elementary school because I had read a biography of her life. Recently, my mother has shown me a video concerning a new conspiracy theory of how she disappeared. I became interested in Amelia because she had been a female pilot and not a great deal of women did that in her time considering that it was thought of to be a “man’s sport.” I admire her for reasons such as, she was one of the few women that honestly
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Vile Vortices What comes to mind when you hear the word Vortices? Do you think of the Bermuda Triangle? Or maybe do you think of the Himalayas? There are many Vortices, both positive, and negative. The negative ones are called the Vile Vortices. Vile Vortices cause disturbances in prana, which brings about corrupt happenings, such as mysterious disappearances. However, there are positive Vortices. These attract prana, which can bring about uplifting things, such as peace. The Vortices are some of
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Who Sank the U.S.S. Maine? Today I am writing about Marie Elizabeth Lamb’s “Awake United States” which was written in New Orleans in 1898. This song was written between the time periods of when the U.S.S. Maine was sunk to when the call to war happened. This song was rushed into printing during this time period because it established the sinking of the Maine and the fighting urge to go to war. The U.S.S. Maine was sent out to the coast of Havana in Cuba after riots had put American interests in harm
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Amelia once said; “I did not understand it at the time, but I believe that little red airplane said something to me as it swished by” (Bartunek 1). Earhart was commissioned for the Atlantic flight in order to increase the audience, as well as bring in publicity for the aviation trip (Bartunek 1). Amelia was very well liked amongst aviators (Cochrane 1). She planned to travel around the globe, as close to the center of the earth's equator
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The disappearance of Malaysian Air flight 370 was one of the most important events of 2014. On March 8th, 2014, a commercial passenger plane with 239 people onboard simply disappeared into thin air. The plane originated in Kuala Lumpur and its final destination was to be Beijing, China. Needless to say, it never made it. Less than one hour after takeoff, the air traffic controllers lost all contact with the cockpit, it disappeared from radar, and it has not been heard from since. There are some people
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Further down the timeline, an American company began to build the canal, and the project was on again. One by one, 50 countries helped build this canal, going through Panama connecting the two greatest oceans together, the Pacific ocean and the Atlantic ocean.
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Canada is the second largest country in the world and ranks as fourth biggest landmass (not including bodies of water, such as lakes and rivers). Canada covers a staggering 9,984,670 km (3,855,100 miles). Canada has a population of 35,749,600 with a low population density of 3.5 people per kilometer squared. Due to Canada’s huge size, Canada has a diversity of climates ranging from warm/humid (Ontario) to Polar climates. Due to Canadas large land mass, Canada has an advantage in the global economy
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of the bottlenose dolphins are found living near harbors and estuaries and has a worldwide distribution that ranges from 45°N to 45°S. They usually travel in groups and live all around the Black, Mediterranean and Baltic seas as well as the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. There are two subspecies of the bottlenose dolphin,
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for US When I was nine or ten years old, Dad and I would watch reruns of the television show Star Trek. Back then, I would have never imagined that so much of the “technology” in the program would become a reality. Talking, thinking, responsive computers and tiny personal communication devices, for example, just seemed like science fiction. Now they are not only a reality, but they are an indispensable part of everyday life. I can hardly imagine the developments in technology that my children will
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required by various probability concepts. As a final point, this paper will demonstrate the effects the decision had on the data provided and the decision that was ultimately made. Probability Concepts and Application Hurricane Sandy hit Atlantic City, New Jersey on October 29, 2012. A 900-mile wide storm, Sandy affected the entire northeastern United States with devastating winds, rain and floods. New Jersey and New York suffered the worst from the super storm leaving thousands of people
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