Ron Howard’s 1995 space docudrama, Apollo 13, narrates the events of America’s third attempted moon landing mission through the perspective of astronaut Jim Lovell, portrayed by Tom Hanks. The film also depicts astronauts Jack Swigert and Fred Haise, portrayed by Kevin Bacon and Bill Paxton respectively. The plot follows their journey leading up to the launch, details their successes and failures on-board such as the explosion that nearly cost them their lives, and explains the aftermath. Apollo
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In the eyes of Phillip Kent, the town was going to hell. First, they built the air force base that caused large military trucks to clog up the roads. Then they built the test site where they plotted the end of the world. And plot they did. Phillip would rant and rave and scream and complain to anyone that would listen. “They’re doing stuff over there that’s not right,” he would say, his hands shaking and his long face dripping with sweat. “I know. I read the Book of Revelations. I know end times
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Jim Valvano is one of the greatest college basketball coaches and analysts of all time. He coached and fought against many opponents throughout his career, but none were as tough as his battle against cancer. He came to realize that his body would lose this fight, but he refused to let his mind and heart go down with it. He was determined to become one of the greatest champions of cancer research and awareness. Because of his spirits during this time, he was awarded the inaugural Arthur Ashe Courage
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Living A Cleaner Life Who honestly likes messy things? I know some people say they don’t mind a mess, but they would probably not mind a little less mess. Being organized is satisfying and appealing to the eye and the mind. I’m not saying being a clean freak is a must, but knowing there isn’t little germs going around does make me feel better. Especially having two little brothers. There is always a way to tell where they have been, it is like they leave a breadcrumb trail of messes everywhere they
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Clearing clutter and organizing your home or office, is for most people, one of those tasks that you always mean to get around to, but somehow never do. In other words, clutter is a universal problem that almost all of us have, and our tendency to procrastinate or put off taking care of it just makes the situation worse. Almost everyone is looking for a way to Declutter Fast. Life is busy these days, work commitments, household chores, caring for our children are all binds that we simply have to
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Displacement is the redirecting of energy from an object that gives rise to anxiety to a safer, more acceptable one. Being angry at the boss and kicking the dog can be an example of displacement. The New World Encyclopedia defines displacement as an unconscious defense mechanism that shifts sexual or aggressive impulses to a more acceptable, or less threatening, target that can serve as an emotional substitute. The most classic example is a worker, angry at his boss, obviously unable to direct
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In 1978, members of a religious group called Peoples Temples, under the leadership of Reverend Jim Jones, committed suicide in mass. In the occasion, 912 died of intoxication by the venom they drank; Babies and children were killed first, by they own mothers and fathers. Then, the adults drank the substance and died as well. Jim jones killed himself, supposedly, by a single shot in the head. The people that died in Jonestown were no different than the average American, in fact, they were no different
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LSI SELF-DESCRIPTION Merissa A. Hanley ladyezz32@gmail.com MGMT-591-20133 Leadership & Organizational Behavior Professor Ifeanyi Ugboaja September 14, 2013 According to the LSI Internet LS1 1, the Life Style Inventory survey from Human Synergistics International is a “system that provides a "road map" to properly focus your personal development goals and keep you focus in the right direction. The LSI Internet LS1 measures 12 essential styles of patterns of thinking that
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Internal and External Factors Brooke Ellington October 13, 2013 University of Phoenix XMGT/230 Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart store in Arkansas on July 2, 1962, (Carson, 1999-2013). The vision of Sam Walton for his store Wal-Mart was to provide lower prices and to reflect on the values of the community and the customer. Consumers remember Wal-Mart for its motto "customer satisfaction" and “guaranteed lower prices." Wal-Mart offers employee training for everyone in the store from the
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Riordan Manufacturing a system that keeps track of historical stales. This database contains information needed to compare sales from the past and use the results to determine the outcome of certain decisions that need to be made within the company. Included are dates of certain events, such as ordering, delivering and payments. The unit and dollar volume for all products manufactured at Riordan are documented in this database. Marketing research and plans from the past are currently kept
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