In 1492, what is now the United States of America was accidently discovered by Christopher Columbus. 400 years later, in 1927, the first solo flight across the Atlantic was made by Charles Lindbergh. Both men changed our country’s history.Columbus and Lindbergh had many similarities and differences between their hopes, skills and challenges they faced. Christopher Columbus hoped to find a swifter route from Europe to Asia and to navigate around the blockade around the East Indies . Columbus needed
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Another very crucial issue that has come to play an extreme role in the safety precautions of air travel, is the Malaysia Airline Flight 370 disappearance. This puts a tremendously large mystery on whether or not there is some kind of organized coincidence in the involvement of these downed planes. Flight 370 disappeared on March 8th, in route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, as said by CNN News reporters. Extensive research has been continuing the search for answer conclusively for months now, and
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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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