transportation‚ not only of people‚ but‚ for freight. Early on‚ this new found transportation was expressed in exploration. There were adventurers like Charles Lindbergh‚ with “The Spirit of Saint Louis”‚ making the first transatlantic flight and Amelia Earhart‚ the first woman to make a transatlantic flight. Later‚ airplanes were used in expeditions and‚ after a while‚ multi-engine planes were being chartered and used for expedient travel. These charters started out with private planes and their owners
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A child. A life that is stolen away because of fear‚ repulsion or a lack of want. A life that will never have its first laugh‚ see the sunshine or accomplish its life’s purpose. This is because it was stolen away as a result of someone else’s decision. A decision that was made because that life was not deemed important enough. Abortion is a real problem in this world today‚ and yet it has become a rather significant part of day to day life. It is deemed socially acceptable to kill a child because
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later years is humdrum and wearisome. Consequently‚ he praises the young athlete for dying before his glory fades: “Smart lad‚ to slip betimes away / From fields where glory does not stay‚” For example‚ in the last century‚ the early deaths of Amelia Earhart‚ U.S. President John F. Kennedy‚ civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and singer Elvis Presley all seem to testify Housman’s thesis. By taking away their lives when they were still relatively young‚ death gave them eternal life in the minds
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Think Different Exercise Adam Cavkic‚ Dan Lopez‚ Heba Hummusani‚ Lisa Lin‚ Sophia Salazar‚ Ursula Adams‚ Vivian Moran and Wes Spivey‚ Phl/458 Xochitl Vallejo March 16th‚ 2015 Think Different Exercise On October 2nd of 1997 Apple shared their ad "Think Different". There were many famous people on this ad who represented thinking out of the box. Our team members were able to identify the following 17 individuals in the background. Albert Einstein‚ theoretical physicist and philosopher
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Crazy ones Creative Minds & Critical Thinking September 22‚ 2010 Crazy ones What contribution have you made to the world? That’s something people reflect about during their lives and there are seventeen people who have changed the way the world thinks and works. The individuals shown in the iconic Apple “Think Different” commercial displayed many defining characteristics. The most prominent characteristic is their ability to be visionaries and pioneers in their specific field. By allowing
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The Jazz Anecdotes by Bill Crow covers in detail about the History‚ definition‚ figures and in general in depth understanding of Jazz music. It’s Impossible to describe and name all the figures in a two page short essay‚ but I’ll do my best to fit as much as possible. According to the book: at first‚ the idea of pep and having a good time which was a Victorian morality against rebellion mentality shaped the idea of jazz. It became a rich and formal tradition of American music. Ragtime which was
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concern for the health of their friends and family. They expressed their grief “openly” (Bristow p.57). The women who kept their families “safe” or “healthy” knew that this was not permanent and could not stop the inevitable from happening. Iconic Amelia Earhart wrote about a friend of hers that was a recovering and surviving influenza victim. She expressed how she feared it and yet‚ she had worked in an influenza ward in
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Women in Aviation Before the 20th century women stayed home took care for their kids and kept the house spotless they were forced to depend on there husbands for everything. Those years are over‚ it was time for us to become dependent not fanatically but in the way that we no longer had to be discriminated or seen as the weaker gender. We wanted to work in a well paid job and prove to those who had no faith in us that we are capable of doing what man can do. In this century we have changed the
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1. The work of this brilliant African American chemist changed the entire meat packing industry. Ans. It is the work of this brilliant African American chemist named Lloyd Augustus Hall that changed the entire meat packing industry. Lloyd Augustus Hall was born in Elgin‚ Illinois on June 20‚ 1894. He was an African American chemist first known for his work in food chemistry. Both of his parents‚ Augustus and Isabel were graduate in high school. Hall moved to Aurora Illinois and raised there by his parents
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Reinaldo Hernandez MUL 2380 Notes Chapter 1 It is very difficult to define jazz because it has so many varieties. Almost all jazz styles have improvisations and swing feeling. Improvisation means compose and perform at the same time. Four ingredients that help music swing are steady beat‚ syncopation‚ lilting quality‚ and rising and falling of the melodic line. Charles Mingus was a jazz bassist known for his composing and improvising. Dizzy Gillespie was a modern jazz trumpeter who devised a highly
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