Did you know…that currently only 4% of commercial pilots are women? So when I was told of two women who not only are airline pilots‚ but sisters who both work for JetBlue and had a dream come true recently‚ I wanted to know more. The women recently operated JetBlue flight 1480 from Ft. Lauderdale to Washington‚ DC making them the first ever sister-sister flight crew at JetBlue! Pia and Anna-Maria Kymalainen grew up in an aviation family in Finland. With their father in aeronautical engineering
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Today in the education system there are many different standardized tests. Some of the more influential tests include the SATs and the ACTs. Along with these‚ each of the states in America have their own standardized test. Each of the common standardized tests have a different purpose. Another worldwide test that students take is the Program for International Student Assessment or the PISA. The PISA test is given by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or the OECD. The PISA is a
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environment for the animal‚ and feeding the animal can be quite costly. These animals can also have medical problems like metabolic bone disease‚ kidney disease‚ and parasites which can result in significant medical expenses (Hancock). Most families today work hard to meet the financial demands of having a family. Adding such an expensive
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Sparring partner Marshall McLuhan said‚ “All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values”. Yet the media is very important in how so many people get to know the world around them. For example‚ when the lower and middle class do not interact with the upper class‚ it is impossible for them to understand about the upper class. The only way most of the other classes understand the upper class is through media portrayal. Media is one of the biggest networks in the
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write‚ but that does not change the everlasting impact Shakespearean works have had on the world. Shakespeare is like Santa Claus. He is real up to a certain point. Though Saint Nicholas did give presents to his neighbors‚ he does not travel all over the world to deliver presents to billions of children. Over time‚ the truth about him becomes faded and he starts becoming a more fictional character. Shakespeare was credited for work he may not have written‚ but does that matter? Did Santa really give
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According to Webster’s Dictionary‚ homework is work or study done in preparation for a certain event or situation (2016). Parents and students throughout the years continuously complain about homework‚ arguing that it puts too much stress on students and not enough time to participate in extracurricular activities. Homework has been debated since the beginning of the 19th century (Shahzada 4). By the 1930s‚ educators were stating that homework was terrible and had no beneficial effect (Shahzada 4)
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due to an increase in mitochondria creation. Mitochondria‚ sometimes known as ‘energy factories’‚ are responsible for just about everything we do‚ including health‚ energy‚ performance‚ recovery‚ and immunity. Basically‚ the better our mitochondria work‚ the better we feel.
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Rudolph Diesel invented the diesel engine in the late 1800s. Though Rudolph was the inventor‚ it was Clessie Cummins‚ a native of Indiana‚ who was widely known for inventions that improved the diesel engine. In 1911‚ Clessie Cummins helped improve the speed of a diesel engine that went on to win the Indianapolis 500 race. Working as a chauffeur and mechanic for William Irwin Miller‚ Clessie had the vision to start a company. William Irwin Miller was a banker and successful investor‚ who strongly
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Jews. The following day‚ he committed suicide. Germany’s formal surrender in World War II came barely a week later‚ on May 8‚ 1945.” There was one man who saved many Jewish lives. His name was Oskar Schindler. He would gives Jews jobs or have them work as slaves‚ but he would treat them with kindness and not be torturous. After the war‚ there was estimated to be about 5 million Jews that
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years later a Senate staffer was able to put it together and finally there’s clarity? I am just highly skeptical that that’s the truth”(Leopold). Mitchell also flatly denied any abuse of prisoners and claims that his enhanced interrogation methods did work. Opponents of torture as well as the Senate report tell a different story. “The report finds that CIA detainees subjected to what were then called “enhanced interrogation techniques” either produced no intelligence‚ or they “fabricated information
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