The Final Frontier: The benefits of space exploration to provide a better life on Earth. Man once dreamt of flying‚ of touching the night sky and trampling the dirt on the surface of the moon. And for a long time we kept thinking it was only a dream. But on the 4th October 1957‚ Russia launched Sputnik 1‚ the first satellite into the depth of space‚ officially starting off the space age for us. And then on the 20th of July 1963‚ Neil Armstrong steps off onto the moon’s surface with the now famous
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Purposely difficult and intentionally obsessive‚ Plato’s Phaedrus is an exceedingly difficult read that defies all conventional logic as a piece of discourse. The text is extremely subjective‚ open to interpretation and individual creativity as to what or whom the narrative is about. Written by Plato‚ a close disciple of Socrates‚ this text is set along the Illissus river where Phaedrus and Socrates meet for a day of speech‚ debate‚ rhetoric and okay flirting. Phaedrus leads of the day and recites
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Teenagers are more likely to run away from home than an adolescent child. Many people think about running away just to leave there problems behind in turn they create new and more complicated problems. As a teen I ran away for a day it was not a long period of time before I ended up back at home. But since my parents were divorced I ended up moving from Pennsylvania to North Carolina to live with my mother. From there my life seemed to go downhill because my mother did not care what I did. To this
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Many people in this world live with illnesses‚ diseases‚ and disorders. For some it affects their everyday lives. Approximately 47 million people are living with the illness called dementia. Dementia can affect everyday aspects of life and can be prevented if you know how to treat it correctly. Dementia delineates a group of symptoms affecting one’s memory‚ thinking‚ and social abilities. Dementia is considered a group of symptoms affecting abilities rather than a specific disease. There are both
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Reflection Paper – The Souls of Black Folk By: W. E. B. Du Bois Thesis: W. E. B. Du Bois’ The Souls of Black Folk is an influential work of art for African American literature. Within this book Du Bois proposes that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is connected with the color of people’s skin color." He also represents his concepts of life behind the hard times of race calling it the “double-consciousness theory”‚ this is the sense of always looking at their selves through the eyes
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by William Cullen Bryant ‚ and “Dust in the Wind” by Kansas all explore the nature of death‚ but all have different outlooks. While all the poems are about death‚ they all carry a different point. The view on death is different for each poem. For Example‚ “Don’t Fear The Reaper” holds the point of encouraging to not being afraid of death. Also‚ “Thanatopsis” is about waiting for death and not worrying about dying‚ for the time will come when it’s ready. Finally‚ “Dust in the
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The Dust Bowl of the Southern Great Plains caused a lot of trauma to not only humans‚ but also animals. The dust bowl was a huge dust storm that covered states such as Kansas‚Texas‚ western Oklahoma‚ eastern Colorado‚ and New Mexico. Things such as previous dust storms‚ poor land‚ and low precipitation. All of these resulted in one huge dust storm that killed many. The Dust Bowl was not only one big dust storm out of nowhere; but it was a more severe storm from preceding storms. “And not once
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People’s actions caused the dust bowl. There are many reasons why people caused the dust bowl. People used the wrong agricultural practices when farming. “With insufficient understanding of the ecology of the plains‚ farmers had conducted extensive deep plowing of the virgin topsoil of the Great Plains during the previous decade; this had displaced the native‚ deep-rooted grasses that normally trapped soil and moisture even during periods of drought and high winds.” ("Dust Bowl" ). Farmers didn’t
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extensive class notes I decided that I was not one to be easily persuaded by others. In fact‚ I am well known among my friends for my stubbornness and recalcitrant argumentative style. Looking into the cause of this‚ I found the answer in my perception of lifein my attitude. Attitudes are learned‚ or in the very least‚ they are influenced greatly by the environment one develops in and those that one develops with. Thus it is fitting to look to my parents to explore my own attitude and persuasibility
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play on. Food is essential for people to live healthy happy lives. Without food hunger controls the mind and the only experience the body can feel is weakness. Upon consuming food‚ the body is revitalized and becomes strong again. Love is passion for life and satiation with oneself. Food is to the human body what music is to love. Ever been in love before? One of the easiest and most influential ways to express love is through music. The lyrics in some music appeals to the different emotions
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