David Livingstone was one of the most revered and respected African explorers of his time. He spent almost 30 years exploring a region little known to the outside world. He often put ambition before family and his own personal health in his quest to open the interior of Africa to “Civilization‚ Christianity‚ and Commerce.”(Hollett 236) Through his daring explorations into the unknown‚ he discovered and documented many new landmarks inside the dark continent‚ and at times
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dead? Is a small part of it still alive? Well‚ sadly‚ chivalry is dead. Time and society changes have forced out what once was considered to be common behavior. Chivalry is largely based upon the devotion of oneself to a king or queen‚ or individual that one would do anything and everything to protect‚ assist‚ or glorify. In modern day society‚ there are no longer any kings or queens for people to dedicate their life toward. However‚ occasionally‚ civility is alive in modern times because nearly every
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The Gangster American Dream The Great Depression created great financial hardships all around the United States. Along with a poor economy‚ prohibition was greatly discouraged as well‚ starting a tremendous social movement in the 1920s and 30s‚ specifically related to gang crimes. These gangsters used bootlegging‚ bank robberies‚ and many other tactics in order for them to survive the national financial crisis. The two photograph selected depict most of the most notorious criminals of the Great
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Are Viruses Alive? For years‚ scientists debated whether or not viruses are living organisms. The most confusing thing about viruses is that they display characteristics of both living and nonliving beings (Lourerio‚ 2006). Even after years of research and argument‚ we have not come to a final conclusion to this mind boggling question: Are viruses alive? Viruses are miniscule parasites that spread infection through all species of living things‚ plants and animals. Parasites are completely dependent
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Buried my daughter 1 year today‚ My lips have no words to say‚ so I let my ink bleed on my notes‚ the syrupy liquid encases‚ coats. Like my tears‚ dripping from my eyes‚ like when I fell in the shower‚ as she slipped through my thighs‚ miscarried my poor little girl‚ body rejected my womb’s pearl. I scrambled to my knees‚ afraid to touch‚ I was scared the tiny thing would shrivel to dust‚ her bloody face‚ her closed eyes‚ I wondered if they were the color of the sky. Buried her
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most Americans believe the American Dream is alive‚ and that they have achieved it‚ or on their way to achieving it. Only 17% of Americans believe the dream is impossible to reach or no longer exists for their family. (Davis‚ 2017) The original american dream was the ideal that every U.S. citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work‚ determination‚ and initiative. Surprisingly‚ the American Dream is still alive and well‚ it has just transitioned into the
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Mesa Community College The Etruscans ASB222: Buried Cities and Lost Tribes: Old World Colleen Strawhacker‚ M.A. December 6‚ 2012 The inhabitants of the stone and bronze ages of Northern Italy‚ the region known as modern day Tuscany‚ eventually developed into the people that are known by others as the Etruscans (Nardo pg.8). The ancient Greeks had other names for them‚ including the Tyrsenoi or Tyrrhenoi and the Romans moniker for the Etruscans was the Tusci
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Alive‚ The Will To Survive By Evan Obert We as human beings can be motivated to do many things by the concept of survival. When faced with death we find that we are able to push ourselves further than we thought capable‚ even possible. Piers Paul Read’s Alive conveys this to us through the account of a Uruguayan rugby team that found themselves stranded in the Andes with frightfully scarce resources for 70 days. From day one‚ the survivors Uruguayan Air Force aircraft endured horrible conditions
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is Harming Our Children Gina A. Rose American Intercontinental University Abstract With the tremendous increased use of technology over the past several years there are several harmful side effects affecting our children (aggression‚ obesity‚ and radiation emissions). Without proper supervision children will over use these technologies and expose themselves to a number of dangers. Technology is Harming Our Children There should
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“Alive but dead” Ray Bradbury uses figurative language in Fahrenheit 451 by using the terms “alive yet not alive” and “dead but not dead.” By using these terms Bradbury is saying that things are alive when they are not‚ but in reality they are just machines. Bradbury also says things are dead‚ but really they are alive and human. Bradbury uses the term‚ “alive yet not alive‚” when talking about Mildred. He also uses the term‚ “dead but not dead‚” when talking about the snake that sucked all
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