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    Moon Colonization July 20‚ 1989: President Bush uses the 20th anniversary of the first footsteps on the moon to declare that Americans should return‚ establish a permanent presence there‚ and go on to Mars (Hartmann). After Bush proposed this idea of creating a permanent colony on the moon to serve as a “pit stop” on the way to Mars‚ NASA took it as a mandate to start planning. This idea of moon colonies brought upon a mood that was not seen since the days of the Apollo missions. The possibilities

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    Respect: an Exploration

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    In her book “Respect”‚ Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot probes an important element of all human relationships and provides personal stories of professionals who approach their work respectfully and pragmatically. I have selected to analyze the chapter pertaining to healing‚ wherein a pediatrician’s clinical work is focused on respect for her patients‚ competent advocacy skills‚ and challenging the common approach of other pediatricians who primarily focus on technique and technology as opposed to the overall

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    Europeans in Jamaica

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    American origin who‚ in the early history of Jamaica‚ called their home a paradise of wood and water. The Arawak were there to greet Christopher Columbus when he arrived in Jamaica in 1494‚ beginning a long period of European colonization there. The history of Jamaica as a European outpost saw the island under Spanish rule for 150 years‚ during which the city now known as Spanish Town was established and flourished as the colony’s economic hub. In the 1650s‚ Jamaica was captured by the British

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    Mary McAuley sets out to describe the failure of communism in Russia and its sudden collapse in 1989-91. The Russian political experiment failed due to the following reasons‚ Communist theory assumes that all humans are basically good‚ well-motivated‚ and possess equal capabilities and motivation. This simply isn’t so‚ and Communism never found any way to overcome the problems this assumption caused. The failure of communism is due to human nature. Power corrupts. If Stalin was not corrupted by his

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    CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS AND THE FIRST SCENARIO OF COLONIZATION: HISPANIOLA AND THE CARIBBEAN - Christopher Columbus The Catholic Monarchs and the Capitulations of Santa Fe - Spanish Voyages of Exploration Treaty of Tordesillas - First Scenario of Colonization: Hispaniola Government Churchmen and Laws of Burgos - Medieval Documents Texts: Bakewell‚ pp. 97-125 Mills et al.‚ pp.27-33 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Cristoforo Colombo (Genoese‚ born in 1451)‚ sailor‚

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    The American period Of Colonization Flora;Aguinaldo’s Forces continued its attempts to capture Manila from the Spaniards. Throughout this time‚ American Leaders Forged an agreement with the Spaniards that the Americans latter will surrender to the Americans . The two conspired that a mock battle of Manila Bay will be staged to save the honor of the Spanish crown. This plan was aided by Aguinaldo’s permission to the American request to clear the pasay and Baclaran trenches to avoid any casualty

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    European Diseases

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    the Americas was not the swords or guns of the invaders. It was the devastation brought by deadly diseases infecting an unsuspecting population that had no immunity to such diseases. The Europeans were said to be thoroughly diseased by the time Columbus set sail on his first voyage (Cowley‚ 1991). Through the domestication of such animals as pigs‚ horses‚ sheep‚ and cattle‚ the Europeans exposed themselves to a vast array of pathogens which continued to be spread through wars‚ explorations‚ and

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    The Influence of European Endeavors It is well known that Europeans had a significant role in the exploration of the world‚ as it is seen in the documentation of the new world discoveries. Yet for many centuries‚ Europeans had minimal contact with the rest of the world. However‚ that all changed in the dawn of the 1400’s‚ when Europeans hoped to gain new sources of wealth. By exploring the seas‚ traders longed to not only find new and faster routes to Asia‚ which was the source of spices and other

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    that governments‚ organizations‚ and persons of Earth cannot participate in commerce with Mars or c affect with the political‚ cultural‚ monetary‚ or social progress of Martian development. Haqq-Misra yet again continues stating that “Scientific exploration may continue as long as it does not interfere with the development of civilization on Mars. Sharing of research and information between Mars and Earth is permitted only to pursue mutual scientific or educational goals.” (Sarah Fecht) Nevertheless

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    SPACE EXPLORATION & TECHNOLOGY Traveling through space and exploring the unknown has been an unquenched curiosity of mankind’s since the beginning of time. Students of all ages‚ in schools throughout the world‚ are becoming more involved in researching space. They are following the current progress of space exploration‚ and discovering the learning possibilities that come from traveling through the last frontier. "Space Exploration" is an interdisciplinary unit combining multiple disciplines

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