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    Urban legends have long been included in our culture as traditional stories that often provide a moral conclusion cultivated and spread either orally or written on paper. Many of these tales are often misunderstood as a false story‚ however these tales are derived from real life events‚ and are exaggerated and modified as time passes. Urban legends commonly reflect the fears of a society and often include warnings that prevent a certain action or else something unfortunate will happen to the person

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    Outer Space

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    The 21st century witnesses the flourishing of space science and technology. More and more countries have come to realize the need for international cooperation to explore outer space‚ even though considering the complexity‚ high cost and tremendous risk involved in outer space activities. The human world and outer space are now increasingly inseparable. The use of outer space has formulated a major part of our lives‚ such using outer space for telecommunications‚ navigation‚ meteorology and remote

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    Urban Transportation

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    The development of urban transportation has not changed with the cities; cities have changed with transportation. In the early years of transportation it was the mass transit of horse and buggies or electric rail cars that shaped cities. Then as the automobile became affordable to the public‚ personal transportation redefined the city as it was known. It is the automobile and the movement to the suburbs that has public transportation struggling to make money today.<br><br>The very first transportation

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    SPACE

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    Space technology has been developing considerably these recent decades. New discoveries about the moon and others planets are fascinating us. Even some fiction movies make us think that one day we can go to live on another planet. However‚ for the following reasons I do not support the idea that government should spend as much money as possible on developing space technology for the exploration of the moon and others planets.  Space technology is very expensive and needs a colossal investment

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    The Space Travel and Research Introduction Space contains the planets‚ countless galaxies and milky ways. Man has been able to go to space and collect pictures of the sun‚ the planets and the moon. Man has landed on the moon and he is trying to find out the existence of life on other planets. Telecommunication‚ weather forecasting‚ radio and television programmes etc. are all monitored by satellites in space. There are also military stations and spy satellites in space which pose a threat

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    The student should be able to demonstrate an understanding of basic concepts of sociology and the social environment. 1. Sociology is the scientific study of human activity. also the study of the development‚ organization‚ functioning‚ and classification of human societies. 2. The term sociology was coined by the french philosopher known as Auguste Comte (1798-1857) He gave the name in 1839 because sociology is a science and only the sociologist who follow the scientific method can have a voice

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    Whooshhh! Space exploration has many meanings to me. It means improved life on Planet Earth. It can help with saving energy‚ using our phones‚ and even predicting the weather! There are lots of meanings to space exploration and they all help us get through the day. Get Ready for lift off! We can rely on the weather reports updated on an hourly basis. The accurate weather forecast is possible only because of the satellites in the space. It’s easy to predict natural calamities such as floods‚ storms

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    The Los Altos City is located at the South end of the San Francisco Peninsula‚ in the San Francisco South Bay Area; its exact situation is in Santa Clara County‚ California. Overview Los Altos is an affluent commuter community; its residents live in the city‚ although they commute to their places of work. The community is upscale‚ and the residential area encompassed with beautiful greenery and large mature trees. The city follows a green space layout; it designates its commercial activities

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    Privatization‚ and Militarization: Impacts on Criminal Justice INTRODUCTION Over the years‚ the criminal justice system has seen many changes. These changes have taken place due to the economy‚ social changes‚ environmental changes‚ and even cultural changes. Three items in particular that have affected the criminal justice system world-wide are globalization‚ privatization‚ and militarization. This paper will discuss the history of globalization‚ privatization‚ militarization‚ and cover the impacts

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    Space exploration and the space program in general‚ have been an important part of our past successes as a country. Today‚ as our government looks at budget reduction and cost cutting measures‚ the space program is being scrutinized more than ever. Should the space program be cut or should it be reinvented? To fully understand why the space program is so controversial‚ one must first understand where the space program began. Shortly after the end of World War II (1939-45)‚ the U.S. and the

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