Sailors have told legends of mermaids in the seas for hundreds of years. Many recall their majestic beauty as they call out to men lost at sea. Some scientists have suggested that the sea ladies past sailors had seen‚ were most likely animals such as the manatees‚ and one could easily mistake their shape in a dark light in the middle of the ocean. However I have the great privilege of knowing a real mermaid. Yes‚ I can honestly claim that my grandmother‚ Diane Mitchell‚ was a mermaid in Florida
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Ever since the beginning of Earth there has been one thing that all people have in common‚ stars. Humans have been using the stars to navigate and create a calendar due to their patterns. Many people have been fascinated by the unknown all around us. This year in astronomy we have been hoping to learn as much as we can about where and how we came to be. What we have found is that everything comes from the birth and death of stars. Everything we know today was created by the stars. Today we will be
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Did you know that 1/2 of all men and 1/3 of all women born after 1960 will develop cancer in their lifetimes? This seems like a lot‚ but most cases will occur in people 65 or older. Countless celebrities such as David Bowie‚ Ben Stiller‚ Hugh Jackman‚ Sharon Osbourne‚ and Olivia Newton-John have all fought cancer. And there’s a good chance that we all know someone who has cancer right now. There are over 200 types of cancer that can occur in humans‚ the most common places that cancer can occur include
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My uncle died this morning. He had cancer and he didn’t treat it until last January because he believed it was something else. His body fought for almost three years without any medical intervention or doctor’s consult. Afterwards‚ it fought for one last year under chemotherapy. The truth is nothing can prepare you for loss. You think something as deadly as cancer won’t reach your family and then someone dies. In a way‚ it is incredible how your body can put up with until the moment comes when
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Did you know 6.4 million people in America are diagnosed with ADHD‚ I myself am on those people. ADHD stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder‚ in a basic summary it is when a person has an abundant amount of energy and can’t focus on a certain subject or task. Of these 6.4 million people that are diagnosed‚ the average age of diagnoses was 7 years old. I believe this an extremely high number of diagnoses at a young age that should not go overlooked. These children with ADHD are then
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I recently hit 100 views today (yey for me). So I decided to look at my tags to see what my most popular was and it was horror. The ranking for the Wrong Turn films did pretty well (you can find it here if you have not seen it) and I enjoyed writing it. So I decided to do something similar plus I do like to read up on horror things so why not do a top 10 killers. For horrors I love the sub genre of slasher films so most of my chooses will probably be from them types of movies. Please keep in mind
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Title: How to set up a hookah. Specific Purpose: To teach the audience the steps necessary to set up a hookah right at home. Thesis Statement: The proper steps necessary to set up a hookah right in your home. 1) Put the stem into the glass base. 2) Place the hose into the stem of the hookah. 3) Place the bowel on top of the stem of the hookah and fill it with tobacco‚ as right after place foil on top of it‚ and poke holes threw the foil using a toothpick. 4) Using the tongs place the hot coal
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OUTLINE I.INTRODUCTION: A. Social Anxiety Disorder is a problem we’ve all have faced‚ it’s the fear of being evaluated by others‚ with the expectation that such an assessment will be negative and embarrassing. B. Remember your high school days? The stomach butterflies and the prom night weren’t as easy as they seemed even with the popularity. C. In the old days social anxiety disorder wasn’t considered a real psychological disease where some people thought this was a ridiculous diagnosis
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The effects of caffeine Most people in the world consume caffeine. But have you ever stop and ask yourself what it’s caffeine? what are the effects that it haves? what about how bad is it for the human body? Most people drink coffee‚ tea or coke most of them drinks have a lot of a drug name caffeine because it stimulates the nervous system. Caffeine gives most people a temporary energy boost and elevates the persons mood. The caffeine starts to work around 15 minutes after
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A man who lives in an oppressed world‚ who is this man who suffers and yet doesn’t know? This mans name is Montage‚ He lives in a city that is oppressed by the government. The good this is that he realizes that he is in a world of oppression. A world where life is meaningless‚ where they make sure you have less knowledge than the government‚ where they try to take the knowledge you have and weigh you down with what you know. If you have ever read books in this world they would put you in jail. I
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