The Wright Brothers First Flight On December 17‚ 1903‚ Orville Wright piloted the first powered airplane 20 feet above a wind-swept beach in North Carolina. The flight lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet. This event would change modern transportation forever. The 1903 Wright Flyer made four flights at Kitty Hawk‚ North Carolina‚ on December 17‚ 1903‚ the best covering 852 feet in 59 seconds. It was the first heavier-than-air‚ powered aircraft to make a sustained‚ controlled flight with a pilot
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When I think about what my hero means to me‚ I realize that most of my special memories and feelings toward my hero come from the little things he does everyday. My hero is not a celebrity or such a recognizable face. My hero is not a national hero or a multi-millionaire. He has never saved me from a burning castle or an avalanche‚ but he does hug me and tell me to have a good day. He doesn’t buy me expensive or fancy accessories‚ but he does whisper to me that I’m his special girl. He is just an
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have proven these characteristics from people in our history. Would you believe that until the present times‚ we still have our modern day heroes who showed what it is to be a Filipino? Take a look for example the recently ended show Pinoy Big Brother‚ wherein twelve people had to stay in one house for one hundred days with video cameras all over the place. The said show depicted the typical characters of Filipinos on a day-to-day basis. Some may be good and some may be bad‚ but that is what we
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Bankruptcy Court Examiner’s report on the collapse of Lehman Brothers‚ released last week‚ backs me up. It offers a prime example of how ethics and governance are part of the lens that should be focused on in what went wrong in the meltdown; indeed‚ ethics and governance are what we need to have more‚ not less‚ of as we re-establish the soundness of our economy. The report by Examiner Anton R. Valukas identifies what he says are Lehman Brothers’ non-culpable errors of bad judgment and areas where there
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According to Dictionary.com‚ a “brother” is “a male offspring having both parents in common”(“Brother”). However Dictionay.com definition doesn’t do the word “brother” justice. From being a “brother” for over then 12 years I believe I truly know what a brother means. A “brother” is so much more then just a male offspring that have both parents in common. The true meaning of “brother” is that a brother is someone I can always talk to‚ someone who will always have my back and someone who will make me
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Name: Erickson Mar T. Castilla Date: Nov. 22‚ 2012 Subject/Section: Engl05-EE Prof.: Aimee Layag Topic: Cebu my hometown Gen. Purpose: To Inform Spec. Purpose: To inform my audience the beauty of my hometown Cebu. Central Idea: The beauty of my home town Cebu are the Whale shark watching and the sceneries that you can see from the mountain top. Cebu is located in central visayas approximately 1 hour from manila via airplane‚ Cebu is known for delicious roasted pork and famous
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My Brother Sam Is Dead My Brother Sam Is Dead by Coller and Coller is a story about a boy named Tim Meeker and how his family falls apart during the Revolutionary War. Throughout the story‚ Tim is confronted with a life changing dilemma. His father is a Loyalist and his elder brother Sam is a Patriot. He knows that no matter what side he chooses in this war‚ he will end up fighting his flesh and blood. As the story progresses‚ Coller and Coller paints a vivid picture of how Tim changes
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‘It’s Not My Fault That It’s Default’ By Georgia Mitchell When you sit down in front of the television on Friday night and think about what you are going to watch‚ you should definitely consider the hilarious British sitcom‚ My Family. This modern day sitcom is based around the lives of an average‚ middle-class English family and their day-to-day experiences. The program is set within an enclosed world which changes between the Harper’s residence and a dental surgery. The funny and opinionated
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as though Jim lost the world and does not care to return to it. At this point‚ the reader begins to pity Jim‚ wanting to comfort him while adding to the setting "in a little room‚ scarcely larger than the bed that held me‚ and the window-shade at my head was flapping softly in a warm wind‚" (Cather 14). Once awaken in his grandparents’
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Willa Cather‚ an American author‚ achieved much recognition on her frontier works. She earned much acknowledgement in her work of My Antonia. Raised on a primitive farm in Nebraska‚ Cather uses her experiences of the landscape to transform the senses of her readers. Cather demonstrates her ability to capture the feeling of the prairie at the end of the “Hired Girls.” (“Presently we saw… somewhere on the prairie.” Page 146-147) Not only is this scene an important image of the moment‚ but the representation
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