“The distinction between the past‚ present and future is only an illusion‚ however persistent.” –Albert Einstein These days‚ even respected physicists like Stephen Hawking are being forced to admit that time travel may be possible. But has it already happened? These people say it has. Father Pellegrino Ernetti was a Benedictine monk and respected authority on archaic music. He also claimed to have co-invented—as part of a team that included Nobel Prize-winning physicist Enrico Fermi and German rocket
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Just Jump By: I scrambled after my sister‚ giddy anticipation clutching my stomach. I slid down the rock‚ loosing gravel and creating a trickier path. I stumbled and slipped clumsily and fell on my hands and knees at the bottom. “This way!” My sister called‚ motioning with her hand for me to follow. I pulled myself to my feet‚ nervous excitement chasing away the stinging I felt in my hands and knees. Brushing the biting gravel from my hands and pants I followed like a lost
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Operation Just Cause‚ was the invasion of Panama by the United States in December 1989. Sometime in late December to early January‚ Twenty-Third Air Force was part of reestablishing democracy in the Republic of Panama during the operation. Special operations aircrafts that were used were AC-130 Spectre gunships‚ EC-130 Volant Solo‚ HC-130P/N Combat Shadow tankers‚ MC-130E Combat Talons‚ and MH-53J Pave Low and MH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters. The Spectre gunship crews of the 1st Special Operations Wing
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THE BLOG Collision: Is Religion Absurd or Good for the World? Christopher Hitchens‚ Pastor Douglas WilsonOct 20‚ 2009 Last fall‚ we went on tour debating the topic "Is Religion Good For The World?" Our arguments were captured on film for a new documentary‚ Collison. Are our morals dictated to us by a supreme entity or do discoveries made by science and reason‚ make Atheism a natural conclusion? You decide. Religion Is Absurd by Christopher Hitchens Religion will always retain a certain
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Saul Kassin and Gisli Gudjonsson‚ in their article for Scientific American Mind‚ “True Crimes‚ False Confessions‚” argue that “society should discuss the urgent need to reform practices that contribute to false confessions and to require mandatory videotaping of all interviews and interrogations” (2005‚ p. 26). After analyzing their argument‚ I shall argue that‚ although one might object that Kassin and Gudjonsson focus too heavily on the importance of protecting criminal suspects‚ they provide
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find the most correct version of justice‚ it is required to find what the origins of justice are. However‚ in searching for true justice (henceforth known as Justice) a summary of its’ attributes and reasons for each must be given. By examining how Socrates goes about finding the origin of Justice it will be clear what true justice (Justice) is and how this definition came about. The examination of the origin of Justice will be found by examining the separate versions of it individually. The first explanation
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philosopher by the name of Socrates was found guilty in two offenses. The city of Athens gathered to hear the trial‚ and The Apology by Plato allows to better understand what was said in Socrates’ defense and sort through the logistics of the case. Meletus‚ the prosecutor‚ charged Socrates with an account of living an impious life and with a second account of corrupting the youth of Athens. Yet‚ I can attest that truly Socrates was innocent in the case of these two accounts because Socrates greatest desire
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Philosophy Midterm Paper Being compared to a torpedo fish may seem like an insult‚ but in Socrates’ case‚ it is nothing but a compliment because of the actions behind it. Socrates is known for his questioning and critical thinking abilities that might give him this nickname. Meno‚ frustrated by Socrates extreme questioning‚ says‚ “Indeed if a joke is in order‚ you seem‚ in appearance and in every other way‚ to be like the broad torpedo fish‚ for it too makes anyone who comes close and touches it
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Ian Malone Socrates Defines Justice Socrates attempts to define the true meaning of justice by critiquing the ideas of other philosophers. In book 1 of Plato’s Republic the debate among Socrates and his colleagues begins with Cephalus‚ who first defines justice as simply being honest and repaying one’s debts. Cephalus is a wealthy‚ elderly man who acquired much of his fortune through inheritance as Socrates points out. Socrates divulges this to explain that those who come from money are not
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• Used to exploitation of middle men – though they are able to articulate the unjust practices of middlemen‚ they feel it is a part of a larger social and political exploitative process and middle men cannot be solely blamed for what they are doing. Natham farmers accept being exploited by middlemen as they feel that they are mutually dependent. • Non-cooperation among farmers – when asked about cooperation among Natham farmers being a solution to overcome exploitation and systemic value addition
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