powerful tribe in the northeast Native American confederacy. The Iroquois tribe originally called their confederacy Kanonsionni‚ which means "people of the longhouse" but today they go by the name Haudenosaunee. The Iroquois are a tribe made up of six nations. Their creation story uses an unique perspective that is uncommon and not as well known. The creation myth of the Iroquois people was built off of the Native American culture‚ made more realistic with the creation elements seen in the story‚ and provides
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For as long as I can remember‚ I have always told my parents that it was my dream to work with athletes or be an All American Athlete when I grew up. As soon as I started walking I made a mission to become educated within different sports. I joined the t-ball team‚ cheerleading‚ track and field‚ volleyball and even soccer. Unfortunately‚ every time I would touch the field‚ track‚ or court it was if I was prone to getting injured‚ but there was always that one person running to my rescue. Each and
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Southwest Airlines Fuel Hedging and Relations to Profitability Abstract In order to stay airborne‚ a passenger airline has to consistently generate profits. Profits come only from paying passengers‚ hence all stratagems must be customer oriented. In a scenario where there are many airlines competing with each other‚ one way of attracting passengers is to keep the cost of flying low‚ while providing value for money. On the other hand‚ expenses must tightly controlled to reach and stay at the
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Hendershot Fuel Less Generator 2 Hendershot Fuel Less Generator What is a fuel less generator? All over the world‚ people live with the idea that it’s necessary to burn fuel in order to produce power that we can use. We have been persuaded that we have to buy coal‚ coke‚ timber‚ kerosene‚ gasoline‚ diesel‚ propane etc to burn‚ so that we can obtain our precious energy. And yes‚ it is perfectly true that burning these materials will indeed result in energy. And yes‚ we need it
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Creation of the Whites (Yuchi) The “Creation of the Whites” is a story about the whites coming over and slowly starting to colonize what they called the new world. This story shows the whites and the Native Americans being very peaceful towards each other. The whites ask permission to the Native Americans for about everything they do in the new world. Although the whites try to be respectful there are still signs that they consider their selves superior over the Native Americans. In
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EARTH’S DEPENDENCE ON FOSSIL FUELS CINDY MOYER AXIA COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX In today’s world‚ more and more people are becoming aware of the problems that are caused by the use of fossil fuel and are looking for earth-friendly and economical energy to use as a source to heat and cool their homes‚ drive their vehicles‚ use electric or whatever they do to use energy. Scientists are busy thinking up a variety of ways of producing renewable energy to replace the use of non-renewable
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Advantages of fossil fuels * major advantage of fossil fuels is their capacity to generate huge amounts of electricity in just a single location. * Fossil fuels are very easy to find. * When coal is used in power plants‚ they are very cost effective. Coal is also in abundant supply. * Transporting oil and gas to the power stations can be made through the use of pipes making it an easy task. * Power plants that utilize gas are very efficient. * Power stations that
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Florida in 1819 may have been an important factor in the creation of Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was a term formed in the 1840’s by John L. O’Sullivan. It was the attitude in the 19th century that said America was destined to stretch from coast to coast and expand their territories. They believed the task was given to them from God‚ so they followed it because coincidentally Americans were strong believers in the Christian faith. Americans were very determined to conquer the remaining land and
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the expression of human creative skill and imagination. It includes the paintings and sculptures. Moreover‚ all the artists have their own expressions and styles that they want to show it to the world. The art works are based on the aesthetic principles. Some of the art works are very famous in the worldwide. Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam is one of the most popular masterpieces. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni is the most famous artist of the Italian Renaissance. He was born in 1475 and
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world – dependence and very large consumption of gasoline. According to the Seattle Times‚ Americans use over 880 million gallons of gasoline per day. With an average of 755 cars for every 1000 people‚ the United States of America consumes more gasoline than South America‚ Europe‚ Africa‚ and Asia combined (Source: Energy Information Agency) ! Modern world get well more than 80% of its energy from fossil fuels‚ major part of it is oil. We use oil everywhere‚ from lipstick and painkillers to gasoline
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