...(“Columbine”). They were also each carrying a duffel bag containing a twenty-pound propane bomb (“Columbine”). They placed a bomb in the cafeteria, set to explode at 11:17 a.m., the time when the most students would be in one concentrated area. The homemade bomb was strategically placed in the cafeteria to blow the ceiling of the room out, bringing the library crashing down upon explosion, killing another room full of students and faculty simultaneously. The two boys would be located outside the cafeteria, ready to shoot any student able to escape the explosion. Each of their cars were fully equipped with explosives set to detonate shortly thereafter, killing any fleeing individuals as well as any law enforcement officers, journalists and parents who would have undoubtedly flocked to the scene by then. Ironically, the only bomb that exploded properly that day was...
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...Deborah Sampson Gannett was a Massachusetts woman who disguised herself as a man, so she can serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. She served 17 months in the army under the name "Robert Shurtleff’’. Deborah's mother was the great-granddaughter of William Bradford, Governor the Plymouth Colony. Some of Deborah's ancestors included passengers on the Mayflower. Deborah was told that her father had disappeared at sea, but some evidence shows that he abandoned the family and went to Lincoln County, Maine. the Sampson had financial difficulties and, after Jonathan (Deborah’s father) “failed” to return from a sea voyage, his wife was forced to put her children in different households. At the age of 10, Deborah was bound out as an indentured servant to...
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...operational manned space-flight program, is covered. The Mercury Seven were Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. Emphasis is given to the personal stories of the astronauts and their wives rather than the technical aspects of space travel and the flights themselves. The storyline also involves the political reasons for putting people into space, asserting that the Mercury astronauts were actually a burden to the program and were only sent up for promotional reasons. Reasons for including living beings in spacecraft are barely touched upon, but the first option considered was to use a chimpanzee (and, indeed, chimpanzees were sent up first). Another option considered were athletes already accustomed to physical stress, such as circus trapeze artists. Wolfe states that President Dwight D. Eisenhower, however, insisted on pilots, even though the first crew members would not actually fly the spacecraft. When Gus Grissom lands at sea and exits his space capsule, saving the capsule seems more important to the recovery team than saving the pilot because of the value of the data. Wolfe contrasts the Seven with the Edwards test pilots, among whom was Chuck Yeager, who was shut out of the astronaut program after NASA officials decided to use college-degreed pilots, not ones who gained their commissions as enlisted men, such as participants in the USAAF Flying Sergeants Program in World War II. Chuck Yeager spent time with Tom...
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...blubber and oil to make light up lamps in the old days. This made many whaling companies rich. Whereas today whales aren’t as popular as they used to be, because people have electricity now. As of today, there is only a small amount of whaling companies left because it is no longer profitable and most of them are out of debt or broke. Many people are against it now, even many Japanese citizens are against this crime. Many people are against it, but there are two anti-whaling organizations called Green Peace and Sea Shepherd. They are known for going up to Japanese whaling ships and causing maximum distraction. Green Peace is known for using their ships to crash into Japanese whaling boats. In August, the activist group Sea Shepherd announced it was abandoning its Antarctic whaling face off with Japan. But, in June 2017, Australia launched new whaling laws passed by the Japanese Parliament that allows the country to protect its fleet against activists such as Sea Shepard. Health concerns consist of, that the red juice that comes from the whale meat that is supposedly bad for your heart. But the funny thing is the red juice is not blood. Whale meat can cause heart attacks, nerve failure, kidney problems and much more. While whale meat is also often cooked rare in Japanese sushi restaurants, most people know that rare meat is bad for you. Whaling is not a culture or tradition its plain out murder. Japan’s old way of killing whales is far different from the method they use today...
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...As a little girl growing up in America I have always dreamed of raising my own family and getting married but American culture has grown accustomed to not so traditional ways. According to Merriam Webster Dictionary marriage is the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law. Marriage is no longer just about a man and a woman committing themselves to each other for life, it now encompasses, gay and lesbians as well, as they pledge to love, honor, and trust each other all the days of their lives . Today same-sex marriage is one the biggest controversies and it seems like no one could ever come to a common agreement. Personal characteristics such as upbringing, culture, religion, ethnicity all play a major role in determining ones feelings on a given controversial issue. Although gays, just like any other human being have a right to a life of dignity, pursuit of happiness, people against homosexuality term such unions as unnatural. In this essay I will persuade the reader why same-sex marriage should be allowed to get married and what civil unions like LGBT are doing to fight back. One of the most arguments against gay marriage is that if they are legalized, the institution of marriage will lose its significance. Traditionally, we think of marriage as a union between a man and woman recognized by law. However the definition of marriage varies different meanings for different cultures but...
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...Purpose and History Amirah Shepard CJA/234 June 9, 2014 Shawna Olachea Purpose and History American culture has always placed importance on punishing people who commit acts unacceptable to the social norms of society. Because of this need, the development of prisons were constructed to house the individuals, so they can serve their time away from free individuals. Prisons are an intricate part of our history, starting from the late 1700’s up until now our system continues to redefine itself based on the needs of society. I will explore the evolution of punishment, prison system and how prison labor impacts over time. Punishment can be defined as the correctional goal with emphasis on inflicting pain or suffering. (Seiter, 2011) Punishment is used as a form of social control, it is viewed, that, a person will refrain from wrongdoing if the consequences impact their freedom. Since the ancient times of the Code of Hammarbi, banishment, and beheading punishment has been a part of how our culture deals with offenders. We can trace back punishment to the colonial days where punishment was based on community opinion and punishment was publicly displayed to ridicule and deter others from such behavior. This type of punishment started to transform into a more organized structure because of enlightened political philosophy, a more humane approach was sought. Incarceration became the vehicle in which the American justice system dealt with deviant behavior. Sir Alex Patterson...
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...Lecturer: Allison Knight Date: 25/08/2014 Kurrawa Underwater Discovery Centre Author: Alicia Gill Student Number: 0079400T Subject: TOU 201 Tourist Experiences Lecturer: Allison Knight Date: 25/08/2014 Table of contents 1. Introduction 2 2. The Business Idea 2 3. Target Markets 3 3.1. Market Needs 3 4. Classification of Business 3 5. The Experience 4 6. Experiences 5 6.1. Educational Zone 5 6.2. Marine Educational Lecture Theatre 5 6.3. Poisonous Creatures 5 6.4. Touch Rock Pool 5 6.6. Open Water Viewing Tunnel 5 6.7. Kelp Forest 5 6.8. Sea Jellies 5 6.9. The Great Barrier Reef Exhibit 6 6.10. Our Fragile Waters 6 7. The Risks 6 8. Risk Mitigation 7 9. Aquarium Design 7 10. Future Trends 8 10.1. Social 8 10.2. Environmental 8 10.3. Political 8 11. Conclusion 8 table of figures Figure 1 Kurrawa Underwater Discovery Centre Design 10 1. Introduction This report is based on designing a tourism product, finding a market, explaining the experience and the risks involved. The report also contains concepts of the impacts of political, social and environmental issues. The tourism product designed is the Kurrawa Underwater Discovery Centre. This product is intended to provide an underwater adventure for the target market of families whilst the main concept...
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...refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. PSALM 27 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. PSALM 139 7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: it I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. HEBREWS 11 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. PSALM 23 1 The Lord is my shepard; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surley goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. MATTHEW 8: 19-34 19 And a certain scribe came, and...
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...work , we have the opportunity to explore the short story genre with detailed castings, large capacity and style have many implications, giving depth of work that hard to say. Not everyone has experienced the brink of life and death so this research is the logical choice 1.2. Purpose and aim of study The purpose of this research was to understand profoundly the meaning of life , Survival battle between man and wolf in the love life is intense, but it appears much simpler than the struggle that find out yourself, just how to get rid of social ties Unfortunately, that was re-created by human. The truth value of the first affordable life is the truth value of each individual life? Go find it, as we seek answers to these questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Where will we go ? to uncover the nature world around him, and discovered a conflict can not be overcome, a conflict can not be explained by the management and victory his philosophical theories. Death is the only salvation. There is even a despicable other world to this? Jack London has made me pessimistic, lost faith in that society, open up an opportunity to be optimistic, to believe in ourself. Only believe in ourself - perhaps this is selfish and extremist, but certainly it gives us a significant advantage in our life. 1.3. Research scope This assignment refers only to the struggle for survival battle between the harsh natural environment...
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... Even with growing knowledge in the field, it was not until 1957 when the first Earth orbiter, the Soviet’s Sputnik 1, was sent into space and placed in orbit at an altitude of 1,370 miles and weighed ! 184 pounds. Later in that year, the Soviets sent Sputnik 2 into space with a dog named Laika. Laika was the first animal to venture into space. Then in 1985, the United States successfully sent their very own satellite into space. In 1960, the Soviets launched to dogs into space and successfully returned them to Earth. From this point started the space race. The space race was a challenge between the USSR and the United States to see who could land a man on the moon first. In 1961, the first man in space was cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin who was in space for 60 minutes before returning to Earth in Vostok 1 and was sent by the USSR. Astronaut Shepard flew the first manned sub-orbital space-flight by the Americans. The first true American orbital flight was by John Glen and he stayed in space for five hours in Mercury 6 in 1962. Then in 1963, the USSR sent the first woman into...
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...promising to enable tourist to travel to space. From now to the next couple of years, we are expected to see many launches including testing and commercial flights into suborbital and low Earth orbit. There are also some private companies, who were awarded by NASA for their space programs to carry astronauts to the space station. II. Virgin Galactic – Scaled Composites (Suborbital): Virgin Galactic – Scaled Composites founded by Burt Rutan designed a unique type of spacecraft. Using a mothership aircraft, the space plane will be carried to midair and then be released to launch toward the edge of the atmosphere. Using carbon composite construction, the company has introduced two version of the space plane: SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo along with two model of the mothership aircraft: WhiteKnightOne and WhiteKnightTwo. (Ref 1,3) A. Spaceship: a. SpaceshipOne – WhiteKnightOne: Scaled Composites first launched the SpaceShipOne to the suborbital in 2004 while the first of WhiteKnightOne was in 2002. Overall, the WhiteKnightOne’s features are carriage and launch of payloads up to 7,000lbs; internal fuel capacity up to 6,400lbs; altitude capability above 53,000ft; having large three-place cabin (60” diameter outside, 59” inside); sea level cabin qualified for unlimited altitude; ECS scrubs CO2 for removing humidity and defogging windows; two crew doors with dual seals and dual-pane windows; manual flight controls with three-axis electric trim; avionics including INS-GPS...
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...Alen Sonny Mr. Lewis APUSH Period 5 13 April, 2014 The War between Communism and Democracy for Dominance of Space The Space Race was a war of firsts between the United States of America and the Union Soviet Socialist Republics. But it was also the culmination of the dreams of man for many millennia and the team who worked on the space programs was able to discover what so many of the people that came before and after them could only dream of. It was an endeavor that all of humanity was invested in at the time. It was a testament to the power of the human spirit and it showed how nothing was impossible if we persevered and strived to be better. The space race did not start as one would expect with the respective American and Soviet space agencies. But rather it began with the German V2 missile launches towards the end of World War 2. The V2 missile was designed by Wernher Von Braun a German scientist who had dreamed of traveling to the moon for many years; however this dream had to be secret as it was considered to be treasonous and not helpful to the German cause. Von Braun and many other amateur rocketeers were drafted into the German war machine in order to help build a super weapon and their base was Peenemünde. When the war was nearing its end the Third Reich unleashed its secret weapon, the V2 missile. It could hit anywhere within its target range and there would be no warning. When it hit, it caused scenes of mass destruction. The V2 missiles were to be Hitler’s...
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...otherwise, it is surrounded by water. The Mediterranean Sea separates it from Europe in the north; the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden lie between it and the Arabian Peninsula to the east. Two vast bodies of water—the Indian Ocean on the eastern side, and the even larger Atlantic on the west—surround the remainder of Africa. A Why Africa is important One of the greatest civilizations of all time, Egypt, was in Africa. Perhaps the only ancient civilizations that can be compared with it are those of Greece and Rome, which were influenced by it. Egypt, of course, has had its own chapter in this series; and Carthage, in North Africa, is also covered elsewhere. The focus of this chapter is entirely on Africa south of the Sahara 283 Map of Africa. XNR Productions. The Gale Group. Desert—that is, sub-Saharan Africa—as well as on the desert itself. That desert would have an impact on African history right up to the modern day; so, too, would the African civilizations of ancient times. There was the kingdom of Kush, which developed its own form of writing and briefly ruled Egypt; the kingdom of Aksum, an important trading center; and the Bantu peoples, who developed ironworking and spread it, along with their languages, throughout the southern part of the African continent. The origins of humankind Though there is much dispute regarding how humankind began, paleoanthropologists (pay-lee-oh-an-throhPAHL-uh-jistz; scientists who study human origins) generally agree that humanity originated...
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...Question : What country produces Rioja wines? Answer: Spain Question : Who was the favourite daughter of Shakespeare's King Lear? Answer : Cordelia Question : Which is the brightest star? Answer: Sirius Question : Which star has collapsed into itself? Answer : Black Hole Question : Which is the heaviest star? Answer : HDE 269810 IN Magellanic Cloud Question : Which Australkian city includes the suburbs of Cottesloe and Subiaco? Answer : Perth Question : Who discovered Oxygen in 1774? Answer : Joseph Priestly Question : Name the author of A Town Like Alice Answer : Nevil Shute Question : How many Earth years does it take Pluto to orbit the sun? Answer : 248 Question : What name is given to the central part of a fleshy fruit, containing the seeds? Answer : The core Question: What letter appears to the right of Y on a keyboard? Answer : U Question : What is it that makes soda water fizz? Answer : Carbon Dioxide Question : What disease is the Sabin Vaccine used to prevent? Answer : Polio Question : Name the actor grandfather of Drew Barrymore. Answer : John Barrymore Question : Who is the female host of the television show, Better Homes and Gardens? Answer : Noni Hazlehurst Question : Which comedian once said, "A well-balanced person has a drink in each hand"? Answer : Billy Connolly Computer Quiz Abacus is considered as the first known counting device and it was orginated from Asia. Abacus worked on a place-value notion...
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...but does not help to understand segment motivations. However, environmental events experienced during one’s coming of age create values that remain relatively unchanged throughout one’s life. Such values provide a common bond for those in that age group, or generational cohort. Segmenting by ‘coming of age’ age provides a richer segmentation approach than birth age. This study compares two significant cohorts: Baby Boomers and Generation Y, with respect to their shopping behavior and purchase involvement for food, clothing and automobiles. For the three types of products, Baby Boomers value the retail experience and in-store service higher than Generation Y. For Baby Boomers, the purchase process starts with a retailer the consumer trusts, who gives advice for choosing the right product, while for Generation Y, the purchase process starts with choosing a product. This study presents implications for retail strategies that have an appeal to different...
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