European Space Agency

Have you ever heard of a tap tap? Three summers ago, I discovered a tap tap not just a nickname for banging a pencil on a deck, but a kind of taxi in Haiti. They are called tap taps because the passengers will signal the driver to stop or go by simply tapping on the back of the truck. I learned this fact on a mission trip to Haiti three summers ago. The trip was a very eye opening experience where I learned that I have many things to be thankful for. This past summer, I decided to go on another…

difficult task for countless amounts of human beings. When you factor in that earth is our home, also that that we have been here since the day we were born; it can be a hassle to explain to an individual that in addition to us there are possibly space inhabitants in the universe. This could possibly be a highly advanced being or maybe a Black Hole. Innumerable amounts of people have grown a phobia of black holes. This can mainly be blamed on the fact that numerous amounts of famous Hollywood…

By way of contrast, in postmodernism a lot of aspects of life are shown as constructs of society. Manzanar for example, relied on highways and heavy traffic from the inner city to help him “conduct” the congested streets of Los Angeles (53). The novel also included a map of the city, which also created a feeling of uncertainty since the maps were destined to change; unexpected, sudden changes that often times lead you to a dead-end-road. What is more important, is that the maps also had “layers”…

For example, on page 206 the Warden says, “ When I was little I'd watch my parents dig holes, every weekend and holiday. When I got bigger, I had a to dig, too. Even on Christmas.“ The fact that she is still digging after all this time, shows that the Warden really is determined. Another example, is on page 77, when X-Ray finds what seems to be a lipstick tube with the initials: KB. (Though the Warden didn’t know Stanley actually uncovered it.) She proceeded to dig all around X-rays hole…

Space - defined as “the distance from other people or things that a person needs in order to remain comfortable” - is a rudimentary concept invoked at various times in an individual’s life. Often it is regarded as a form of punishment, enforced through “timeouts” in the vestigial stages of childhood and through a rather gruelling process called “grounding” during adolescence. However, as the years progress, the concept of space is suddenly deemed as a positive, fundamental part of personal…

One is the Integrated Ballistics Identification System (IBIS). As stated by the National Police Commission (NPC), IBIS is a system wherein all evidences gathered such as bullets, in the actual scenes of firearm-related cases are encoded and recorded in a database. This system is intended for cross-matching of guns; and, for easier future references especially during investigation and court trials as it has a capability to store, compare, and recall even millions of data entries in the database.…

challenges to aid effectiveness are high complexity, enormous transaction costs, lack of strategic and holistic approaches, and lack of country ownership. High complexity involves the coordination between numerous international aid agencies, and within those aid agencies. The United States, for example, has been said to have contradictory, as well as competing, objectives within its aid system. This system, therefore, is said to be “disjointed and increasingly difficult to manage.” Enormous…

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Some Space to Some Place There is a place that is neither here nor there. I have always been drawn to the in-betweeness. I have spent so much of my life, whether spending time on the airplane or learning new language, exploring places I have never been. When I first travelled internationally at 7, everything was unreal–sitting on a chair for 13 hours, looking out the tiny rounded window to see endless view down below, calculating time lag. Ever since that day, I was always waiting and wanting…

they argue that the mind and the brain are two distinct entities. Since the mind is not located in physical space according to Dualists, then one is left wondering how then it can cause or affected something that is located in physical space. Again applying Leibniz Law, this would seem to mean that if A causes B, then A must be located somewhere in space and B must be located somewhere in space. For A to affect B, they must be physically next to each other in some way. Therefore, there is no way…