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    In the United States, receiving a respectable education is an essential part of the “American Dream.” The majority of Americans begin their schooling through local public school systems because their parents already pay school district taxes and sometimes school supplies. After graduating high school, there are some young adults who intend to further their education and obtain a college degree. However, most people right out of high school do not have a stable financial income to pay for college…

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    landing so that her ears don't get clogged. Now those are some of the things that have worked for me on very long flights. Madison is a pro at flying and her ears has only gotten clogged once, and that's because she fell asleep on our flight from Iceland to London. Our simple trick of holding your nose and blowing worked miracles. These tips can be used not only on your flight but also before your flight. If there's a layover, it's always a great idea to pull out your supplies and get busy…

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    longing for the past we don't control nature it controls us Trying to control nature makes bad thing happen Nature cannot be controlled by humans Raymond Douglas Bradbury was an American fantasy writer, well known for his many short stories, some of which have been described as prophetic. It was Ray Bradbury who conceived Bluetooth headsets half a century before the concept was even considered possible and not sci fi, this is true with facebook, flat screen tvs, self driving cars,…

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    Is your house safe? Do you feel safe in your own home? Do you feel safe in your hometown? Is the world safe? There are too many crimes in the world. This is an issue because good people are being robbed and assaulted by people that are too lazy to get a job and a life of their own. Due to the crimes and the lack of gun safety the government should make it a law that high schools should have a gun safety classes and the people of American should carry a gun with them because it would make…

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    Noting the promise and potential big data analytics offers in the healthcare industry, it is equivalently important to consider the potential technical and socio-political challenges it will face during its development and in the wake of its implementation. Firstly some of the biggest technical challenges big data analytics must face include driving the collection of health data in real-time and minimizing lag between data collection and processing (W. Raghupathi and V. Raghupathi). Additionally…

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    Roots Of Democracy Essay

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    Democracy The roots of Democracy can be traced back to the year 508 BC, when Cleisthenes, put in power by the people, put into effect major political reforms in Athens. In 462 BC a Direct Democracy was introduced by Pericles to the Athenian people which allowed them to vote and participate in the administration of the state. Direct Democracy has two preconditions, “The community must be small enough for citizens to be capable of attending debates and voting on issues. And its economy must give…

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    Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer who proposed reaching Asia by means of a westward route across the Atlantic Ocean, and instead discovered and explored the Caribbean, as well as parts of Central and South America. Initially sponsored by King Ferdinand (1452-1516) and Queen Isabella (1451-1504) of Spain in 1492, Columbus is popularly believed to have been the first European to land and therefore discover the "New World" of the Americas. He is also credited with opening…

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    Poem Analysis: Wanderlust

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    Wanderlust This poem primarily features a steady iambic tetrameter. It also possess several rhyming elements, such as assonance in lines 6 (“leave the phone and hit the road”) and 8 (“the sea we call routine”). The poem also uses alliteration, as in lines 9 and 10 (“gladly go across the globe, To glimpse the glory”) and slant rhyme in lines 2 and 4 (air, here) and lines 9 and 10 (globe, behold). The poem uses the repetition of “let’s” to signify the sense of urgency the narrator has Shanghai…

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    Before The Cold War

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    Poland, and Romania. Along with the United States one of their major allies during the Cold War was NATO. NATO stands for Northern Atlantic Treaty Organization. The twelve founding countries in alliance with NATO Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States (“Member Countries”). Now there are twenty eight countries in NATO. Both sides received advantages because of their allies…

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    starboard" (which turned the ship to port -- left). He also ordered the engine room to put the engines in inverse. If he didn’t order that, maybe they had a little chance to prevent the disaster. The Titanic did bank left, but it wasn't quite sufficient. 3.The Titanic's Newspaper The Titanic seemed to have everything on bead, including its own print. The Atlantic Daily Bulletin was pressed every day on board the Titanic containing news, advertisements, stock prices, horse-racing results,…

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