Otto Lilienthal

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    their only passion. Bikes were also a passion of theirs. So after their mother died, the brothers started running a bike shop. They opened their shop in 1892. In their little shop they would fix and repair bikes. They also sold bikes that they manufactured with their own design. They still followed all of the news from the aviation world while running their little bike shop. This bike shop helped them develop the airplane because of their knowledge of how bikes worked. This helped them with the little parts that they needed for their airplane. It was also used as their workshop for the time they spent building their plane. The brothers went to work on finding new ways to create after flight after they heard of the death of Otto Lilienthal. The two decided to head to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina to test their new theories and gliders in the strong winds of Kitty Hawk. While they were watching birds flying one day the saw that they would warp their wings to keep their balance in the air. Curious about this discovery, they put their new observation into their new glider. It ended up working quite well for them. This was the missing element that was needed by previous aviation visionaries to get their gliders to work. All of their hard work paid off on December 17, 1903 when they made the first controlled flight. They were able to fly their plane for 59 seconds and travel 852 feet. Wilbur was the one that flew the plane during this phenomenal achievement. Their…

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    classroom rather then school. So therefore, Orville dropped out of high school his senior year and opened up a print shop in which his brother, Wilbur, would also be a part of. (Bio.com) The brothers had a lot of personal businesses before they actually started with the designs for an airplane. They had their own newspaper called “West Side News." They even then opened up a bicycle store. They were both so fascinated by bikes when they first came out that they even came out with their own…

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    realize that their children read these passages. Anne also decides to explain the changes a young girl experiences while becoming a women, basically “a girl’s maturation into adulthood” (Shuman web). She explains such things extremely vividly and details which some refer to as pornography. One passage appears in the book that slightly suggests homosexuality. Due to these few passages many schools ban this book as a result of complaints from parents. Anne’s diary explains to each generation about…

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    Conflict between forces in nature, humans, groups, states, and countries has been a part of the human condition as long as there have been people and things to fight about. In The Diary Of Anne Frank, a young girl experiences the methodical extermination of the jews by the Nazis in WWII, from the perspective of a family hiding to save their lives. Another type of conflict and resolution is the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the U.S. near the end of WWII. These were actions in response to…

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    Hidden Like Anne Frank: 14 True Stories of Survival is a nonfiction novel, written by Marcel Prins, about fourteen different Jews who risked their lives tremendously and left behind everything they knew to disappear and go into hiding during World War ll to escape Nazi persecution. All of the stories are first-person accounts that tell what it was really like to go into hiding during the war. Every Jew in this book came from the Netherlands, and they all tell their story of having to leave their…

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    Roman Empire. In 996, While Otto III, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, was in Rome, Boleslaw conquered numerous rebellious Slav Tribes, increasing his territory. As a way to form a larger state & lessen the hatred against Christian Poland, Boleslaw decided to convert the tribes to Christianity. In 996, Adalbert, a former monk and bishop of Prague and Italy, was sent by Poland to convert tribes. Adalbert was acquainted with Otto III through the Monastery of Saints Boniface and Alexis, and was…

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    In the diary of Anne Frank , the characters in the book Anne Frank is about a young girl named Anne Frank . Born June 12, 1929, Frankfurt, Germany Died , 1945, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp Germany . Born to Otto Frank and Edith Frank , her sister name was Margot Frank . Her family was Jewish and had to go into hiding under Adolf Hitler rule in January , 30 1933. The Franks hid with the Van Daan’s In the secret Annex , in Mr. Frank's warehouse in Amsterdam . It would taken so much courage ,…

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    Miep kept Anne’s diary, saving it like a treasure. Soon after Otto was out of Bergen-Belsen she knew it was time to read Anne’s writing. When she finally read it, she gave it to Mr. Frank knowing he would want the reassurance of his own daughter. Anne 's wishes were to publish books, and that’s exactly what Otto did. The book called “The Diary Of A Young Girl” was published in the year of 1947. Miep is a courageous woman who is influencing kids and adults to not judge others by their race or…

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    all of its possessions. I was not able to write at this point because I was still trying to regroup from the room before. The quotes that struck me the most in the room where written down in my notebook as I continued through the building. My words and expressions I could muster through poetry left me haunted by the energy still within the walls of property. I also carried with me the energy and intensity of visiting the Jewish quarter and the Jewish Memorial was substantially on my mind as…

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    The diary of Anne frank recently celebrated its 70th anniversary on January 1, 2016. Nevertheless, after seventy years of publication, there are still some issues with the text. The Diary of a Young Girl is, as the name implies, a diary. This fact brings up a number of issues with the publications of this text. Throughout the seventy years of publications, this diary has had various versions, published in many languages. Anne’s father, Otto Frank, edited these versions in order to maximize their…

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