The Day the Earth Stopped

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    It was a gray day. The sun did not shine; it could not sever the layers of powdery black skies and the fog. The thick mist that was not really rain and not really fog covered the southeastern corner of New Jersey. It was depressing, just like most days in the area surrounding the Overbrook Asylum. On the outside, Overbrook was a welcoming place where patients were treated with care and respect; the inside was very different. I entered the asylum as a nurse in May of 1910 and was excited to be able to lend a helping hand to the people in need. I always had an interest in what made people tick and what made people think the way they did. The hospital had provided me a living area for the time I was there. The hospital wanted nurses who were on-call twenty-four hours a day, because the only time patients were allowed to leave the facility was to visit with family on holidays or…

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    make out what was inside the jars, and I'm sure I wouldn't want to either. I crept around the large room, picking up mysterious objects and studying them. Kian walked back down the staircase and went to who-knows-where. Naomi stood by my side the whole time, checking out everything in the room just as I did. "I bet this was the room where they tortured and experimented on the patients." Naomi observed. I nodded, thinking the same thing. I suddenly felt Naomi's presence leave me. I turned to…

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    Are the seven days of creation literal or figurative? What is the meaning of “day” in Genesis? Hours or eons? On the first day, God created the entire universe. On the second day, God separated the waters above the earth from the waters on the surface of the earth. On the third day, God formed the land out of the seas. Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them”, and it was so (Genesis…

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    Beauty of our Planet (3) The earth is round. It is rotating every 24 hours with one complete rotation on its axis. That one rotation, is called a day. Imagine that sun shines as a flashlight that descends on the earth. That flash light won’t shines the whole earth but only a part of it. While the opposite side of the earth would be dark, our side would receive the sunlight. Sometimes, a solar eclipses occur at New Moon, when the moon is between Earth and the Sun. Lunar eclipse occur, when Earth…

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    and the Bible’s account of Noah’s Flood in Genesis. Both stories of the Great Flood on the earth carry similarities and differences from one another, which can be observed through the timing of events during and following the Flood, the actions of Utanapishtim and Noah following the Flood, and the interactions between Utanapishtim and the gods and Noah and God. First, in comparing the passages of the Epic of Gilgamesh and Noah’s Flood, differences in the timings of events can be spotted. In the…

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    save the earth day by day. People are trying to be conservative in their daily lives. Performing daily tasks for survival in moderation is how people express conservative values in their lives. However, the word conservative cannot exist with only one meaning. Numerous, elaborate definitions are present in the word conservative. One potential analysis of conservative relates to the physical aspect of the word. Conservatism is a way of life. A modest lifestyle is a form of the word…

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    Jovian Moons

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    planet or moon. 1)The benefits of studying other worlds, moons, and asteroids is beyond great. By studying other worlds we learn more about our solar system and how it works. Also, we can see what other planets have gone through and if they lost atmosphere, stopped having a magnetic field, and stopped having geologic activity. We need to understand why these have stopped and lost their atmosphere and why. Because it can potentially save our own planet and species from extinction. 2) There should…

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    The Miasma Research Paper

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    miasma could linger on the clothes and bedding of the infected as well (Slack, 437). However, there was debate about the origin of the miasma. Some said that God sent the miasma directly to Earth, others said that the miasma was due to certain alignments of the stars. German physician Konrad von Megenberg blamed the miasma on earthquakes caused by God. He believed that the earth held poisonous gases inside, and when God sent an earthquake, the poisonous air could escape through the cracks in the…

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    Have you ever walked down the road and seen hundreds of cans and bottles that were just tossed out the window? The earth is being polluted more and more each day as people are tossing their trash on the ground. Millions of dollars are spent every year, making simple things such as plastic bottles, because people are sending them to landfills instead of recycling bins. The earth is becoming a dirty place and it is already beginning to impact us. The best ways to make the earth cleaner are to…

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    Proof Of God's Existence

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    surround us on a day to day basis. To begin with, the Merriam-Webster dictionary website defines faith as “strong belief or trust in someone…

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