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    Should Be Exploring Space.” 10 Reasons We Should Be Exploring Space | Science and Technology | Space | Spiked, www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/10-reasons-we-should-be-exploring-space/17101#.WeNUw2iCyUk. “Asteroid Mining.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 15 Oct. 2017,…

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    The Westward Expansion Migration While migrating west about fifteen thousand immigrants,which is approximately fifteen percent, are estimated to have died on the Oregon Trail.The Westward Expansion Migration was the migration of about seven million people to the west via the Oregon trail, in 1803 through 1840. The expansion gave America more and new types of land, which includes more farmland.The expansion also doubled the size of the United States and helped the population grow. The…

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    number of slaves dramatically increased the next year when the Dutch captured seized a Portuguese ship with 500 slaves aboard it. 250 slaves were taken to the cape and a few months later 228 slaves were brought down from Guinea. (Wikipedia/ Wikimedia foundation inc.…

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    "American Revolution." For Kids: Life as a Revolutionary War Soldier. Ducksters, 20 Aug. 2014. Web. 25 Sept. 2015. • Pedia, Wiki. "Boston Siege." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 15 June 2006. Web. 25 Sept. 2015. • Pedia, Wiki. "Major Battles." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 02 Apr. 2007. Web. 25 Sept. 2015.…

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    Jude Children's Research Hospital, TJ Martell Foundation, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. In November of 2013 Ariana announced her support to PETA and was becoming a vegan after watching PETA Forks over Knives. She also supported 10 causes: AIDS & HIV, Animals, Cancer, Children, Creative Arts, Education, Family/Parent…

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    Scuba Diving History

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    Instructors was developed, also know as PADI(Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 21 Oct. 2015.). This called for the instructors had to train all of the people who wanted to have a certificate to scuba dive. The beginning of the 21st century is when things really started to boom the scuba diving field. In 2006, Equipped with an ADS 2000 atmospheric suit a US Navy diver establishes a new depth record: 2,000 feet deep(Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 21 Oct. 2015.). The diving suit that he…

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    A guidance counselor is faced with a difficult decision regarding a twelfth grade girl’s perilous last-resort choice. The girl is a straight-A’s honor student. However, at the end of the last semester, she had to take care of her sick mother and fell behind in her school work. She missed multiple weeks of school, resulting in her deciding to buy a report online to turn into her AP Psychology teacher. The AP Psychology teacher caught the girl plagiarizing and sent her to the guidance counselor.…

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    Ottoman Empire Culture

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    Culture of the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire was named after Osman I, the founder and first leader of the empire. It is also referred to as the Turkish Empire by more recent historians due to its capital being located in modern-day Turkey. At its height the Ottoman Empire spanned much of the Middle East as wells as Southeast Europe and parts of North Africa. It bordered the Mediterranean, Caspian, Black, and Red seas. It was comprised of countries that would later exist as modern-day…

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    Sudanese civil wars The Sudanese civil wars are broken into two wars. The first war was from 1955-1972. The second civil war was 1983-2005. Both of these civil wars involved conflict between the North Sudan Government and various rebel groups fighting for separation from the north. In the first civil war, the government fought against a rebel group that went by the name of, “Anyana” who conjoined with the Democratic Republic of Sudan. These two organizations aimed and fought for the South…

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    Jessika Grindstaff October 3, 2014 History of Jazz The Evolution of Free Jazz Free Jazz is a form of jazz that involves collective improvisation without a set chord or rhythm structure. This type of jazz was born during the social, political and civil movements’ era, the sixties. There are many reasons that free jazz was formed, the main one being the limitations in other forms such as bebop, big band and swing. Free jazz was influenced by the works of Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman and John…

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