brave. I can’t believe that he climbed a skyscraper! I wish that I had the climbing skills that he has. It seems like Peak has been climbing his whole life‚ probably because his father‚ Josh Wood‚ is a professional climber and he taught him how to climb. Since Peak’s mother‚ Teri Marcello‚ fell of a 30 ft. wall when she was free-climbing and broke her back and shattered her hip‚ I agree with her that climbing is very dangerous. I think the relationship between Peak and his father is interesting
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The reason people climb Mount Everest is a mixture of things but mainly to accomplish something inside yourself. If you are an avid climber and that’s your passion but there are other feelings that come along with it such as feeling powerful when you finally reach your goal of the summit or the thrill of almost dieing or the adrenaline that comes with helping or saving someone else’s life. It’s simply because it’s dangerous and human beings can’t stay away from something that is dangerous‚ it is
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Cyrus McCormick: Inventor of the Year 1831 Have you ever thought of where your produce comes from? If you have‚ then you’ve probably thought of the supermarket‚ or more logically‚ a farm. In a barnyard they have all these different kinds of animals; cattle‚ pigs‚ chickens‚ maybe even horses. The farmer always takes good care of his animals‚ but what about all the other stuff‚ like his crops? Crops are one of the most important things on a farm. They need to be tended and cared for‚ like the
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Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla is an Indian entrepreneur who has a net worth of $4.9 billion. Dr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla has accumulated his fortune as the Chairman of Poonawalla‚ which is the world’s largest producer of vaccines. It produces more than one billion doses annually through an Indian bio-tech company called Serum Institute of India. The group saw an almost 50% jump in revenues last fiscal year on higher sales of specific vaccines that were used in Africa or were part of India’s immunization system
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The Dateline video on Julia Butterfly‚ Out On a Limb‚ was my favorite of the three videos this week. I liked the theme that one women could make so much of a change. She was risking her life because she thought it was the only way people would notice what was happening in the Redwood forest‚ she wasn’t wrong. I didn’t actually know that only 3% of the virgin redwood forest remains‚ most likely less than that now. If she protested on the ground‚ they would have chopped down the trees‚ including the
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happen. The role model I have chosen is one who inspires me‚ even though he is someone I never met. My role model is my great-great uncle General William M. “Bud” Miley. My family called him Uncle Bud. He was a career military officer who reached the rank of Major General. He also started the first paratroop division. In 1943 Miley organized the activation of the 17th Airborne Division. He was the sole commander of the 17th through WWII. He led them in battle on the Western Front‚ Battle of
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Persia today the nation of Iran and when Cyprus was conquering the nearing regions. During 539 B.C.E.‚ King Cyrus chose to grow the limits of Persia. He started by vanquishing Babylon. Cyrus was different from other conquerors who ruled and dictated people but Cyrus was known for his kindness to all the people and regions he conquered especially the Jews who were treated unfairly. Cyrus did not transform the people into slaves and
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church and cussed all the time. Some of the people in the war were also very corrupt and did not do things as they should be done. The way that the enemy was looked at was even changed. All of these things were talked about in "The Civil War Diary of Cyrus F. Boyd". Boyd talks about how everyone was very eager to volunteer to join the military to have fun and to make some money and it seemed to be very easy because the war was expected to be very short. Things started to look a bit different even when
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Book Arrangement: The Kid who Climbs Everest opens to a short “Thank You” page dedicated to three crucial characters in Bear Grylls life: Pasang‚ Nima‚ and Shara. Following this dedication is the table of contents‚ here the reader can easily maneuver their way through the book. The table of contents is succeeded by a map of Everest‚ this map allows the reader to visualize the voyage they are set to embark on. After the map is a forward where Rev. Cooper gives backstory on the great mountain; an
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Is it the climb? Can you fully understand the true meaning of a song by simply just watching the video with no sound behind it? Is the experience the same if you read the lyrics or listen to a song‚ rather than watching the music video? Most would agree that alone the lyrics and video of a song can only aid so much understanding. One without the other leaves the audience missing key components of the songs message. It is the combination of both the textual and visual elements that allows us to get
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