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…catalogue. I decided that I could use the magic catalogue to get off the island........but how? BINGO! I wished for 20 tables, a kite with a VERY long string, a mattress, a belt, a bathtub and a towel. First, I clogged the bathtub drain with a towel, and laid…

…the telephone was first introduced to the world at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. While working on the telephone, Bell mentioned to Watson that their next project would be a flying machine. Bell began with flying kites; he made a kite stable enough…

…was not thinking of the consequences that could have occurred during that famous "kite experiment." Had he not taken the risk and flown the kite during a thunderstorm, one can wonder if we would have electricity today. Therefore, risk-taking is crucial to being…

…stated, that it is better to die in the glory of youth than to rest too long on one's laurels, only to see those laurels wither. The setting is the funeral of a young champion runner. Rather than join the others in mourning, however, the speaker is instead…

…want to remember someone or be remembered, after their deaths, in some special way. In the poem “Afterwards”, the speaker wonders if he will be remembered as a person who loves nature. The young runner in the poem “To an Athlete Dying Young” dies…

…these campaigns often are a chore to understand exactly what the company is communicating to its audience. Fig. 1, One of Nike’s print ads depicts the silhouette of a runner under a dark, nighttime background. Surrounded by a light haze and outlined by the white…

…in one's prime rather than to live to a rip old age just to see all their accomplishments fade and become meaningless to everyone. "To an Athlete Dying Young" takes place at a young champion runner's funeral or possibly before the funeral at the memorial…

…has never been more apparent. Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" and Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner" have extrapolated this idea of the disintegration in the relationship between humanity and nature, to create contrasting and dystopic environments, predicting…

…skateboarding and snowboarding Third main point: Much like wakeboarding developed from surfing and skateboarding, other sports have developed from wakeboarding. Supporting Ideas: -"Wakeskating" (Skateboard/Wakeboard) -"Kiteboarding" (Wakeboard/Kite…

…kite experiment. He wrote a letter to his friend about his amazing musical instrument called the armonica. In 1776, Franklin helps Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence. In 1784, he enevnted glasses commenting that it helps him "hear…