There are two types of flying squirrels native to North America, the Northern and Southern Flying Squirrels. They do not have wings like birds, but they do have excess skin on their bodies between their legs that spreads out and acts as wings when they "fly" from tree to tree in the forest. There ...

The Explosion of the Challenger The 1960s and 1970s were a time of great confusion and turmoil in the United States. Americans were afraid, paranoid, and insecure due to events like Watergate, Arab oil price hikes, and the Iranian hostage situation. The U.S. Space Program, or NASA, was becoming...

Flying or Driving When planning a trip, many individuals choose to rent cars and drive to their destinations instead of flying. Even though both of these options are good means of traveling, they have different advantages and disadvantages in areas such as safety, cost and time. More than thirty m...

BACKGROUND PAPER ON THE AWACS COUNTER-DRUG MISSION AND HOW THE AST HELPS 1. Mayhem! Chaos! Lives Destroyed! Drugs ruin many lives and it does not stop with the user. Some people are going to do whatever it takes to get drugs into the United States. United States Customs officials reported du...

Although the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor caught us off guard, not all American military planners were surprised. As far back as the 1920s some officers warned that the Japanese were to be our next enemy and that an attack on our Navy at a place like Pearl Harbor was inevitable. In 1924, Army Bri...

Reflection on the Terrorism of September 11th, 2001 When they first told us over the announcements that two planes had flew into the Twin Towers and that another one had flew into the Pentagon, it didn't register in my head right away because I haven't heard anything like this before. I thou...

Man's desire to rule the skies has been the driving force behind one of his greatest adventures. In prehistoric times birds and dragonlike flying reptiles sailed through the air. When man appeared on Earth, he watched and envied the birds flying in the sky.Early man also wondered about the sm...

All Muslims Are Not Terrorists Although all people from all parts of the world should be aware of the catastrophic terrorist attack that occurred in the United States on September eleventh, 2001 as well as the heartbreak it caused for at least five thousand families, the racial profiling and stere...

America Changed Forever!! It was a typical day for me on Tuesday the 11th. I woke up like it was any other day and went through my usual routine to get ready for school. It wasn't till I arrived at the Delta parking lot and turned off my CD player that I found out about the World Trade Cente...

Controversy On The Beach 1 A big issue in the South today has arisen from the confederate battle flag that was used during the Civil War. Many people argue that the battle flag should fly across the southern states. In Harrison County, Mississippi there has been controversy...

Should Saddam Hussein be forcibly removed from power? Although many of America's allies refuse to support military action against Saddam because of possible casualties, Saddam must be removed from power because of the thereat that he poses to the world. Saddam Hussein must be forcibly removed...

The Bermuda Triangle, located between Florida, Puerto Rico, and Bermuda, has had many mysterious events occur over the past five hundred years. There are many facts people can learn from this place. Christopher Columbus was the first known discoverer of the Bermuda Triangle. Many United States plan...

Throughout its history, the United States of America has had its fair share of terrorism and radical demonstrations. Terrorism is a fact of life that we would all wish would go away but can't. Mental and physical scars pinpoint the heartbreak and sorrow of a once free and safe nation. In the area o...

An American to me, is someone who is willing to fight for and defend our country, someone who will fly our flag high, without any type of indignity, someone who is honest and cares for the welfare of our people. Most of all, an American has to have pride and faith in all that our country does, parti...

My Journey to Mexico My youth group and I went to Mexico the summer of my freshmen year. We were curious how the trip would turn out at first. But by the end, we were happy with the decision we chose. It was amazing on the way to Mexico because I had never flown. Many things were unusual, lik...

Cuban Missile Crisis is based on major conflict between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), which was over Soviet-supplied missile installations in Cuba. It was regarded as the world's closest approach to nuclear war. In 1960 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev began ...

Pearl harbor is one of the most shocking and surprising attacks that has ever happened to the United States. In no way, shape, or form did our country know that something this horrible would sneak up on us. Even though the next paragraphs are greatly interesting, the effects were terrible and it ...

Present-day Iraq has long been a burial ground for ancient treasures. Archeologists have found Sumerian tablets, Babylonian jewels, and Assyrian obelisks. However, the question asked by many is if you kept digging would find more ancient artifacts. The answer is not likely, you are however more like...

During the 50s and the 60s television had a huge impact on Americans lives.timeAmericans relied strongly apond the T.V. this allowed American people as well as the rest of the world to see things and witness things without even being remotely close. Television took one of its first major steps in ...

Shooting Stars "When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are. All your heart desires will come to you." Disney writers and most other people do not realize that when they see a shooting star and wish on it, they actually silently speak to a chunk of ice, dirt or sp...

As I awoke from the sounds of a journalist, I noticed that it didn't sound like the everyday Spokane news. I looked up at the TV, seeing the World Trade Center with thick black smoke coming out of the South tower. I thought that it was just a fire or something, but as I kept watching I saw the ...

As soon as American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center, America changed. America was no longer a virgin to the evils and hatred that the real world offered. The ideals that America was impervious to attacks and threats were shattered, and fear took its pl...

Soda or "pop" has become more and more a part of our culture. It was once a considered a treat but is now more like a beverage to go with every meal, and all times in between. Now it would be hard to find a household in the U.S. that doesn't have any cola in the refrigerator. To ac...

Amelia Earhart's Last Flight "There is nothing special about flying around the world," George Putnam told his wife Amelia. "People have already done it" (Earhart 73). "Yes," Amelia replied, "but nobody has ever done it at the Equator, where the distance...

The recent attacks on the United States are among the worst terrorist attacks the world has ever seen. As stated by President Bush on September 11,2001, in an address to the nation, "Our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly t...