Flying Tigers is the name of a mercenary group of American pilots that helped defend China and the Burma Road from the bombing of the Japanese during World War II. The name of their planes was Tomahawks‚ but the Chinese called them Fei Hu for the sharks teeth painted on their planes. Flying Tigers were known as the American Volunteer Group of the Chinese Air Force. The Flying Tigers did not see combat until December 1941 when the Japanese started bombing China. Jim Gordon‚ the leader of the Flying
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The abductor pollicis longus in flying squirrels is a prominent muscle‚ despite the fact that the thumb is minuscule. It takes origin from the extensor surfaces of the radius and ulna‚ as in other squirrels‚ and the tendon passes through the radial compartment of the wrist superficial to the tendons of the extensor carpi radialis brevis and longus muscles. The tendon of the abductor pollicis longus bifurcates with one part inserting on the metacarpal of the thumb and the other part inserting on the
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THE ARRIVAL OF A FLYING SAUCCER It was 9:30 pm. As it was a cold winter night not many people could be found on the streets of Florida. Besides it was a Friday night when everyone used to rest after 5 weekdays. However I was late again to return from my office. I was freezing along in the lonely field four miles away from my home. Suddenly my car halted without any explanation. Quickly I got out of my car to check what was wrong. After opening the bonnet I was pleased to find every part was
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This is why people are driven to know more about science‚ to make better technology. The flying car would revolutionize the world and change normal living behaviors. With the advancing technologies that are emerging today flying cars are just around the corner. Within the next 10 years flying cars will hit the sky and be sold on a normal basis. New technologies such as fuel cells will make the flying car much more practical due to the fact that they will require a great deal of energy to operate
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traffic‚ wishing to yourself that your car could just take off into the air‚ fly straight over the backed up highway and get you home within minutes? Flying cars have always been a concept of the future but it’s starting to look as if the future is here. As crazy as it sounds‚ the PAL-V One has just successfully concluded a series of test flights in their flying car at the Gilze Rijen Airport (The Netherlands). The PAL-V stands for Personal Air and Land Vehicle. It is actually referred to as a gyrocopter
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“Flying At Night”: A Poets Understanding of Life as it is In a world as large and busy as our own‚ it is often hard for humanity to comprehend the many mysteries that are present in our lives. In reality many of these mysteries will remain unanswered until the end of time‚ however it is essential for humanity to view itself as only a very small part of existence in its entirety. This unique perspective on life is a major theme throughout Ted Kooser’s “Flying at Night”. In the eyes of the poet
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FLYING SHUTTLE ` Many of us will have studied the Industrial Revolution at schools and heard of the ‘Flying Shuttle’. Well what is it and why was it such an important invention? * A single person operating a loom from home‚ could only produce a piece of cloth that was as wide as their outstretched arms because they had to be able to throw the shuttle‚ carrying the weft‚ the horizontal yarn‚ through the waft‚ the vertical yarn and catch it. * If wider cloth was needed it took two or
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DIEGO TORRES 10/26/11 P: 6 THE HUNGER GAMES‚ SUZANNE COLLINS The book the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins takes place on a country named Panem. Panem was a country that after being terrorized by vague disasters arose from the ashes of North America. The setting of this book can also be described as post-apocalyptic‚ and takes place in the future. In the book Panem is located on the 12 district which was formerly located in the region of Appalachia. The main conflict
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A news report found out that many High Schools use old football helmets for their football teams - some as old as 10 years. Each helmet has a 10 year old warranty and should get reconditioned & recertified every year. It doesn’t mean that a 10 year old helmet isn’t up to code. It just means you can’t use it because you can’t get it recertified. Helmets that were recertified have lables inside them showing the last recertification date.http://www.kshb.com/news/football-helmets-up-to-10-years-old-still-in-use
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A control group is a necessity in order to prove the effect of the test variable by comparing conditioned and unconditioned groups. A conditioned group is a group who receives the independent variable. An unconditioned group does not receive the independent variable. In this experiment we are testing the effects of cell phone usage on driving skills. In this case‚ the control group gives us an example of what happens when drivers are focusing on the road. The results from the control group will show
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