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In the months, weeks, and eventually days leading up to my flight to Germany the panic was gnawing away at me. Despite the fact that this wasn’t the first time I was venturing out without my parents or even my first time on a plane, it was my first time for a myriad of other experiences in my life. My first international adventure, my first time living with a family that wasn’t my own, and my first time being surrounded by people speaking a different language; all of which began with a simple decision to cross the threshold between the jet bridge and the plane.

Sam Shepard has undoubtedly established himself as one of the greatest living American playwrights of this time, if not for the duration of American history. His upbringing and experiences, both before and since his stardom erupted, have shaped his work and how he is perceived and there is a litany of examples of this that can be easily culled and analyzed. This report has several sections. The first section looks at what has shaped Mr. Shepard and what he has become as it pertains to theater and the American lexicon. Second, Mr. Shepard's work known as Buried Child will be compared to another one of Mr. Shepard's works. Third, a look at the script of Buried Child will be under taken. Fourth, the production of Buried Child will be assessed. The report will conclude with a character analysis of a character from Buried Child and this will include some visual research of the same character assessed on the rest of this section.

Imagine that you are the pilot of a plane traveling to a new and exciting destination. Early in the journey the plane takes off and soars high into the sky where you feel like you are on top of the world, looking down from above at all of the beauty underneath you. On the way to your destination you are anxious and full of excitement in anticipation of the new journey that you are about to experience when all of the sudden your plane starts to shake and you find yourself losing control. At this point you have two options: You can try to change course to regain control and make it through the turbulence or you can continue with what you are doing and let the plane spiral to the ground in a firey crash. This scenario is similar to the life

Beowulf set his ego aside and hurdled into the face of danger in order to defeat a greater evil and liberate the people of Heorot from the demonic grasp of Grendel. The crew aboard the Challenger brought America together and helped us insure the safety of future astronauts. Tom pushed his body to the edge to live the life he dreamed of. Risks are imperative in life. Even beginning life, they are our instinct. We learn to crawl despite the bruises on our knees. We learn to walk no matter how many falls we endure. As we become further aware of the world around us, somewhere along the way, we experience failure; at that point, many people attempt to eradicate most risks from their life. But where would we be without our sense of exploration, our willingness to try new things? In order to push one’s boundaries, move forward as a society, and give purpose to life people must be willing to take risks.

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” are words that astronaut, Neil Armstrong declared as people around the world attentively watched him take the first steps on the moon. That moment would be documented in history and talked about for years to come. The Apollo 11 mission had left many doubts to those watching the spectacle. Would Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin successfully set foot on the moon? Or was this launch a disaster waiting to happen? The following texts, In Event of Moon Disaster by President Nixon’s speechwriter, William Safire, and The July 16, 1969, Launch: A Symbol of Man’s Greatness by novelist, Ayn Rand, both express the possibility of a disaster as well as the relief and contentment for the men on

I have recently read the two texts “A Success in Space”, and “Americas New Spacecraft”. They both talk about space and spacecraft. Although, one text has more successful points and strategies than the other. In the excerpt “A Success in Space “it talks about how a small probe helped scientists take a huge leap forward in space exploration , on the other hand the other excerpt “ Americas New Spacecraft” talks about a spacecraft launching into the air to discover critical data for future mission crews.

as well. I gathered this from their horseplay and wisecracks in space prior to the accident.

language, dress code, food custom, and all in all, indigenous identity, which was hindered during

The Effect of World War II on American Women America entered the 2nd World War in December 1940 after the Japanese Air force attacked American war ships at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii. They fought alongside Britain and France against Nazi Germany and her allies. Although many American soldiers were injured and killed in the war, the impact on Americans back home was generally positive, as the US was too far away from Europe to suffer from bombing etc. America was far better off than it had been before.

Brian Robeson: Well Alejandro.. The reason why I survived it because of patience, and thinking. While I was there I thought "Patience. So much of this was patience - waiting, and thinking and doing things right. So much of all this, so much of all living was patience and thinking.” I always took self pity on myself, and I didn't do as much. I hated that. After the plane arrived, but I nearly attempted suicide.

Henry Forester, a co-pilot in the U.S. Air Force, and his flight crew took off on a flight to bomb southern Germany. Out of nowhere, a Luftwaffe squadron of Fw-190 attacked them, only a portion of his crew make it out together, he was not one of them. Before Henry’s b-24 crashes he manages to parachute into a small province in France called Alsace. He meets an old man who is willing to hide and protect him from any Nazi soldiers. Here he learns about a French Resistance who help others get out of the land of war. Henry goes many months being taken place to place hoping he will reach the U.S. embassy that lies in Spain. While Henry is being transported by a Spanish man, the man turns him in for money to a Nazi tormentor. He was transported

to think and could not fly any more because the love of flight was gone

When dwelling into the explorations about science and religion, one can find it quite amusing. "If science and religion are to continue to coexist it seems opposed to the conditions of modern thought to admit that this result can be brought about by the so-called

A few days later Lovell and his crew take off on the Apollo 13 mission. At first all is well until the second oxygen tank explodes, causing many problems for the crew; the most potent problem being that the crew was losing oxygen fast. Luckily, due to much ingenuity by the crew and mission control, the crew is able to arrive safely to earth without the deaths of any astronauts.

Behavioral health and human interaction is a major challenge in exploration missions by humans and to the success of missions that involve significant increases in time and distance traveled beyond Earth’s orbit. However, the current available data is still insufficient to make an objective evaluation or plan about the behavioral health issues that are likely to occur. Even though the data from natural analog environments and simulations are helpful, there is still a need for information on observations from research in extreme natural and simulated terrestrial environments, as well as sites like the International Space Station. Analyzing the information contained in journal entries, concerning behavior, can be used as studies as quantifiable data on the importance of the many behavioral issues in long-duration space exploration and help to propose procedures and equipment to help the performance throughout operations and