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    places to be discovered inside that 95%? Atlantis is one of those many places that people have wondered about for years, since the Greek author Plato, wrote about it. Some myths are very interesting and will truly surprise you. Atlantis truly is a mysterious place that holds many theories and myths such as how it was created, where it was and how it declined. One of the myths about Atlantis is how it was created. Many myths say Poseidon created Atlantis. For example, Plato, a Greek writer,

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    Atlantis: A City in the Deep or a Myth to be Put to Sleep? The ocean. This large mass of water consumes the Earth with depths of unimaginable proportions. Its dark, blue waters hide from the sun and conceal thousands of mysteries to be discovered. However, some of these mysteries are nowhere to be found and will never be seen by mankind. One of these mysteries is the lost colony of Atlantis. Could a city of such great proportion really have existed? Although many people believe in the destruction

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    My placement in the Atlantis Fellowship would contribute significantly to my healthcare journey. My goal is to become a member of the Physician Healthcare field, while simultaneously contributing to the embodiment of a Physician. I seek to connect and foster change in the people, not just in curing illness, but the way that we interact as humans. In order to accomplish this, I have dedicated time on a community level with people; connecting at the true foundation of medicine. Through my journey I

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    New Atlantis or Modern Times? I spent all Saturday and Sunday marching around San Diego. You may know the trip. Sea World, the Midway Aircraft Carrier, hotel pool with the kids and lots of tourists. If you ever find yourself in San Diego, thirsty, tired, and need some good beer, you need to find yourself a beer utopia. I took my family to Modern Times. Yes I took my five and one and a half year old son’s into a tasting room along with my wife. Before you go off about being a derelict father

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    A book I read a while ago called Opening Atlantis by Harry Turtledove is the embodiment of the genre of Alterative History. Alternative History is a subgenre of Historical Fiction where the novel is set at a turning point in history and the events of the novel diverges from the historical record at that point. The events of an Alternative History novel are mostly but not always made to seem as if they could plausibly happen if just a couple things happened differently in history than they did in

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    Atlantis Vision Center http://www.atlantisvisioncenter.com/ Limbal Rings Here is a cool piece of trivia about your eyes. If you compare a senior citizen’s eyes and a baby’s eyes, there is probably something about the difference between them that you can’t quite put your finger on. The senior’s eyes will look older, but why? The answer has to do with a component of your eyes that you’ve probably never heard of before: the limbal ring. This is the dark ring around the iris (colored part) of the

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    NetEnt gives everyone a sneak peak at Secrets of Atlantis When NetEnt announces that they have a new slot game to show everyone, more often than not the entire online casino world sits up to take notice. In this instance the game that players up and down the land are talking about is Secrets of Atlantis. Set for release on August 24th, the world was recently granted a sneak peak at this new game and it hasn’t disappointed. From a theme perspective the name of this game certainly acts as a giveaway

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    favorite tourist destination of people the world. Let’s look at some of the best reasons why! 10) Atlantis Casino - The Atlantis Casino is consistently rated at the top of even the most hardcore gambler’s lists of favorite Casinos. Games available range from the expected slot machines to a nine-table poker room with daily tournaments. You’ll be hard pressed to find a way spend your gambling money at the Atlantis. 9) Wild Island - Wild Island is the local waterpark of Reno, NV with all the amenities expected

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    everyday including decent quality food. The added benefit of being able to watch Earth tv live instead of waiting for DVD’s to arrive on the Daedalus wasn’t bad either. However, the Atlantis CMO suspected that she’d enjoy her time more in the Milky Way if her father was still alive. She was somewhat grateful that Atlantis was in Earth when

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    New Atlantis is the story of a navigator and his crew aiming to go to China, but an unprecedented blast of winds redirects their course. As they are blown off course, they soon come across an island that has never been charted on their maps before. The island is known as Bensalem. As they arrive close to the port, they received a scroll written in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Spanish. The scroll had told them that they had only sixteen days to stay on the port. The crew could also receive some supplies

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