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The final vote in the House of Representatives on August 2, 1983 was 338–90 (242–4 in the House Democratic Caucus and 89–77 in the House Republican Conference) with 5 members voting present or abstaining, the National Football League threatened to move Super Bowl XXVII, which was planned for Arizona in 1993, if the MLK holiday was voted down. Consequently, the state lost the chance to host Super Bowl XXVII. Happy birthday stevie wonder The bill faced a somewhat tougher fight in the Senate, however. In an opposition campaign led primarily by Republican Senators John P. East and Jesse Helms of North Carolina, some attempted to emphasize King's associations with communists and his alleged sexual dalliances as reasons not to honor him with a federal holiday. As part of his efforts, on Oct. 3, 1983, Helms read a paper on the Senate floor, written by an aide to Senator East, called "Martin Luther King Jr.: Political Activities and Associations" and also provided

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(Skepticism, epistimology, value of education) Life bio in the philosophy book. He's remembered as a true skeptic. A true skeptic is someone who seeks truth despite societal expectations, norms and culture. They question everything, even to their own peril. Nowadays, we don't have to worry about being put to death for asking too many questions, but what are we afraid of? Life examined We live in an amazing, complicated and multicultural, diverse, ever-changing world. Most people never brush the surface of what there is to see, do and learn. Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." If we just eat and sleep, we're no better than animals. It's our ability to learn and explore the world that separates us. A life unexamined does both ourselves a disservice and those around us a disservice. If we perpetuate incorrect thinking, we're not making the world a better place. Slavery, genocide and discrimination are all the result of

Thales of Miletus (tha-les of My-lee-tus) Thales of Miletus is seen as the first philosopher. At a time when people believed Zeus, Poseidon and Hades controlled everything, Thales was the first recorded person to break from mythology and look for natural explanations. While others blamed a good or bad harvest on the gods. Thales noticed patterns between weather and crop production. He invested heavily in olives when he believed the conditions favourable. It turned out he was right and it let him to believe that everything had a natural cause and effect. Democritus (dem-oc-ritus) Democritus theorized that if you took an apple and cut it over and over again, you'd get to a point where it wouldn't be cuttable. This is where we get the word 'atom' which is greek for uncuttable. He believed there were gaps between these atoms because a knife or cut wouldn't be able to break through something unbreakable. Some philosophers at this time theorized about p