San Diego Chicken Pie Shop. Before entering the restaurant‚ it was difficult to find parking which his always a sign of a good restaurant. Once you find parking and enter the restaurant‚ you are greeted by the delicious smell of fresh chicken pot pies and by an older waitress who quickly seats you. You can choose to dine in or take out. The time was around noon‚ the place was packed‚ and the décor looked like it hadn’t been updated since 1985. Most of the patrons were older folk that look
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descendant of a European" but an "American‚ who‚ leaving behind all his ancient prejudices and manners‚ receives new ones from the new mode of life he has embraced‚ the new government he obeys‚ and the new rank he holds." Crèvecoeur presumed that America was a melting pot‚ that the environment created a homogeneous American culture‚ with similar values‚ beliefs‚ and social practices. Such cultural uniformity is inherently plausible. After all‚ most white colonial Americans worked the soil‚ enjoying the fruits
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Unit 7- Essay: The Americas The Aztecs and Inca people had many issues and concerns when they came in contact with the European people. In this essay I will be comparing the issues‚ and concerns of Aztec and Inca cultures to their contacts with the Europeans. Some of the issues that I will be discussing are from the time period that covered roughly the 1400’s to roughly around the 1500’s. The Aztecs were American Indian people who ruled a mighty empire in Mexico from the 1400’s to 1500’s. In
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Racism has taken on several forms in America over the past several hundred years. The most substantial or well known is the plight of the African American slaves and the injustices they suffered. Today‚ a new form of racism is developing; one that has always been around but has now entered the forefront of most Americans minds. This new racism is against members of the Middle Eastern culture and religion. The actions of September 11th have not created a new problem‚ they have just shed light
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Biography of Pol Pot. Boulder‚ CO: Westview P‚ 1992. Chandler‚ David P Donnell‚ John C. "Vietnam 1979: Year of Calamity." Asian Survey 20 (1980): 19-32. JSTOR Frieson‚ Kate. "The Political Nature of Democratic Kampuchea." Pacific Affairs 61 (1988): 405-427 Jackson‚ Karl D. "Cambodia 1977: Gone to Pot." Asian Survey 18 (1978): 76-90. JSTOR Jackson‚ Karl D. "Cambodia 1978: War‚ Pillage‚ and Purge in Democratic Kampuchea." Asian Survey 19 (1979): 72-84 Kiernan‚ Ben. The Pol Pot Regime: Race‚ Power
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The Purity and Purification of Solids- Part 2- Recrystallization Courtney Percival CH 337 Laboratory‚ Section 037 Department of Chemistry Portland State University‚ Portland OR ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Recrystallization is a commonly used tool in laboratories when dealing with impure solids. "An effective recrystallization is one in which 1) a high degree of purity is achieved as well as 2) a maximum recovery of sample".1 Solubility‚ the tendency of a substance to dissolve in a liquid‚ is an
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could measure it melting point. This whole experiment is based on purifying and then finding the melting point of the unknown compound. The theory is that if a substance is pure‚ it will have a very specific melting point‚ within one or two degrees Celsius. This is in opposition to a mixed‚ or contaminated substance‚ which will have a broad melting range. Therefore‚ when we mix our unknown with samples of phenacetin and acetanilide‚ whichever mixture has a more accurate melting point will tell us
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In the reading “America: The Multinational Society‚” written by Ishmael Reed and “The Cult of Ethnicity‚” by Arthur M. Schlesinger JR.‚ the authors point out the issues of cultural diversity in the United States. First‚ I appreciated an opening quote of the “America: The Multinational Society.” The quote brilliantly demonstrates a vivid rich picture of America. I still remembered the moment when I had met a German roommate‚ a Jewish teacher‚ the Hungarian‚ Hispanic‚ Saudi‚ English‚ African-American
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America faces many different challenges all around the world. In Europe‚ some of the many issues that the United States face is Greece possibly giving up the euro as its currency‚ Germany becoming the world’s fourth largest economy‚ and working with Russia on issues like the conflict in Syria. In Africa‚ AIDS has affected a quarter of the population and killed more than 15 million Africans since the epidemic began 30 years ago. The U.S. is also responding to the attack of four Americans in Libya
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understand American culture‚ one must have knowledge of the history of our country. America is traditionally a country of immigrants. Very few people today have ancestors who were natives in this land. Even our founding fathers fled to America many because of religious persecution‚ and a few who were just looking to start a new life on the exciting untouched frontier. During the hundreds of years to come‚ America was seen as a land of opportunity‚ and people from all over the world moved
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