Jonathan Nguyen FN 228 February 27‚2015 History of Jamaica Jamaica is located in the Caribbean Sea and is part of the Greater Antilles‚ which is a chain of 4 islands that form the northern boundary of the Caribbean Sea. Jamaica is also the 3rd largest out of the 4 islands (Mordecai 1). Christopher Columbus was the first European to set foot in Jamaica. He arrived in 1494 and named the island “Santiago” (Culture of Jamaica). Since the arrival of Columbus‚ Jamaica became a Spanish colony from 1494
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There are many types of skiing‚ but the one I want to focus on in this first paragraph is alpine. The word alpine comes from a place in Europe called The Alps. This is where alpine skiing was created‚ at around the 1800’s. Alpine skiing sometimes consists of gates‚ or it can be just skiing around for fun. Other types of skiing are freestyle‚ nordic and cross-country. Even though alpine skiing is what I love to do‚ it isn’t the only thing important to skiing’s history. The first primitive ski dates
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Egger 1 Dylan Egger 4/27/2017 6th period Gold LA Final Draft:Skateboarding Skateboarding is a great sport to do in your spare time as well as professionally. Skateboarding is becoming a bigger and bigger sport every day. Skateboarding is evolving more each day and not just the skateboards are evolving‚ but the tricks and the parks are also. Skateboarding has been going on for a while‚ but just
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Animal abuse happens all around the world. Different types of animals are abused and a diverse group of people abuse them. Hurting an animal is not right; some animals cannot even defend themselves from humans. Abuse can happen in urban and rural areas. Some surveys suggest the average person who abuses animals is male and under 30 and the average person who hoards animals is female and over 60. The most reported animals that are abused are dogs‚ cats‚ horses‚ and livestock. The most abused though
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Valbona Bajrami Stop welfare abuse to build the work ethics America the promised land‚ America with 37 million poor citizens living under welfare recipients! But‚ are all these people really poor? Are all these people in real need to live in the shoulders of American taxpayer‚ or are they “spineless creatures” who abuse state benefits? These questions deserve to be answers for all taxpayers who not only sweat by working‚ but they must also pay for all those that are nothing more than parasites
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Expository/Informative Essay The causes and effects of eating disorders are just terrible‚ but many people can benefit from knowing them. Who is affected‚ causes‚ and effects are three main topics that people who are going through or know someone who is going through an eating disorder should know about. For starters‚ who eating disorders affect is one of the main points. Men are less commonly affected. Roughly 1% of men in the US go through an eating disorder. Women and girls are most commonly
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Persuasive Essay There are many ways to instill quality values into your child‚ but abuse is not one of them. Abuse creates fear and destroys self-confidence‚ as well as a loss of trust in parents‚ and adults alike. Some argue that physical contact is necessary if you want to make the child learn something‚ but I disagree. Child abuse is unjust‚ and there are many alternatives that can help to discipline your child without physically harming them. To begin with‚ people do not have to hit children
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Christianity point of view. b) Law of the land. DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. INTRODUCTION. DEFINITION. Drug. 1) A drug is any chemical you take that affects the way your body works. Example: alcohol‚ caffeine‚ aspirin‚ nicotine etc. 2) A drug is a substance which may have medicinal‚ intoxicating performance when taken by a human body. Drug abuse. 1) It is the use of illegal drugs‚ the misuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for at least a year with negative consequences. 2)
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How many of you have heard of the dog breed Shiba Inu? I thought this would be an interesting thing to talk about because many times I’m stopped when I’m with my dog and people are curious about her breed. So today I will tell you about the history of the Shiba Inu’s‚ their characteristics (what they look like) as well as their personality’s. History The Shiba Inu is an ancient Asian dog breed brought from China to Japan several thousand years ago. According to the website dog-breed-info
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Candy. One of America’s greatest sugary snacks. Candy comes in all forms from chocolate too hard to taffy to rock candy. In all Americans will purchase an estimated 2.5 billion in candy and will consume as much as12 bajillion grams of sugar. Candy is just one of the few items that has made America number one on the obesity chart. Americans are fueled by their compulsion of sugar even though we are fully aware that candy should be eaten in moderation. Chocolate is a natural product made from
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