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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Cavelia Duvall Composition and Communications Two Week 3 Assignment 3 April 16‚ 2011 Persuasive Essay Outline The Goal of my Paper is to Convince‚ and Persuade‚ and Catch the Reader’s Attention from Beginning to the End‚ by using Research Information‚ Sources‚ Proof‚ and Evidence‚ that my Point of view is Valid‚ Agreeable‚ and makes Perfect Since to the Reader. I am Arguing against the Topic "Most Americans should not use
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Payten Zenahlik Adv. English II Persuasive Essay In 1991 55.4 percent of eighth graders participated in school-funded music or performing arts. By 2004‚ the figure had fallen to 49.1 percent (Ford‚ A. and McMahon‚ M.‚ 2015‚ p.2). These statistics show that the number of students participating in co-curricular activities has fallen at an alarming rate. Elective courses such as art‚ music‚ and shop should not be cut from schools because they help students develop as well-rounded individuals‚ and the
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English persuasive essay While many scots are healthy and exercise regularly‚ there is a growing number of adults and children becoming obese. It is costing the NHS millions to deal with the problems that it causes. We are having serious concerns about the number of people becoming ill and being unable to work‚ because of our overweight scots. It’s no secret that obesity is a huge issue. The causes of this problem can be social‚ economic and cultural‚ all of which determine how much food we
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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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Amber Delacruz Mr. Lawrence AP Psychology November 27‚ 2012 Marijuana What is marijuana? Marijuana is a psychoactive drug also known as weed‚ pot‚ grass‚ etc. The main ingredient in marijuana is called THC (tetrahydrocannabinol)‚ which travels through the bloodstream to the brain and other organs. Marijuana has various effects when being used. It can also have both long term and short term effect on your body. There are multiple ways to treat this when people get addicted to the drug. The
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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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