“Mount Vernon is a great place to visit because it is a recognition of our illustrious first president and he was thriving at the time and how his house still stands to this day.At Mount Vernon you can look through the well cared gardens and take walks around the home of the George Washington. Mount Vernon should be visited for its historical significance‚ beauty‚ and the fact that visitors can experience life in the 1800s‚” Dannia read out loud. “It sounds like this is the place we’re going to write
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Farah Aboufakhr 6th hour Hillary vs. Tenzing: To the top of Mount. Everest! Sir Edmund Hillary’s‚ View from the Summit and Tenzing Norgay’s‚ The Dream Comes True were very interesting articles on Mount Everest. Climbing though the chilling Himalayas‚ they had to overcome difficult obstacles. In each of their essays‚ they have some things they agreed upon‚ and some they did not. Each perspective brings out a sharp contrast in the personality of both of these men. They did share several similarities
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According to John Berger’s Ways of Seeing‚ “The way we see things is affected by what we know or what we believe.” (Berger‚ 8) An object or a symbol from one period of time could mean another in a time today. Swimming at Oiso‚ Distant View of Mount Fuji by Utagawa Kokunimasa is a triptych made during the Meiji period (1868-1962) typically utilized as an altarpiece during the Meiji period in Japan. On the surface‚ this painting represents the transformation of the kimono throughout history. From early
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Two hundred years ago‚ Puritans‚ having escaped from their sovereign European civilization are not yet acquainted to the new freedoms they have been desperately wanting. They rebuked many of the Merry Mount colonists who were a “different sort of people (Chen).” Puritans were filled with extreme beliefs which caused them to harm anyone who believed anything separate from their views. This is a common reality of today’s life as well; Nevertheless‚ Hawthorne’s work is based largely on symbolism. Hawthorne
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Exactly seventy-five years ago‚ the construction of Mount Rushmore National Memorial finished. Completed under the direction of Gutzon and Lincoln Borglum from 1927–1941‚ the sculpture’s roughly 60-ft.-high granite faces depict U.S. presidents George Washington‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. These U.S. presidents were known to be brave‚ courageous‚ and good role models to Americans. I fully agree that these people are important to the American history‚ but I also believe
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As an alumna of prominent educational institutions – Ladies’ College and Mount Holyoke College – I consider myself fortunate to be a part of a community of women who are invested in the personal and professional development of each other. Over the years‚ the resources afforded to me through these institutions have played a critical role in supporting my intellectual and personal growth. At Mount Holyoke College‚ conversations with fellow students enabled me to develop a cosmopolitan view of the world;
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Ritual is a constant feature of all human societies (B.Donald 1991). The Mount Alvernia College opening mass is a ritual‚ focused on the Franciscan ethos and community. Through careful analysis‚ using Terrance Lovat’s ideologies of the framework of a ritual‚ it can be proven that the annual opening mass of Mt Alvernia College is a ritual (Goldberg‚ Blundell‚ & Jordan T.L‚ 2009. Terrance Lovat’s ideologies are that there are 5 stages of a ritual. Which are‚ step 1‚ leaving the ordinary. Step 2‚ engage
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to erupt violently. At least 57 people have died after the massive eruption of Mount St Helens volcano in Washington State‚ USA. Many more are missing and the death toll is expected to rise. A huge cloud of ash has turned day into night for towns and cities across north-western America. People have been told to stay indoors and wear gauze masks. Many roads have been closed‚ trains halted and aircraft grounded. Mount St Helens exploded at 08:32 local time on 18 May 1980. The eruption took place after
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Through processes know as wet mounts and simple stains‚ observing living microorganisms through a compound microscope can generate a clearer understanding of their appearances and movements. Microorganisms are living things that for the most part cannot be seen through the naked eye. They live on and among humans‚ as well as plants‚ animals‚ and all that is a part of the Earth. Harmless as most seem to be to humans‚ microorganisms are an important relevance of study for human interest in varied perplexities
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The book I chose for my independent reading project was Peak by Roland Smith. My favorite character in this book is Peak Marcello. Peak is my favorite character because he is smart‚ caring‚ and brave. I can’t believe that he climbed a skyscraper! I wish that I had the climbing skills that he has. It seems like Peak has been climbing his whole life‚ probably because his father‚ Josh Wood‚ is a professional climber and he taught him how to climb. Since Peak’s mother‚ Teri Marcello‚ fell of a 30 ft
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