I chose to do Alaska because I wanted to do something new that I never learned about. Alaska has a very cold climate with a lot of snow and other and I liked that they have glaciers. They have one of the biggest mountains and one of the biggest rivers in the world. And the unique things you can do in Alaska like whale watching and glacier tours and other mountain tours. Alaska is known for bad road conditions‚ earthquakes‚ and volcanoes. State Nickname- “The Last Frontier”‚ because it’s rough
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Kaley Zeuch 5/7/13 Research Paper The Macaroon Macaroons? Macarons? Despite the fact that these French confections have gone from being a chi-chi trend to something that everyone with an oven and a sweet tooth is being encouraged to make at home‚ we still don’t seem quite sure how to spell them. The first point to get clear is that a macaroon is‚ quite simply‚ a kind of biscuit or sweetmeat made using egg whites‚ sugar and finely-ground nuts. The second source of confusion is that English
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The Tollund Man lived during the late 5th century BC and/or early 4th century BC‚ during the period characterised in Scandinavia as the Pre-Roman Iron Age. He was buried in a peat bog on the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark. Such a find is known as a bog body. He is remarkable for the fact that his body was so well preserved that he seemed to have died only recently. Tollund Man’ is the best example of Heaney’s approach in his poetry. It is in The Tollund Man that Heaney intertwines P. V. Glob’s Bog
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possessions the more elitist (wealthy‚ powerful‚ royal) had and the importance of ceremonies‚ entertainment and feasting. There is considerable evidence from the Sutton Hoo material that the people buried in the cemetery had strong connections with Scandinavia. "Certainly the custom of ship burials is a Nordic one - there are many similar Viking remains in Denmark and Sweden" . Many objects were either imported‚ traded or copied. In particular the shield and helmet are very similar to examples found in
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Benny Carter (1907-2003) “I don’t know that I’ve made any real contribution‚ I’ve done what I’ve set out to do‚ that was have fun with the music‚ enjoy it‚ perform it‚ listen to it‚ and I have‚ to my satisfaction‚ achieved much that I had not even thought of.” Benny Carter July 12‚
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Runaway Backpacker Jobs Most people believe that in order to work abroad‚ one must first obtain an expensive work visa. While this is true for most types of professional employment abroad‚ rarely is it necessary for backpacker jobs. Backpacker jobs are off the record cash in hand jobs‚ and can be found just about everywhere. While some backpacker jobs can be lucrative and painless‚ others can be backbreaking and pay next to nothing. Nonetheless‚ whatever the pay‚ they are sure to make for
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Adaptive skiing has been an advancement of human civilization in the 20th century. The history of skiing began over 7000 years ago. With the recent cultural shifts in viewing people with disabilities‚ there are far more options for people with disabilities for recreation. Along with advancements in technologies‚ Injured veterans have led the way for todays mono skiing and other adaptive skiing techniques. Skiing has become available to people with many kinds of disabilities but to understand how
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topic in sociology . In many developed countries‚ divorce rates increased markedly during the twentieth century. [2] Among the nations in which divorce has become commonplace are the United States ‚ [3] Canada‚ Australia ‚ Germany ‚ New Zealand ‚ Scandinavia ‚ and the United Kingdom . [ citation needed ] Though divorce laws vary between jurisdictions‚ there are two basic approaches to divorce: fault based and no-fault based. However‚ even in some jurisdictions that do not require a party to claim fault
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Mary Wollstonecraft was a fighter for women and their rights in society‚ she has left a legacy for women to follow. She was believed to create the idea of feminism. Her childhood and early life play a big role in why she was a such a strong woman later on in her life. She was raised in Spitalfields‚ London‚ she was born in 1759. Her father was not the male figure anyone wants in their life. He‚ John Edward. acted very poorly with the small amount of money they had and created a drinking habit himself
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animals and birds. Being confronted with these images‚ one could not but be in awe of the energy of the decoration. Many different styles of Viking art have been identified‚ but no new style can be said to mark the beginning of the Viking age in Scandinavia‚ they grew out of the art styles of earlier centuries‚ the first being the Broa style‚ followed by the Borre‚ then the Jellinge‚ Mammen‚ Ringerike‚ and finally the Urnes. The styles all vary
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