North Carolina Along the eastern United States runs a trail inching along from Georgia to Maine; this trail is known as the Appalachian Trail. It stretches for an amazing 2‚184.2 miles from Springer Mtn.‚ GA all the way to Katahdin‚ Maine. There are three types of hikers that attempt this life changing walkabout: the section hiker takes the trail and divides it up in sections to hike at separate times; the flip-flop hiker does sections of the trail in different places to avoid weather and crowds; the
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MGMT2100 Individual Assignment – Long Report Overview John Henry‚ the Internal HRD Consultant of GSP Bank has hired you to help him improve the quality of communication in his branch. As a business communications consultant‚ you are required to prepare a report assessing the current state of communication in the organization and give John specific recommendations to address any issues you might identify in your analysis. In preparing the report‚ you are required to analyze the attached case along
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Outline Question: What did the pioneers on the Oregon Trail face and what history was made and is still known today? Thesis: The Oregon Trail was not an easy trip. The pioneers faced many problems along the way such as Cholera and dysentery. The Native Americans did not make the trip and easier for them either. Introduction A) Over 300‚000 immigrants attempted to travel the route of the Oregon Trail‚ and only approximately 140‚00 made it to the other side. The trip across the
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The Legacy of the Oregon Trail The actual journey was not what Jesse Fremont had stated however. The trail was used beginning with the fur-traders and explorers who used it in the early 1820s and ended when the Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869. Most of the travelers were settlers who went through the paths of Independence‚ Missouri ending in Oregon’s Willamette Valley (Tindall‚ Shi 502). They were hoping to find new opportunities in the west and had started the trip with high hopes
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become part of the trail of tears was a dishonorable act made by the
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why they may not be spoken about or how they influence society cause students to gain vital knowledge and become less ignorant. The Oregon Trails may be considered by some to be a tool to aide students in becoming more knowledgeable on diverse topics. It has been called a “multiethnic” interactive computer game that allows students to travel along the trail and gain insight on the life of a person traveling to the Oregon Territory (Bigelow‚ 2009‚ p. 317). This game has been put on a pedestal by
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Kinetic Friction Experiment #13 Joe Solution E01234567 Partner- Jane Answers PHY 221 Lab Instructor- Nathaniel Franklin Wednesday‚ 11 AM-1 PM Lecture Instructor – Dr. Jacobs Abstract The purpose of this experiment was to examine kinetic friction and what factors affect it. We pulled a wood block across a surface to determine whether the surface area of the block or the type of surface affects friction. The surface area did not appear to affect friction‚ since there was a small percent difference
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The Long Tail Book Report The definition of "The Long Tail" by Chris Anderson is that the more a society advances‚ the more companies will expand the diversity of their products to cater to specific groups of people instead of turning to the popular ’hits’ as the only product. And as more products become available‚ people’s taste will expand creating more markets. As the book quotes Kevin Laws for saying‚ "The biggest money is in the smallest sales" (Anderson 23)‚ meaning that there are a huge amount
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The topic that I decided to use for my research paper is the trail of tears. I decided to use the trail of tears because of its significance to the native American culture and also how this event has gone down as one of the worst moments in American history. The trail of tears included several different tribes like the Cherokee‚ Seminole and Muscogee tribes just to name a few. These tribes were treated unfairly and many died from starvation and disease during their journey. It began in 1831 when
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travelers‚ averaging one grave every 80 yards along the trail (Tindall‚ Shi 503). Along the way however‚ they still adopted the same lifestyle as they had back in the east. The women took the chores of being a housewife doing things such as cooking‚ cleaning‚ taking care of their children while the men took the jobs of steering the wagon‚ taking care of the animals and doing heavy labor (Tindall‚ Shi 503). It was the demands of the Oregon Trail that started to test the travelers with new tasks. Women
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