were even because the settlers fell out of the wagons and were crushed by the wheels and axles. When settlers were infected with disease‚ the cause could have been dirty water and/or milk from a cow that ate poisonous weeds. Back when the Oregon Trail started‚ things were very different than they are now. In the passage‚ Williams Reed states “The stones for the first grist were brought across the plains by wagon.” This detail from the passage tells me that a lot of things were
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Scenic Trail‚ is a footpath in the eastern United States for outdoor enthusiasts‚ extending about about 2140 miles from Maine to Georgia‚ along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains. The trail passes through 14 states and is maintained by 34 different trail maintenance organizations. It is the longest marked‚ continuous footpath in the world‚ at some points reaching elevations of more than 6000 feet. Wooden signposts and white paint marks on rocks and trees are placed along the trail. Construction
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For a hunter who really cares about the game‚ a trail camera is a must-have. Trail cameras are the most useful technology in the hunting sport in recent times. Using motion detection software‚ they record photos or videos‚ day and night of certain territories and these can be later collected‚ stored‚ viewed and shared by hunters. They are waterproof‚ tough and able to operate by themselves once installed. Usually strapped to a post or a tree. In pre-hunting seasons‚ they are equivalent to gold as
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The Oregon Trail is a well known event that happened in our history. However many people are unaware of the events that really happened along the way to Oregon‚ and what people had to go through in order to reach their destination in the West. Marcus Whitman was born in 1802 in Rushville‚ New York‚ he received his medical degree from the college in Fairfield‚ New York in 1832. For four years he practiced medicine in Canada until he returned back to New York to become a missionary member of the Presbyterian
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Daniel Korman ARCH2550 Prof. Charles Evaluation of Shady Trail This paper serves as an evaluation of the Shady Trail property as described in the case “Shady Trail” provided by Harvard Business School. Shady Trail Distribution Center is an industrial property located in the West Dallas area. Lonestar Bank is interested in selling the property for $4 million. Part of the reason Lonestar wants to get rid of the property is to limit their exposure in real estate ventures‚ especially with the tough
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The new Thessaly test for early detection of meniscal tears provides high level of accuracy in both specificity and sensitivity. The previous evidence based approach for detection of meniscal tears following subjective history was done by carrying out a combination of the McMurray’s test and joint line tenderness. The combination of the two was needed to rule in meniscal tear as McMurray’s test was high in specificity and low in sensitivity (Malanga‚ 2003 ). Specificity of the test was determined
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Journal 1: Evil inside Something evil may live inside all of us. Moreover‚ sometimes this evil takes over our desires‚ emotions and actions. We are in Puritan Salem at the end of the XVII century. Brown (main character) at night leaves his wife Faith (minor character) at home and hurries to the forest to meet with a mysterious demonic figure (main antagonist). The answer to the question "Why Brown went to the forest?" the readers are intended to find in their own hearts. In the woods on the mysterious
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TEAR TROUGH TREATMENT The area between the lower lid and the upper cheek is referred to as the tear trough. Think about it as the area on your face where your tears glide through when you cry. The ability for the eyes to be the main feature of the face make the tear trough deformities very visible. This tends to occur with increasing age. It begins at the inner corner of your eyes and goes down across your cheek creating a frustrating look. Some might even consider surgery‚ which is a drastic step
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Bike Trail Boy Let’s hear it for the American River Bike Trail! It is a wonderful resource‚ all thirty-two miles of it‚ from Folsom Lake to Discovery Park and the Sacramento River. We live near the midway point at mile thirteen‚ and it seems almost criminal to live so close and not take advantage. That’s what brought me to Carmichael Cycle one Sunday last summer. I’d browsed around Carmichael Cycle (cute name‚ eh?) before‚ but this time I was a serious shopper. I was determined to buy a bike. The
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Haripriya Balakrishnan Johnson English 111 02 October 2014 Tears of Pain and Joy A life and death situation can happen in the blink of an eye. — On a cold January night‚ my mother and I were driving to pick up my dad from work because his vehicle was in the repair shop. I was 12 years old at the time‚ and I thought that I had my whole life planned out. I was going to become a doctor and move to New York City. However‚ what I didn’t know about was how fast things
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