When North America started moving away‚ rift lines were created. In the Connecticut River Valley‚ the rift created there had the potential of breaking apart and creating the Atlantic Ocean. The River Valley didn’t break apart but it got deeper because of the failed rifting. The Iapetus Ocean Basin was the rift that opened up instead of the Connecticut River Valley. The rift in this basin created the Atlantic Ocean. Today‚ most of the coastline is similar to
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Charles Van Doren has a life that many people would be envious of. He is a member of one of the country’s most intellectual and well respected families. His uncle‚ Carl‚ is a noted historian and his father‚ Mark‚ is a distinguished professor at Columbia University as well as Pulitzer-prize winning poet. Even his mother‚ Dorothy‚ is a well known author with several highly recognized pieces of literature. Charles is following in his father’s footsteps as he works as an instructor at Columbia preparing
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the Glorious Revolution as a royal colony. Religion also influenced other colonies‚ such as Rhode Island and Connecticut. Thomas Hooker led settlements that gave rise to Connecticut after he fled Massachusetts because of congestion. Founded by Puritans such as John Davenport‚ New Haven was another religious experiment that eventually saw its fortunes decline and it was annexed into Connecticut. Religious revolutionaries like Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson‚ both banished from Massachusetts‚ founded
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Privacy loses to security: The Supreme Court of the United Sates rules that states can place sex offenders on the World Wide Web without conducting a hearing. The case of the Connecticut Dept. of Public Safety v. Doe‚ 123 S.Ct. 1160‚ 71 USLW 4125‚ 71 USLW 4158 (2003) discusses the issue of privacy and security. Fact In Connecticut Dept. of Public Safety v. Doe‚ the defendant requested for a hearing before public notification to explain the reason why his information should not be released to the public
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Income Statement 2004 48  Appendices 49 Advertisements 50 VIP Passes 51 Executive Summary The Mecca Nightclub will be a premier‚ high-energy‚ theme dance and nightclub located in Mansfield/Storrs‚ Connecticut. Our goal is to provide college students with the best nightclub experience with quality service at a reasonable price. The atmosphere of high energy‚ light and sound systems mixed with interactive theme nights will give club goers exceptional entertainment
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Assignment Clash of Cultures HIS/110 US History Pequot War The year was 1637‚ the month was June. On one morning‚ 500 English‚ Mohegan‚ and Narragansett were led by Captain John Mason to infiltrate the colonies in Pequot. At that time‚ Mystic‚ Connecticut was the place where Pequot camp was located. Men‚ women‚ and children from Pequot were continuing with their regular lives before they were brutally assaulted. John Mason and his army approaching the hillocks were noticed by residents. The Pequot
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Gun control was a huge topic in the year 2012 and continues to be as we move into 2013. On December 14‚ 2012 there was a mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown‚ Connecticut where 20 students and six educators were killed. The shooter was said to be armed with a “military-style rifle and two handguns”("Connecticut school shooting:‚" 2012) . This shooting along with many more in the past have brought about the topic of gun control. The Newtown shooting of course instilled fear in parents
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as the Old American Sign Language. The Old American Sign Language is a relative of the modern American Sign Language. The history of American Sign Language is considered to have started by Dr. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet‚ a Minister from Hartford‚ Connecticut. Dr. Gallaudet’s neighbor had a deaf daughter‚ who despite being unable to hear or speak‚ was intelligent and he wanted to teach her a way to be able to communicate. Dr. Gallaudet wanted to teach her the most effective way to educating a deaf child;
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time‚ it was now ready for Ellsworth to depart from the Convention. He left at the end of August and never came back. In addition‚ he never signed the document. On his way home to Connecticut‚ he wrote the Letters of a Landholder to advertise it’s ratification. In 1801‚ Ellsworth retired and lived in Windsor Connecticut for the rest of his days. He died at the age of 62‚ on November 26‚
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On December 14‚ 2012‚ Adam Lanza shot and killed his mother in her home in Newtown Connecticut. He then drove to Sandy Hook Elementary school where he shot and killed 20 students ages 6-7 and 6 staff members. Lanza committed suicide as the first emergency responders arrived at the school. This shooting became the second deadliest school shooting in Unites States history following the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting. It is important that America considers increasing gun control to prevent any more violent
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