James Skaggs Professor Boltrushek DWRI 0093.83002 07 Feb 2013 My Favorite Park Just as a Whitman Sampler brings together a sampling of the world’s best chocolate into one box for us to experience‚ Olympic National Park brings the Pacific coast‚ the rain forest‚ and the mountains into one park for my wife and me to experience. It’s beauty and grander makes Olympic National Park my favorite park. My love affair with Olympic National Park began with my first glimpse of the Pacific
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Federalism was born in 1787‚ when Alexander Hamilton‚ John Jay‚ and James Madison wrote 85 essays known as the Federalist Papers. These political documents encouraged Americans to adopt the newly-written Constitution and its stronger central government. Hamilton along with his friends believed in ratification of the U.S. Constitution. They wanted a stronger national government‚ a national bank‚ no Bill of Rights‚ no state governments‚ and a strong executive branch. Alex grew up in South Carolina
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still battling racism and stereo types I know that we will always have racism just because not everybody can like everybody even though this is ideal it will never happen sadly enough my second quote from this section is “After the British burned Washington‚ D.C.‚ during the War of 1812‚ Congress hired architects to rebuild the White House and the Capitol in a style that would equal the grand‚ stately buildings of Europe. Congress complained about the cost‚ but not about
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One time Abby went to Washington D.C to be close to some family members. Since they were in D.C they decided to go visit the White House. When they went up to the White House they saw several guards with big arms‚ lots of weapons‚ and a thing in their ear. They were guarding the White House lawn. Her cousin decided to go up to one of the guards and ask them a question. The question was if the windows were bulletproof. When he asked that‚ all of the sudden the guards started to pat him down in search
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is as follows‚ “If you choose to visit Amazon.com‚ your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice and our Conditions of Use‚ including limitations on damages‚ resolution of disputes‚ and application of the law of the state of Washington.” CIA The CIA Web site takes care in their privacy statement to explicitly state that no personally identifying information will be gathered during a citizen’s visit and in contrast to Amazon‚ they state the types of and uses for information
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interact in the big city and figure out how he can mix his historic traditions with the contemporary civilization that is set in Seattle‚ Washington. He must adapt to a new culture without losing his own. The struggle to balance modern day living and the Native American culture in Seattle is revealed through the setting. Seattle‚ Washington and Spokane‚ Washington are two opposite settings that Jackson is familiar with. He must find a way to intertwine the past culture of Native American Indians with
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old growth forests‚ to the high‚ windswept mountain slopes. It’s all an outdoorsmen could ask for. This tradition started back before I was even brought into this world. 22 years ago my parents moved from Los Angeles‚ California to Puyallup‚ Washington. Looking to explore their new state‚ they stumbled upon the wonderland known as Mount Rainier. 8 years later‚ when I was born‚ I also started to develop my love for the mountain. Hiking is my favorite activity
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NOT MARBLE NOT THE GUILDED MONUMENTS (SONNET 55) BY: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE THEME Shakespeare believed that love is eternal and everlasting. It cannot be destroyed or withered away‚ like man-made monuments which are all doomed to destruction with the passage of time. The sonnet opposes the power of verse to death and the ravages of time‚ promising immortality to his friend by making him the subject of his poem. Q AND A Q1. Why do you think the rich and powerful……(see text Q no. 1)
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The Monuments Men The Monuments Men were a group of men and women who served to recover the stolen paintings in World War II. They recovered millions of paintings that were stolen by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi’s in World War II. The Monuments Men were an important military group in World War II because of their origin‚ assignment‚ and number of paintings recovered. The Monuments Men were created from 14 different nations who were either museum directors‚ curators‚ art historians‚ archivists
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constitution that said that‚ “all free men could vote‚ including those who did not own property.” Then later each town sent 312 delegates to a constitutional convention in Cambridge. The Constitution was sent to congress with a cover letter from George Washington to be ratified. In 1788 congress made an announcement the most of the states was for the Constitution and it was then in play. This an example of how the people were ruling the government at that time. One of the most important thing to me is that
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