Mount Everest may be a wonderful place but‚ it is polluted. It has housed many climbers who all left trash behind. Though there are people trying to clean up this mess such as Sir Edmund Hillary and The Eco Everest Expedition formed only because of the pollution and trash left behind on the mountain by climbers. Sir Edmund Hillary (in source 1) was the first to scale Mount Everest and he was also the first to want to clean it. A quote from Source 1 demonstrates this is‚ “Hillary was also concerned
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the places Marco Polo had gone and the sights he had seen. I was deeply moved by his enthrallment with Marco Polo‚ which gave me the aspiration to choose this topic. This would be a great opportunity to research and learn more about him and his expedition. When I conducted my research‚ I depended on many sources to gather information. I read The Travels of Marco Polo the Venetian on the online archives‚ which included many helpful candidates for my project. It included the thoughts of Marco Polo
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received a letter asking to become the president’s secretary-aide. A secretary- aide is a person who helps another with their daily activities. Lewis had accepted Jefferson’s offer‚ and from the letter he had assumed that Jefferson was planning an expedition.1 Jefferson’s grand idea was "...the object of your mission is to explore the Missouri River‚ and such principal streams of is‚ as‚ by its course and communication with the waters of the Pacific Ocean‚ whether the Columbia‚ Oreon‚ Colorado or
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition Thesis Statement: Because of America’s need to expand‚ The Lewis and Clark Expedition‚ led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark‚ introduced the country to previously uncharted territory and was a benchmark for change in America. I. Cultural context A. Need to expand (Gunderson 45). B. Hiding from France and Spain (Gunderson 67‚ Huntington 1). II. Important person(s) A. Meriwether Lewis 1. Secretary to the president (Huntington 2). 2. Asked to head expedition (“History and Culture: People” 2)
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In the summer of 1803‚ a twenty-eight year old Virginian was preparing to lead a field expedition into some of the most rugged wilderness on the North American Continent. It would be a perilous undertaking. The platoon traveled by boat‚ horse and foot for approximately 8‚000 miles- venturing beyond maps‚ traveling into the headwaters of the great Missouri river‚ across the fearsome Rocky Mountains‚ and through the unforgiving western plains. The crew explored an undiscovered route to the pacific
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help. She wants the game to be awarded Top 10 Kudos like Super Mario‚ Rock Band‚ and SimCity. Read all the directions first and follow them carefully to get this new expedition rolling. (12 points) Score 1. Evaluate each of the following websites and choose the three that provide the best explanation and description of the expedition. Explain each of your choices. • Lewis and Clark http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/ • Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation http://www.lewisandclark.org • The
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Alaska Fly-Fishing Expedition You are sitting around the fire at a lodge in Dillingham‚ Alaska‚ discussing a fishing expedition you are planning with your colleagues at Great Alaska Adventures (GAA). Earlier in the day you received a fax from the chairman of MSOE’s Rader School of Business. She wants to reward her top faculty members by taking them on an all expense paid fly-fishing adventure in Alaska. She would like GAA to organize and lead the expedition. You have just finished a preliminary
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Captain Robert Falcon Scott led two Antarctic expeditions‚ Discovery and Terra Nova. He was a member of the British Royal Navy from 1883 until his death in 1912. Scott’s journals were written during his two trips to Antarctica. Discovery’s journal is dated between 1901 and 1904‚ while Terra Nova’s journal is dated from 1910 to 1912. In the Terra Nova entries‚ Scott describes voyages‚ weather conditions‚ and scientific work done on the team’s expedition. Many collections of Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s
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3. Depreciation percentage=$1‚640‚200/$15‚411‚620 = 10.64% New Fixed Assets=$15‚411‚620 + $30‚000‚000 = $45‚411‚620 $45‚411‚620*.1064 = $4‚831‚796 new depreciation Pro forma Income Statement Sales ($36‚599‚300*1.12) $40‚991‚216 Cost of Goods Sold ($26‚669‚496*1.12) 29‚869‚836 Other Expenses ($4‚641‚000*1.12) 5‚197‚920 Depreciation 4‚831‚796 EBIT 1‚091‚664 Interest 573‚200 Taxable Income 518‚464 Taxes
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The 1950’s-60’s70’s-80’s Miranda Moultrie Nixon Back Again The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial presidential election‚ held on Tuesday‚ November 5‚ 1968. Moon Shot On July 21‚ 1969‚ President Nixon spoke from the Oval Office to Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin at the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon. Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon‚ Americans Neil Armstrong and Woodstock A village in New York state
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