Jonathan Nguyen FN 228 February 27‚2015 History of Jamaica Jamaica is located in the Caribbean Sea and is part of the Greater Antilles‚ which is a chain of 4 islands that form the northern boundary of the Caribbean Sea. Jamaica is also the 3rd largest out of the 4 islands (Mordecai 1). Christopher Columbus was the first European to set foot in Jamaica. He arrived in 1494 and named the island “Santiago” (Culture of Jamaica). Since the arrival of Columbus‚ Jamaica became a Spanish colony from 1494
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There are many types of skiing‚ but the one I want to focus on in this first paragraph is alpine. The word alpine comes from a place in Europe called The Alps. This is where alpine skiing was created‚ at around the 1800’s. Alpine skiing sometimes consists of gates‚ or it can be just skiing around for fun. Other types of skiing are freestyle‚ nordic and cross-country. Even though alpine skiing is what I love to do‚ it isn’t the only thing important to skiing’s history. The first primitive ski dates
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Egger 1 Dylan Egger 4/27/2017 6th period Gold LA Final Draft:Skateboarding Skateboarding is a great sport to do in your spare time as well as professionally. Skateboarding is becoming a bigger and bigger sport every day. Skateboarding is evolving more each day and not just the skateboards are evolving‚ but the tricks and the parks are also. Skateboarding has been going on for a while‚ but just
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feel helpless‚ hopeless‚ and even unsafe when interacting with others. Throughout the story Crime and Punishment‚ alienation is present between three specific characters Raskolinkov‚ Marmaledov‚ and Sonya. Pride‚ alcoholism‚ and prostitution are all factors that caused this alienation to come about‚ but redemption came in and saved each character. Raskolinkov‚ the protagonist of Crime and Punishment‚ lived a pretty ratchet lifestyle. He was a college dropout‚ lived at the top of an apartment building
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The theme of alienation is majorly seen in Crime and Punishment by Raskolnikov but it can also be seen in the setting as well. The setting of St. Petersburg is the first way that we can see alienation quite literally. The city of St. Petersburg is a city in Russia that is in a sort of nook that is by itself and surrounded by water on three sides. In the 1860’s the streets of Russia were not safe for anyone. Women‚ children and even men were even at risk when out on the streets at night in St. Petersburg
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Amber Delacruz Mr. Lawrence AP Psychology November 27‚ 2012 Marijuana What is marijuana? Marijuana is a psychoactive drug also known as weed‚ pot‚ grass‚ etc. The main ingredient in marijuana is called THC (tetrahydrocannabinol)‚ which travels through the bloodstream to the brain and other organs. Marijuana has various effects when being used. It can also have both long term and short term effect on your body. There are multiple ways to treat this when people get addicted to the drug. The
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How many of you have heard of the dog breed Shiba Inu? I thought this would be an interesting thing to talk about because many times I’m stopped when I’m with my dog and people are curious about her breed. So today I will tell you about the history of the Shiba Inu’s‚ their characteristics (what they look like) as well as their personality’s. History The Shiba Inu is an ancient Asian dog breed brought from China to Japan several thousand years ago. According to the website dog-breed-info
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Candy. One of America’s greatest sugary snacks. Candy comes in all forms from chocolate too hard to taffy to rock candy. In all Americans will purchase an estimated 2.5 billion in candy and will consume as much as12 bajillion grams of sugar. Candy is just one of the few items that has made America number one on the obesity chart. Americans are fueled by their compulsion of sugar even though we are fully aware that candy should be eaten in moderation. Chocolate is a natural product made from
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Have you ever woke up and not wanted to go to school or work? Ever woke up to a large bunch of thick snow falling from the blue skies? Well‚ here’s how snowflakes are made‚ how they form‚ and how they stick to the ground. You may be shocked by how they form. Snowflakes are very unique in their own way. To start with‚ snowflakes form when cold water evaporates. When water reaches a certain level of the atmosphere and its 32 degrees Fahrenheit‚ or less‚ water vapor changes from gas to rock solid‚ that
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Local: “It’s so hard to see him struggle” says Mother of Idaho boy severely hurt by babysitter in Idaho Falls in 2016. The babysitter was sentenced just last week‚ and the story released the 20th. In 2016 a trusted babysitter beat a 3-yr old boy with a 14 inch hard plastic toy repeatedly. When the ambulance got to their house he was bleeding and vomiting from his mouth and nose and unresponsive. Doctors examined the injuries and concluded it wasn’t an accident. Later the babysitter confessed to
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