1800- Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts women’s college in South Hadley‚ Massachusetts. Originally founded by Mary Lyon as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary on 8 November 1837‚ it is the "first of the Seven Sisters" and is the oldest continuing institution of higher education for women in the United States. In addition‚ according to the United States Department of Education‚ "Mount Holyoke’s significance is that it became a model for a multitude of other women’s colleges throughout the country
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down the street to the theater‚ then Mount Vesuvius started to rumble‚ the sky was turning black‚ by the smoke and the birds were heading the wrong way. They ran straight to the boats and hopped in one‚ they soon fell asleep. Tranio and Livia woke up on the boat and the sky was still black. They saw that they were headed straight toward Mount Vesuvius‚ they were starting to get scared. It was starting to get a little lighter‚ the boat stopped‚ at the bay of Mount Vesuvius. They hopped out of
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MOUNT RUSHMORE 1868 A treaty between the U.S. government and the native Sioux gives the Sioux property rights in perpetuity over a territory that includes the Black Hills. 1876 After gold is discovered in the Black Hills (1874)‚ prospectors move in and displace the Sioux. 1885 Charles Rushmore goes to the Black Hills to inspect mining claims; Mount Rushmore is named in his honor. 1923 South Dakota state historian Doane Robinson writes to eminent Chicago sculptor Lorado Taft proposing that one
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Teddy Roosevelt’s face deserves to be on Mount Rushmore for numerous reasons. For example‚ he made it his job to improve public health. After reading Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle” he was baffled and extremely disappointed. So he took matters into his own hands and fought for a more sanitary meat packaging industry. Roosevelt made sure that instead of having rats‚ rat poison and bread mixed into your meat there was 100% sanitation. Also‚ he created the Pure Food and Drugs Act. Additionally‚ this act
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property damage; caused a partial collapse of the volcano’s flank‚ deposited ash in eleven states and five Canadian provinces. With no immediate precursors‚ a magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurred and was accompanied by a rapid series of events. Mount St. Helens produces small to large explosive eruptions‚ which send varying quantities of ash and tephra into the atmosphere Tephra (rock fragments and particles ejected by a volcanic eruption.) • tephra plume lasted for about eight hours and the
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One of the major differences between the Sermon of the Mount and the 10 Commandments is the way that the two were given. The 10 Commandments were given to Moses to spread to the people. The Sermon on the Mount was spoken word by Jesus‚ given to his disciples. Another difference was God was not seen when passing the commandments to the people‚ where as Jesus was seen by the people and performed miracles. With these two differences we see the changes that had taken place over the years since the first
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Mount Kailas is almost 22‚000 feet high in elevation and 4‚300 feet counter line to summit. It is the source of some of the largest and most important rivers in Asia: The Indus River‚ the Sutlej River‚ the Brahmaputra River‚ and the Karnali River. This great is located in Tibet‚ which has been taken over control by the Chinese since 1949‚ after the Chinese civil war. They control the borders and prohibit westerners from coming in to the country because they don’t want people there taking pictures
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Mount Olympus 1. The twelve Olympian gods lived on Olympus. 2. Mount Olympus is the mountain on which the 12 gods built their home and were summoned by Zeus. 3. Mount Olympus is on the Greeks tallest mountain named mount Olympus for the gods home. 4. Poseidon- Greek god of the sea who was one of the most powerful of all of the gods in Greek mythology. He was one of the 12 Olympian gods and goddesses who held court on Mount Olympus. 5. Hephaestus- huh-fes’-tuhs Aphrodite- af-roh-dy’-tee Psyche-
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achieves what‚ leading to unqualified people making life and death decisions. It is the consequences from these purchases which emphasizes why skill-sensitive roles should not be for auction. Although it is not typically the first example to be recalled‚ Mount Everest is being essentially prostituted for profit. High altitude climbing is not made possible without much experience but the commercializing of mountain climbing has changed that. Now‚ for just about $35‚000 one can have a team of porters to pre-set
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Mount. Vesuvius Vesuvius is the only active volcano in mainland Europe‚ and has produced some of the continent ’s largest volcanic eruptions. Vesuvius and other Italian volcanoes‚ are part of the Campanian volcanic arc. The Campanian arc sits on a tectonic boundary where the African plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian plate. Apparently‚ no one was aware that Vesuvius was an active volcano‚ even after an earthquake in February of the year 63. The towns’ people thought the soil
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