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    Hiking and Black Hills

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    checking we did on our bags. We had to make sure every last bit of equipment worked and was there‚ since it wasn’t going to be a regular park “hiking” trails that we were following. In fact it was going to be complete wilderness with only our skills to get us through vast Black Hills Forest. The long drive from Omaha to Rapid City had taken its toll on our minds and bodies. Since the beginning of the drive to the end of it when we parked the car at the trail head‚ waiting in the car felt like waiting

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    Fatima Adel 9f Mr.william Analysing “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” .....The poem “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” was written by William Wordsworth. Wordsworth was a famous Romantic poet. The poem is about the experience of crossing Westminster Bridge early in the morning and seeing the calmness and beauty of the city of London. The poem describes the city in a very positive way‚ communicating its power and ’splendour’. In this essay I will explore the ways in which Wordsworth uses

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    souls ventured to this strange new world. These brave souls were known as the Puritans. This special group of people sought refuge in America to practice their religion freely‚ without the ‘corruption of the church’ back in their homeland. Puritans believed that the law‚ economy and social lives of the people should be completely controlled by their one God. These Puritans had a strong developmental impact on New England and lead their society on a religious foundation. The strict foundation had a distinct

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    Successful Manager

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    to be an effective manager‚ one needs to build a foundation in order to be successful. An effective manager pays attention to many facets of management‚ leadership‚ and learning within the organization. It is important for a manger to be a person that others want to follow. In this essay‚ I will outline what I feel are important aspects in a successful foundation for a management career. Firstly‚ in order to be successful as a manger I will need to build effective interpersonal relationships and

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    Developing an environmentally sustainable city through re-creating landscape with abandoned industrial structures. The problem of abandoned structures contributing to a large amount of construction waste has long been recognized; it becomes an environmental threat and severely affects the sustainability of a city. However‚ the conventional urban planning system does not account for this problem‚ this will result in an endless negative loop of environmental pollution and resource depletion. A

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    This is the life of the puritan colonies. The puritans had some life in America. The puritans came to America to get away from the church of England. They felt like the church was corrupted. They thought that god was above man law. There are some things that me and the colonies have in common‚ but there is more that is different. The similarities between me and the puritans are very few. We both believe in god which is one thing. Another thing is that we both that the devil is the root of all

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    think that the majority of U.S. advertising looks like a walk through Times Square. However‚ much of today’s advertising is the complete opposite. When we look at modern advertising‚ we see simple ads‚ influenced by the writing style of the Puritans. Puritan plain style writing is evident in today’s advertising because advertisers use short words‚ direct statements and everyday‚ ordinary objects to promote the sales of their product or service. Short words are simple‚ yet have much power when used

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    Successful Entrepreneur

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    I selected Steve‚ Singh as a successful entrepreneur. The reason I selected Singh is because he had a lot of experience dealing with entrepreneurship. “His reputation as one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the Seattle area is an asset to our West Coast franchise." Singh acquired some of his entrepreneurial skills while serving as a general manager for Symantec Corporation. This company is an international software firm. Their main focus is to protect information and computer systems.

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    Bunker Hill Battle

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    on Breed’s Hill nearby. The place for this battle was in Charlestown‚ Massachusetts across the Charles River from Boston. The British commanders for this engagement were General Thomas Gage and General Sir William Howe. These two generals were highly skilled in leading legions of British troops in battle. The Americans commanders were Colonel William Prescott‚ General Israel Putnam and Joseph Warren. These generals were fairly skilled in combat. Here is the account of Bunker Hill. On June 16

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    The Americans‚ also led by Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam along with Prescott‚ knew what they were doing. With the British’s intent revealed‚ Putnam and Prescott exercised disciplined initiative‚ and forced the “British to fight on ground the Americans chose” (Kurtz‚ pg. 612). HMS Lively and HMS Falcon opened fire at around 4am after the British waited till morning to see what was about. The dug in positions proved sound and caused no damage. The redoubt because of its location and dug in nature was well

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