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Sometimes second place is enough. Conrad Patterson, owner of 318 Sweet Shop, took a second place win as just the confidence booster he needed to pursue his passion. For as long as Patterson could remember, his mother, Linda Faye Stephenson and “Uncle Larry” Wallace, have baked and cooked in professional and home settings. He would watch them bake and cook and at times would bake with them. Following in his family’s direction, Patterson attended Northwest Louisiana Technical College (NWLTC) where

The government may call us Bay Stater's, traditionalists may call us Massachusite’s, but anybody else would consider us Masshole’s. Having lived in Massachusetts the first eighteen years of my life, and now taking on college in Maine, I can truly see that I am no Mainer. From the way we speak, the words we say, the way we drive, the things we eat, and the pride we have, our Massachusetts’ cultures truly differ from those of other states. Almost anywhere you go in Massachusetts, you will hear

Colonial city and industrial life was very important to the American Colonies in the 17th and 18th century. Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Charleston, as key trading centers, were very busy before, during and after the war. These were a major part of the colonies. Boston was one of the largest port cities. Boston had two busy coffee houses in addition to northern and southern mail posts. At the bottom of its piers, docks were 1800 to 2000 feet long which allowed them to bring in bigger ships

Bibliography Bryson, Bill. Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery and the Genius of the Royal Society. HarperCollins e-books, 2010. Digital file. In this book Bill Bryson complies essays in celebration of the Royal Societies 350th anniversary. The essays include the inventions of Royal Society Members, letters from members, scientific data and theories presented by Royal Society members. Bryson provides a diverse narrative centered around the profound impact of the Royal Society on history

By the 1700’s, New England, the Chesapeake region and the Southern Colonies developed into three distinct societies, despite coming from the same mother country, England. The regions of Colonial America each had a distinctive culture and economy entirely different from the other regions. Religion and religious tolerance was completely different in each region, running from being free to complete persecution. Ethnicity and racial composition ranged from almost complete British descent to a wide range

Massachusetts also known as the Bay State is a small state, but it has some rich history. Massachusetts is right next to New York and the Atlantic Ocean. Massachusetts’ first settlers were pilgrims. The state capital of Massachusetts is Boston; Boston is also the most popular state in Massachusetts. Massachusetts became a state on February 6th, 1788, Massachusetts is also the 6th state. It became a state on the 6th and it’s the 6th state that’s funny! The state birds are the Domesticated Turkey and

Massachusett is border by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the states of Connecticut and Rhode  Island to the south, New Hampshire and Vermont to the north, and New York to the west. Boston is the  Massachusetts capital and it is  located in the northeastern . Mountains and hills cover the western part of Massachusetts size.The

Critical Analysis Essay “The secret to humor is surprise-Aristotle.” The two stories I'm going to talk about “The Weather of New England” by Mark Twain and “The Dog That Bit People” by James Thurber are both strange humorous essay with a twist. Both stories have a central conflict, in “The Dog That Bit People” a family is burden with a dog that bites everyone, including the narrator. “The Weather of New England” talks about the weather of the new colonies and how spontaneous

Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh : 1584 Everybody remembers Jamestown, Capt. John Smith, Pocahontas and all the rest. But do you remember Roanoke? In 1585, after a small scouting expedition had returned from North America with two Native Americans and many astonishing stories, Sir Walter Raleigh tried to establish a colony called Roanoke in the land which the British named "Virginia", in honor of Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen. The site was actually an island on North America's eastern seaboard protected

have three email messages. The messages are from Mr. Whitkin, Mr. Francois, and Ms. Amato.” Whitkin, Francois and Amato were Movement whips from Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut. As whips, they were responsible for reviewing vote counts. Normally, they would count the votes of elected representatives in the Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island statehouses. With the state constitutional conventions on the horizon, William directed the whips to count the votes of the delegates who town