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    nature along with forty or fifty other men were set out to go study and strengthen relationships with tribes along the Mississippi river. 2. The intended audience for this journal is President Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson our third president of the United States of America asked Lewis and Clark to gain information about the Indian tribes along the Mississippi river. He wanted Lewis and Clark to; “inform the natives government’s acquisition, establish friendly relations with them, and record their

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    stated Jason Recker, a journalist for The Herald. Patoka Reservoir, an economic center for recreation and flood control, encompasses 8,800 acres of land. Before its construction, a thriving community inhabited the fertile terrain along the Patoka River. Towns of this former neighborhood included Elon, Newton-Stewart, and Ellsworth. (Recker 1) Families lived their everyday lives as farmers, with an occasional visit from a local peddler. One day, though, a new kind of visit altered their peaceful ways

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    A film is an art form. Composer, Henry Mancini, once said, “the real creative power is in the mind and heart of the composer.” Henry Mancini was the composer for Touch of Evil and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. While these two films may seem like they don’t connect with each other at any point, they do and it is with Henry Mancini. By examining Touch of Evil and Breakfast at Tiffany’s through the lens of Henry Mancini’s music choices we can see that Mancini’s music choices were just as important as Blake

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    The Dakota Access Pipeline has been the main focus of attention within the last year. To understand how and why this pipeline is at the heart of such heated debate, it is important to explain what the pipeline is for. The Dakota Access Pipeline is an underground pipe that is funded and paid for with TAXPAYERS MONEY and carries crude oil from North Dakota to Illinois. Crude oil is currently transported by way of railroads and trucks, which in recent times is noticeably becoming more problem some.

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    As our children were growing older, we realized this year was probably our last vacation with all of our kids. As such my husband, Mike and I decided to take our kids and our dog by canoe and kayak almost 200 miles down the mighty Makenzie River. Jennifer aged 17, Shelly 13, and Ricky 9, prepared for a week without phones, stores, or television. Our plan was to canoe from Fort Simpson to Wrigley. Wrigley was the end of the road after the Mackenzie Highway. It would be an incredible family adventure

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    Can a successful company’s culture be replicated elsewhere? Zappos an internet shoe company is always ranked top five places to work. Zappos has a corporate culture that is envied by workers across the globe. Zappos’ CEO wants to create happiness in the workplace. Other companies have tried to replicate the happy employee strategy because Zappos is successful. What about a company that has essentially the complete opposite workplace culture. Amazon has a culture that is less collective and more individual

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    Parting, The Jordan River

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    Parting the Jordan River In the spring of the year both Jesus and John the future Baptist, cousins (cousins, not brothers), had reached the age of seven. The boys wandered far from Nazareth and along the Jordan River just south of the big lake, they decided to play ‘Let My People Go’ featuring Moses and Pharaoh. Little Johnnie the Baptist as Moses, cried out in a loud, raspy voice, “Let my people go!” spraying spit as he spoke. And Jesus, as hard-hearted Pharaoh, replied in a harsh voice, “You

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    spells doubt on China’s ability to handle longer term climate issues like rising sea levels. Nowhere is the lack of concern for short-term issues more pronounced than in the Pearl River Delta, where the growing metropolises of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Dongguan lie. “The rising South China Sea and the overstressed Pearl River network” neighboring the cities “lie just a meter or so below” much of the region’s industrial center. Despite the extreme danger posed by the rising waters (tens of thousands of

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    terrible feud with their neighbors the Sheperdson’s. A deadly fight breaks out between the families while Huck is staying with them so he decides he must find a way out. He discovers that Jim has repaired the raft and the two flee quickly down the river. They resume with their journey but are soon entangled with two con artists that hop aboard their raft after being pursued by bandits. After a few small schemes the con artists decide to swindle an entire town out of their gold but the plan fails and

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    Mount Saint Helens is a volcano located in southwestern Washington. It is 8,363 feet tall. Geologists say that Mount St. (Saint) Helens is a stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano. Stratovolcano is a volcano that is built upward because of layers of hardened volcanic ash, lava, and other volcanic debris. These kinds of volcanoes are distinguished by their steep sides. They often erupt extremely explosively, putting people and properties nearby at risk. The present-day name, Mount Saint

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