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    Once we arrived at the terminal, we immediately passes to the ferry and traveled for forty-five minutes. Then we arrived at the terminal in the port of Singapore. Then we go to the MRT station is located under the ground and we went straight to the area where we were staying in hotel. After we check-in, and then we

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    The escapees of Alcatraz had a well thought out plan because some think they are currently in Brazil, on their own farm.They had a good way to distract the guards,and get out of the cell, and they poured themselves over countless tide tables and ferry times. No one suspected anything when John,Clarence, and Frank asked for some canvas,paints, and paint brushes. The men were taking up a hobby, painting. But they were not painting just any old painting, they were painting to cover up something (Hopkinson

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    The embargo is estimated to have cost Cuba $1.126 trillion in lost revenue over the last 50 years. The embargo obviously restricts Cuba from buying a lot in the United States, but not everything. Cuba is only allowed to purchase certain things from the United States if they pay in cash. The United States can't buy anything from Cuba though

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    capitol was established on November 4, 1890. When they voted Olympia received 25,490 votes, North Yakima 14,711, Ellensburg 12,833, Centralia 607, Yakima City (now Union Gap) 314, and Pasco 130. On the second vote they took the top three out of the last vote and Olympia was designated the state capital with 37,413 votes. Ellensburg received 7,722 votes and North Yakima came in third with 6,276. The capitol building was originally in the Thurston County court house in Olympia. The

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    Ellis Island, Time Square, and famous Broadway Plays. On our first day we were able to take a ferry ride to the famous Statue of Liberty. While we were there we got to take a tour around it, go inside and then go all the way to the top where the torch is and see the amazing view of all the buildings, the ocean,and the Islands. After we were done with the Statue of Liberty we took the ferry to Ellis Island and had the chance to tour where over 12 million immigrants came to. We got see where

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    After the Mexican War ended on February 1848 when the US and Mexican government signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the US had the concept of manifest destiny, belief that the US would continue to spread west with ideas of the advancement in factories and a dispute over the issue of slavery. In that same year, David Wilmot of Pennsylvania composed the Wilmot Proviso, stating that slavery cannot exist in any territory acquired by Mexico, which upset many Southerners leading to events such as the

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    as a sailor and went on to receive an award during the war of 1812 that would allow him to supply military forts along the Hudson River. As other people began to mimic Vanderbilt’s ideas and business, he sold all of his ferries knowing that the way of water was not going to last for a valuable span of time. His days of entrepreneurship were not over yet; Cornelius Vanderbilt used the money he acquired from his previous business to start on the next big thing. Instead of using boats as the fuel of

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    In 1864, rail access came and Burnsville developed into a resort town. The township boasted cottages along Crystal Lake, Orchard Lake, and Marion Lake in nearby Lakeville. The Bloomington Ferry provided river crossings until the finished construction of the Bloomington Ferry Bridge in 1889. The Lyndale Avenue Drawbridge opened next to Black Dog Lake in 1920 extending Minneapolis’ north south highway to the southern, rural communities like Burnsville. Even still, it remained a quiet

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    Guantanamo Troopers and Naval Station Personnel participated (past tense) in a grueling Sprint Triathlon, Sept. 3 on U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Participants started their day off just as the sun was peaking over the horizon, washing?? Ferry Landing in a soft glow. The excitement and nervous energy rolled off the participants in waves as they prepped for the first event, a half mile swim in the warm waters of the bay. Excited chatter filled the air, as everyone around was stretching

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    sits quietly in an area of Port Orchard surrounded by trees, the nearest neighbor hundreds of feet away. Like that of most western Washington, the weather is cool and rainy throughout the year with little relief in the summer. The drizzly rain can last for months; Isaac can remember a time when it persisted for 93 days straight. Though at times the weather can be miserable, it keeps the forest green and the air clean and refreshing. Traveling ten miles out of his hide away home, Isaac

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