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    Under the State's recreational use statute, the owner of a property that permits any person either directly or indirectly without charge the use of the property for recreation purposes does not assume responsibility for any injury incurred. Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 411.190. A “charge” refers to the admission price or fee asked in return for invitation or permission to enter or go upon the land. Id. In regards to the application of the fee, Midwestern, Inc. determined that the fee must have been…

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    Book Report on The Wright Brothers, by David McCullough The Wright Brothers is an excellent masterpiece by David McCullough which gives the biography of the two Wright brothers, Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright; who taught the world that humans could fly too by inventing the first flying aircraft. Though the book narrates a bit on their personal life and incidents in family, the main emphasis of the book is to explain the struggles faced by the two brothers for a period of 10 years on developing…

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    War or also known as the Seven Year War was one of the largest battles between England and France for the control of the Ohio River Valley. Both Britain and France main goal to achieve was to benefit their mother country while trying to supply good to their homeland that they couldn’t get anywhere else. It started with France in the early 1750s trying to expand into the Ohio River Valley, which caused conflict with British colonies. With this conflict arising more it made the British declare…

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    Location: The Great Teays River was a river that flowed north and north west in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia. The river was named after the valley found in Putnam County, WV (Teays Valley). Teays Valley was named after Stephen Teays who was an early settler. A few places I was familiar with that the river ran through was Scioto County and Chillicothe in Ohio and along the Interstate 64 in West Virginia from Charleston toward Huntington. The river during this…

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    Decker's Creek Incident

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    incident were the levels of environmental contamination. Ron Lewis of the Parkersburg News and Sentinel reported that the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) and Shell Chemical Company spokesman Rob Berger said that nothing from the fire fighter’s water sprayings made…

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    Jakob Correa Ms.Vue English 7 01 October 2015 Women in Aviation:Katharine Wright Katharine’s Childhood and Family “Katharine Wright was conceived at the Wright home at 7 Hawthorn Road, Dayton, Ohio on August 19, 1874 - her sibling Orville's third birthday. She was the youngest child of Milton and Susan Wright and the only girl to survive. (Her sister Ida died in early stages of life.) Like all the Wright kids, she had no middle name - her dad asserted that he gave his children particular first…

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    Both, the French and British claimed this land. They both wanted this land because it provided fur traders access to cities and ports along the East Coast. Then around 1753 the French living in Canada started to build a line of on land in the Ohio River Valley. The French built these forts to protect their land from the British. One of these forts was Fort Necessity; this was one of the first battles in the French Indian War. This battle was George Washington’s only military surrender. From…

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    Greek Art Museum

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    experienced the contemporary 24-hour art museum and hotel combination these two artist envisioned one night with a group entertaining and spontaneous friends. Our night started out with hand-dipped ice cream on the river walk, on the Indiana side of the Ohio River and ended up across the bridge among the tall buildings, street lights, and sketchy alley ways. While we were walking to the entrance, all bundled up, I was skeptical. I am from the Indianapolis area, so the downtown city life isn’t…

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    The Wright Design The Wright Brothers didn't invent the design of the airplane. In fact, their entire plane was based on how birds fly. They made the aircraft so it would catch some heavy winds that blew. Plus, they needed light weight materials so the plane wouldn't fall from the sky. But they did tweak it so it could be controlled. That's where the engine and propellers come in. They launch the craft's thrust. Their plane has a very unique design. Nevertheless,their plane was…

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    Wright Brothers, Invention of the airplaneHow exactly were the Wright Brothers successful? On August 19, 1871, in Dayton, Ohio, two men Orville and Wilbur Wright were born. Orville and Wilbur Wright made many inventions, but their biggest would have to be when they invented the first plane, which skyrocketed their fame. The invention of the plane was a great invention, and changed humanity as we know it. When they invented the plane, it wasn’t all that easy, it took many tries, and hard work,…

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