Harrisburg

As I swished the paddle through the lake and back up, I felt the warm sunshine against my face, and cold little sprinkles of water on my hand, it felt as if someone sprinkling a salt shaker on my hand. I looked up from the water to see the air filled with beautiful green trees staring back at me. I could just smell the aroma of bushy pines. I could hear the voices of other kids and parents talking. I looked back down at Glendale lake and saw a bundle of small gray fish swimming through the…

Chester County is where I have been raised all my life, it’s a wonderful area. It is located in southern Pennsylvania in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, about fifteen miles from Philadelphia. Specifically it is located at 40.0010 degrees N, 75.8069 degrees W. William Penn founded the county in 1682 making it one of his three original Pennsylvania colonies. It was named after Chester, England. The landscape is beautiful here, lots of rolling hills and valleys flourishing with wildlife and…

area or a region and the actual definition of Distance Decay is “the tapering off of a process, pattern, or event over a distance” (textbook). In terms of Space-Time Compression, Sykesville is 14 miles away from Ellicott City, 74 miles away from Harrisburg, and 503 miles from Knoxville. More specifically, Route 32 connects Sykesville to all the major towns within Carroll County and Route 70 connects Sykesville to other parts of Maryland. Despite the technological advancements of cars, planes and…

Introduction Donald Trump advised that the globalization destroyed the US economy. Globalization is disruptive and unfair against the global competitive market. Some exporting countries like China, take advantages of globalization, free trade and financial flows. Millions of workers in the US are unemployed and under poverty due to the negative impact of globalization to the US. Trump has acted to tackle the problems derived from globalization. He announced policies including preventing U.S…

Mental illnesses have been around during Egyptian and Mesopotamian ages. And throughout the years many things have changed. Many right movements for the mentally ill have been made, along with many different Act’s have been ruled, and a large hand full of associations have been made to support psychiatric patients. Many people have changed their opinions on the mentally ill because they’ve finally opened their eyes to what people have to suffer through. People have been trying to treat mental…

pressed the cold barrel of his revolver to her head. Margaret’s eyes, locked with a soldier’s, were blank and her face unmoving. “Margaret Baxter,” the man with the dagger spoke, “You are found guilty of assassinating the honorable General William Harrisburg. The Confederate States of America hereby sentences you to…

According to Dr. Mel Schiavellia, president of Harrisburg University of Science and Technology in Pennsylvania, “Yale does not have an accounting program that equals the [accounting program at the] University of Maryland.” So the salaries at some public universities will be similar to those at an Ivy League;…

If they were lucky, they would vanquish the North after the North’s defeats at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Confederates planned to capture Harrisburg, and then move on to Philadelphia and New York unless the North would propose peace. On the other side, Lincoln sent Union forces under the command of General George C. Meade to obstruct Lee’s path. Lee and Meade’s forces clashed abruptly at Gettysburg…

The Road Travelled: A Spiritual Life Story I accepted Jesus as my Savior on January 19th on a Sunday morning 12 years ago with my Mom after I had a fight with Riley. I prayed aloud confessing that I was a sinner who wanted to love Jesus and follow Him the rest of my life. The benefit of being a middle son has helped me spiritually- I have had an older brother who leads by example and a younger one who I mentor. And my Dad continues to teach us the importance of public and private prayer and…

The District of Columbia passed the 1975 Firearms Control Regulations Act. This act made it illegal to own handguns, automatic firearms, or high capacity rifles and prohibited the possession of unregistered firearms. Dick Heller, a special police officer in the District of Columbia, carried a firearm as part of his job. He was granted access into federal buildings with the gun, but the new provision made it illegal to possess in his own home. Along with Dick Heller, five other D.C. residents…