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    GN: Little did I know, I could have come to you for this kind of thing. JS: I worked in Agway. GN: And that's pretty much the summer activities through the years there wouldn’t be much chance for that. JS: No we worked all year long. GN: Saturdays or the holidays? JS: Saturdays and one or two afternoons, evenings that was a lot of five to nine sifts and we would work five to nine shift. GN: OK quick forward now how did you learn about Marist? What's the connection for you coming here? You were in New Paltz area first were you not? JS: I am trying to think I know what the connection was. I took courses and Suny New Paltz after I had graduated from Mount Saint Mary when I was teaching when I was a teacher. If you had a student teacher would…

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    Mount St. Helen's is an active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range in Skamania County, Washington and is part of the Ring of Fire centered around the Pacific Ocean. Mount St. Helen's was created when the oceanic Jean de Fuca plate subducted beneath the North American Plate and has a long history of eruptive periods followed lengthy dormancies. Her volcanic activity was marked by thousands of years of lava and pyroclastic flows only to fall silent and then reawaken to begin her destructive cycle…

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    Mount ST. Helens The eruption of Mount ST. Helens changed people’s lives because it destroyed everything in its path. The volcano erupted at 8:32 a.m. on May 18, 1980. The eruption caused snow on the mountain to melt and the snow flooded the roads and bridges. The eruption sprayed a thick layer of volcanic ash over a huge area. If you do not know what Mount ST. Helens is, well it is a volcano that erupted in the year 1980. Mount ST. Helens is located in the Cascade mountain ninety-five miles…

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    Marys Peak - Fir Forests Lindsay Liddell FES 342 Professor Matthew Powers MWF 10-11am Due: 10/19/15 Marys Peak is a mountain in Benton County, Oregon. At the top of the peak, on a clear day, one can see the cities of the Willamette Valley, the Cascade Range, and the Pacific Ocean. It is known for its meadows of wildflowers in spring and its fir forests uniquely populated with noble firs (Abies procera). Little data is available regarding the trees age, but there is clear variance in age,…

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    Have you ever heard of the volcano called Mount St. Helens? You probably have since it is a very well known volcano, but if you haven’t, then I will tell you all you need to know about the volcano. Mount St. Helens is a stratovolcano. Stratovolcanoes are also considered to be a composite volcano. Composite volcanoes are the type of cone-shaped volcanoes. Mount St. Helens is made up of layers of hardened lava and rock fragments, because it is a composite volcano. Mount St. Helens has had many…

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    surroundings are all black and white and only serve her select food that has no color; but what about Mary herself. Our body naturally has some color to it, whether it is our skin tone, eye color, nail beds, hair, lips, or even the veins we can see through our skin. How are we going to ensure that Mary never gets a spontaneous bloody nose or a rash on her arm? Sure you could easily argue this by saying there will not be a mirror in the room and she will never get a rash because she will not have…

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    creating a long process that eventually resulting in the formation of volcanoes. The Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest is known for its deep evergreen forests and numerous tall jagged cones and this area is home to the Strato-Volcano Peak known today as Mount St. Helens. Originally named “Louwala-Clough,” or “Smoking Mountain,” by the Native American Indians in the region. Many legends were handed down explaining accounts about eruptions the Indians witnessed about Mount St. Helens.…

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    room via a black and white television monitor” (Jackson, 275). Specializing in the neurophysiology of vision, Mary has acquired all physical information regarding the physical and neurological occurrences when colors are seen or experienced (Jackson 275). The knowledge argument suggests that there is something more to gain outside of physical knowledge and insists that Mary, in gaining knew knowledge, learns a new fact upon her release. In this thought experiment, Jackson points toward the…

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    danger to others. The main people that get injured would be their guides, which most of the time would be Sherpas. Sherpas put themselves in danger each day to earn money to feed themselves or their family. In most cases, they risk too much and end up dead just to help other live their dream. That then leaves their family members with a loss and moring feelings. Sherpas dying is just one reason to why they should ban expeditions if the climbers are not experienced. Other reasons would be that,…

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    cheerily carrying three enormous photo albums, “I can’t believe you have so many pictures of you and Dad. There must be so many memories you two shared.” “Oh, thank you dear,” I said smiling. “Would you like to go through them with me?” I asked. Amelia eagerly agreed, and she sat at the foot of my bed flipping through the frail pages of the oldest photo album from around the late 1940s early 1950s. Amelia asked, “How did you meet Dad? Was it love at first sight?” I started telling her how I…

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