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    The Blue Sweater Essay

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    when Novogratz climbed Mount Nyiragongo. Novogratz mentions that before she left Africa, she went for an adventure on the tallest mountain which lay between in the Goma, a city in Rwanda, and Zaire. Novogratz and her Canadian friend (Charles) and their tour guide climbed Mount Nyiragongo. The mountain was one of central Africa’ tallest mountain, it shared border with Rwanda and Zaire. While they climbing and hardly surviving the grueling trails of the mount, only to realize…

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    Pompeii Research Paper

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    research on the place and gathered some pretty interesting facts and theories about Pompeii. It is located in Italy's Campania Region, near the coast of the Bay of Naples. The city of Pompeii was completely demolished by a volcano by the name of “Mount Vesuvius” in 79 A.D. Therefore, it destroyed almost the entire city. But this gives the archaeologists a chance to look at what's left and draw conclusions about what the people of Pompeii lived like on the daily. There are still…

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    you know that Mount Rushmore is over 1,725 meters tall? Well it’s true. Did you also know that Mount Rushmore cost just south of one million dollars? Yes, which in my opinion is pretty amazing that such a marvelous monument made out of granite would be less than a million dollars. Today I will be talking about my trip to five different states. Which started in Kansas, then to three national parks, and finally ending up at a roaring river. First I will be talking about my trip to Mount Rushmore.…

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    A single eruption at Yellowstone National Park could kill as many as 90,000 people. Though many people think it will not erupt, there is a supervolcano underneath yellowstone. Yellowstone is the first national park that is home to a super volcano. There is lots of wildlife like grizzly bears, wolves, elk, and herds of bison. These make Yellowstone a popular tourist attraction. If this supervolcano erupts it could destroy the wildlife and have a giant impact on the united states. Scientist more…

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    #1. The title of this work of are is Under the Wave off Kanagawa it is also referred to as The Great Wave. The dimensions of this particular work, measures ten and one-eights by 14 and fifteenth-sixteenths inches. The date that the Wave off Kanagawa was created 1830 till 1832. The medium that was used in the creation of this work of art is: Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper. #2. In the Wave off Kanagawa there is obviously a gigantic wave that takes up most of the portrait.…

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    how some of the “clients” didn't have the skills necessary to complete the climb. Krakauer forms credibility by his use of facts and his understanding of climbing. His use of facts make it easier for the audience to understand the physical part of Mount Everest In chapter two Krakauer switches from himself to the history and previous expeditions of Everest. This allowed the reader to understand more about Everest before continuing on. 3. Pathos: Through his diction and his powerful descriptions…

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    Have you ever viewed four states from one single tower? Well, if you haven’t, then you should visit the John Hancock Center, in Chicago, Illinois!!!!!!! If you go there, you would be able to see Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. The architects were Fazlur Rahman Khan and Bruce Graham. The John Hancock Center was made in recognition of John Hancock. Hancock served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.…

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    preparation Climbers are putting themselves and the rescuer’s lives at risk, so it creates a bigger problem and more people could end up getting severely injured or it could even result to death. In source 3 “Ranger Killed During Rescue of Climbers on Mount Rainier” A ranger named Nick Hall, died from falling 3,700 feet from rescuing 2 woman climbers that fell into crevasse. Although most people say yes to rescuing people since all lives are valuable and precious, however, it is extremely…

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    Mt. Fuji Research Paper

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    this is very unusual for a mountian, especially a Volcano. There is 5 Lakes that surround the mountain. The first lake is called: Lake Motosuko, Lake Kawaguchiko, Lake Shojiko, Lake Yamanakako, Lake Saliko. The Japanese proverb says, ¨He who climbs Mount Fuji once is a wise man, he who climbs it twice is a fool.¨ The definition of a stratovolcano is a large cone-shaped volcano. Mt. Fuji is made primarily of Basalt, which is somewhat unusualy from stratovolcanos. For almost 300 years the volcano…

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    “CRASH!”, “BANG!” went Pompeii and everyone living in it. August 24th, 79 C.E. Pompeiiś volcano erupted and sent million lives, to death. Pompeii was a Roman city were tons of people lived and called home, But then, a volcano near the Bay of Naples in Italy erupted, leaving the beautiful city buried under a thick blanket of volcanic ash. In the story “the dog of Pompeii” by Louis Untermeyer, it tells you about a blind boy, bimbo, and his dog, tito, and how it explains that tito was bimbo's…

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