Olympia

How many people in the world have not heard of the Olympics? Not many. Olympic athletes come from nearly every country in the world and have all different talents. Athletes like these have been around for a very long time and will continue to stay around. They started out in the Ancient Olympics with sports like the Chariot Races and the Javelin throw, but have moved on to things like gymnastics and figure skating. Despite being very different from Modern Olympics, the Ancient Olympics were…

new people and finally settled on Aaron Burckhard as their new drummer, and they played their first house party in Raymond, WA. A couple of months later they were going by the name Skid Row and they played their first actual gig at the GESCCO in Olympia, WA. ( Nirvana Biography) In the winter of that year Aaron left the band because he was too hung over to come to practice. (Aaron Burckhard Wiki, Nirvana Biography) Luckily Kurt was still in contact with the Melvin’s drummer…

AGENCY MISSION Scarlet Road is committed to enhancing the well-being and empowerment of sexual exploited women and children at a local level. Scarlet Road also, seeks out to change social injustices of this population through lobbying in Olympia each year, in hopes of changing policies that will help promote social justice for this oppressed population. Scarlet Road’s mission statement is, “Through holistic care Scarlet Road offers the hope of freedom to those who have been sexually exploited”…

Some of the Spartan soldiers questioned their King, King Agesilaus why there were no fortification walls around the city state. The king simply pointed to his soldiers and said, “These are Sparta’s walls”. Sparta is regarded as one of the most militaristic societies during the time of the Ancient Greeks. Between the 5th to 7th century, this city-state was considered the strongest military force. There was also a very unusual political system that included modernly a monarchy, an oligarchy, an…

Florida’s legislature comprises of 120 lawmakers in the lower house and 40 in the upper house, making a total of 160 legislators. The Washington House, on the other hand, is constituted of 98 lawmakers in the lower house and 49 in the upper house, making a total of 147. The two states also slightly differ in the length of their legislative bodies and the term limit for which a legislature can serve. In both states at the upper houses, the elected lawmakers have a term lasting two years; however…

For a long years, many artist have been creating, looking for, criticizing, and enjoying art. A lot of artist have been famous by their art, like Vincent Van Gogh or Leonardo da Vinci. And now I’m going to introduce 3 artists, which are Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Piranesi, and Dominique Ingres and explain 3 arts from each artist. First artist is Sandro Botticelli. Who is Sandro Botticelli? He was a famous Italian Painter on the early renaissance. Renaissance is the art that influence by…

Young drivers, and even older ones, cause many fatal accidents; raising the minimum age at which people can drive might reduce this, but is it a benefit to society, and are the statistics true? We can help lower the accident rates if the driving age is raised to 18 so no more kids can get hurt or killed in a accident on the freeway or by another car crashing into their car if we raise the driving age it will be safer for the young and old drivers. Statistics have shown that 15% of all accident…

countries that had given women the right to vote, with New Zealand being the first, having given this right to women in 1893. A big difference is noted between the late 1700s and mid 1800s in the way women were treated in France. In 1791, French activist Olympia de Gouges published “Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen”, in which she argues that women are citizens are much are as men. She went to the guillotine in 1793. By 1871, French women were given full political…

Steroid Legalization Recent evidence suggests that there may be over 3,000,000 regular anabolic steroid users in the United States (Taylor 1). Although this statistic may seem shocking, steroids are found in more things than people expect. For example, doctors prescribe forms of steroids for patients with skin conditions such as eczema and rashes. According to healthofchildren, anabolic steroids are defined as compounds, derived from testosterone, which promotes tissue growth and repair.…

America is considered one of the most prosperous countries in the world. However, those who happen to experience poverty understand that this concept is somewhat blurry and subjective. One can say that living in Manteca CA with around $40,000 of income with two children to provide for and a rented apartment on the outskirts is practically a condition on the verge of beggarhood. Others would say that this is just an applicable federally defined poverty level where a citizen is living from hand to…