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    amount of shrinks, mediums, spiritualists, and willing participants in these cons. The book explores this period in history and human nature in an interesting and well put together way. The main character, Mary Shelly Black, was born and raised in Portland, Oregon for sixteen years of her life by her father, a Spanish-American War veteran. After his time in the service, her father developed a condition called soldier’s heart. Nowadays this is…

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    The Nenana Ice Short Story

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    but was also the bravest thing I could have done at the time.” While my grandma was finishing her sophomore year in online school, she got her first job with her dad, and two of her brothers and sisters. Vicki’s first job was in construction, although she did not get paid a substantial amount of money, it was great learning experience for her. In the next year of high school, junior year, she started taking school serious again and hung out with a smart and kind group of friends. This was the…

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    The Pistons History

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    Sports are what make Michigan a notable state, so when people think of us, they think of our state they think of our great college teams, and outstanding national teams… minus the Lions. The story of the pistons begins with a man named Fred Zollner. Fred was born in Little Falls, Minnesota in 1901. Zollner Corporations; formed in 1912, was a tier-one supplier of pistons to major companies including Ford, General Motors, John Deere, International Harvester [Now Navistar], and Outboard Maine. The…

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    Klay Alexander Thompson, known for his exceptional three-point shooting, plays professional basketball for the Golden State Warriors. He has won four NBA championships, been named to the NBA All-Star team five times, and has earned gold medals for the U.S. national teams. Thompson attended Washington State University and was selected as the 11th overall choice in the 2011 NBA draft. He and Stephen Curry, known as “the Splash Brothers,” set an NBA record of 484 three-pointers in a single season…

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    A Coffee Date with Brandon….. People tend to compare me to Kanye West, well this is a simply matter of fact that like him I have an ego in the things I do. As a younger me I would've never thought that I would be looking into Colleges, taking the time to fill up for Scholarships, studying for SAT. Having a hispanic background this seemed nearly impossible, to think about these things was a joke. When I was younger, my mindset was to simply to graduate from high school and be done with my…

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    Mt. Hood College Essay

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    Discovering this college from the thousands of community colleges in the West Coast was difficult yet a wonderful experience. From California to Washington, there were numerous of community colleges that were the best of the best and the colleges were at beautiful places that I can’t even describe to you.. But, I picked Mt. Hood Community College as my community college of choice from the good reviews to the helpful website. I realized that Mt. Hood was the good choice after I read about the…

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    created. Gunn uses the adventures she has taken in her life to express that same sense into her characters. She grew up in Orange County, California and has lived in places like Hawaii and Reno and many more places. Her and her husband now live in Portland, Oregon and have been married for thirty years. Twenty-two of those years they have been working in ministry together. She now speaks frequently at local and international events and one her favorite topics to talk about is how GOD is the…

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    professor gave a lecture on stuttering and even admitted that he struggles with stuttering. This was the first time Natalie had ever met another person who stuttered, let alone, a professor who stuttered. He encouraged her to begin therapy with the Portland State’s clinic where the students made her step out of her comfort zone and come to terms with her stuttering problem. After getting her degree her clinical fellowship year was at her old school where she worked under her SLP that she had…

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    While reading information about Columbus Day and other days related to it, I learned many new facts that I did not know before. Personally, I would rather celebrate Indigenous People’s Day because Columbus did some bad things. In school, I never learned about all of the injustices committed by Columbus and other explorers of that age because they were only portrayed as heroes. I found that the Washington Post and history.com were the most reliable sources because they were an established…

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    The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Congress Street in Portland, Maine exemplifies many aspects of the style of Gothic architecture. The style originated in France in the 12th century and continued into the 16th century. Gothic architecture was an evolution of Romanesque architecture and was replaced by Renaissance architecture. Gothic churches ended up being recognized as the peak of medieval architecture. The style of Gothic architecture was created by a man named Abbot Suger. His…

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