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    at all in the play. Without Mistress Shore, much of the play up unto this point would not develop the way it is with her, in fact without her as a plot device, there would be no Richard III because she is what allows for the jailing and death of Hastings, as well as the incrimination of the queen later on in the play and even the development of Richard as a character he is. Shore is a prime example of a character having a major presence and influence on a story, promoting both primary themes,…

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    Mark Wahlberg’s career is a famous actor and he made a musical group. His high school career was not very good he was a drop out he started selling drugs stealing all that bad stuff. At the age of 42 he got his high school diploma. When he changed his life around a lot of good things started happening to him. His college career wasn’t very good either because when he was young he made a lot of mistakes. He could go to college because he got his diploma at the age of 42. I don t think he…

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    Jazz History Concert Report The date of the concert was October 5, 2016 and the title of the concert is “Experimental Improvisation with: Kjell Nordeson & Peter Kuhn”. The concert was performed in Mesa College Music building. Peter Kuhn had three instruments with him a bass clarinet, saxophone, and a Bb Clarinet. He used the bass clarinet and the saxophone during his first piece, and the clarinet on the second piece. Kjell Nordeson was on the drum but had a lot of instruments with him.…

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    Lansford w. Hastings was born in 1818 In Knox county Ohio. He died in 1868. When he was at a young age he trained as a lawyer. Later he served as a captain in the California Battalion during the Mexican war. When Hastings met Clyman he convinced him to follow John C Fremont’s trail from the Humboldt River to the Great Salt Lake. When he set foot on his journey the Hastings party crossed the Salt Lake valley. When he was about 24 years of age he joined a group of emigrants at Elm Grove,…

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    Donner Party Research Paper

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    a new life. A few of these opportunity seekers, James Reed, and George and Jacob Donner, took advantage of this bright opportunity and decided to make the journey west. James Reed was a wealthy businessman who lived in Springfield, Illinois. He made the decision to leave Illinois, and travel halfway across the country because he believed it would provide a better life for him and his family, and help heal his wife’s health issues. Mr. Reed had also just…

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    Donner Party Narrative

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    life they had been farmers, these lands were new to them. Before this tripe they didn’t know that there was such thing as a salt lake. What made things worse was that they had no guide, and Hasting was wrong about the shortcut. This short cut was actually longer and it wasn’t a very good trail. At one point Hasting had left a note behind telling anyone that was following him to stop following the trail and follow him through a detour, because…

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    party. there a lake called Donner lake. The trek had been organized by James Reed. There were 90 emigrants that left Springfield to head west. One of the ending causes for the Donner party they were blocked by snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Which caused them to resorted cannibalism to survive. The main reason that causes the ending of the Donner party that they took the wrong pass. The pass was called Hastings pass These are all the causes of the Donner party trouble. In Sierra…

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    Desperate Passage Analysis

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    The 81 members who decided to follow the new path soon found out that Lansford W. Hastings didn’t help bring them to California, but gave them a unreliable map. Once blazed through Wyoming it seemed like the short cut was a sure thing, but as they traveled through Utah they were met with serious terrain of hills and trees. It took strength…

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    In the past few years, Netflix has increased its popularity and has been one of the most successful businesses. Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph founded this business. Netflix gives people the ability to stream any show they want. It has become something that people look forward to and it is enjoyable for all ages. Netflix has changed the way people watch TV. People can binge watch and there are no commercials. Netflix has had a lengthy history before it got to where it is today. Netflix has a…

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    Illinois. In hopes of a new life, Donner wanted to move to California. In April, 1846 Donner , Tamsen (his third wife) and his five daughters, later, his brother, Jacob Donner, Elizabeth ( Jacob Donner’s wife) and their seven child also joined. James Reed was the leader of this party. So altogether they rode covered wagon trains. Now these wagons made up of twenty vehicles and 100 people They left Independence, Missouri, in May 1846. The party followed the Oregon Trail until they reached Fort…

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