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    The Sedona Culture

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    people entered the Verde Valley. To place 650 A.D. in historical perceptive, the Muslim conquests to unify Arabia under the Prophet Muhammad started around 622. These conquests brought an end to the Byzantine Empire, which itself comprised the eastern remnants of the Roman Empire. So yes, we’re talking a long, long time ago. The Sinagua culture is known for its art--petroglyphs, pottery and basketry--as well as its masonry. Midway between Phoenix and Sedona, we stop at the Montezuma Castle. The Castle is one of the best-preserved cliff dwellings in North America. My wife compared it to a pre-historic high-rise: five-stories of stone and mortar that contain 20 rooms and once housed up to 60 people, all tucked into the crevasses of an imposing limestone cliff. It was occupied starting around 1100 AD, and later, on December 8, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt declared it among our first National…

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    SSS TRIO Program Interview

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    I had the privilege of interviewing Linda Evans, M.P.A., who serves as the coordinator of Student Support Services (SSS) TRIO Program on the Yavapai College, Verde Valley Campus. SSS TRIO is a federally-funded program through the U.S. Department of Education by means of a competitive grant process. This program is designed to identify and support students who qualify by meeting two of the three requirements of the program. Qualifying conditions are they receive a Federal Pell Grant, have a…

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    Arizona’s landscape is a masterpiece created by geological forces over millions of years. As people make the journey from Flagstaff to Sedona they descend 2,500 feet into an eroded canyon. It is almost as if they travel through several geological time periods (Ogilbee,127). The sedimentary rock tells the tell of the land that was once part of a seas that have disappeared, rivers that have dried up, and sand that was blown around for millions of years. Deserts have long been known as landscape…

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    For example you can visit places like Wisconsin where you can visit the Dells, which has water parks and amusement parks. Also their are a lot of smaller cities outside of Dubuque like Davenport where you can visit all the different restaurants that Dubuque doesn’t have. You also can visit Iowa City or Des Moine Iowa where all the bigger stores and bigger malls are. Dubuque have a variety of different job programs for unemployed adults and people with bad backgrounds. Places like Sedona Staffing…

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    My first experience of snow was like a snow globe, except it seemed whoever was shaking it wasn’t going to stop. Snow Globes are a model of a scene surrounded by particles of fake, white matter resembling snow, but when shaken it turns to a magnificent snowstorm. While I have many snow globes at my house collected from my childhood, this was the first one I was in. I think a lot about the countless times my dad has told me of stories of his childhood. His numerous adventures of snow days,…

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    to improve their lectures, however I believe that the MI theory can also be used by student to help them perform better, not only academically, by helping them find a way to have better information retention, but also in their everyday lives, for instance, when they learn to drive. This article I found very ingesting I have always believed that people learn at different speed, but I never got to thinking that they do so because we all learn differently (also called MI theory). Having studied…

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    Facts About Arizona

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    to draw people in to see lots of mountains and canyons. Arizona’s weather is odd as well. It has very fun and weird things about it. It has many interesting places that are recommended to go to. There are also many interesting events that have occurred. There are so many ways to think of Arizona enjoyable. Amazing Mountains and Canyons Arizona is very nice in terms of mountains. If you see the Grand Canyon, your jaws will drop. The Grand Canyon is very orange, and very deep. If…

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    about how to hold on. Like,’Do not hold on to the long strap only the one that is short and pulled tight.’ After explaining everything we walked out to the zip line, I was going to be going third to last person to go across. I had butterflies in my stomach. again but seeing how much fun the other people were having I started to breathe easier and stay still and calm. Sedona kept saying,” Kaley it is okay. It will be fun just relax.” and, “ Kaley you got this!” It was now my turn I stepped up to…

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    snow, but when shaken it turns to a magnificent snowstorm. While I have many snow globes at my house collected from my childhood, this was the first one I was in. I think a lot about the countless times my dad has told me of stories of his childhood. His numerous adventures of snow days, seasonal change, and free time in the backyard. It seemed to me that my dad had an eventful childhood. However living in California I never had experienced real snow, seasonal change, or a “real” backyard, the…

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    As of now I plan on studying for this medical career in sedona, however later on in the future, I would like to be able to branch out to different states, such as California, Oregon, New York, etc., in order to meet new places. Currently in Las Vegas, Nevada they are looking for a General Pediatrician in Nevada Pediatric Specialists, I think I would enjoy working in Vegas for a while up until I start raising a family. Later on maybe I would like to move down to Oklahoma, since it seems like…

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