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    peak, elevation 3.205 feet. Or, if you prefer a shorter trek, drive to the gate blocking auto travel 1.4 miles below the summit. In addition to a moderate jaunt to an unfrequented location on a crisp winter day, visitors are presented with a superb Sierra vista to the east and views of the Coast Range to the west on a clear day. If it is not hazy or cloudy, note massive Half Dome, El Capitan, Clouds Rest and Mt. Clark.…

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    A possible getaway location is Sequoia or Kings Canyon national park in California. For instance, on the National Parks Service website, the text states that “In the spring, the colorful mix of wildflowers along the ridge trail and near Redwood Creek will delight hikers as much as the giant sequoias. In the fall, the dogwood shrubs turn a deep red color, and the fall light provides good photo opportunities.” campers can hike underneath towering trees that can get as tall as 378 feet and these…

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    Death Valley is located in the Mojave Desert in California. It functions as a national park and is part of the National Park System. Despite being the hottest and driest place in North America with temperatures reaching up to 134 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer, there is a good amount of vegetation. The vegetation in Death valley includes mostly succulents and drought resistant plants. Basically, plants that have adapted to desert conditions thrive in Death Valley. Major landforms include,…

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    A wilderness experience occur when one perceive phenomena in the wilderness. It is important to keep in mind that achieving a globally agreed-upon definition for wilderness is difficult, and may not even be entirely necessary. However, a common definition of wilderness is an uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region. It is an area essentially undisturbed by human activity together with its naturally developed life community. Wilderness leaves no place for human beings, save perhaps as…

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    The event that led to the Ford Pinto Case was due to a hazardous gas tank, the Ford Company had to make a decision between recalling the cars, which would costs the company an astronomical amount of money to repair, or do nothing and keep them as they were and face the lawsuits that would occur because of their decision to not make any necessary repairs. When the cost reports came out and showed that it would be in the company’s best interest to not recall the cars and instead pay out the…

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    country Sierra Leone. In 1949 on the 10 of August, Sierra Leone had its first international match aainst Nigeriaanother British colony. Sierra Leone lost the match by 2 goal to 0. the team again in 1954 had another encounter with another sister colony country called Gold Coast, now Ghana. Sierra Leone against lost 2:0.…

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    Push Factors Sierra Leone is a country with many push factors, due to its regional differences. One such push factor is ethnicity. There are many different ethnicities in Sierra Leone, such as Temne, Mende, Limba, Kono, Mandingo, and Loko. With so many different ethnicities spread across the population, it not only brings those of the same ethnicity together, but it pushes those of differing ethnicity apart. Another major push factor is language, as all these differing ethnicities use different…

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    INTRO: The social structure in Sierra Leone before imperialism was very well structured. However once imperialism hit the social structure fell apart. But once imperialism was over Sierra Leone tried to pick themselves up to try to evolve their social structure to a more modern standard. BEFORE: There are somewhere around fifteen and twenty ethnic gatherings in Sierra Leone. Relations have been by and large warm among them, and Sierra Leone has to a great extent kept away from the racial…

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    The Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel group based in Sierra Leone is well known for their continuous dependency on children to fight against the government. Most of these children are abducted or manipulated into joining the ranks of RUF where they are tasked with fighting on the front lines and forced to commit atrocities such as rape and mutilation. The rebel group RUF is not the only military group to be using children, the Sierra Leone government has admitted 1/5 of its 250,000 strong…

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    first semester... But by June, I did get a report card, and I'd earned Cs across the board.” This shows how she worked hard and ended up achieving her goal of getting a proper education, which aided her in her quest to support her family back in Sierra Leone. Additionally, the loss of innocence, which is exhibited in many different forms, is present in the novel. The main form of this, however, is the loss of her sense of security and safety in…

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