The Pike

The Industrial Revolution was a pivotal point in the history of our nation; it brought about change and it led to the development of machinery that transformed the nation. Parts of the world began to thrive and invited the change; other parts never had the chance to change. As more machinery was developed, common industries were greatly affected which impacted the working class. This caused many people to find new jobs; some traveled into the Yukon territory in search of gold . During this time…

It was August, the first month back to school, and football season was about to start. We were practicing in the vigorous heat getting ready for our first game. In Meridian, the temperature would hit 95 degrees, but that did not matter to my team. We practiced like champions and thought we were going to be the champions at the end of the year. However, the final result turned out much differently than we had hoped. We were defeated in the second round of the playoffs. This was a tough lose but,…

The Storming of the Bastille You are in a park with you family having a picnic. You had just got back from seeing a parade and will be watching fireworks later that night. Families all around you are celebrating. Everywhere you look, you see red, white, and blue. Is this the Fourth of July? Close. It’s the 14th of July. You’re French and celebrating Bastille Day. It has been a national holiday since 1878 in honor of rioters attacking the Bastille, a political prison, in 1789. It was the…

Amelia Earhart is someone who disappeared on her flight across the Pacific Ocean and nobody has found her body or her plane. Amelia Earhart is someone who has accomplished many things like solo flight across the Pacific, she is famous for many things, and she has been awarded many things. There were many events that happened before Amelia Earhart became famous. Earhart was born in Kansas and was the oldest of two children. She…

expedition called “Corps of Discovery”, in which were to explore the Louisiana territory, the Oregon lands, and extended to the West Coast. This expedition occurs between 1804 to 1806. Other expeditions were designated by Jefferson, one was led by Zebulon Pike, which was to explore the Mississippi River and Arkansas River and the other was led by Thomas Freeman, an astronomer and surveyor to explore the Red River Valley in the southern portion of the new territory. (Fraser 223, 225). The result…

Cardio workouts such as running and bicycling can be performed from the comfort of your home. You can use a treadmill or a stationary bike for performing these warm up exercises. * Stretching workouts such as vertical scissors, side bends, ball ab pike etc. should be performed before indulging into weight training exercises. These workouts can easily increase flexibility in your body. * Weight training workouts should be conducted with light weight. Exercises such as dumbbell chest press,…

Interpretation Acid-mine drainage occurs when sulfide-bearing waste rock and tailings come in contact with waters containing dissolved oxygen. The resulting oxidation reactions release associated metals and acidity, which may impact the biological community and significantly lower the pH of downstream waterways (Army, 2010). Released metals that are transported downstream may be removed from solution through precipitation of and sorption onto iron and manganese hydroxides. Attenuation of metals…

I discovered Colorado College (CC) from one of my closest friend named Cooper. Cooper is participating in varsity lacrosse at CC, at could not wait to tell me all about the college after he committed. Hearing the new that he committed to college I texted him and invited him to get lunch. During our lunch Cooper made it his job to recruit me to CC and it worked. His enthusiasm and love for the school was contagious, when I got home I could not stop ranting to my parent about how I had to visit CC…

do them sharply. Each motion that you make must be right on point and nothing less. After you learn the cheer motions you go through the jumps. They may seem easy but their far from that. You have a toe touch; tuck jump, side hurdle, front hurdle, pike, and etc. While doing any cheer motion or jump your fist must maintain in a donut at all time. If you don’t keep your fist and a donut you can cause major problems to…

physical structure of African nations, rendered European weapons useless during the attempted conquest of African kingdoms. Although firearms and cannons had a revolutionary impact on the battlefield while fighting less advanced societies, crossbows and pikes had to be used in African wars. Following a long series of wars, europeans were never able to conquer the kingdoms of Angola. Multiple military failures to conquer African nations caused Europeans to use a more diplomatic strategy to ally…