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Seattle’s Best Doughnuts by Seattle Metropolitan Magazine and has been named one of Seattle’s best by the online journal Thrillist. Frost is famous for their “evolved” doughnuts, French macarons, and unique cupcakes. Frost began in 2009 in Mill Creek, Washington and has since became one of the most successful desert restaurants in the area. Since Frost was founded, they have expanded to a total of four stores located in Mill Creek (flagship location), Everett, Bellevue’s Lincoln Square, and…

Oprah Winfrey “The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams”- Oprah Winfrey. Oprah Winfrey was born in the rural town of Kosciusko, Mississippi, US, on January 29th, 1976. Her mother, Vernita Lee had Oprah when she was a young teenager. Oprah grew up with no father, and no financial support, as a young girl she even got teased for wearing a dress to school that was made out of a potato sack. At an early age Oprah started showing potential, she taught herself to…

The Confederate Flag: Racist or Not? Is the confederate flag racist or not? The Confederate flag is not an official battle flag. It was the battle flag of General Robert E. Lee’s unit. Which leads me to ask, how can you judge someone you don’t know for flying the confederate battle flag? Even though the Confederate flag represents a time of succession, the flag still has other representations; therefore, we shouldn’t ban/nor take down the flag because it is a battle flag but there are still…

Most serial killers do not start killing until something bad happens in their life, however, negative life changing experiences such as losing a love one or failing at something you do can change your life in ways you wouldn’t expect. It could make you think things you wouldn’t normally think, or make you do things you probably wouldn’t do also. Things like this could set off an emotional trigger. Ted Bundy, was one of those people who lost a loved one and had a negative life changing…

convicted had been acquitted based on forensic science, and the same forensic science led them to determine the real suspect. One of the many cases is the case of Frank Lee Smith who was at first convicted of rape and murder but then " On December 15, 2000, eleven months after his death, and fourteen years after his 1986 conviction, Frank Lee Smith was exonerated based on exculpatory DNA testing results. These results not only cleared Smith of the crime, but identified the true…

His parents were Joseph and Rose Kennedy. JFK had nine siblings and was the second oldest. He came from a well-known family and lived a privileged life. For 64 years, Washington had at least one Kennedy in public office. JFK was able to attend Catholic schools such as Canterberry and Choate. He attended college at Harvard University. Although Kennedy received a high quality education, he was a mediocre student. After graduating Kennedy joined the U.S. Navy. On August 2, 1943, his boat, was…

America has endured many hardships and fought many wars in order to reach where we stand today. One of the most difficult and significant time periods was the late 1800 's when there was a divide between the North and South. Each side had different views which caused great tension between citizens, eventually leading to the Civil War in 1861. The South and North were dependent on different things to support a successful economy like slave labor and developed transportation. Another difference…

once the disaster has started, a new study suggests. Credit: "Windows into the Earth," Robert B. Smith and Lee J. Siegel View full size image Can you outrun a supervolcano? New evidence from an ancient eruption suggests the answer is a surprising yes. "I wouldn 't recommend anyone try to outrun a volcano, but there 's a few of us that could," said Greg Valentine, a volcanologist at the University at Buffalo in New York. By analyzing rocks trapped in volcanic ash, Valentine and his colleagues…

He leaves behind a beautiful widow. He leaves behind two adoring young children. He leaves behind a nation that loves him” (O’Reilly Bill, Dugard Martin 269). There are many different theories that people have come up with over the years. Such as, Lee Harvey Oswald didn 't work alone in the assassination, the CIA did it, the mafia, the soviets or even that Lyndon Johnson was behind Kennedy 's…

since written her first novel, a Tony award winning musical; and screenplays for likes of Denzel Washington, Spike Lee and Brad Pitt (“Suzan-Lori Parks: Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright”). As of 2017; Parks is working on her second novel, writing a scripted, Amazon original series, live-streaming a free, weekly writer’s workshop and teaching playwrighting at the Tisch School of Arts at New York University…