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    Spanish Settlement Analysis

    Landon Allen- Id#800899473 San Juan Spanish settlement AMST 3000-004 September 29, 2017 Word count: 1165 As I was watching the videos on the Spanish settlement in Morganton NC, the narrator who opened the video said that must information people have is that of early English settlements like Jamestown, Roanoke colony, and others. And that’s just as far as their insight on some of the beginning settlements go, I know in my case I was the same way my knowledge on native American life had no depth to

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    Sociolgical Imagination

    -Landis Ave. Saturdays Fare Information How to determine your fare VINELAND Vineland Transportation Ctr.-Landis Ave. NEWFIELD Northwest Blvd. at Catawba St. WESTVILLE Delsea Dr. at Old Broadway GLOUCESTER CITY Broadway at Monmouth St. PITMAN Broadway at Pitman Ave. DEPTFORD Delsea Dr. at Cooper St. NEWFIELD Northwest Blvd. at Catawba St. WESTVILLE Delsea Dr. at Old Broadway GLOUCESTER CITY Broadway at Monmouth St. PITMAN Broadway at Pitman Ave. DEPTFORD Delsea Dr. at

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    Duke Energy

    utility company have a diverse selection of energy: hydroelectric, solar, nuclear, coal and natural gas, and wind energy. The corporation began as the Catawba power company in the early 1900s with three main contributors. These men were Dr. W. Gill Wylie, James Buchanan Duke and William States Lee. In 1904 they opened their first power plant, the Catawba Hydro Station in South Carolina. After World War II the company went through an economic boom and exponentially demand increase for energy. This period

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    Write An Essay On The Meherrin Tribe

    The Creek, also called the Muscogee, tribe are originally from the southeastern woodlands. To this day, Muscogee mainly live in Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. The Catawba are mostly known as the Iswa, meaning 'people of the river' and were considered one of the most powerful Siouan-speaking tribes in the Carolina Piedmont. The Tutelo people were also known as Yesan people, meaning Tutelo in the Tutelo language

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    The Hardest Letter

    South Carolina was the eighth state to ratify the Constitution. As with other of the 13 Colonies, the land was originally inhabited by Native Americans. The main tribes living in the area were the Kiawah, Cherokee, the Catawbas, the Creek, and the Yamasee. They grew corn and beans. The colony expanded during the next several years and included much of what is now North Carolina as well. (It was named after the British king, Charles.) In 1710, a royal decree divided the colony into two, North

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    Oral Repreentation

    : The Electrifying Authority The electric power industry provides the production and delivery of electric energy, often known as power, or electricity, in sufficient quantities to areas that need electricity through a grid connection. The grid distributes electrical energy to customers. Electric power is generated by central power stations or by distributed generation. Many households and businesses need access to electricity, especially in developed nations, the demand being scarcer in developing

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    Porters 5 Force

    services. But while Duke Energy is a company that knows where it is going, we're also one that never forgets the people and the events that got us where we are today. The Beginning: Growing the South's Economy Duke Energy's history began with the Catawba Power Company in the early 1900s. Three visionaries, Dr. W. Gill Wylie, James Buchanan Duke and William States Lee, founded the company to spur economic revival of the Carolina countryside. They felt the South's heavy dependence on agriculture was

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    Should Bookbags Be Allowed In Schools

    When in the course of attending schools, problems within the schools system may emerge and it becomes necessary for the students attending to report the issues that interfere with their learning, but if their needs are not met, it is up to the students to take action. All students are required by law to attend school, at least until the age of sixteen when the students is allowed to dropout of school, but until the student reaches that age, they need to be encouraged to continue in their education

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    North Carolina Coal Ash Spill Case Study

    The North Carolina coal ash spill affected many people living near the spill and the environment it was dumped into. Most coal ash is dumped into unlined ponds and rivers causing North Carolina’s Rivers to become polluted. Most of the major companies go unchecked with only 19% being checked. There is only one question, what did these major companies do wrong and how can we prevent it from happening again? One of those major companies is Duke. This company had the largest coal

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    Figurative Language In To Kill A Mockingbird

    Similes can do just that. “...the class was wriggling like a bucketful of Catawba worms…” (16). Here, Miss Caroline is reading the children in the classroom a long story and they, including Scout, are getting bored. This simile effectively gives you an image of how eager they are to get out of that class. Later in the book, a

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