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Aryanna A

St Thomas (USVI) US Virgin Islands Travel Guide to the Islands Villas, Hotels,Car Renta... - 0 views

shared by Aryanna A on 27 Sep 10 - No Cached
    • Aryanna A
       
      Febuary
  • US Virgin Islands visitors vacation guide to all things ST Thomas, including local hotels, resorts, vacation rentals, car rentals, real estate, day sailing,  scuba diving, boat charters, restaurants, fishing, wedding info and more...
Melissa Pietricola

Google - 0 views

shared by Melissa Pietricola on 24 Sep 10 - Cached
    • Mike F
       
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    • Melissa Pietricola
       
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    • Jess H
       
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    • Tysen T
       
      Its kind of wierd
    • Katie H
       
      Diigo is really cool !!!!
    • Abigayle C
       
      Haha Its sorta cool idk if i'll be able to figure it out tho :D
    • Anna R
       
      I've got nooooo idea what I am doing but hey I'm trying.
    • Anna R
       
      oooo i highlighted in pink...weird
    • JP D
       
      Using Diigo is going to be so much fun!!!!!
    • Jasmine M
       
      sweet diigo is totaly awsomical
    • Andreas K
       
      diigo
    • Jess H
       
      haha i like the birthday cake on google.... it is perfect becouse it is alex flynns birthday..hahah...HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX!!!
    • AJ B
       
      diigo not that awesome you guys are totaly freaking out
    • Megan C
       
      Diigo is cool AJ!
    • dante pa
       
      Diigo is cool!
    • AJ B
       
      no its really not
    • Katie H
       
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    • Jess H
       
      diigo is so coool
    • Abby S
       
      This is comfusing!
    • Emma M
       
      LOL!!! I love Diigo!!! It's totally radical.... weird.
    • Melissa Pietricola
       
      Watch the video on Diigo.com; it will make it really easy!
    • AJ B
       
      Heyyyy guys
    • Jasmine M
       
      heyyy Aj
    • Katie H
       
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    • Kyle B
       
      hey aj
    • dante pa
       
      hi everbody!
    • Chris C
       
      hi this is awesomea
    • Taylor Sm
       
      oh yeah
    • Abigayle C
       
      how do you put up a sticky note i cant do it D:
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    • Aryanna A
       
      google
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    • Jessika C
       
      google:)
    • Bryanna P
       
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    • Tiberiu Ma
       
      cool
    • Jess H
       
      hola!
    • Abigayle C
       
      yayy! i got this to work finally! :D
    • Jess H
       
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    • Melissa Pietricola
       
      I hope your web building is going well! I'm excited to see what everyone comes up with!!
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Taylor Sm

Utah History Encyclopedia - 0 views

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      yo whats up
  • report news of the Mormon Women's Relief Society, which she served as general secretary for twenty-two years before becoming general president in 1910 at the age of 82. Appointed by Brigham Young in 1876 to head a grain-saving program, she received personal commendation in 1919 from President Woodrow Wilson for selling the wheat to the government during World War
  • in 1852, bearing three more daughters. Her marital experiences taught her the need to be self-reliant and she became an early advocate of women's rights, writing under the nom de plume, Blanche Beechwood, for the Woman's Exponent, a semi-monthly periodical established in 1872 for Mormon women. "I believe in women, especially thinking women," she wrote
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  • effort to include woman suffrage in the state constitution. She wrote numerous short stories and poems, most published in the Woman's Exponent, later compiling her poetry, her favorite literary medium, into a single volume, Musings and Memories. In 1912 she became the first Utah woman to receive an honorary degree, awarded her by Brigham Young University. Known for her executive talents, her superb memory, and her indefatigable energy
  • Utah women of all faiths and
  • Emmeline Blanche Woodward (Harris Whitney) Wells was born Emmeline Blanche Woodward in 1828 in Petersham, Massachusetts. A precocious child, she acquired an exceptional education for her time and place, graduating at age fourteen from the New Salem Academy and teaching school briefly thereafter. Converting to the Mormon Church in 1842, she married James Harris the next year, and in 1844 they migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois, then Church headquarters. After the death of her son Eugene Henri and the desertion of her husband, she married Newel K. Whitney
  • as a plural wife, traveling to Utah with the Whitney family in 1848. Whitney's death in 1850 left her with two young daughters whom she supported by teaching school. Emmeline became the seventh wife of Daniel H. Wells
  • and dedicated her energies to working in their behalf. Becoming editor of the Exponent in 1877, she used the publication for the next thirty-seven years to support woman suffrage and educational and economic opportunities for women as well as to
  • A strong supporter of polygamy, Emmeline defended the practice before numerous congressional committees and in audiences with three United States Presidents. For nearly thirty years she represented Utah women in the National Woman's Suffrage Association and the National and International Councils of Women, while spearheading the successfu
  • On her hundredth
Taylor Sm

Annie Oakley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • Annie Oakley (August 13, 1860 â€“ November 3, 1926),
  • Using a .22 caliber rifle at 90 feet Oakley reputedly could split a playing card edge-on and put five or six more holes in it before it touched the ground.
  • Oakley was born Phoebe Ann Mosey in "a cabin less than two miles northwest of Woodland, now Willowdell,
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  • Annie's parents were Quakers
    • Taylor Sm
       
      Her parents were quakers and she was a sharpshooter. She was the first female superstar.
  • When Annie was eight or nine years old, she was put in the care of the superintendent of the county poor farm, where she learned to sew and decorate
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    wikipedia article on annie oakley very helpful
Tad R

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  • specializing in gynecology, obstetrics and pediatrics
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  • Four months before her death, she is quoted as saying, "When all the fears, hate, and even some death is over, we will really be bothers as God intended us to bin in this land. This I believe. For this I have worked all my life."
David F

Scuba diving - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • Scuba diving may be performed for a number of reasons, both personal and professional. Most people begin through recreational diving, which is performed purely for enjoyment and has a number of distinct technical disciplines to increase interest underwater, such as cave diving, wreck diving, ice diving and deep diving. Divers may be employed professionally to perform tasks underwater. Most of these commercial divers are employed to perform tasks related to the running of a business involving deep water, including civil engineering tasks such as in oil exploration, underwater welding or offshore construction. Commercial divers may also be employed to perform tasks specifically related to marine activities, such as naval diving, including the repair and inspection of boats and ships, salvage of wrecks or underwater fishing, like spear fishing. Other specialist areas of diving include military diving, with a long history of military frogmen in various roles. They can perform roles including direct combat, infiltration behind enemy lines, placing mines or using a manned torpedo, bomb disposal or engineering operations. In civilian operations, many police forces operate police diving teams to perform search and recovery or search and rescue operations and to assist with the detection of crime which may involve bodies of water. In some cases diver rescue teams may also be part of a fire department or lifeguard unit. Lastly, there are professional divers involved with the water itself, such as underwater photography or underwater filming divers, who set out to document the underwater world, or scientific diving, including marine biology and underwater archaeology. Reasons for diving may include:
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Erin F

HowStuffWorks "Handling a Stray Dog" - 1 views

    • Erin F
       
      This site is WONDERFUL! it gives so much adivise , information and tips on adopting a dog from a shelter, buying from a breeder or just finding a pooch of the street! This site is very helpfull and I will use the advise often!
    • Melissa Pietricola
       
      Good stuff! We got our dog from a foster doggy family. Street dogs rule!
Kate A

Brown, Clara (1803-1885) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed - 0 views

    • Kate A
       
      She used to be a slave.
Demi D

Lotta Crabtree - 0 views

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  • The tiny, red-haired, six-year-old jigged and danced to their clapping hands, while they showered her with nuggets and coins which her mother hastily collected in her apron
  • Lotta was exposed early to the life of the theater and it's inhabitants in San Francisco when her father left New York in 1851, looking for gold.
  • Mary Ann involved them in a circle of actors which included the Chapmans
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  • Just two doors down from their boarding house, the infamous actress and Countess of Landsfeldt, Lola Montez herself had set up housekeeping. Mary Ann became acquainted with her and soon little Lotta, who adored Lola, became her protégé and was allowed to play in her costumes and dance to her German music box.
  • moved again to Rabbit Creek (La Porte) forty miles to the north and once again set up a boarding house
  • Lola Montez wanted to take Lotta on a tour of Australia with her, but of course Mary Ann wouldn't see it.
    • Demi D
       
      For people who are doing Lotta Crabtree, this is a very good site for details!
  • traveling to all of the mining camps performing ballads and dancing for the miners
  • moved back to San Francisco where Lotta toured the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, added the banjo to her repertoire and became frequently in demand in the city's variety halls and amusement parks
  • 1859 she had become "Miss Lotta, the San Francisco Favorite"
  • Considering all of the valuables they carried around, it is amazing they were never robbed
  • 1864, they left for the East where Lotta toured and performed in New York, Chicago, Boston and the Midwest
  • greatest success in Little Nell and the Marchioness which was written for her by John Brougham from Dicken's Old Curiosity Shop
  • 1869, she opened in Philadelphia in Heart's Ease
  • 20 years, Lotta was highly popular on the American stage
  • 1870, she then toured with her own company rather than using local stock companies, which was then customary
  • Mary Ann continued to manage Lotta's affairs, booking plays, locations and organizing troupes of actors
  • 1884). When Mary Ann's steamer trunk became to heavy on their tours, she would invest Lotta's earnings in local real estate, bonds and other endeavors
  • 1875, Lotta commissioned the famous "Lotta's Fountain" at Market and Kearney Streets in San Francisco
  • Mary Ann and her brothers where she studied French, visited museums and took up the hobby of painting which she pursued until her death
  • Although she has been linked with many gentleman, Lotta never married
  • If Lotta were to marry, it would surely have put a damper on her career of playing children and young parts, which she played until the end of her career.
  • Lotta retired from the theater in 1892 at the age of 45
  • Lotta had talent and she soon sought more singing and dancing lessons for her.
  • made her first professional appearance at a tavern owned by Matt Taylor.
  • She and her mother retreated to a summer cottage on Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey which she named "Attol Tryst" (Lotta spelled backwards) where she drove horses, threw parties and pursued her painting
  • her trademark black cigars prevented her from becoming a member of the prominent ladies social group, Sorosis, much to the disappointment of her mother
  • When Mary Ann died in 1905, Lotta became more reclusive.
  • final public appearance in 1915 for "Lotta Crabtree Day" in San Francisco at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, where the city turned out to remember their beloved Lotta
  • purchased the Brewster Hotel in Boston, where she lived until her death in 1924 at the age of 77.
  • buried next to her mother in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City
  • bulk of her estate, estimated at $4,000,000 to veterans, aging actors and animals.
  • long court battle ensued over rightful heirs but her will was finally settled and a large trust remains for humane and educational purposes of the young.
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    They moved in with friends and soon Mary Ann involved them in a circle of actors which included the Chapmans, child actress Sue Robinson and many other popular actors of the 19th century. It was then that Lotta was first enrolled in dancing classes
Nolan M

American Immigration Past and Present - 0 views

  • America has served as the destination point for a steady flow of immigrants
  • Their numbers declined with the onset of the Revolutionary War during the 1770s
  • picked up strongly again during the 1840s and 1850s.
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  • this need was filled once again by immigrants arriving from Europe.
  • 25 million arrived between 1866 and 1915
  • immigrants had come mainly from northern European countries such as England, Germany, and the Scandinavian countries
  • 1880s most new immigrants were arriving from southern and eastern European countries such as Italy, Poland and Russia.
  • World War I in 1919, immigration declined dramatically
  • low through the Depression era of the 1930s and the World War II years of the early 1940s.
  • began to increase again during the late 1940s, and has risen steadily since that time.
  • The current phase of immigration history began in 1965, when strict quotas based on nationality were eliminated. In 1978, the United States government set a single annual world quota of 290,000, and this ceiling was raised again in 1990 to 700,000.
  • pace that at times has exceeded one million new arrivals per year
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