Nassau Essays

  • Short Biography: Anne Mccormac

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    Perhaps because his style was to attack shipping vessels in shallow waters. He was, however, an effective and notorious romantic. Calico Jack managed to attract the affections of Anne, and the two of them slipped away from Nassau in secret aboard a stolen sloop. While onboard Rackham’s ship, ‘The Revenge’, it was known to the shipmates that Anne was a woman, (in fact ‘the Captain’s woman’.) In times of combat or going ashore, she would normally disguise her gender by dressing

  • Analysis Of A Wall, Nassau, By Winslow Homer

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    The painting: A Wall, Nassau, was done by Winslow Homer. Homer painted this in 1898. It is a watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper. The paper is 14 ¾ by 21 ½ in. The painting now stays at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. The watercolor in the painting are made by applying pigments suspended in a solution of water and gum. Graphite is a form of carbon. In the painting I see the ocean with a sail boat, blue sky, a grey, off white wall, red leaves on a bush, and other bushes on

  • I Am FIT Personal Statement

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    saturday live classes at FIT. I took the New York State art regions with fashion design as my concentration. After I graduated college I decided to attend Nassau Community College with my major in Fashion Design. I have enjoyed my time at Nassau a lot. The fashion program at Nassau really opened my eyes up to what my capabilities are. At Nassau I’ve learned many useful techniques. I have learned how to drape my own designs. I’ve learned different sewing techniques and how to operate different types

  • How To Write An Essay About The Bahamas

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    Do you know a country in Central America with a rich history and many animals that roam the fields? Well think about it, Central America has many different countries and they are all very different, but only one of those countries has unbelievable things and that’s The Bahamas. Nobody knows how many animals there are but that’s what makes The Bahamas so unique and different. The Bahamas feels very warm during the year but everyone there doesn't mind after a few days. The Bahamas are also a good place

  • Why Is Woodes Rogers So Successful

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    Maynard displayed Blackbeard's "glowering head on the tip of the Pearl's bowsprit." None of the remaining pirates escaped, all being captured and hanged. Nor perhaps did Woodes Rogers himself escape this life of bloody violence, then he died in Fort Nassau in 1732 because of "mysterious

  • Heroin Cape Cope, USA Movie Analysis

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    Island, New York, over the past few years. The heroin epidemic has been a major problem (and still is). Long Island is still struggling with its war on heroin, two counties make up Long Island, which is Nassau and Suffolk County. Nassau County is closer to the Five Burroughs, New York City, Nassau County is more of a suburban / urban area because it’s like the City, but isn’t; many resources that are convenient to people

  • Obesity Persuasive Letter

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    It has become a global health issue. Also, this phenomenon is rising. According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than one-third of adults and 17% of youths in the US are obese. The percentage of obesity is also high in Nassau County. According to the Department of Health (2008-2010), 16.8% of adults who were obese (BMI >30). Reducing obesity in children and adults has been identified as one of two priorities within the larger priority of preventing chronic disease. According

  • Personal Statement: A Perfect Candidate For FIT

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    I believe I am a perfect candidate for FIT due to my interest in clothing and sneakers while growing up. It started with collecting and learning as much as I can about the industry and products before I even knew that this was what I wanted to do, it was a fun hobby for myself. To understand how things are made I would rip up old sneakers and clothes to see the process. I was originally fascinated with architecture and I feel it also closely relates with fashion due to the aspects of design and creativity

  • Delicias: New Hype Park, New York

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    such as shrimp cocktail, shrimp and fish cocktail, encebollado and more. The vision of the company is to expand and get a well-reputed name. Location and Target Market: Delicias will be located in New Hype Park, New York and it will be part of Nassau County. The business will be 2,500 square feet. The company will be operated by my aunt Jassiel and I. The people who will need the product will be around the ages of 13 and older. There will be

  • Personal Narrative: My Vacation In The Bahamas

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    colorful fish hanging from the ceiling.We all saw this fish and remembered the fish.All of a sudden we all look at each other and said were on the same ship ten years later! I never knew a vacation could get so amazing,but when we were at our third stop Nassau,Bahamas it did. My mom had had this event to go parasailing on her bucket list.On her birthday we were

  • Ms. Cardiello Case Study

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    year old individual, who was born in Manhattan and raised in Franklin Square. She graduated from a joint high school, Carey and Sewanhaka high school in 1992. She continued her education at Nassau Community College where she obtained an Associate in Liberal Arts. She indicated following her degree from Nassau she received an academic scholarship to Dowling College where she graduated in 1996 with a degree in psychology and a teaching certification. She indicated that she has not had a stable work

  • The Weinberger Kidnapping Research Paper

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    patio. His mother, Mrs. Weinberger left alone for a few. When she came back he disappeared, but a ransom note was left behind. In the was a request for $2,000 in exchange for the baby and the location for the exchange. Mrs. Weinberger then called the Nassau County Police Department. LaMarca showed up to the drop site but due to his fear of all the press and police in the police, he bailed out. LaMarca called the Weinberger home on July 10, six days after the kidnapping, setting out another location for

  • Compare And Contrast Bahamas And Jamaica

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    so you know where to go! If you are planning on going to the Bahamas, it is a closer vacation spot to the United States! The Bahamas is one of the main stops for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines! On the Wonder Of The Seas cruise line, you go to Nassau and Coco Cay. Just 180 miles from Miami, by far the Bahamas is the most popular island out of them both! The Bahamas has tons of casinos on all of its islands! You can easily Island Hop in the Bahamas; in Jamaica, you can not. It is about 45 minutes

  • Palm Beach Election Summary

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    palm beach should completed their recount while including dimpled chads. He also requested the inclusion of 168 votes from miami dade, 215 votes from palm beach, and 51 votes from nassau. In a 4-3 ruling the court rejects Gore’s request recount palm beach county, the court also rejects the inclusion of the 51 votes from nassau county. However the court does order the inclusion of the 215 votes in palm beach and the 168 votes from miami Dade. the court also orders an immediate hand recount of the 9,000

  • Henry Every Accomplishments

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    Wealth, fame, and power, Henry Every The king of the pirates earned these and anything else the world had to offer. Henry Every was a man of many titles such as “Long Ben”, “The Arch Pirate” and most importantly “The King Of Pirates”, he operated for a total of only two years before allowing himself to retire with the biggest bounty ever put on a crew. Every earned the title "Arch Pirate" due to pulling off one of the most daring and profitable raids in history when he captured the Grand Mughal

  • Compare And Contrast Bahamas And America

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    Most of the people that you will talk to think that the Bahamas are very beautiful. They have pretty beaches, palm trees, clear blue water, and wonderful beach resorts. They have all of these things, in fact we stayed at the Atlantis and it was very beautiful, but the reality is that the Bahamas are very different from the United States in many different ways. Their culture for one thing is drastically different from ours here in America, but it is very Americanized in the form of tourism. Another

  • Personal Narrative: My Trip To Florida

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    beautiful and so much fun so that is definitely a place that I want to go back to. Last summer we went on a cruise to the Bahamas. We stayed in Florida for a day and then got onto the ship for a week long cruise. We went to two Bahamian islands called Nassau and Cococay. Then we went to Key West Florida. It was absolutely beautiful and my favorite part of the trip was going to beaches. I really want to go back to the Bahamas. Those are a few of my bigger travelling experiences

  • How To Write A Brief Summary Of The Great Gatsby

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    family. Under the financial aid of his relative, he began his college life in Princeton university and firmly dedicated himself into literary. He wrote for the Princeton Triangle Club, the Nassau Lit, and the Princeton Tiger. He also was involved in the American Whig-Cliosophic Society, which ran the Nassau Lit. During his college years, four of the University's clubs sent him bids, and he chose the University Cottage Club known as "the 'Big Four' that was most committed to the ideal of the fashionable

  • The Aurora Borealis: Three Foundational Aspects

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    science behind all these questions. What makes different colors? Just like the sun, the aurora has a spectrum of visible light but is much more restricted. It is caused by changed particles in the solar wing colliding with atmospheric atoms and ions (Nassau, n.d.) Collisions cause these electrons of the atmospheric

  • The Bahamas

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    consists of roughly seven hundred small islands, only thirty of which are inhabited. The nations total land and water area is 5,359 square miles, which is about the size of Connecticut. New Providence Island is home to the capital of the Bahamas, Nassau. The majority of the population lives here. Most of the islands are flat with low rocky ridges. These islands are surrounded by clear, shallow water and coral reefs. The Bahamas experiences warm temperature year round. In the hottest months the average