placed in our city. With the implementation of the new sculpture‚ we‚ as a city are digging ourselves into an economic hole. One example of this is the Picasso sculpture in Chicago. With all that money spent very few civilians were in favor of the painting. Given the size of the population of our city in comparison to that of Chicago‚ even the slightest number of people in favor this sculpture in our city will not compensate for the money spent. Do we as a community‚ really want to spend thousands of
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3‚839 people have been shot in Chicago from January to November of 2016. This makes Chicago’s most pressing issue violence. Violence has to be stopped in order for Chicago’s other problems to stop. As violence worsens‚ many other problems erupt such as poverty‚ lack of education‚ gang activity‚ child abuse‚ and police brutality. Gangs are one of the most common causes of violence in Chicago‚ and finding a way of reducing gang activity would be a great start to get rid of violence. With violence comes
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Group: Shehani‚ Mary‚ Clarissa‚ Grieselle Class: Grade 10 D Subject: English Language Travel Writing Assignment Chasing Chicago I remember the cool breeze of the night that greeted me as I stepped out of the Chicago O’Hare International Airport. My mind was a melting pot of thoughts and emotions‚ threatening to bubble over as I take in the overwhelming beauty of the city before me. The problem was that the only planning that went into this spontaneous vacation was: "architecture
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Currently in the United States‚ 44 million adults live in poverty. Poverty is defined for a single person as an income level below $10‚830 or less than $22‚050 for a family. The vast majority of the homeless are jobless individuals and families that cannot afford shelter. An astounding 700‚000 to 800‚000 Americans are homeless on a given night and 2.5 million to 3.5 million are homeless at some point during the year. 28 million employed Americans are considered to be at poverty level. About two-thirds
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breast cancer.”22 She feels that such a class would ideally be as interactive as possible‚ with a variety of guest speakers to attest to the powers of black women.23 Although The Chicago Defender doesn’t take a stance within the article‚ it publishing such a piece alone is telling. Between these three articles‚ The Chicago Defender takes a strong stance advocating for more black women to involve themselves in the Women’s Liberation Movement. They feel that
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The Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 was a huge event! Not only because the World’s fair is a big deal‚ but this particular World’s fair was a hard one for Chicago to get. Many other big cities put in their bids to host the event‚ including New York and Washington D.C. On May 1‚ 1893‚ the gates opened at the World’s Columbian Exposition. This fair which was meant to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ first voyage also served as a showcase for a fully rebuilt Chicago. ”At the
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the backwater valve system and the overhead sewers. Backwater Valve System An option that you can use in implementing backflow prevention is to use backwater valve system on the sewer line. This kind of valve has a horizontal check valve that is designed in such a way that waste will flow in only one side. A metal disc is in such a manner that it will open as waste flows forward and then closes as it tries to come backwards. An option is to install a basin in front of the check valve at the waste
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historical architectural art is the auditorium building of Chicago‚ which had been considered as one of the greatest leaps in the world of architecture and engineering during the nineteenth century. Although Chicago faced a dramatic misery in the year 1871 due to the great Chicago fire that destroyed most of the infrastructure of the city‚ this downfall acted as the initial point of the movement towards what’s known today as the large‚modern city of Chicago. After ten successful years of rebuilding damages
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stands before a crowd of two million‚ as he looks out over a podium on the steps of the capitol building. American flags adorn his stage. This man is Barack Hussein Obama‚ and he is about to be the 44th president of the United States. The two cities‚ Chicago‚ and Honolulu‚ Obama lived in show how different kinds of racism can affect the lives of black Americans. In Hawaii Obama attended Punahou High School where he made up a large majority of his school’s black population. In Hawaii‚ Obama did not experience
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Natalie Flowers Jv theatre 6th 31 October 2014 Chicago Play Critique The show takes place in Chicago‚ Illinois in the 1920s. It starts with Roxie Hart’s cold-blooded murder of Fred Casely. Roxie convinces her husband Amos that the man was a burglar‚ but then the police inform him that she knew the man and Amos gives her up to the cops. She is sent to the Cook County Jail where she meets Velma Kelly‚ Mama‚ and other murders. Mama gets her talking to the best lawyer in town‚ Billy Flinn‚ and with
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