them up while they’re on the verge of coming out of prison and migrating back to society. In these two Essex County and Cook County offer education and try to find jobs so the offender does not have to reoffend seeing that there’s a high recidivism rate they try to cut that down by offering opportunities to give each person a new life.
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Emily Russo English 102 Professor Davis 4 December 2012 Benjamin Franklin: Citizen and Scientist “Come along‚ lads!” cries a young Benjamin Franklin to his group of schoolmates. Running and jumping‚ the boys make their way to the Charles River on a warm Boston day. Reaching the river‚ young Ben dives in straight away‚ while the other boys gingerly slip into the calm waters. Ben was always a very confident and strong swimmer‚ and strikes out with his arms at the blue water in a familiar stroke
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Franklin Pierce‚ one of eight children of Benjamin and Anna Kendrick Pierce‚ was born in Hillsborough‚ N. H.‚ on Nov. 23‚ 1804. His father had served in the American Revolution and later became governor of New Hampshire. Pierce was educated at Hillsborough Center‚ Hancock Academy‚ and Bowdoin College‚ from which he graduated in 1824 after advancing from last place to fifth from the top of his class. In 1829‚ he was elected to the state legislature‚ two years after his father won election to the
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Rachel Sutherland English Composition I Prof. Comeau October 11‚ 2012 A Clear Look into the Life of Benjamin Franklin The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin has themes of enlightenment‚ hard work‚ nature‚ and intelligence. A person’s attention may not be drawn toward these ideas at first glance‚ but after reading “The Allegory of the Cave” by Plato and “The American Scholar” by Emerson‚ it is difficult to stray away from connecting the three works. “The Allegory of the Cave” presents enlightenment
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Ben Franklin Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17‚ 1706‚ in Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His father‚ Josiah Franklin‚ a soap and candle maker had 17 children. Benjamin was his very last child. Ben was removed at 10 from the Boston Latin School to work with his father at candle making‚ but dipping wax and cutting wicks didn’t spark with him. Later on‚ Josiah apprenticed Ben at 12 to his brother James at his print shop. Ben loved it‚ despite his brother’s hard treatment. When James
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If ever a story embodied what has come to be known as the American Dream‚ it is the life story of Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin is one of the most talented‚ famous‚ and powerful people in the United States‚ who was part of Five that was to draft the Declaration of Independence. He dedicated almost his life to the Revolution of the United States. Besides being a talented inventor with many significant inventions that have changed the world until now‚ he was a successful politician as well.
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benjamin franklin has many accomplishment some of his greatest are the following five‚ Bifocals‚ Electricity‚ Lightning Rod‚ Franklin Stove‚ Mapping the Gulf Stream. Bifocals are eyeglasses with an upper and lower half‚ the upper for distance‚ and the lower for reading. Bifocals are commonly prescribed to people with presbyopia‚ a condition that Franklin suffered. Franklin wrote‚ in August 1784 to his friend George Whatley‚ that he was "happy in the invention of double spectacles‚ which serving
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(1) Six Hats: Blue: 1. Generate ideas to encourage drives/ people to pay their parking fines 2. Explore ideas for the council to reduce parking fines debtors Red: 1. Process might let citizen get frustrated 2. Some parking areas might be too expensive for citizen to afford 3. The policies might be not that strict to citizens 4. Parking inspectors show their arrogance to people sometimes 5. It might be easy to get nasty ‘surprise’ from someone is rude and do not like follow the legislation
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The Autobiography and other Writings of Benjamin Franklin: In this autobiography about Benjamin Franklin I learned a lot of new material I did not know before. Mr. Franklin was born in Boston‚ MA. He was born on January 17‚ 1706. Benjamin is the youngest of five generations of youngest sons. He had 11 brothers and sisters. His father made soap and candles for a living. His mother raised the children. Ben went to school and finished in 1716. Though he would have liked to continue‚ his family was
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President Franklin Roosevelt President Roosevelt was born January 30‚ 1882 in Hyde Park New York. His parents Sara Ann Delano‚ and James Roosevelt both came from wealthy New York families. Although James spent much time with him‚ Sara being rather possessive became Franklin’s role model through his childhood. He learned how to play the basic sports such as polo‚ shooting‚ tennis‚ and rowing but never became a star athlete‚ he preferred to watch and sit on the sidelines as a water boy for teams
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