“Stupid Decisions” In the story “Kansas‚” Stephen Dobyns’ portrayal of the farmer as a round character demonstrates the theme of don’t make stupid decisions of characterization when the farmer chases after his wife‚ the boy hitchhikes‚ and the wife is being unfaithful. It started with a boy trying to get from a school in Oklahoma back to summer school. He hitchhiked on a dirt road in Kansas‚ and much to his surprise‚ his life would change forever. The farmer is a round character as he
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Glenn B. Reyes Identified Problems: Significance of The Study The significance of this project is to have an organized parking area in NDMU so that everyone can park their vehicles easily and comfortably‚ everyone’s vehicle will be secured. Having a proper parking area in NDMU is necessary to maintain the beauty of the university. Project background • Parking lot is an area that is assigned for parking. Normally‚ the parking spaces are marked on the ground with white or yellow lines that form squares
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the one event that completely changed the course of history was the direct result of the Kansas Nebraska act i.e. Bleeding Kansas. The Kansas Nebraska act allowed for new territories to decide if they were a free or a slave sate by popular sovereignty. It undid the compromise that was made in Missouri compromise‚ which designated a line of latitude to be the separation of free and slave states. The Kansas Nebraska act re ignited the differences between pro and anti-slavery sections. Violent events
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“Bleeding Kansas”: Whose side will you take? Many Kansans will certainly remember the years 1854 to 1861. It was filled with bloodshed‚ rebellious actions‚ lynching‚ and more bloodshed. The groups responsible for this viciousness were the ignorant pro-slavery and the anti-slavery clashing in their differences. Within a few months‚ Kansas was invaded by raids and riots from left and right. Stephan Douglass pushed for The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 which allowed the territory of Kansas to decide
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CONSTRUCTION OF A SCHOOL PLAY AREA AT CHARLES SCHOOL IN MANICALAND PROVINCE PROJECT PROPOSAL PRESENTED BY MUFUNDIRWA CHARLES PROJECT PROPOSAL SUMMARY Project Title Construction of Charles School Play Area Location South playground at Charles Primary School‚ 2325 Charles Street‚ Mutare Manicaland Primary Objectives 1. To construct a school play area at Charles Primary School
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Flint Water Crisis The environmental health of the cities in our nation is protected by our government. Preventative measures are in place to test soil‚ water‚ and air. Routine samples give cities the reassurance they need to protect their citizens from contamination. Without continual monitoring‚ accountability‚ and quick resolutions‚ the environmental health of our nation is at risk. The astounding rise in lead contaminated water found in Flint‚ Michigan is the result of poor monitoring and a
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Barack Obama declared the city of Flint‚ Michigan to be in a state of emergency due to the widespread lead poisoning of the city’s residents that later became known as the Flint Water Crisis (Southall 2016). The crisis began in April of 2014‚ when the officials of Flint decided that‚ in an effort to conserve dwindling funds‚ the city would switch their main water source from Lake Huron‚ to the Flint River (Southall 2016). Almost immediately‚ the residents of Flint began expressing their discontent
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“Enemy and Flint”. The play is about a bright young medical student by the name of Thia Stockmann. She has discovered her town’s water supply has been poisoned. Her data‚ personality and determination offended her family‚ then the town council‚ and finally the community. As her friends and her allies buckled under the pressure‚ she becomes even more committed to doing what was right and accepted her fate as "an enemy of the people" in the intersection of Ibsen’s classic play and the Flint water crisis
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"Bleeding Kansas‚" which was caused by the inception of the Kansas-Nebraska Act into United States Law. The Act was introduced to Congress by Stephen A. Douglas in an attempt to establish the Kansas and Nebraska territories. The Kansas-Nebraska Bill caused territorial problems that destroyed the National Party system. It was introduced by Stephen A. Douglas‚ one of the leading men behind the Compromise of 1850‚ and in opposition to sectional quarreling. The bill was to establish the Kansas and Nebraska
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In the summer of 2005‚ Hurricane Katrina unleashed what resulted in a widespread devastation wreaked on the city of New Orleans. New Orleans—the colorful‚ zealous Mississippi Delta city‚ home to world-renowned restaurants‚ jazz and blues’ clubs‚ and universities‚ saw many of its neighborhoods flooded‚ even washed away by Katrina’s strong waters that breached the barrier of its levees. The extent of this catastrophe has triggered fierce debate over how the city should be rebuilt; taking into
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