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    Texas vs. Louisiana Cheri Lane Globe University Living in Texas vs. Louisiana Texas is the second most populous and the second-largest of the 50 states in the United States of America‚ and the largest state in the 48 contiguous United States (Wikipedia‚ Texas‚ 2013). Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America and is the 31st most extensive and the 25th most populous of the 50 United States ((Wikipedia‚ Louisiana‚ 2013). Texas and Louisiana are two different

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    On August 11‚ 2016 rain began falling across the southern portion of Louisiana‚ in which rainfall exceeded 20 inches in multiple parishes causing catastrophic flooding that submerged over 100‚000 homes and businesses and killed 13 people. In portions of Baton Rouge and Lafayette accumulations peaked at 31.39 inches‚ which was more than during Hurricane Katrina and Isaac The National Weather Service rates it a 1-in-1000-year event! Governor John Edwards‚ called the disaster a “historic‚ unprecedented

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    Hire Purchase

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    OF KENYA The hire Purchase acT Chapter 507 Revised Edition 2010 (1982) Published by the National Council for Law Reporting with the Authority of the Attorney General www.kenyalaw.org 2 CAP. 507 Hire-Purchase [Rev. 2010 CHAPTER 507 THE HIRE-PURCHASE ACT ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS part I–prelImInary Section 1–Short title. 2–Interpretation. 3–Application. part II–regIstratIon 4–Establishment of registry. 5–Agreements to be registered. part III–provIsIons as to hIre-purChase agreements 6–Requirements

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    The Gadsden Purchase of 1853 is one of the most monumental land purchases in United States history. In basic terms‚ the Gadsden Purchase was an area of land that was acquired by the United States from Mexico in order to build a railway for the transportation of goods in the South from East to West in order to fulfill Manifest Destiny. Throughout this paper‚ I hope to accurately navigate through the events prior to the Gadsden Purchase as well as the early life of James Gadsden. Although many topics

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    Sales and Purchase

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    Sales and purchase: The terms ¨sales order¨ and ¨purchase order¨ are not interchangeable‚ they are two very different documents. A sales order‚ abbreviated in business as SO‚ comes from a business to a customer. By comparison‚ a purchase order comes from a business to a vendor. Both are fulfillment methods‚ the sales order representing outside sales‚ and the purchase order representing internal corporate goods or service requests. Sales orders and purchase orders are tools for tracking business

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    The colony of Louisiana has faced many challenges. Besides having settlements along the Gulf Coast and all along the Mississippi River‚ I think obtaining this colony from the French is a bad idea. The French have had nothing but trouble while trying to set up Louisiana as a colony. The French lacks consistency in governing‚ they sent the wrong types of settlers‚ there are no cash crops‚ and they have trouble with the Native Americans. (Sept. 17‚2012). There is a lot of disharmony within the government

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    century. One of the major territories that was continuously being fought over was‚ the Louisiana territory. At some point or another‚ Spain‚ England‚ and France all owned the Louisiana. But‚ eventually in the beginning of the nineteenth century‚ the United States became hungry for more land and wanted to expand its boundaries from the Atlantic to the Pacific. In 1682 French explorer‚ La Salle claimed Louisiana to honor King Louis XIV.i They continued to explore the Mississippi RIver and the surrounding

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    Extensive research of Louisiana State University will show that this college is among the top respected sites for furthering education in this country. Louisiana State University is an excellent choice for future education because it is far from home‚ it offers excellent education in the psychology and sociology majors‚ and the campus seems fitting‚ despite the overwhelming cost to attend. Louisiana State University offers a multitude of programs; the majority of which are well

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    The Implications of the Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase was one of the largest single expansions of land that the United States has ever acquired. From an outsider’s standpoint‚ it is easy to assume that one of the only main benefits to come out of the Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of land. That could not be farthest from the truth. Thomas Jefferson believed in the “Empire of Liberty.” He wrote in a letter to a friend that “Our confederacy must be viewed as the nest from which

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    Scott Colon Professor Wilkerson American Federal Government 18 January 2013 Examining the Constitutionality of the Louisiana Purchase The acquisition of the Louisiana Purchase caused a political debate of the constitution in the early United States government. There was a difference of opinions between politicians including Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine. Many believed that the provisions outlined in the United States Constitution should be strictly followed‚ but others believe that the

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