The story I chose was “Women Hollering Creek” by Sandra Cisneros which tells a story of Cleofilas‚ a woman who tries to emulate the life she sees on television and on soap operas. She leaves her home in Mexico and marries a man who takes her to Texas. He works a low paying job and beats and cheats on her‚ even when she giving birth to their children. Cleofilas‚ comes to see this is not the life she wants to live. She is living isolated from her family with no friends or community to help her when
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Parrot Creek was presented by Leah Lamb. She explained this is a program base on life skills‚ mental wellness‚ behaviors issues‚ and family oriented. They are hands down to have one and one communication with young boys from 14-18 years old‚ that are given the change to be successful men. Parrot Creek also offers shelter type ranch was this young man can get out and grow skills to manage some other life skills like accountability and personal regulation. This program offers to male youth type ranch
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Windshield Survey Lisa B NUR/405 Nov 5‚ 2012 Windshield Survey My view of a windshield survey starts by me viewing my community through the windshield of a moving vehicle‚ which maybe my car‚ the bus or the trolley. Windshield surveys are the motorized equivalent of simple observation (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2012). The visual information that was gathered is aimed at what I see every day as I pass through a community that was once so safe‚ clean‚ family oriented and thriving with
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Place and Time The Myall creek massacre happened near the Gwydir River‚ in the central New South Wales district of Namoi. It happened on the 10 June‚ 1838 at Myall creek. The Kamilaroi Nation The Weraerai tribe of the Kamilaroi nation were the tribe involved in this conflict. At the Myall creek station there were mainly older men‚ women because several days before the massacre‚ 10 of the most able-bodied men had gone to a station about 24 kilometres away‚ named Newtons on the big River‚ where they
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early Nineteenth century. It is often almost unbearable to read as Fuller attempts to use big words and backs up her ideas with the most outlandish citations. In all‚ one could probably get the same general idea after watching a bad re-run of Dawson’s Creek portraying the teens’ high school years‚ which seemed to center around Joey’s struggle to define her own identity away from Dawson. It would certainly save agonizing hours of reading. However‚ all petty insults to the author aside for the moment‚ just
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of Americans‚ the Muscogee Creek Nation has changed tremendously. We no longer dress up in head dresses and make sacrifices‚ but we do try our best to preserve and teach our culture and heritage. Today the Creek Nation is still an organized community with a leader‚ meetings‚ rituals‚ and a language. Creek Indians can be found in many places today‚ and there is no definite way to tell that one is of the creek descent except by their blood. To declare yourself as a creek citizen you must first be
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Myall Creek Massacre on June 10‚ 1838 What is Myall Creek Massacre? Myall Creek massacre (1838) an incident in which‚ in retaliation for an alleged “outrage”‚ White station hands killed 28 Aborigines at Myall Creek in New South Wales‚ Australia. As a result‚ 11 White men were tried for murder. They were acquitted‚ but seven of them were retried‚ found guilty‚ and hanged. There was much public protest. Although prosecution of White people for such an incident was unusual‚ the incident itself was
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The Myall Creek Massacre In the early days of the European settlement of Australia‚ especially during the 1800’s‚ it was common for large numbers of Aboriginal people (men‚ women and children) to be massacred by the white settlers‚ including by police and soldiers. Most of these were not reported and were known to only a few people. Therefore‚ there was no action taken to punish the offenders and indeed‚ there was approval from most white settlers and government officials for this to continue
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|the Buffalo Creek Disaster | | | A book by Gerald Stern |PART ONE | | | |Prologue | | | |On the morning of the 26th February 1972 a coal company’s massive coal-waste refuse pile which dammed a stream in middle fork hollow | |collapsed in the Buffalo Creek Valley. Over 130 million gallons
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Is This Project Likely To Be Successful? Location‚ Product‚ Pricing Given the information‚ this project seems promising for success assuming high occupancy levels. The Millegan Creek Apartments would be a 390 unit apartment project in Williamson County‚ for a proposed $15‚715‚000 loan. It would be about 11 miles northwest of the CBD and close to many of Austin’s high tech companies. This location would be beneficial because it can service many of the high tech companies’ employees and since
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