Our time has finally arrived‚ President Lincoln has finally got the Homestead Act passed‚ and it will be great for this country that Congress is granting land owned by the federal government proving farmers with the opportunity to own land out west. We need to ensure our stockpile of gold reserve is on hand; because we don’t need any setbacks with the currency: we must have the ability to provide loans to these farmers and former freed slaves. (The Homestead was widely successful because it helped
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Prohibition. It began in 1918 partly due to World War I and was repealed by most provinces by the early 1920’s‚ during those few years it caused a number of problems here in Canada but especially in the United States. Prohibition is the legal prevention of the manufacture‚ sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages. In simpler words‚ it prohibited people from taking part in the alcoholic beverage business‚ hence the name‚ prohibition. Prohibition was introduced in 1918 because of multiple
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Throughout the nineteenth century‚ a major cause of conflict amongst Northern and southern states was slavery. Northern states debated many logical reasons to abolish slavery. However southern states made a great rebuttal as to why slavery was not inhumane. John Calhoun’s defense of slavery‚ Frederick Law Olmstead’s travelogue of the South‚ George Fitzhugh’s The Blessing of Slavery‚ and Thomas R. Dew’s Speech to Virginia Legislative are all great examples as to why slavery can be considered as a
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Statement of intent: This is a third POV story‚ set when Juliet was sent away from England to the Bahamas "for the good of her health". As Juliet was disconnected due to her separation from her family‚ I used few emotions coming from her‚ herself. I used her obsession with the "king and queen" book as a subtle reference to Borovnia. I made the child‚ Richard‚ five years old because Juliet has a personality younger than her age‚ and she ends up copying Richard. With this piece I was portraying the
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Making a replica of an organism‚ sperm‚ egg‚ or anything else sounds pretty crazy. There will be those that will think cloning can be a great idea. The thing is that taxpayers will have to pay a certain amount of money to the government to fund therapeutic and reproductive cloning. However‚ any type of cloning should not be accepted. Many people believe that cloning can be beneficial‚ but it won’t be beneficial because humankind can actually handle life without making a replica. Some people would
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Medical advancements are being made all the time‚ new ways to operate on people‚ better ways to treat diseases are being found‚ and prosthetics are changing dramatically. “Over the past 30 years‚ medical advancements helped add five years to U.S. life expectancy and reduce fatalities by more than half” (“Value of Medical Technology”). About two million people in the United States are amputees (“Limb Loss Statistics”). Technology research on prosthetics has improved tremendously over the years. There
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We’ve all heard of Seaworld. A childhood fantasy. The spectacular shows and mesmerizing performances of marine animal and men. Orcas and dolphins doing trick as the fascinated faces‚ young and old watch the ‘never before’ seen show. Years later we find out the truth. The torture of animals and the small confinement that these animals have been forced to live in. Orcas were “...confined to a tank containing 0.0001 percent of the quantity of water that he would traverse in a single day in nature.”
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MODESTO - Life is back to normal for the Calaveras Redskins football team. The 2014 season which saw the ‘Skins go 5-5 and miss the playoffs for the first time in 17 years‚ is in the rearview mirror. Calaveras‚ along with Mother Lode League rival Sonora Wildcats‚ the Ripon Christian Knights‚ of the Southern League‚ and California State Division IV Champion Central Catholic Raiders‚ took part in a three-day camp at Central Catholic High School‚ in Modesto. “This camp was a great learning experience
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Pennies may have been practical several years ago; however‚ now they are inconvenient and obsolete. As an American citizen who pays with U.S. currency almost every day and almost every day‚ inconvenienced by the use of pennies. Pennies make even less sense provided the fact that the United States Government has made such a large amount of pennies that the materials used to make pennies are worth more than a penny itself. Other countries have already done this and it is working out well for them‚
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With numerous products being advertised daily‚ it is qutie easy to get caught up in being interested in them. While some products seem reliable‚ others seem “too good to be true‚” or in other words‚ a complete lie. In this case “The Onion publishes a mock article that is satirizing how products are marketed to consumers. As ridiculous‚ and absurd‚ as this process maybe‚ it doesn’t stray far from typical marketing rituals. This article discusses the magnasoles company/products using the advantages
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