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    Many people believe that Nolan County is simply an open grazed farm land that is just a view as they drive down I-20. From Roscoe to Blackwell‚ Nolan County is filled with many beautiful sites and culture. I’m surprised that Roscoe isn’t called the windy city‚ because everywhere you look there are huge wind turbines and flat lands. Similarly‚ to the huge skyscrapers found in the big cities‚ these enormous wind turbines are always a creative site to see. Even though we don’t have the exciting and

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    Cafr Broward County

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    accountants for the county of Broward. The opinion rendered was unqualified‚ the financial statements included in the report conforms with generally accepted accounting principals (GAAP) accepted by Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). The purpose of the independent audit is for the purpose of providing explanatory and applicable financial information to the citizens‚ board members‚ investors‚ creditors and all other readers. The responsibility lies upon the county for accuracy and fairness

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    Columbus was a hero for discovering the Americas. Columbus day is a day that is celebrated in the U.S. that commemorates the day he discovered the New World on October 12‚ 1492. This Holiday was not a federal holiday until 1937. This day is to honor the Columbus achievements and the Italian-American Heritage. Even though this day is celebrated every year many people still are debating whether it should be celebrated or not. Everyone thinks of Columbus as a hero but what they don’t really know is

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    Virtual County Police

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    programs that has been formed in the past‚ is the Virtual County Police Department. Virtual County Police Department The agency was started by Virtual County community 55 years ago where it was headed by a Chief with an assistant leading small numbers of police officers who relied on farming as their economic activity. Over the last two decades‚ the initiative has been able to become the primary policing agent in the County (Virtual County Police Department‚ 2009). This has been a major achievement

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    Drinking In Elk County

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    Bailey Bauer‚ a citizen of Elk County‚ a friend of those who experiment with alcohol when underage‚ and a supporter of safety and the law‚ to all of the young people of Elk County. As a student of alcohol programs‚ and several heath and safety classes‚ I understand the effects of alcohol on young people. In simply being a citizen of Elk County‚ I have heard and witnessed many situations in which alcohol is available to underage people. I continue to be shocked and distressed at the large amount of

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    Poe ’s "Hop Frog": The Transcendence Of Frogs and Ourang-Outangs "Hop-Frog!‚ I will make a man of you." In Edgar Allen Poe ’s short story "Hop Frog‚" the title character Hop- Frog is able to transcend the limitations of his physical body‚ in ways the King and his seven ministers are unable. "Hop-Frog" has multiple examples of the transcendence of man‚ and the inability of man to transcend. The most prominent of these points are: 1. By overcoming the limitations of his‚ Hop-Frog ’s‚ physical

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    County Court Outlawry

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    period‚ most of the outlaws were for criminal acts. A victim would make a public accusation called an appeal‚ in the county court. These appeals‚ along with royal writs ordering (or exacting) the appearance of the defendant‚ they were recorded by the coroner on his rolls‚ the process of outlawry had expanded considerably to include both civil and criminal actions. Although the county court remained the institution in which outlaws were declared‚ the process of outlawry by appeal had been largely replaced

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    August: Osage County

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    perspectives is necessary in a drama to properly interpret intended themes. Different angles of interpretation allow a reader to avoid getting lost in one apparent mindset‚ and to think more critically of each character and event. In the drama‚ August: Osage County written by Tracy Letts‚ Johnna’s character‚ a Cheyenne American hired as a the Weston’s caretaker is the silent witness to the dramas tragedies. Johnna is holding a snow globe in her hands‚ in it a scene of the Weston family while their world is flipped

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    people refer to the poison frog as the “jewels of the Rainforest‚” because of their peculiar colors‚ but beware these frogs can be very deadly. Their main habitat is the bottom of tropical rainforests‚ yet the some live high in the canopy and never come down. They have amazingly bright colors and fantastic patterns to warn other rainforest animals that they are poisonous‚ but occasionally they are swallowed‚ and the consumer might die depending on the type of poison frog. Their colors range from blue

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    The goliath frog‚ or conraua goliath‚ is the world’s largest frog. From nose to toes‚ it maxes out at about twelve and a half inches‚ and can weigh just under eight pounds. Unlike most frogs‚ these don’t have the ability to make mating calls‚ and instead create a breeding ground along rivers and streams. The frog is found primarily in Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon‚ at least naturally. A big reason for the goliath frog’s status as endangered is because of the zoo and pet demands. Other significant

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