GETTING OUT OF POVERTY A Community Plan Prepared for MADRAS CITY MAYOR JEFFERSON COUNTY‚ OREGON Prepared by Jamasa Sattler Developing Stability‚ Inc. June 1‚ 2011 June 1‚ 2011 Melanie Widmer‚ Mayor Madras City Hall 71 SE D Street Madras‚ OR 97741 Dear Ms Widmer: As a resident of Jefferson County‚ I have an interest in the community’s economic stability. I am equally concerned with the large population of individuals and families struggling to provide for themselves
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“A Change Is Gonna Come” was written by Sam Cooke‚ included in the Ain’t That Good News album. It was during the Civil Rights Movement‚ Cooke released the song. The Civil Rights Movement began on December 1‚ 1954‚ when Rosa Parks‚ an African-American woman refused to give up her seat to a white man‚ which lead her to be arrested. Following this event a new minister‚ organized a boycott in the south. This lead to a group called the “Freedom Riders” to form and protest‚ nonviolently‚ although‚ they
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Kubushevsky for the first time‚ especially while exchanging business cards. During the next few weeks‚ while he was chauffeured around by Kubushevsky‚ Moto and he went out for a drink and they began to open up and talk about their families and hope for the future. From that time on‚ Moto and Kubushevsky were a team‚ often going out to bars and meeting new people. When Kubushevsky had moved away and Moto was closing the deal with Allmack‚ he noticed how the lawyer‚ Sue Smith‚ had prepared extensively
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Science-fiction texts often use vivid storytelling so as to allow the reader to grasp an overall idea and gain an insight into a world that is often filled with chaos and disorder. There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury is a story that takes place in the future but takes its name from a 19th century writer. It is a story that takes a science-fiction plot and embroils it with real life moral and philosophical concerns. Bradbury’s protagonist is a house standing alone in a world destroyed by nuclear
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Industry Comes of Age 1865-1900 1. A Defense of Long-Haul Rates * Serious grievance against the “railroad rascals” was discrimination. * The money to keep up the road must be forth coming or it will go to decay * $600‚000 was required to operate the road * Local shippers would benefit if the company took the cotton at dollar per bale because then they would have to pay less 2. Railroad President Sidney Dillon Supports Stock Watering (1891) * Stock watering: the practice
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Fink Professor Parsons-Zammit English 122 23 April 2014 Ray Bradbury: There Will Come Soft Rains Ray Bradbury’s short story There Will Come Soft Rains is set in a post nuclear extinction of mankind. The only thing that remained in the city was a self-sufficient house full of robots and other technology created to cater to the human occupants that no longer exist. The house carried on‚ day in and day out‚ as if the humans were still dwelling there. The house‚ with all of its technological
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Duty Comes First Do your duty without his fear There was once a minister for railways. He had a very good reputation.He was known to be an honest man who always did his duty.One‚day he was on his way to an impotant function.He was getting late for it.His car reached a railway crossing.They had to stop there.The gate closed just as they arrived.The driver of the minister’s car quickily ran to the gaurd on duty.He said firmly to the gaurd‚"The minister is in the car.Raise the gate to let us pass
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In the Womb Then Out The time comes in every woman’s life when she wonders what it would be like to have a child. During pregnancy the body changes and adapts to having a human growing inside of it. The mind goes through many thought processes and changes‚ as well. There are many things pregnant women can do to ensure they birth a strong healthy baby. Once the baby is born there are many activities mothers and father’s can do with their infant‚ toddler and adolescent to help ensure they grow
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LeGrande English 1 3.28.12 No way out! A big house‚ nice cars and a loving family to share it all with; that is everyones aspiration in life. Well that dream is extremely difficult to achieve when working in the fields of Mexico for fifteen dollars a day picking tomatoes in the burning afternoon sun. Everyone deserves an equal chance to pursue their dreams but unfortunately this is not reality. which then forces people to take matters into their own hands. Illegal immigration is the most controversial
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With Calamity‚ Comes Solidarity A week after crazy Yolanda’s rage‚ I went home to Leyte for the sole purpose of bone crushing my entire family with the biggest hug my outstretched arms could make. Even after knowing they’re all fine‚ I couldn’t settle my nerves with mere words coming out from someone’s mouth telling me that everyone is safe. I longed to see for myself that my family is okay so I bought a ticket and sailed home. As the boat neared the port of Ormoc City‚ the once green and lush
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