William Faulkner William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County‚ with Jefferson as its county seat‚ is both a mythical and actual place. Yoknapatawpha county is 2400 square miles in area and has a population of 15‚611 persons. Jefferson has an actual jail‚ town square‚ old houses‚ and Old Frenchman’s Place‚ even a railroad. Faulkner’s "Yoknapatawpha County" is in reality Lafayette County‚ and "Jefferson" is actually Oxford. The Faulkner family lived there since before the Civil War. This is
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Loudon County Wheel Tax Why should we have to pay a wheel tax? In Loudon County‚ TN the government is proposing a 50 dollar wheel tax. Right now we pay 24 dollars per vehicle or item that must be legally registered; altogether we would be paying 74 dollars (Shaver‚ 2008). The wheel tax is going to be used for our road ways and education. A major issue with the wheel tax is there are people outside the county using the roads and their children use our schools‚ but pay no wheel tax. With the wheel
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Orange County Fire Authority is one of the biggest departments in southern California. It was founded as Orange County Fire Department in 1980 and declared bankruptcy in December 1994. Then three months later in March 1995‚ it reopened as Orange County Fire Authority with a new Fire Chief. It now has seventy-one fire stations‚ four helicopters‚ a wildland unit‚ and a hazmat unit. It has over one thousand full-time firefighters‚ two hundred reserve firefighters‚ covering twenty-three cities‚ and protecting
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Observation Paper #2 On 02/14/2018‚ I observed a toddler classroom at Eden Palms‚ Kidango. At nine thirty‚ there are four children at the table with two teachers. Jesus puts both his hand into a basket of Legos‚ he touches and looks at different colors of Legos. He does not communicate with his peer. Litzy stands next to him‚ and she gets one by one Lego to stack them on the top of another Lego. Santiago sits on the chair next to table that has Legos‚ he positions his hands on the table. He holds
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For decades Emergency Management has focused primarily on preparedness. Since part of Wayne County is on the coastal plain‚ and is bordered by the Neuse River that extends up to Raleigh which is over 50 miles away the county is at a risk for flooding. Floods are the most common natural disaster in the U.S.‚ and nearly everybody has some risk of flooding. Wayne County preparedness to a flood is noteworthy. Virtually every U.S. state‚ and territory has experienced floods. The Federal Emergency Management
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signs of farm labor have left their mark on the hardworking citizens of Harrison County for over 200 years. This year we celebrate the Bicentennial of Indiana and the tremendous achievements of our Hoosiers during the past two centuries. The history of Harrison County is inextricably intertwined with its history of agriculture. To this day‚ farming and agriculture are a crucial part of the economy in Harrison County; although‚ earlier in our county’s history‚ agriculture was not only a critically
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NAFTA And Its Effects On Robeson County‚ North Carolina by Russell D. Liggon Economics 5150 Dr. Shi NAFTA And Its Effects On Robeson County‚ North Carolina Since being signed on January 1‚ 1994‚ NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) has opened opportunities between the United States‚ Canada‚ and Mexico. NAFTA is considered by GDP standards the
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Howard County is known to be a successful county with outstanding recreation and entertainment. An historic mill which welcomes everyone and makes everyone feel at home. Howard county is located at the central Maryland between Baltimore and Washington. Howard County is ranked as one of the most affluent‚ advanced and educated communities in the United States. The total land area of 160‚640 acres which is the smallest county in Maryland. Howard county is a business environment. Howard county population
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I am writing this letter of recommendation on behalf of Kyra Palm. I was Kyra’s Family and Consumer Science teacher and Family‚ Career‚ and Community Leaders of America adviser. Kyra showed me‚ through her class work and participation‚ that she is a hard-working and considerate young person. I had the pleasure of working with Kyra outside of school through several FCCLA activities. Kyra was a member that I knew I could depend on. From baking cookies for the troops to making posters to advertise
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At the Heart of the Grand Strand: Myrtle Beach (1) Myrtle Beach can be considered as the center of a long strip of scenic‚ uninterrupted coast called Grand Strand due to the number of people visiting the region annually. It should be no wonder why Myrtle Beach in South Carolina is a grand temptation‚ with so many activities for people of all ages to choose from. LOCATION (2) Myrtle Beach is a part of the famed Grand Strand‚ which is a stretch of around 60 miles of uninterrupted
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