...somewhere in the country side? To me, home is southern Ohio. For nineteen years now, I have looked out to the same beautiful scenery when I look out my bedroom window. My backyard is covered with rolling hills, filled with the greenest of trees during the hot summer months. Surrounding my home is the most stunning fields of corn that tend to look even more magnificent when the sun sets behind them, accentuating their golden color in the fall. Throughout my whole life in this rural town I call home, I have heard how know matter where you go in life you will return home in the end. I could not disagree more with that typical belief. Growing up in a such a serene and tranquil place has truly been a blessing in disguise. I have always had the best family I could ask for. My parents have always supported me in all that I have done and my two sisters are my best friends. That love and support never wavered, not even when I made the decision to attend college at a university that was 4 hours away. I went to a high school where I could recognize each face I saw and lived in a neighborhood where everyone graciously waves at everyone. Few people in my hometown strayed away from the things they had grown accustomed to; however, growing up I was always knew I was different than the rest. Since a young age, I was always attending multiple different summer and sports camps and staying overnight with friends and family for weeks at a time. I love home and the people here but when I graduated...
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...Can you imagine being cheated on by someone you loved? Margo Roth Spiegelman knows exactly what this feels like because she experienced it first-hand. In Paper Towns, Margo is trying to get revenge on everyone who knew her boyfriend was cheating on her. With the help of her old friend Quentin, Margo embarked on their journey. Many specific objects have meaning in this book, especially the minivan, the strings, and the spray-paint. In the beginning of the story, Margo Roth Spiegelman asks her old friend Quentin to borrow his mom’s minivan because she has important tasks she needs to complete. Because Quentin is an altruistic person, he said yes. Margo and Quentin had always been good friends in the past, until they experienced some traumatic events and no longer talked after they happened. The minivan in this story is what connects Margo and Quentin back together after years apart: “And so May fifth could have been any day—until just before midnight when Margo Roth Spiegelman slid open my screenless bedroom window for the first time since telling me to close it nine years before” (Green 24). The minivan was also important in this story because it was a home for Margo and Quentin to stay in. Quentin elaborates on how you can really make...
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...In the Green Book time period, there are many examples of racism that occurred in society back then. For example, Paula Wynter was a young girl in the 1950s in North Carolina when her family hid in the Buick after a local sheriff passed them and chased them. Her father stopped the car and switched off the headlights and they all hid under a tree. They sat there until the sun came up. The town was a “sundown town”. These towns banned black motorists after sun down or sunset. If I was in Paula’s situation, I would have done the same thing or just not have left home after dark so the police wouldn’t have the opportunity to catch me. Even though slavery ended, segregation started meaning that the two races would have to be separated or live apart...
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...Firefighters actually fought smaller fires near the road. Fallen trees that still smoldered lay next to the two lane road and small fires sprouted up near dry grass and trees. The tops of the once tree covered hills were mostly concealed in clouds of smoke. The unusual and unexpected nature of the occurrence gave me a sudden awakening. An unexpected encounter with a forest fire and the sense of danger awoke me from my thoughts of how dismal it felt to sit in a car for that amount of time and how I would rather stay at home. Seeing a forest fire on TV differed greatly from seeing one in real life. The sense of danger exists only when in the vicinity of the fire. I suddenly felt almost like I had five years earlier when I embarked on this same trip, except I felt less excited this time and a little more nervous. I had finally realized that I had embarked on a camping...
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...photography. The route one can follow is Delhi - Karnal - Shahabad - (right turn) - Saha - Naraingarh - Kala Amb - Nahan - Renuka. The roads are more or less good with hilly terrain starting a little after Naraingarh I believe. The last stretch from Nahan to Renuka is a single lane road with occassional potholes, but manageable for any car. Apart from the Renuka Lake, which is covered on all sides by dense green forests, the place has a temple, a zoo and a 3.5 kms track along the lake where on could walk and experience complete desolute. When we visited Renuka Lake in early 2011, we made it a day trip, but if one intends to stay overnight, there is a wonderful HPTDC property right at the shores of the lake. The contact numbers are: ADDRESS : Hotel Yamuna, Paonta Sahib (HP) 173025. Tel: 01704-222341, 224161. Esepcialy during the monsoon, Renuka Lake can be a wonderful destination for people who love to travel with families and spend a relaxing weekend away from the mad city rush. 2. Tirthan Valley Tirthan Valley lies towards east of the town of Kullu, nestled on the borders of the Great Himlayan National Park and is the perfect place if you want to be in the hills and beat the tourist rush. Although 3 days ex Delhi isn't enough to explore this marvel of nature, but its a good weekend getaway if you don't mind driving 10-12 hours one way to reach there. The best itinerary you can follow is reach Chandigarh by Thursday night, stay over, start from Chandigarh...
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...mountain. The mountain glazed in snow and had a perfect view of the whole ocean. Blue loved the snow. The only thing she loved more then the snow was her town, Sunset Palm. Her town was small and poor with colors that stood out against the dark blue ocean. As Blue walked through the center of town, her ears were filled by the song of her town and the noise of the people at the stands trying to sell what they could. When she looked at all the stands selling key chains, pots and pans, bracelets, and fresh made chocolates she got excited. Her eyes bounced from stand to stand. She had as much excitement as a three year old in a candy shop. Blue was fifteen years old and had seen all of the shops before, but every time she felt the same excitement. As she walked home, she froze in place when she overheard two older women speaking in muffled voices. Blue could hear the stocky pale women in green cloth with lots of beads in her hair whispered, “Are you sure that Milo will hit in the next week?” After a long pause, the other woman who was tall...
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...In the eyes of Phillip Kent, the town was going to hell. First, they built the air force base that caused large military trucks to clog up the roads. Then they built the test site where they plotted the end of the world. And plot they did. Phillip would rant and rave and scream and complain to anyone that would listen. “They’re doing stuff over there that’s not right,” he would say, his hands shaking and his long face dripping with sweat. “I know. I read the Book of Revelations. I know end times when I see it, and this here’s the end times – mark my words. They’re messing with things that shouldn’t be messed with.” Still, no one paid him any mind. Every town had their fool, and Phillip was the fool of Beatty, Nevada. So, when Doris and Marvin Hinckley moved to Beatty in the summer of ’57, they followed suit with the rest of the town....
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...Linn County Oregon is located in the center of the Willamette Valley and covers 2,309 miles,19 of which are water (US Cesnus Bureau, 2015). It is the grass seed capitol of the world, and thus has a strong, rural culture. According to the US Census Bureau it has a population of 119, 356 people, and there are two hospitals available to serve this population. Because it is a large area with 37% of its residents living in a rural setting, transportation can be problematic. Unfortunately, over 20% of Linn County’s residents live at or below the poverty level and the large outlying area combined with this number can make access to health care a challenge (CityData.com, 2012). Population Economic Status Linn County Oregon consists of 119,356 people with an average household income of $45, 130 for two people. There is 20.5% of the population living below the poverty level and 19.7% of that total is under the age of 18. There is not a lot of cultural diversity in this area, as 93.4% of the population is White, followed by 8.4% Hispanic, and 1.3% Native American. Of that, 18.9% of the White population is living in poverty, 33.3% of the Hispanics, and 43.3% of the Native American’s also live at or below the poverty level (City-Data.com, 2012). Working in an Emergency Department, I see a large amount of the population that uses public assistance, as there tends to be the thought process that it is okay to use the ED for primary care. Twenty-five percent of the population is receiving...
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...previously filled with tribal and farming community, was closed down by the Iraqi government for its prisoner abuse scandal during the American occupation of Iraq. The prison was a U.S. Army detention centre for captured Iraqis from 2003 to 2006. Detainees were visible living in tents within the prison yards. At the height of the scandal, the prison held as many as 3,800 detainees. Crimes by prison officers against detainees included taking photographs of dead Iraqi detainees, videotaping and photographing naked male and female detainees and forcing detainees to remove their clothing whilst keeping them naked for several days at a time. Escapees have been rumoured to have become top leaders of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Copper Green is claimed to be a code name for a U.S. black ops program. Formed during the U.S invasion of Afghanistan, the program allegedly used physical and sexual abuse, to recover information from suspects and blackmailed them into becoming informants. These methods were used specifically against Muslim Arab men, in an attempt to humiliate them. Extraordinary Rendition describe the illegal transfer of people from one state to another. It is believed that this is practiced by the USA to obtain information from individuals using torture methods which would be illegal in their own country. Prisoners are exported to countries such as Morocco, Egypt and Libya, where laws on torture are more lenient. There, they would be detained in locations known as...
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...Neighborhood Project Report The Town of Addison is located in an area once called Peters Colony. It was settled as early as 1846 when Preston Witt built a house on White Rock Creek. The area was not known as Addison until 1902. Addison was named after Addison Robertson, who served as the community's second postmaster from 1908-1916. With more than 170 restaurants, there is a restaurant for every 79 Addison residents. Addison is a popular location for many Dallas-area restaurants. Addison has 22 hotels, featuring a total of at least 4,000 hotel rooms and meeting facilities. Addison Airport consumes roughly half of the city's 4.4 sq mi and is the third-largest general aviation airport in the nation. Major corporate headquarters in Addison include Dresser and Mary Kay Cosmetics. Other major employers in Addison include Bank of America. Other companies based in Addison include Jani-King and Palm Harbor Homes. Martinaire has its headquarters on the property of Addison Airport. Compuware has offices in Addison. At one time CompUSA and Pizza Hut had their headquarters in Addison, Now located in Plano. Addison is located in close proximity to the headquarters of HP Enterprise Services, JC Penney, and Frito Lay in Plano. From the readings it can be assumed that Addison became incorporated as a city during the white flight phenomenon. White flight began on a large scale after the Second World War, when African-Americans began to try to establish homes in America's cities. Many of these...
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...want to sprawl out to the town areas. People with school-aged children find smaller, less crowded schools with high quality funded programs preferable than schools in the city. As cities and rural areas continue to expand, space is required for the construction of houses and the development of the industry. Many houses can protect the environment by using solar panels and households can switch to electric cars. Adopting a citywide approach to fitting solar panels and providing charging points for cars will enable suburban homes to provide most of the power for the city centre, while also keeping the transport alive. The advantages of urban sprawl will be good for the dramatic reduction in...
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...James Howard Kunstler, American author, and social critic gave his thoughts on American urbanism in his TedTalk addressed: How Bad Architecture Wrecked Cities. He stated that there is an “immense ugliness” in our everyday environments and argues that we’re going to have to start innovating and getting back to our roots if we would like to continue civilization in America. He believes that our society’s suburban sprawl is the “greatest misallocation of resources in the history of the world.” The industrial design of our suburban landscapes lack a sense of place. Kunstler argues our landscapes lack a sense of place; places that are meaningful quality and character (Kunstler). This can all be re-modified with how we mold our space with buildings in particular. Kunstler’s informative speech begs the question: how can we make places that are worth caring about again? The main problem with our society’s architecture is the degradation of the “public realm”. The public realm in the United States consists of two entities: its dwelling areas of civilization and our civic life (Kunstler). When the public realm is destroyed or tarnished, the well-being of public life is taken down with it. We no longer have the cathedral plazas or market squares of older cultures. Some of that has to do with the fact that our country was in constant expansion for quite a while when our nation was young and developing in my opinion. Our body of culture is argued to have stopped post World War II. Our...
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...not have a stamp on their gun that signifies they paid the taxes that were responsible to pay when owning a gun. This was necessary under the NFA, National Firearms Act. Miller argued that this violated his right to bear arms. The court understood the amendment as a right to a group of people brought together collectively for their same defense, rather than an individual right for their personal defense. It was decided that only guns can be used for militia service purposes only but this case did open the door to understanding and looking at the second amendment as an individual right as well. Dick Heller, who was a police officer in the District of Columbia, wanted to register for his own personal hand gun, outside of his job, to keep at home but was denied. He argued that he was not given his rights listed in the Second Amendment. The ruling was found in favor of Heller stating that the amendment was written...
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... and for me it took sixteen years to accomplish this goal. The fivehour car ride seemed like a curse. There was barely any leg room, and the duels between siblings never ceased. My seven year old brother, Joey, is famous for starting fights and making car rides miserable. And my other brother and sister act and fight like twins, even though there are two years separating them. “haha you’re so ugly, it’s a wonder how you have so many friends,” Jimmy, the twelve year old, says with a cocky attitude. Ellie, the fourteen year old, replies, “ You’re an idiot!” Then my mom would intervene by saying, “Knock it off, or we will go home right this instant!” Which usually does the trick, but bickering would start all over again almost every hour. Eventually we made it to and mighty Mackinac Bridge, whose enormous steel frames and cables held the pathway to the Upper Peninsula. In the middle of the bridge path there are green grates that would allow one to see below, down to the Great Lakes. Also, one could look on both sides of the bridge and see two different lakes. We pay the toll of $1.50 and within minutes, we are in the...
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...Take a breath, close your eyes, and think for a moment about a perfect sunny day. Warm light, a light breeze, perfect temperatures, fresh air, and a a robin's egg blue sky. For this reason, and many others, I believe that California is the perfect place to live. Besides the weather, there is also a variety of other reasons why California is the perfect destination. California also brings more to the table than just sunny days. It also has the cultural richness and diversity to astonish the eye and inspire your mind. Take for instance China Town. China Town is a perfect example of both diversity and culture. Passing through China Town, it's more than likely that you'll catch a whiff of authentic Chinese food, or spot bright red lanterns...
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