Facts The largest municipal bankruptcy, in the history of the United States, was Orange County California, and at the center of this unforeseen catastrophe Robert Citron. Irrefutably, the financial complications that lead to the bankruptcy were the direct result of the mismanagement of public funds by county treasurer, Robert Citron. Furthermore, due to Citron risky investments with the county’s monies, he left the county in a one-and—half billion dollars’ worth of debt. According to the text,…
I grew up in a small town called Haron, the population was about 1,500. It was a small town, nothing bad ever happened. Everyone was so friendly and kind to each other. There was only one high school so all my friends were practically living on the same block as me. Most of our hangout spots were at the café or the bowling alley, there wasn’t that much to do in Haron. I lived on a small farm just near widow creek. In my town, Widow Creek was forbidden by Mayor Judson, I’ve always wanted to know…
Ana Shafer Experience at The Fralin Museum of Charlottesville David Malangi Daymirringu | Michael Krueger Murayana the Yirritja Honey Man | Changing of the Guards 1989 | 2012 Natural ochres on wood, feathers, and resin | Lithograph 1990.7008.029 | 2013.4 My Experience at the Fralin Museum The Fralin Museum of Art in Charlottesville wasn’t like any museum I’ve ever gone too. My experience at the Fralin was subpar when compared to my expectations. In such a modest building the rooms had…
The Tale of Princess Rosita Once a long time ago there was the princess name Rosita Arialina Sanchez Chavez Rodriguez. Rosita was born on a very important day in mexico. She was born on Dia de Los Muertos, a holiday to celebrate all those who have passed to the afterlife. Rosita is like no other princesses there has ever been. She’s beautiful,charismatic, funny, outgoing, she’s the perfect princess. Rosita’s had to become a queen at young age since her parents had passed away.…
debase its moral development. Agent Orange was a chemical meant to accelerate the growth rate of soybeans. In the future this technological advance in high quantity became a herbicide and a defoliant, the opposite of its original purpose. During the Vietnam war, 77 million liters of it were used by the U.S. Military as a weapon against the Vietnamese. Over four hundred thousand Vietnamese people were killed as a result of having made contact with Agent Orange, and approximately five hundred…
Chandler Bridges May 14, 2015 Agent Orange “One Significate Ghost" In war, the first prerogative is that you must be able to find the enemy. During the Vietnam war, the United States utilized a group of herbicides which became known as the “Rainbow Herbicides" (Murray 2005) These chemicals, prefixed with "agent" named for their color, were stored in 55 gallon metal barrels with a simple, color-coded strip to designate the contents, of all the "agents", Agent Orange was the most extensively…
places in Vietnam. The environmental impacts caused by Agent Orange and other herbicides than lead to many deadly illnesses for soldiers and local natives. The used of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War has effects millions of people and it will affect many more in the years to come. Clearly, herbicides like Agent Orange have lasting effects on the surrounding environment, soldiers, and local natives exposed to the deadly weapon. Agent Orange was the most common herbicide used in the Vietnam…
Nursing, Conceiving”). Do Duc Diu, a father who lost twelve out of his fifteen children from the effects of Agent Orange expresses how Agent Orange has changed the meaning of his life. The effects of Agent Orange are horrific. Any where from 2.1 million to 4.5 million Vietnamese citizens have been exposed from the time of spraying the dioxin-contaminated herbicide ("Health Effects of Agent Orange/Dioxin"). It has been nearly forty years since the destructive herbicide was used, and the…
Langston Hughes’s poem “My People” is a short poem that gives off a variety of meanings. Hughes’s poem gives the reader a different form of viewing people by emphasizing certain features from his people, although not directly throwing it out there for the reader to grasp right away. Also, interior and outer beauty. When the reader first reads this short poem, they would assume that the narrator is implying that his people are beautiful and that is all, just beautiful. Although, as the reader…
One prominent example that demonstrates the theme of the pressure that accompanies motherhood is found in Plath’s “Barren Woman.” As indicated by the title, this poem tells the story of a woman who can’t conceive. The narrator paints a picture of feeling, “empty” (line 1), and further makes an allusion to a life without grandeur like, “a museum without statues” (line 1). Just as an empty museum has no function, a barren woman cannot fulfill what is often perceived as the greatest purpose in life…