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    Permanent Midnight Essay

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    Permanent Midnight is a story of a man named Jerry Stahl and his drug addiction. The film starts off with Jerry working at a fast food restaurant. Moments later, a blonde woman pulls up to the drive-through window. Her name was Kitty, who was a former drug addict who had been clean for years. Kitty asked Jerry if he would like to get a cup of coffee, but they ended up in a motel room, and spent a lot of time there. Jerry opens up with Kitty and tells her his life story and everything that had…

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    With the great schism between the industrialized North and the agriculture dominant South over the issue of states’ rights staring with the election of president Lincoln, war was declared between two halves of a country. Although the land battles are more renown, maritime shipping and Naval strength soon showed their importance to the war effort. Naval battles and military marine interactions took place in all of the maritime domains, from the brown water of the Mississippi river to the blue…

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    money, and is not prepared to live in Alaska. Chris gets multiple offer from friends and strangers, but turns them down thinking he is better off without them. Chris demonstrates his foolishness by turning down Jim Galliens offer of taking him to Anchorage to…

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    In 2008 Paul Blakeslee was employed with Shaw Environment and Infrastructure, a contracting firm with numerous contracts across the globe. Paul was the manager of the employees designated to complete a contract in Alaska worth over $100 million. Specifically, the company was responsible for working on Fort Richardson and Fort Wainwright, both United States Army bases. Shortly after entering the position, Paul became aware that the project manager for the Alaskan project, Richard Lantz, owned at…

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    “A handful of moments I wished I could change, but I was carried away,” are the lyrics that remind a lot about myself. Growing up, and even about two years ago, I was insanely shy and did not talk much around people, friends, or family. The way I talked to people was in a timid, soft spoken way, which looking back, was awfully embarrassing. My friends and family would laugh at me because I could not talk well, and when I did talk, they acted as if I were a baby who just said its first words.…

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    Ricky who himself is not only a pastor he wears many hats a dad, works a job, is about to start a bus ministry, and He is a student at a different online university. See back in 2001 I had just Graduated High School from a Christian high school in Anchorage, Alaska. So my church at the time wanted to try and start a Bible College and so I attended one year of it with many struggles because I still was not yet strong in my Christianity of maturity. So I then made many bad choices. That was a time…

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    I live on a (area of Unalska) “piece of rock” in the heart of the Aleutian chain in the waters of Alaska. The “piece of rock” that I call home is Unalaska and I’ve lived here for 10 years. I started elementary school in Alaska, then moved attended school in Puyallup, Washington from the 2nd through the 5th grade. Six years ago, I would have never imagined that I would be the type of person that I am today. When I moved back to Unalaska in the 5th grade, I wasn’t very outspoken. As a matter of…

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    teachers and students themselves. This resulted in parents selecting options like changing public schools, demanding tutoring, and requiring the state to provide information to make the best choice for their student. (NCLB: Parent Choice, n.d.) In the Anchorage School district alone this caused many students to flee the low income and impoverished schools and flock to those schools which were deemed successful causing over population problems. This in turn caused much chaos and confusion,…

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    few years, not up and moving or anything. As soon as the service in the military was over and my parents had divorced I was right back up moving around. Moving from house to house, school to school, making new friends every time. I was born in Anchorage, Alaska in December 1996. My father joined the military in july of 1997. His very first duty station was located in virginia, when I was only one years old. My mother 's family from virginia, so I got to meet some of them. We only lived in…

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    Powdery mildew in soybeans, caused by the fungus Microsphaera diffusa, is a leaf disease in soybeans, and it also affects other legumes. The disease requires cool air temperatures and low relative humidity, making it uncommon during Midwest summers. Powdery mildew occurs only occasionally in soybeans in the Midwest and Upper Midwest. Epidemics have been reported about every 10 to 15 years. Nonetheless, powdery mildew can cause significant yield loss when it occurs, so it’s important for farmers…

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