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    I was born in the wrong century; a combination of an imperfect school education and broad parents produced a curious child who dreamed of many different occupations. Growing up in Fayetteville, North Carolina, I’ve seen interests and talents splattered across the entire state. There were Spring Lake Middle School sport coaches who researched different exercises for training players, cross country runners who dabbled in cancer research, and many more occupations. Thus, these people influenced my upbringing; and always pushed me to follow my dreams and to never give up. They see me at my low and always pushed me to my highest point. From these inspirations, I’ve crafted my future to be an anesthesiologist. One where I could play a variety of roles and play them well. My future always seemed so far away but yet so close thus I had a myriad of dreams. I was born in the wrong century; a century I never wanted to see. Growing up without my biological father and watching a sickened mother depressed, stressed, but yet so strong. There was nothing more she wanted but to see her kids excel and be better than she was. I was always competitive and strived to be better than anyone else. In the classrooms at Spring Lake Middle School, I always exceled and kept straight A’s. I was known as the “smart black girl” and that never brought me down. It actually influenced my upbringing and made me go farther in life, until I got to middle school and received my first C. I thought the world was…

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    The Cumberland County College Cafeteria: Helping Students Succeed Academically In a typical college campus, there are a plethora of locations which contribute to the overall success of a student’s academic studies and social experiences. In Cumberland County College, locations such as the library, the clock tower, and the writing center offer services that aid a student in their college struggles. One location in particular, the college cafeteria, has a wide variety of services that help cater…

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    Ok so I'm doing something special called Cumberland County, Camden County, Salem County, Gloucester County's Miracle. I experienced Christmas in two ways. As a kid it was a great experience when my family was together. The other part of that experience was a struggle. Watching my mom provide for 5 kids on her own was tough. When that happened I watched people bless my family. I appreciate those who planted a seed! NOW......I NEED FOR NOTHING I am blessed. Soooooo it's my turn. This is how I…

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    Operating Officer of the Cumberland Gulf Group of Companies (Cumberland Farms, Inc., 2015, pg. 8). Haseotes has a “vision to convert 80 to 100 stores annually over next five years” (Pool, 2009). “Cumberland Farms Prototype store configurations will focus on food, other initiatives and the core elements of the Cumberland farms brand and equity” (Belanger, 2009). “Where even the most successful business models are relatively short-lived, the introduction of business innovation…

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    Public Campaign Finance

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    City-states of the ancient world were one of the first political entities with democratic governance. Part of the democratic process is authorizing individuals to make decisions, holding these individuals accountable, and for these individual to be responsive to the needs of the community (Pitkin, 1957). Today, cities have low levels of democratic participation that hold elected officials accountable and authorize them to have the power to make a decision. At the same time, a majority of the…

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    the User-Friendly Budget may not create further citizen engagement based upon the research. Research has shown that by studying the budget process in all 50 states, we ended up with a wide variety of requirements. The only similarity that appears through this study was that state governments are primarily only concerned with the first step of informing the public. There is no requirement or mandate beyond this to narrow the gap between government's creation of the budget document and citizen…

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    Types of external considerations within Rutherford County are related to natural disasters, political disasters and macroeconomic shifts, including inflation, rate of growth, and unemployment. As a measure to offset natural disasters, we have relationships with other counties across the state coordinate efforts with our Emergency Management team. Indeed, the county 's mitigation planning efforts consist of local, state, and federal assistance. Unfortunately, there are few measures to plan for…

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    Haoyu Zhao PUP432 10.15.2015 Case Brief Contractors And Builders Association Of Pinellas County V. City Of Dunedin Background Context Until the 20th century, the general law in Florida stipulated that local governments could only obtain funds from public revenues as they had no authority to taxes. The local government made the realization that these funds were insufficient for running the everyday affairs of the growing county. For this reason, the county turned to private sources…

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    Pivot Table / Chart Report Exercise There are four observations in the pivot table, and the one part of pivot table report is about the annual adult care facility, total number of census, SMI and SSI. The other part is about New York State Population, total population and total number of race and ethnicity distribution. The results that I received are come from the data Adult Care Facility Annual Survey and New York State Population. I use the pivot table or chart to get the observations. At the…

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    Jill started a new job as a count/verification assistant for the Johnson County Board of Elections. After completing her degree, she believed she would have the greatest chance of making a difference in her community and society as a whole. She had completed the counties required training and briefings, read and agree to the terms of the Statement of Secrecy, and she would have no problem with acting impartially at all times and respect confidentiality of material handled. Mark the senior…

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