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Eminent domain is a public policy issue that has been around for centuries. As long as government can exercise its power, eminent domain has been a debated topic. In most cases, eminent domain is used to provide essential public goods while in other cases it has been used against private entities. Normally, when a unit of government wants to acquire private property the government attempts to negotiate the purchase of the property for fair value. If the landowner does not want to sell, the…

incidents throughout 1888, he checked himself into an asylum at St. Rémy, in France, in May 1889. At first, he painted in and around the hospital but eventually moved to painting in the countryside. It was there that van Gogh became obsessed with cypress trees. He wrote to his brother Theo and described his desire to paint the cypresses. He also wrote of his surprise that no one had yet painted them the way that he envisioned them. Van Gogh compared the trees to Egyptian obelisks and saw them as…

range of possibilities. Consider faces, poses, clothing, hairstyles, symbols, politics, religion, economics, materials used, who the piece was created for, etc.) In this painting one can clearly see the steeple of the church of the tall stem of the cypress tree going high into the night sky. This symbolizes that humans along with everything else come from the heavens and eventually go back to it. This shows how religion played a major role back during this time period. Religion influenced almost…

To this day, The Starry Night still remains as an elusive work of art to art critics and students since its creation. Because Van Gogh's intentions of painting this piece were not known, critics tend to break down and analyze the painting through several different lenses. Some critics view this work as a religious piece depicting a story from the Bible. Others contend that Van Gogh was driven by the historical influences and public fascination with astronomy and astrology at the time. I, however…

There are various subsystems within the Cypress Health Region, the focus of this analysis will be the subsystem in Leader Saskatchewan. According to Hayajneh (2007) “A system is a collection of independent but interrelated elements or components organized in a meaningful way to accomplish an overall goal” (p. 1). According to the Cypress Health Region website, the mission of the health region is delivering “safe, quality services to each person” (n.d.). This is the overriding goal that drives…

Picture this: Students come to school, to be educated like they’re supposed to. Suddenly, a lockdown is initiated from the intercom, and panic sets in. Why are they scared, especially when schools are supposed to be a safe environment? It’s not the lockdown itself, but what is behind the lockdown that draws fear. Shooters should not have a green light to access guns and other weapons of harm. There have been several school shootings and numerous threats that have been targeted towards schools…

If it's natural for Earth's climate to fluctuate and we have had warm periods in the past, then isn't the current warming trend part of a natural process? Shouldn't nature be capable of coping on its own? Egret in cypress swamp Great egret in Everglades National Park NPS/Rodney Cammauf Earth's temperature fluctuates naturally over tens of thousands to millions of years. Scientists take these fluctuations into account when they assert that we are currently experiencing unique conditions in…

Who should come first? Should company put costumers ahead of investors or put investors over costumers? Stereotypically, most people will think that a great businessman is the one who uses various strategies to grab consumer attention in order to gain the most profit for their companies. Yet, there are also businessmen like John Mackey, who believe that a great businessman is to put the costumers first over profit. However, businessmen John Rodgers disagree and argue that companies should come…

Prairie Terms The Metis: The Metis are indigenous people of North America. They are mixed-race descendants of First Nation women and French or British men. The Metis people believed they were being treated unfairly and they fled west and began to settle across the prairies. They settled in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Manitoba Act of 1870: The Manitoba act is an act that created the province of Manitoba. The act stated that Metis lands would be protected but all other lands were the property of…

of Heraklion (1). Being nestled within a valley near the river of Kairatos, the river currently flows only partly year-round (1). Yet, during Minoan times when the site was inhabited, the river flowed constantly. Knossos used to be surrounded with cypress and oak trees but has since been turned into acres of vineyards and olive trees (1). Knossos was established during the Bronze Age around 2000 BCE and lasted until 1300 BCE. The area of Knossos was first settled around 7000 BCE by the Minoan…