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    In a valley surrounded by mountains lies a small town known as Idaho Falls, where I lived in the same house for the majority of my life. The area is dominantly LDS contributing to the extremely conservative views accepted by the majority of the population. Growing up in a sheltered community I really had no first-hand experience of the realities of the rest of the world major crimes were rarely heard of, I don’t recall ever having witnessed any sort of racism or segregation. By the time I was…

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    Old Idaho Penitentiary Site, Boise, ID 43°36'10.0"N 116°09'43.0"W Old Idaho Penitentiary Site The Old Idaho Penitentiary Site was built in 1870, and the first prisoners arrived two years later. That was also when it was first opened to Idaho. The prison had one cell at one point, but now it has several cells. In 1973, the prison closed, and now people visit to see it and its history. There used to be over 13,000 inmates there, but no one is imprisoned anymore. People go there all of the time,…

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    Personal Narrative Fifth Grade I had just had moved to Idaho at the beginning of this schools year so I didn't have any friends or know anyone. When I would talk people would look at me funny because I had a thick southern accent. I made a lot of friends just because we only had one class the entire day so it was easy. Most of my friends were in the grade above me because I was in the sixth grade orchestra and I was in a fifth/sixth grade combo class. Because I was in the sixth grade orchestra…

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    In 2015, the city of Boise began ticketing and arresting the homeless for the lone fact that they lacked a permanent place to live. Going out of its way to create new laws banning common behaviors associated with the homeless community, such as lying down in public, sharing food, and sitting on the sidewalk. Rather than dealing with the issue of homelessness head on Boise chose to harass the homeless with the hopes that they would gather their things and leave. For a short span of time, this…

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    The following discussion will explore three fictional arbitration proceedings and outcomes, including Substance Abuse, Sexual Harassment, and a Work Family Conflict. Proceeding #1- Substance Abuse M.A Patout Enterprise is a sugar-producing factory located in New Iberia, Louisiana. This factory is the largest sugar producer in the state, in which, they grind roughly 450,000 tons of sugar cane per year. The company commonly employs workers of a different nationality, as well as, residents who…

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    In my proposal, I was too vague about bringing the issue to attention in the first paragraph. The first paragraph should introduce the issue- including that Idaho State University is the issue. The proposal needs more detail about the issue sooner. When writing this paper, I started off really vague about the issue talking about how in general things break. However, it should be mentioned earlier that the things that are broken are property at a university that needs to be fixed. Going through…

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    Looking back at my childhood through present day, I would have to say that Priest Lake, Idaho is the one place that has impacted me, and my views on our environment the most. It is my special place. Growing up my family spent a lot of time during the summer up at Priest Lake. We then began spending our Thanksgivings there, renting cabins for 3 days and just enjoying family time, playing card and board games, listening to music, cooking lots of food, and playing in the snow, if it happened to…

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    Wren Noyes Irion County Irion County is situated on the Edwards Plateau in southwest central Texas. The middle of Irion is thirty-one degrees and eighteen inches north latitude and one hundred degrees and thirty-five inches west longitude. Irion is locked in between Reagan, Crockett, Schleicher, and Tom Green Counties. The county has two major roadways running through it, U.S. Highway 67 and State Highway 163. U.S. Highway 67 connects the county of Irion to the county seat, which is Mertzon.…

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    Idaho Governors Cup Scholarship Application I am a native Idahoan, straight and foremost which means that I have had the privilege of being raised in great place that has taught me much. From being able to kayak to knowing how to be a part of a community that is what I learned being an Idahoan is, However, what it should also mean to be an Idahoan is to be educated. An Idahoan should strive for more such as earning a degree or receiving an education beyond that of getting a high…

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    Thankfully, due to the short six days of APCOMP so far, I have already began to feel more at ease in classroom number 246 despite the rumors that danced in my head continuously even before I made the decision to sign up for the most infamous class at Idaho Falls High School. The difficult assignments have not yet made an appearance, but I feel like Kai A. who writes, “I understood the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition class I signed up for was going to be strenuous, yet not the…

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