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    Daniel Hale Willams By; Erica Lamb Daniel Hale Willams was a man ahead of his time. He performed the first known open heart surgery in the United States, and also founded a hospital with an interracial staff during an extremely racial time in history. Daniel Willams was born Jan. 18 1856. He was born African American. At the time he was born, the civil war was still a few years ahead. But his family lived North, where slavery was illegal. So he had a happy childhood. His father was a barber, and made enough money to support his wife and seven children. When Daniel was older, he helped his dad out by keeping shaving mugs, brushes, razors, and scissors neat and clean. He also learned how to cut hair atr an early age.(Venezia,2010) When Daniel was eleven years old his father became ill and died. Daniel’s family was too big for his mom to support by herself, so they has to split some of the family. Some of Daniel’s sisters went to go stay with relatives, Daniel was sent to live in Baltimore with family friends, and Mrs. Willams took two of her daughters to live in Illinois, Dan needed a job so he became an apprentice to a shoemaker in Baltimore, Maryland.(Venezia, 2010) Daniel hated being a shoemaker, so he quit and decided to be a barber apprentice. After a while when Daniel was a teenager he moved to Wisconsin to be near his sisters and attend high school. (Venezia,2010) To support himself, he opened up his own…

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    I, Cee Jay Hale was born to Tracee Hale and Carlton Greene Sr., who met through a mutual friend. After dating for a short time they were married by May of 1999. They later divorced in 2011. Both of them are natives of Cleveland, Ohio. My mother is a product of Leola and John Hale who’ve have been married for 52 years and been together for 56 years! My grandmother Leola was born October 1, 1941 and is from Cleveland as well while my grandfather John was born March 12, 1936 in Salem, Alabama. …

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    My person is nathan hale he was a white patriot in the american revolution. he helped with the siege on the british when there were the first casualties of war. He also served in connecticut. He was also a spy for the patriots and went to new york city to spy on the british when he was 21 years old. His last words were ¨ my only regret is that i have but one life to give for my country.¨ Hale, Nathan (June 6, 1755 - Sept. 22, 1776), patriot, spy, hanged by the British, long known as the…

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    Newton! Newton is one of the most beautiful and calmest towns that I have ever lived in. It has the best restaurants and doughnuts! The town is also well taken care of and has great school districts along with many wonderful sports that start in middle school and are offered to the students. You don't see many run down buildings and all of the houses are nice and well taken care of. There are many wonderful reasons why you should move to Newton. First of all Newton is known for the the…

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    Epidemiology in the community of Hartford Connecticut I have chosen to focus my paper on the city of Hartford Connecticut. Identifying the right data source to obtain information is very important for managing and targeting the right population in the disease management process. Information can be found in many places, but finding credible sources is very important to assess the community and compare to the nationwide problems. Since the introduction of the Internet, we have been able to…

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    the stabbing, investigators believed the motive was just to kill. Police also suggested that Suzanne was murdered by a man, one who may have been very jealous or angry. There were no marks on Suzanne’s body to justify that she had put up a struggle of any kind. On December 8th, an edition of the New Haven Register came out with a headline “Yale Teacher Grilled In Student Killing.” This caused great disturbance among Yale’s community as police had yet to publicly announce any kind of suspect. The…

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    religion of New England, the Chesapeake, and the Southern colonies had a much greater effect than those in geography and politics. Geography did help create distinctions amongst the three areas in the British colonies, New England, the Chesapeake, and the Southern colonies. In New England, the settlers experienced long, harsh winters, resulting in short growing seasons, making it an undesirable region for agriculture. The multitudes of large ports in this area, however, made New England…

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    to warn” and “duty to protect” laws were implemented in most states in the U.S after Tarasoff v. the Regents of the University of California in 1976 (National Conference of State Legislatures, 2013). The Tarasoff case involved a male college student who disclosed to his psychologist that he intended to kill Tatiana Tarasoff, a girl who continuously rejected him after a New Years kiss; Tarasoff was eventually killed by the male student at fault of the negligence of campus police as well as the…

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    Autobiographies sound like they could be potentially really boring in the sense that it’s easy to just ramble on about event after event with no real purpose. However, I plan to use my knowledge of this fine English language to make this the least boring autobiography ever. So where do I start? Well, I guess my life starts out like any other normal human being. I was born. I mean like, who wasn’t? Anyway, on March 9, 2000, at 7:54pm in New Milford Hospital, my life and this autobiography begin. …

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    According to the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) (CSDE, 2013-2015), a student is considered chronically absent when the number of absences is 10% or greater of the total number of days enrolled in the school year. Pre-Kindergarten students are excluded. As reviewed from the Connecticut State Department of Education School Profile and Performance Reports, East Windsor School District had 1, 216 students enrolled in their PK-12 grade range. Demographics are reported to be diverse…

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