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    which was located along the north wall next to the rear door. The computer modem was on the east side of the room next to the front door which leads onto Lincoln Avenue. I saw that the suspect(s) scattered baking flour throughout the entire room. Ahir told me that he and other employees walked throughout the room and left their footprints on the floor. I also saw that the suspect left their "powdered" footprints from the rear door, through the northeast portion of the north parking lot toward…

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    First deference between my hometown, Maghagha and Jersey City is the weather. Both cities have four seasons, but the weather is different for each one of them. The winter in Jersey City is very cold and snowy most of the time, whoever the winter in Maghagha is Warm, rainy, and has no snow. In spite of snow and the cold weather in Jersey City, the life continues because the government and public are prepared for this kind of weather. The government does all effort to keep life running smoothly by…

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    Corrections The last division I was assigned to is Bibb County Law Enforcement Center (L.E.C.), which is the local jail located downtown Macon. Before being exposed to the environment, I have heard so many bad stories about working in the prison system. It made me not want to land a job opportunity with the correctional systems for a starter position. My experience with the jail was a pleasant experience, especially since we were allowed to have our cellphones inside of the prison. Cellphones in…

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    The North and South have always followed different paths and by the mid 1800’s the differences were even more pronounced. The North was becoming more industrial, dedicated to immigration, free labor and supported a federal government. Slavery was not common in the North and it was even banned in some states. The South’s agricultural economy was founded on slavery and cotton and they supported a government that allowed states to make their own rules. Southerners viewed the North and their views…

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    example, in the American Yawp, said that “northern workers felt that slavery suppressed wages and stole land that could have bend used by poor white Americans to achieve economic independence” (TAY). This quote means that slave has migrate to the north and it is unbalance over the lower class people. In addition, lower white people has a lot of competition in jobs due to that slavery are trying to find a jobs as well. This maybe lead the economy to produce money slowly because most slavery do…

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    Unlike the North, Southern states did not industrialize and remained primarily rural. The North and the South started to become very different when Elie Wiesel invented the cotton gin. The cotton gin could work as fast as 50 people working by hand. Since cotton could be processed more easily, Southern planters wanted to grow more cotton on fields. White landowners that started a business selling cotton depended on slave labor to plant and pick cotton. Later on, the South only accounted for only…

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    The strongest members of the tribe had departed days before on what seemed like another hopeless attempt to hunt; an attempt to survive. Conditions had been very difficult for the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, but their fearless leaders worked frivolously to attain peace with the white troops and settlers and meet the needs of their people. On the morning of November 29, 1864 women, children, and the elderly tribe members awoke to a horrific situation that would come to be known as the Sand Creek…

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    the Mississippi River and how his view changes over time. Twain narrates that he is a riverboat pilot and he informs the reader of the beauty that he encounters on the river. He explains in a exceedingly descriptive and poignant manner. He slowly switches around and indicates that his view of the river has altered the more time he spent on the river. The beauty that he sees diminishes and all he can do is lambaste the river. In this essay, Twain gains a new attitude towards the river when he…

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    The Mississippi River is a 2,340 mile long river. The name Mississippi comes from the Anishinaabe people who called the river 'Misi-ziibi' which means 'great river.’ Throughout that river is beauty, and mystery for those who seek it. In Mark Twain’s “Life On The Mississippi” describes his experiences on the Mississippi River, and how his viewpoint of the river changed from a positive to negative using figurative, and descriptive language. Twain begins with describing the face of the water in…

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    In the book “Missouri and North Arkansas Line,” by James R. Fair, a good portion of it is used to describe the flooding in spring of 1927. Only a couple mention is made of the late 1926 floods along the White River. The book by Walter M. Adams about the White River Railroad does not mention any problems until the April floods. One letter from H.J. Armstrong, Chief Engineer of the M&NA, says that something else happened about the first of the same year. In his letter, Mr. Armstrong writes about…

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