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    Treatment Centers in Savannah, Georgia Choosing to enter into one of the outstanding addiction treatment centers in Savannah, Georgia, and the surrounding area, is a decision that you won’t regret. The charm of Savannah is topped only by the inclusive and welcoming nature of its residents. The caring professionals staffing the addiction treatment centers in Savannah, Georgia help to define the unique programs available to anyone wanting to make a change in their life. The term “substance abuse” has been used for some time to explain the initial phase of a growing tolerance, or dependence on an addictive substance; drugs and alcohol. More recently, experts in the field of medicine have come to designate a diagnosis of a “substance…

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    Tye River Elementary School is located in Nelson County, Virginia. It is a public elementary school serving children from the grades of preschool through fifth grade. It is conveniently located off of route 29, but it is also placed far enough away from the road that it does not pose as a distraction or threat to the children attending the school. Both the inside and outside architecture is eye pleasing, giving the sense of friendliness to visitors. Overall Tye River Elementary school has…

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    Savanna Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe in 1733. It is George's oldest settlement and one of the first planned cities in America. Designed by Oglethorpe so that each family's property faced a public square which were then created to be small semi tropical parks. Today Savannah is one of the most beautiful cities in the south. Famous for her gardens, squares, and historical downtown district making tourism an essential element of savannas economy. Savannah's tourists come from all…

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    The Savannah River “originates at the confluence of the Seneca and Tugaloo rivers in Hart County in eastern Georgia” (Seabrook). The river flows from the upper piedmont region of Georgia down to the Georgia coast where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean (Seabrook). The Savannah River forms the boundary between Georgia and South Carolina. The Savannah has been of major importance for the survival of people in both Georgia and South Carolina. The mouth of the Savannah is where the city of…

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    Union General William T. Sherman led 60,000 troops from November 15 till December 21 on a 285 mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. It was also known as the Savanna Campaign. The purpose was to scare the Georgia citizens out of the Confederate cause. After he lost Atlanta, the Confederates headed west into Tennessee and Alabama attacking Union supply lines as they went. Sherman's soldiers did not destroy any of the towns in their path, they just stole food and livestock, then burned…

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    Atlanta is one of only five cities in the nation to be served by three separate interstate highways. All of these interstate highways make moving products and people from one point in Georgia to another or from Georgia to another state relatively easy. The highways helped attract business, industry, and more transportation facilities to the Atlanta area. Georgia economic products can now reach approximately 80% of Americans overnight using the interstate highway system. Hartfield-Jackson is…

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    General Sherman once said, “War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.” This quote of his rang especially true during his march through Georgia, where he garnered most of his military fame and accolades with the sacking of Atlanta, and the subsequent march from there to Savannah, which served to break the military back of the Confederacy once and for all. Sherman invented a form of warfare that would come to be known as “Total War”; it was…

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    Flannery O’Connor, the author of this religion and grotesque novel, was born on March 19th 1925 in Savannah Georgia. Parented by Regina and Edward O’Connor, she grew up heavily influenced by Roman Catholicism causing her to become isolated from the outside world. O’Connor began education very early, attending the city’s parochial school because a Catholic school could not be financially supported in that area. She was an exceptional student who lacked many social skills. However her family soon…

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    The Mid-Paleoindian Period

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    regions as well as cultural variation More people, less group movement Few early sites in Georgia, specifically along the Coastal Plain Piedmont has site increase in different environments in the mid-Paleoindian period During this time, Indian areas were beginning to be established According to the study, diagnostic stone tools found across North America with many points in the Eastern sector of North America can support our knowledge of the Paleoindian Period. Stylistic projectile point forms…

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    Many may ask themselves, who is Flannery O’Connor? I asked myself the exact same question until I read one of her books for the first time. Flannery O’Connor was born on March 25,1925 in Savannah,Georgia. She faced many hardships throughout her life. In the year 1941 her father died of systemic lupus erythematosus.She was diagnosed with the same kind of lupus that killed her father in 1950. At the time, there was no cure for this disease but she managed to fight it for more than ten years. The…

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