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also the only cities in the Florida territory to allow slaves to buy their freedom from there masters without there masters having to incur a fifty-dollar fee from the governing county. Later in the article Ruth Barr and Modeste reference an 1851 Tallahassee newspaper which mentioned a Virginia and Alabama proposition which would make the settlement of free blacks in there repective states illegal. Unlike the neighboring regions, Escambia County in particular was still experiencing a high…

sudden cardiac arrest. (“CPR Statistics”, 2011) Transition: Lastly, I would like to inform everyone on where people are able to get certified today. D. There are many organizations that certify people in CPR. 1. The Red Cross right here in Tallahassee offers classes for people to get certified in CPR. 2. Florida State Campus Recreation offers CPR/First Aid classes to…

Mexico to the containment facility in Gainesville for non-target assays. So far no parasitization occurred in no-choice, non-target host testing of the other Lepidopteran species. Individuals from colonies of Melitara prodenialis from ARS lab, Tallahassee were used in non-target testing. Out of 501 M. prodenialis larvae, none of them parasitized; 123 successfully completed pupation and 378 died. Preliminary research has indicated that A. opuntiarum appears to be host specific to C. cactorum. We…

INTRODUCTION Since before the British occupation of Florida (1763-1783), continuing throughout the second Spanish occupation (1783-1821), and unto the American occupation (1821), Creeks and many other southeastern Indian tribes, driven out of their homelands including escaping wars and colonial expansion, migrated to Florida. Although many other Indian tribes previously inhabited the peninsula, European diseases and wars devastated Florida’s Native population. Those few who survived: Timucua,…

On September 10 2015, 15 students attended the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) Developmental resource center to complete an assessment on children. The center is located near FAMU on 459 FAMU Way, Tallahassee FL, 32301. Upon arrival, the occupational therapy students signed booklet to be accounted for and for safety reasons. The center divides children based on their needs and age. The adults supervised the children that are limited to playing some games, and interactions…

Extra-curricular activities, AP classes, and jobs…what do they all have in common? They take vast amounts of time out of a student’s day. Each time I think about students who have to juggle all three of these, one thought always comes to mind- how do they do it? Just considering the load of stress a student who goes to school and takes at least two AP classes, has to stay after school for a sport or a club, and then goes straight to their job has makes me worried for them. Especially seniors;…

entering the College of Social Work I became interested in the homeless population. In my junior year, I took the time to volunteer with the Renaissance Community Center, an organization that provides various services to Homeless individuals in Tallahassee. Volunteering here taught me about people and the effects of interpersonal communication, how the availability of services can aid people during personal crisis, and the limitations of resources and access on a vulnerable population such as…

The play “Fences” by August Wilson portrays a family struggles and experiences in 1950s (1468). Troy Maxson, the protagonist, who is married to Rose, struggles to raise his family following bad experience set by his father at early age. Troy is seen as a man of responsibilities, but he never commits himself in his marriage and his family. Troy’s son Cory grows up under Troy’s care as a different generation. The other family members are Troy’s brother, Gabriel, Troy’s eldest son, Lyons, fathered…

Think of what would it be like if both of your parents were brutally murdered, they were slaughtered to where you can 't even tell who they were anymore. You are left alone and the only thing you know it that you have yourself. The cops found who killed your parents and he will be standing trial. He could have life without parole or the death penalty. Which would you want him to have? Theodore Robert Bundy was a serial killer, kidnapper, and rapist of young women and girls throughout the…

The book Women behind bars by Salija J.A. Talvi talks about women who are lock up in prison for drug use or killing their abusers. She portrays women as hidden and abandons from the society. Talvi’s wrote women’s stories in their own word of how they were abusive and killing their abusers only to find more abusive in prison. Most of the women who are sent to prison are committed minor crimes like drug use or fighting back their abuser. She explains the misconception about prisons is typically…