Community art As I walk around my town and neighboring town, I find myself looking at all the older style buildings that are in great shape after all these years. I have come across a very large Victorian style house that has caught my eye numerous times while driving by. There is a stone outside with the house’s history stamped on it. This house was built in 1888 by the founder of Alma, MI. His name was Almy Wright. This was a mansion that he had built for his family. This 2 story wood structure
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The city I chose to do my project over is a city that I know fairly well, Tulsa Oklahoma. I chose to do Tulsa because I wanted to learn more about the history about the area that I grew up next to. Tulsa is the second-largest city in the State of Oklahoma and 47th-largest city in the United States. As of the US Census 2010 the population was 398,121. (US Census 2010) The earliest known Oklahoma settlers date all the way back to the Ozark Bluff Dwellers. The Five Civilized Tribes; Cherokees, Choctaws
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Time flies! I cannot believe that it has been a year since I opened the newspaper and read, “Armistice Signed! End Of The War!.” My name is Jack Smith and I am sixteen years old. My family lives in Antioch, Nebraska located in the Sandhills of Western Nebraska about fifteen miles from Alliance. My little sister, Chloe, is attending the new school that was built during the war. It has eight classrooms, four teachers, indoor plumbing and a gym in the basement. She is lucky to have such a nice
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only as a faint throb. I was three when, upon my inquisition, my grandmother recited, through tears, a basic definition, “It means they didn’t do anything wrong.” Then, I, with my tears already dried, looked back to the television only to see something that would put fresh tears on my face. Moment. This one was unique; never had so many people wanted to just live peacefully while also wanting to do exceptionally more than that. Personally, I only wanted my two favorite buildings back. The two towers
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Pronoun/ Antecedent Agreement i. Definition: The pronoun and its antecedent do not agree in number (antecedent = the word that the pronoun refers to). ii. Example: 1. Everyone takes their books home. (incorrect) 2. Everyone takes his or her books home. (correct) 3. The students take their books home. (correct) iii. In order to eliminate awkward constructions, make the pronoun and its antecedent plural when possible. iv. Remember that if it is obvious that only one gender is being discussed
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The Seventh Man The saying, “you can never go home again” relates to the narrator in “The Seventh Man” by Haruki Marukami. In the story the narrator leaves his hometown and comes back a different person, and that is exactly what the saying means. Tragic events can have an impact on the rest of people’s lives. This proves to be true in “The Seventh Man”. In the story, the narrator has to deal with the loss of his best friend. His loss has a lasting impact on him. For a great deal of his life, this
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was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brother’s School sets free.”(122) This line tells me that the town where the narrator live is one, small and quiet, two either a dead end or Cul-De-Sac and, religious. The setting of the
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Home Security Vulnerabilities DeVry Online, SEC310 Professor Kathryn Fenner The neighborhood I have lived in for the past three years is southwest of Chicago. The main benefit of living forty-five minutes from the city is the peace and quiet. It is an old farm town with newly built homes. The population of Lockport houses approximately twenty-five thousand residents. The town is very quiet, with two lane access roads throughout much of the city. The traffic is minimal, the stars are visible
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Being raised in Savannah, you have the different sides of town to be on. I have only stayed on the east side of town, but you also have the south side, west side, Pooler, Richmond Hill, and Wilmington Island. With all the different sides of town come violence and crime. So when making a decision of moving all types of things come into play. Personally, I like to look at the schools in the area, the neighborhood, and which side of town the house is on. With all those things on the list, that make
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Place On Earth It’s one of my faintest memories, always heating my father explain how life was so much better for so many reasons, when he was growing up. The way he would explain the trusting communities he once enjoyed playing with his friends made feelings of jealousy arise, longing for something like that in my own reality. Everyday life in Arizona proved vastly different, surrounded by so many people who weren’t from this state. With the lifestyle came my everyday environment, filled with
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