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I am from Dayton, Ohio. I saw similarities and difference between Dayton, Ohio and Appalachia Baghban. I attend Christian Private School, and the students were from surrounding cities like Xenia, Huber Height, and Kettering. As Baghban pointed out, the children were influenced by their homes and cities. Baghban brought up family values, education and literacy in Appalachian, and Dayton residents and private school student share similarities and difference with Appalachian culture. In the Article

The region of Appalachia, use folk medicine more than any other part of the region. According to the Article written by Nicole Bryer, who is interested in Folk remedy used by the Middle Appalachian Elderly; suggested that “Some studies show that Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) rates in rural and poor regions tend to be higher than the national average, especially in regions with low access to health care and significant historical traditions of folk remedy use.” (Nicole Bryer). This

The city of Louisville hosts approximately 100 special events for the community every year. The events bring millions of dollars to the economy and range from the Kentucky Derby, Iron Man, World Feast, University of Louisville events, concerts, and many more. There is no doubt the events pose a positive impact on the city and local businesses. The Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) is involved in the planning, traffic control, and security of the special events. LMPD currently has 1,194

When Swayne's instructor passed away, his plans to become a physician had changed. Then he had turned to the study of law and was admitted to the bar before his 21st birthday. Choosing not to practice in Virginia, however, he moved in 1823 across the river to Ohio, a free state. There his vigorous antislavery views may have contributed to the rapid growth of his legal practice. Swayne's left his native Virginia at age 19 because he was hostile to slavery. He settled in Ohio and later served there in

Primary Source Analysis: What Caused Secession? The justifications for the secession of southern states in the 1860s presents a debatable issue, even over 150 years later. However, the specific elements of national elections, sectionalism and slavery can’t be ignored as contributing factors to the defection by southern states. The Civil War resulted in the destruction of property, the deaths of over 600,000 people and a great division in our country, despite numerous attempts at compromise to

The next step in making clean coal more widely accepted is for people to see its effects in action. Personally, I would perform an on-site demonstration in the community of Brandywine, Maryland. If any community deserves be the first to reap the potential benefits of clean coal it’s Brandywine. Currently, there are five coal burning power plants operating in the low income area, which is predominantly populated by African-Americans. This would also coincide with the urgency of the civil rights complaint

the negative affects of mining, and how the mining corporations try to deny any of these affects. This scene talks about the flooding that now takes place in Coal River Mountains community, between the two mountains, all the rainfall can affect the immense flooding drastically, to the point a particular home owner had a 67-foot-wide river flowing through their property. Heavy metals that come out of the mining pollutes their water sources. This becomes a problem when this is the same water the people

     Many people have different views on what Appalachia is, I grew up thinking that Appalachia meant people were dirty, poor, illiterate, inbreed and we also called them mountain people. As I grew up I realized that most of the things they went through and had a hard time with, I was dealing with the same problems. So what exactly is Appalachia? Well you will find out as you read on.      Appalachia is no longer the land of severe poverty that it

God Was Wrong, Support Mountaintop Removal Coal in the United States has long been the #1 producer of energy. Massive seams of coal are found in the Appalachian Mountains, and our reliance on this fossil fuel has meant devastation for many mountain residents and over 500 mountains. As our society advances, the need for more energy advances. What were once beautiful rolling hills are now flattened plateaus reminiscent of a landscape you would see in the desert. We as a nation have only short-term

In 1989, the Kentucky Supreme Court not only found the unequal funding of the common school system in the Commonwealth unconstitutional, they also found the whole public school system to be completely against what Section 183 of the Kentucky Constitution states: “The General Assembly, by appropriate legislation, shall provide for an efficient system of common schools throughout the State.” With a court case starting in 1985, 66 property-poor rural school districts in Kentucky filed a lawsuit claiming