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    University HA 560 11/14/2017 The assessment conducted for this assignment was done for Providence County. This is the largest county in the state of Rhode Island. The cities in this county consist of Central Falls, Cranston, East Providence, Pawtucket, Providence and Woonsocket. The towns in the county are Burrillville, Cumberland, Foster, Glocester, Johnston, Lincoln, North Providence, North Smithfield, Scituate, Smithfield. Providence is the state capital and the largest city which has a vast

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    Rhode Island America is filled with 50 amazing states, and each state has features that make it special. Rhode island is the smallest state in the whole country! It may be small but it has different ways to make it big. Rhode Island has many nicknames such as; The Ocean State, The Plantation State, and Little Rhody. This tiny little state also has many crops and George M. Cohan was born in Rhode Island, he wrote the songs I’m a “Yankee Doodle Dandy” and “You're a Grand Old Flag.” Some of the most

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    attention to the road. Many people have experienced a person swerving or using irregular movements while on a smartphone. According to the book “Thinking clearly: Distracted Driving” police officer Peter Kilmartin stated, “While a member of the Pawtucket Police Department, I was nearly struck by a driver who was distracted on a cell phone.” Thankfully, Officer Kilmartin was not wounded, however; a horrific

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    His parents were Abigail McIntire and Mayo Greenleaf Patch. When Patch was still young, his parents moved to Pawtucket. Patch’s family was not economically stable so working in the mills was their only option. Patch grew up with a father who as an alcoholic and soon, “abandoned him forever” (Johnson, 2003, p.29). When Patch was around seven, “Sam went to work at

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    while the North had become industrial. Dutch traders brought African slaves to Virginia in 1619. These slaves were often traded for casks of rum. Samuel Slater started one of the first factories in the North. Slater built a cloth factory at Pawtucket, Rhode Island. In 1839, Charles Goodyear discovered the process for vulcanizing rubber. Elias Howe, a Cambridge mechanic, invented the sewing machine in 1845. In 1973, Eli Whitney had invented the cotton gin. It completely transformed agriculture

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    One early settler in Rhode Island was Roger Williams (a founder of Rhode Island) who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was banished because he spoke out against the Court of Massachusetts. Williams had spoken out against the rule of the Court, he questioned the right of authorities to punish religious bickering, and the right to take away Indians land. Another founder was Anne Hutchinson, who was also banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, for religious reasons. Rhode Island

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    Part I: The Purpose of the Report and the Research Experience The purpose of writing this paper is to see how a very old company has progressed and where it is now. Over the years, Hasbro, Inc. Company has been producing so many amazing products for kids and youngsters to play with. Their advanced technology has been improving a lot. For my research, I will collect as much information from reliable sources as I can to finish my research paper. Hasbro, Inc. with higher brands selling, products and

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    The Industrial Revolution did not start simultaneously around the world, but began in the most highly civilized and educated country in Western Europe – England. An empire like Great Britain was able to prevent the flow of new technology and experienced technicians to its colonies even while new machinery, like the spinning shuttle and the spinning jenny, was being used to develop textile manufacturing at home in England. The British Parliament was able to control its territories through laws and

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    Type 2 diabetes self-management education is necessary to prevent the development of long- term health complications associated with poor metabolic control in individuals with diabetes (Kennedy, 2012). The national average of adults who attended diabetes self-management education changed little from 51.4% in the year 2000 to 57.4% in 2010 (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2014). A Healthy People 2020 goal is to increase the number of adults who receive diabetes education by 10% (HealthyPeople.gov

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    Antebellum Education

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    Antebellum america was a time of originality. Over were the days of strict morals and rigid tradition. The citizens of the United States were beginning to think on their own, and look closely at some of the issues in their lives; inspired by the infamous Second Great Awakening, a movement that preached for reform. The major problems that reformers attempted to address in antebellum America were education (classrooms were underfunded and unorganized), women's rights (calling for women’s suffrage)

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