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    Have you been in a stage in your life that leaves not only you but your children as well on the street with nowhere to go? If you’re family is not making enough money and you need assistance from the government, Public Housing may be the thing you need. Public housing are homes that are owned by the government and in some cases by private landlords who give low income citizens a home. Public Housing was created in between the nineteenth and twentieth century in hopes to decrease poverty rates from

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    Community Profile Location Princeton is a community in Collin County Texas that is experiencing expeditious growth. Located approximately 30 miles north of Dallas, Princeton borders on the east Farmersville and on the west McKinney, #3 on the U.S. Census Bureau’s list of the 15 fastest-growing large cities in the country. Its main business district is located along State Highway 380 corridor. With development underway for a new 107 acre business park off the corridor. Growth Princeton’s growth

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    The Geography of Ellensburg The Pacific Northwest has an amazing landscape throughout several states. I’m from the great state of Washington, and my hometown of Ellensburg, Washington has a lot to offer. Ellensburg is located in Kittitas county near the Yakima river, and Wilson Creek. Ellensburg has a lot to offer, from the First National Bank of Ellensburg and the Ellensburg Hook & Ladder Company being built in 1883 (City of Ellensburg, nd). There is the beautiful Central Washington University

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    Born in New Albany, Mississippi on Sept. 25th, 1897, Faulkner is one of America’s most celebrated novelist, poet, and short story writer. In contrast to the minimalistic style of his contemporaries, Faulkner often employed “stream of consciousness” into his work and wrote highly emotional, complex, and almost grotesque stories. As I Lay Dying, however, was one of Faulkner’s extreme pieces of literature. Through presenting the stories in the voices of fifteen unique characters, Faulkner was able to

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    Smithville was playing Winnetonka.     “Are you from Winnetonka?” I asked because i thought that would be along drive for a burger.     “No, Platte County”     In that moment I knew it was going to be an interesting game. I went back and sat with my family and I

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    Cal-Work Case Study

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    penurious families with children. In fact, through employment and community resources the program aims to reduce the number of families living in poverty. However, there are several conditions affecting the Cal-works population in the Imperial Valley County, such as the high unemployment rates, the participants’ socioeconomic disadvantages and the absence of vocational/educational programs available for this population. The goal of the Basic Computer Skills and Employment Readiness program is to fill

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    Wyandotte County is located in the middle of the United States in Kansas. The county contains the cities of Bonner Springs, Edwardsville, and Kansas City. Wyandotte’s neighboring counties are Johnson and Leavenworth counties in Kansas, and Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties in Missouri. The county was actually named after the Wyandot Indians who once inhabited the land (Wyandotte County, 2010). Those who live in the region have coined the area with nicknames such as the Heart of America, KCK, and

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    If I was given the opportunity to have $10,000,000 to work on any project that I would like I would start an organization that deals with multi-use public lands. I will start by giving some background on why this issue is so important to me, the benefits it has for these towns that are closely located to the area in question, and finally what this would do for generations to come. Since being a young kid till now I’ve spent many of our vacations in Moab, Utah. Moab is notoriously known for its

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    Homeless Shelter Analysis

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    The reason we chose this topic was because we find it incredulous the amount of people who don't have a home, according to The Orange County Register, an overnight count was made in January of 2015 and it showed that 4,400 people were homeless. Orange County’s number is fairly small compared to LA county, where the number of homeless is huge, with 82,000 homeless (Aguilar). People become homeless for numerous reasons; Foreclosure, decrease in public assistance, high healthcare costs, the lack of

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    American businessman Clement Stone once uttered, “You are a product of your environment. So, choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective” (Stone). Free will represents an internal battleground constantly testing one’s acceptance of their actions. William Faulkner explores the extent to which deterministic forces sway free will among individuals in his novel Light in August. Joe Christmas faces an array of challenges in his childhood environment, resulting in patterns of

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