Rockford, Illinois

In 1993, the Midwest experienced the worst flood in American history affecting ten states in the Upper Mississippi River basin. The flooding lasted from late spring to fall, killing fifty-two people and damaging a 100,000 homes and businesses. The cause of the flooding was a heavy winter with lots of snow and a spring season full of rain, which saturated the soil. Instead, of a hot summer, the rain kept coming and the Upper Mississippi River Basin received three and a half times its normal rain.

There are many documentaries about America, one particular documentary has been written by Mr. Dinesh D’Souza, and it is called: “America: Imagine the World Without Her.” His inclination in favor of conservative sparks a variety of opinions in America society that shows indignity, empathy, and awareness in the audience. Although I disagree that the Affordable Care Plan as a masterpiece of extortion for the American people. It is clear that Mr. Danish D’Souza bias is against the government in the

The City of O’Fallon, Illinois’ website, http://www.ofallon.org/, gives visitors information on City business, City news, payment options, and contact information. The first thing that sticks out when visiting the website is an aerial view of a section of O’Fallon, Illinois, in the background of the homepage. The very top of the homepage gives visitors the option of six different tabs to explore. The center of the page features a “Citizens Action Center”, also with six different tabs to explore,

Reality is a hard trail that everyone in the world has to face. Reality comes with many aspects that are constantly changing and that can be confusing or scary to many people. Coming to terms with reality is difficult sometimes but, no one must shy from aspects of reality for that reason. If they were to shy away and hide themselves from knowledge or experience then they will never be able to overcome their conflictions with the issue. In order to grow, people have to properly come to understand

The Cost of Education Tuition cost is on every student 's mind. The cost of college tuition is an unnecessary burden that causes students to do the following: work multiple jobs, worry about financial aid, and take time from studying and being better students. Every day I 'm reminded of the cost of tuition. It is on my mind when I am at the grocery store trying to decide between buying food or gas so I can go to work. Or, for example, when I have to make time to study in between my three jobs I

Privacy before and during the Job In today’s world, privacy is something that is hard to come by. Every second of ever day a person is generally being watched. This could include traditional eye contact spying, but it goes much deeper. A person’s social media can be stalked, a person could be caught performing a variety of actions on both security cameras and everyday cell phone cameras, keylogging software is out there that can track a person’s every keystroke, email and phone conversations can

Will the Republican Party, as its presidential candidate, nominate Donald Trump? No, the Republicans are not very happy with Donald Trump. Actually, they will do anything as to even map out a strategy to sabotage him. With Donald Trump in the lead, there was tightening grip at the Republicans presidential nominees while Donald Trump was running against Ted Cruz. No matter how the Republican Presidential primary unfolds from here all the party operatives are after him. Since March, Donald Trump has

thought that they had finally gotten their big break when they won $250,000 from the Illinois lottery. But, because the Illinois budget had not passed, they received nothing but a cold promise. No, the lottery situation is not the most pressing problem facing our government, it is merely a trivial outgrowth of a bigger problem: political gridlock in the state legislature. A large majority of the citizens of Illinois are exasperated with the government, and they have the right to be, but a Constitutional

President Barack Obama and his administration’s foreign policy toward China can be summed up in one word: conciliatory. Conciliatory is not in the form of any weakness or appeasement, but rather the realization that in the 21st century global market, China is a main player on the world stage. Obama’s foreign policies are a departure from the previous administration. George Bush’s unilateral foreign policies were deemed domineering, even belligerent. From an international standpoint, Anti-American

The Debt Ceiling: Why it Hurts America In 1917, the United States Congress applied the concept of a "debt ceiling". Prior to 1917, Congress had to directly authorize the amount of each borrowing. The debt ceiling was put in place to provide more flexibility to finance the US involvement in World War I. After the application of the debt ceiling, the United States Treasury could borrow any amount needed as long as it keeps the total at or below the authorized ceiling. I believe a debt ceiling is