Muscle Shoals‚ a portion of the Tennessee River‚ was part of the Tennessee River. The river was unique because it had a 130 foot drop in elevation for 30 miles. The drop in elevation made it seemingly impossible to travel upstream‚ or against the current. The drop in the elevation created rapids‚ called “shoals”. This part of the Tennessee River is where the Tennessee Valley Authority originated. The Tennessee River Valley was a very fertile place. Cotton and corn thrived growing in the river valley
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The Parthenon in Nashville‚ Tennessee is a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens‚ Greece. The Parthenon was dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena‚ the goddess of war and wisdom‚ by the people of Greece. The replica was made to represent the Athens of the South which is Nashville because at the time it was one of the few places in the south with significant growth of culture and education. While the completion of the original was in 432 B.C.‚ Nashville’s replica was completed in 1897
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WE need more acceptance of error‚ of being wrong. This might sound an odd proposition. Most of us strive to avoid mistakes‚ at work and home. We bring up our children to answer exam questions correctly rather than incorrectly. And yet‚ despite our desire to be right‚ error is necessary. It is part of what makes us human. We resist this. After all‚ the pleasure we take in being right is one of the most fundamental we have. The opportunity to say‚ or at least think‚ ’’I told you so’’‚ exists in just
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The Supreme Court has made many decisions about police conduct but very few have had the impact on all of law enforcement as that of Tennessee vs. Garner. This landmark case has set very clear lines as when an officer of the law may use deadly force on a fleeing suspect. At about 10:45 p. m. on October 3‚ 1974‚ Officers of the Memphis Police Department‚ Elton Hymon and Leslie Wright responded to a "prowler inside call" (FindLaw.com). After arriving at the scene‚ they saw a woman standing on her
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A History of Producers Rice Mill | Producers Rice Mill was born in 1943 as an idea in the minds of a group of distinguished farmers dedicated to the cause of improving the marketing returns of the members it served. Utilizing a mill built by the Standard Rice Company in 1916‚ Producers milled just 143‚500 barrels the first year‚ and had assets of only $125‚000. Today Producers’ annual milling rate has increased to over 50 million bushels‚ and sales have topped the $305 million mark in recent
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Tennessee does not regulate licensing for the paralegal profession because lawyers are required to supervise and instruct their paralegal employees directly. The lawyers also have to accept all responsibility for the work their paralegals do. Tennessee does not have any set education or training standards. However‚ the numbers of paralegals seeking education are increasing. There are voluntary programs that encourage a high-level of achievement from which paralegals can get a certification. The
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TENNESSEE v. Cleamtee GARNER‚ et al. 471 U.S. 1‚ 105 S. Ct 1694‚ 85 L.Ed.2d 1 Argued Oct. 30‚ 1984 Decided March 27‚ 1985 A case in which the court ruled that a Tennessee “fleeing felon” law was unconstitutional because it legalize the use of deadly force by police when a suspect poses no immediate threat to the police or others. The court ruled that the use of deadly force was a Fourth Amendment seizure issue subject to a finding of “ reasonableness.” Father‚ whose unarmed son was shot
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Name: Tennessee v. Garner Citation: No. 83-1035‚ 83-1070 (1985) Facts: On October 3‚ 1974‚ Memphis Police Officers Hymon and Wright were dispatched to answer a "prowler inside call." When the police arrived at the scene‚ a neighbor gestured to the house where she had heard glass breaking and that someone was breaking into the house. While one of the officer radioed that they were on the scene‚ the other officer went to the rear of the house hearing a door slam and saw someone run across the
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Producers Autotrophic- make their own food Convert energy from the sun through photosynthesis Phytoplankton- Small plant organisms that drift water currents and use carbon dioxide‚ release oxygen and convert minerals through a form animals can use most abundant and widespread producers in the marine environment Consumers Heterotrophic- cannot make their own food‚ consume other organisms or absorb dissolved material herbivores or carnivores Decomposers Bacteria that break down dead
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Tennessee v. Reeves. 917 S.W.2d 825 (Supreme Court of Tennessee‚ 1996) On January 5‚ 1993‚ Tracie Reeves and Molly Coffman‚ spoke on the telephone and decided to kill their homeroom teacher‚ Janice Geiger. Reeves and Coffman were both twelve years old and were students at West Carroll Middle School. They planned that Coffman would bring rat poison to school the following days and it would be put in Geiger’s drink. After that‚ the two would steal Geiger’s vehicle and drive to the Smoky Mountains
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