William Least Heat-Moon writes “from Blue Highways” to persuade. Heat Moon organizes his travels into a story to persuade his audience. He spends his time driving across the United States‚ only taking the back roads on his map that are colored blue. Heat Moon almost always eats at a diner‚ and during one of his stops he makes small talk with a waitress about his road trips. “ I don’t mind being scared spitless”‚ he informs the waitress when she questions how he has the audacity to travel solo (Heat-Moon
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Emperor Constantine convened the first Ecumenical Council‚ where more than 300 bishops came from all over the Christian world to debate the Holy Trinity and establish the foundation of the Christian church. It was a very controversial and contentious meeting. At one point‚ Arius (AR-ee-uhs) of Alexandria taught that Jesus was not equal to God
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If it were not for the self-seeking nature present in Salem‚ the infamous witch trials of 1692 would not have taken place. Most villagers were interested in themselves and none other. One such character is Reverend Parris from the historical play The Crucible‚ which concerns these Salem witch trials. He is only interested in his good name. In the beginning of the play‚ this conceit leads Reverend Parris to support the court’s false judgements in order to preserve his reputation‚ but as the play progresses
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Analysis of Cafr 2011 of the City of Troy Abstract The City of Troy’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for 2011 is analyzed. It is content the evaluation of efficiency and effectiveness of the CAFR‚ comparison of the current year result and performance with the prior result and performance‚ assess of financial condition‚ assess of financial operations‚ compliance with the budget‚ and overview of Management Discussion and Analysis. Also discussed in this analysis‚ the auditor’s comments and recommendation
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------------------------------------------------- William Faulkner William Faulkner (September 25‚ 1897 – July 6‚ 1962) was a Nobel Prize-winning American author. One of the most influential writers of the20th century‚ his reputation is based on his novels‚ novellas and short stories. He was also a published poet and an occasional screenwriter. Most of Faulkner’s works are set in his native state of Mississippi. He is considered one of the most important Southern writers along withMark Twain‚ Robert
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Hiram King Williams‚ also known as Hank Williams‚ was born on September 17‚ 1923 in Mount Olive‚ Alabama. His dad was Lon Williams‚ a locomotive engineer. His mom was Lillie Williams‚ a church organist. Hank spent most of his childhood in Georgiana and Greenville‚ Alabama. Hank Williams was a key person in the development of modern country music. He caused a shift in country music from a regional‚ rural phenomenon to a nationwide‚ urban acceptance in the late 1940’s. He turned “hillbilly”
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punching a middle schoolar? Or how about stealing from families? He isn’t as perfect as he seems. Conclusively‚ Erik doesn’t make very good choices in the novel. A choice made by Erik was to spray paint his brother’s eyes because Paul told their parents that Erik’s old criminal sidekick at the time‚ Vincent Castor‚ vandalized the neighborhood. “I turned around and saw Vincent Castor. He was holding a can of spray paint. Then‚ I felt Erik grab me from behind‚ easily pinning both of my arms with one
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Don Francis‚ a member of the Center for Disease Control (CDC)‚ demonstrated exceptional character and work ethics in the movie “And the Band Played On.” Don Francis dedicates his time and efforts to the Acquired immune deficiency syndrome(AIDS) research and defends the people with his honesty‚ integrity‚ and empathetic personality. Francis’ research shows to be affective and lifesaving due to his moral sense of right versus wrong‚ and his ambitious work ethics. Don Francis displays an extremely
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Francis of Assisi Background This week’s text is based around the famous but slightly bizarre character of Francis of Assisi. Francis was born in 1181 into a very affluent family his father being a rich merchant. He became a hermit in his late 20s displeasing both his father and a local bishop when famously he strips naked handing back his clothes to his father. Above everything Francis hated money. He believed that money was “the devil” he believed that his followers should run from as if they
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will be my classmates‚ incoming students‚ and potential transfer students who take course Enl 265. My relationship to the audience is professional. They are either the professor or my peer. The specific purpose of my document is to inform my peers and others of the problems going on in Rite Aid Company. To instruct what Rite Aid should do to fix those problems‚ and to persuade them to let me write a Far for their company. The document will be used to solve the problems that I discovered that Rite Aid
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