The blizzard of 1999 struck a majority of the Midwest along with parts of Canada. The biggest areas affected were Indiana‚ Illinois‚ Michigan‚ Ontario‚ Quebec‚ Wisconsin‚ and Ohio. There was as much as 2 feet of snow in many areas. The blizzard began on January 2‚ 1999 through January 4‚ 1999. Chicago was one of the biggest cities impacted by the storm measuring up to 22 inches of snow and rated the 2nd worst blizzard in Chicago by the National Weather Channel. Record temperatures hit a low
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What is an Asian carp? There are many ways to describe them‚ big and scary. These fish affect many people’s lives. They destroy every body of water that they pass through. They outcompete every other fish. Asian carp effect the Great Lakes in many ways like what they are‚ where they originated‚ how they impact the fishing industry‚ the cause of a potential financial burden and how we chose to protect the Great Lakes. Asian carp are one of the most powerful invasive species in the Great Lakes. They
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Background and Beliefs: Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama Jr. was born on August 4‚ 1961 to a Kenyan father and American mother in Honolulu‚ Hawaii. When he was two years old‚ his parents separated and later divorced. After his father received his Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from Harvard‚ he moved back to his native country of Kenya‚ where he became a finance minister until he was killed in a car accident in 1982. His mother remarried‚ and Obama moved with his mother and new stepfather
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Abraham Lincoln By: Ty Parrish Part I The president that I chose was Abraham Lincoln. He was born in Hodgenville‚ Kentucky. Abraham Lincoln represented Illinois which was where he grew up. He grew up poor and he had to help his dad build their own house when they moved to Illinois. Lincoln was married to Mary Todd and they had four children. Three of the children died at a very young age. He lived from 1809 to 1865 when he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. In April 1832‚ Lincoln decided to
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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS JUSTIN WILLIAM KING‚ ) ) Plaintiff. ) ) ) v. ) ) ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES‚ INC. ) ) Defendant. ) ____________________________________) COMPLAINT Comes now the plaintiff‚ Justin King‚ by and through his attorney‚ states as follows: PARTIES AND JURISDICTION 1. Plaintiff‚ for all times mentioned herein‚ was and is a resident of Cook County‚ State of Illinois. 2. Defendant is a corporation
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and Reporting The 2009 United States Census shows that 12.4 percent of the Illinois population was 65 years of age or older. In Illinois‚ an estimated 76‚000 persons over age 60 suffered from elder abuse‚ but the state of Illinois reported receiving only 10‚583 elder abuse reports during 2008. The 2008 Illinois Elder Abuse and Neglect Program Annual Report‚ Demographics reveals that of reported cases of abuse in Illinois that year: almost one in four victims are age 86 or older‚ the most common
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1927 Mississippi Flood In one of most powerful natural disasters in the 1900s‚ the Mississippi river flooded which caused severe damage around the states of Arkansas‚ Illinois‚ Kentucky‚ Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Tennessee‚ Texas‚ Oklahoma‚ and Kansas. The flood was caused during a large rainfall that lasted approximately 18 hours; the rainfall caused an overflow in the Mississippi river that overtook the banks. This flood wreaked havoc amongst the citizens in its path. The disaster caused over
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debated in our society today. Currently 34 of the 50 states allow the death penalty. On January 31‚ 2000‚ Illinois Governor George Ryan declared a moratorium on further executions in Illinois pending «The opportunity to review the recommendations of a commission that I will establish». The death penalty is forbidden by law in a state of Illinois today. Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill to make Illinois the 16th state to abolish the Death penalty. Since 1978 1‚264 people have been executed in America‚ with
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Barack Hussein Obama Jr. was born in Honolulu‚ Hawaii on August 4‚ 1961. His parents names are Ann Dunham and Barack Obama. After his parents divorced in 1971‚ his dad moved to KeEnya‚ and Barack moved to Hawaii with his grandparents.While Barack was in Hawaii with his grandparents‚ his mother and baby sister would live some place else until later they would join him in Hawaii. Barack attended Pohaho school‚ an elite private school. Obama was notn’t raised in a religious family he said “ I was
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Barak Obama was the 44th president of the United States‚ and also the very first Africa American president. He was born on August 4‚ 1961 in Hawaii. His parents were Ann Dunham and Barak Obama sr. At the age of 2 his father had left them‚ and moved back to Kenya. His mother Ann remarried and moved to Indonesia to live life with her new European husband. Later on in Obamas life his mother feared that he was not getting the educated that he needed and sent him back to Hawaii to live with his grandparents
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