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    Texas vs. Louisiana Cheri Lane Globe University Living in Texas vs. Louisiana Texas is the second most populous and the second-largest of the 50 states in the United States of America‚ and the largest state in the 48 contiguous United States (Wikipedia‚ Texas‚ 2013). Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America and is the 31st most extensive and the 25th most populous of the 50 United States ((Wikipedia‚ Louisiana‚ 2013). Texas and Louisiana are two different

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    Budget Crisis in Louisiana Ejoshua McDonald CJA/454 May 07‚ 2013 Monica Wells Budget Crisis in Louisiana The legislatures of Louisiana are in session at the present moment attempting to find answers for the state’s budget crisis. Like other states‚ the budget of Louisiana has been in shambles for years‚ as legislatures try to find solutions suitable for all citizens. The topic of discussion stem from Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax swap plan‚ House Speaker Chuck Kleckley’s backing

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    Louisiana Purchase Dbq

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    The Louisiana Purchase was the fountain we all needed. This purchase connected us with a nature that in turn affected our muses and created a love that resulted in an abundance of new literary ideas. For many nature was a link to greater literature‚ with its beauty and diversity. After the exploration of the Louisiana Purchase from Lewis and Clark and possibly their own voyage outward‚ people got a better view of

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    hopes to create a European colony‚ this led to the official practices to break barriers between European men and Louisiana Indians by the sending young boys to learn the Indian customs and to spy. However‚ the Louisiana Administrators and the missionaries feared “losing” French Louisianans to the Indians. This problem they believed could be solved by bringing Frenchwomen to the Louisiana colony. Even with the increase population of Frenchwomen‚ administrators and clerics were unable to eliminate métissage

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    On August 11‚ 2016 rain began falling across the southern portion of Louisiana‚ in which rainfall exceeded 20 inches in multiple parishes causing catastrophic flooding that submerged over 100‚000 homes and businesses and killed 13 people. In portions of Baton Rouge and Lafayette accumulations peaked at 31.39 inches‚ which was more than during Hurricane Katrina and Isaac The National Weather Service rates it a 1-in-1000-year event! Governor John Edwards‚ called the disaster a “historic‚ unprecedented

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    Hire Purchase

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    OF KENYA The hire Purchase acT Chapter 507 Revised Edition 2010 (1982) Published by the National Council for Law Reporting with the Authority of the Attorney General www.kenyalaw.org 2 CAP. 507 Hire-Purchase [Rev. 2010 CHAPTER 507 THE HIRE-PURCHASE ACT ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS part I–prelImInary Section 1–Short title. 2–Interpretation. 3–Application. part II–regIstratIon 4–Establishment of registry. 5–Agreements to be registered. part III–provIsIons as to hIre-purChase agreements 6–Requirements

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    Gadsden Purchase

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    The Gadsden Purchase of 1853 is one of the most monumental land purchases in United States history. In basic terms‚ the Gadsden Purchase was an area of land that was acquired by the United States from Mexico in order to build a railway for the transportation of goods in the South from East to West in order to fulfill Manifest Destiny. Throughout this paper‚ I hope to accurately navigate through the events prior to the Gadsden Purchase as well as the early life of James Gadsden. Although many topics

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    Sales and Purchase

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    Sales and purchase: The terms ¨sales order¨ and ¨purchase order¨ are not interchangeable‚ they are two very different documents. A sales order‚ abbreviated in business as SO‚ comes from a business to a customer. By comparison‚ a purchase order comes from a business to a vendor. Both are fulfillment methods‚ the sales order representing outside sales‚ and the purchase order representing internal corporate goods or service requests. Sales orders and purchase orders are tools for tracking business

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    The colony of Louisiana has faced many challenges. Besides having settlements along the Gulf Coast and all along the Mississippi River‚ I think obtaining this colony from the French is a bad idea. The French have had nothing but trouble while trying to set up Louisiana as a colony. The French lacks consistency in governing‚ they sent the wrong types of settlers‚ there are no cash crops‚ and they have trouble with the Native Americans. (Sept. 17‚2012). There is a lot of disharmony within the government

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    Extensive research of Louisiana State University will show that this college is among the top respected sites for furthering education in this country. Louisiana State University is an excellent choice for future education because it is far from home‚ it offers excellent education in the psychology and sociology majors‚ and the campus seems fitting‚ despite the overwhelming cost to attend. Louisiana State University offers a multitude of programs; the majority of which are well

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