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On August 13th in Los Angeles, California, the last of 96 million shade balls were emptied into the 175-acre reservoir located in Sylmar. These floating black balls, measuring four inches in diameter, cover the surface of the water. The purpose of the balls is to protect the drinking water and prevent contamination from factors such as animals and harmful reactive chemicals. Bromide which is already present in the reservoir reacts with chlorine and sun rays to create bromate, a harmful…

In the Reyes’s essay, he wrote, “Since 1988, government statistics show there has been a steady decline in the crime rate from 223 per 10,000 residents to 175 per 10,000 last year,” (Reyes 182). This quote provided a statistical proof supporting the writer’s claim. In the author’s argument, he stated how a person named Woon and his family “were robbed at gunpoint at a bus stop near Disney World in Orlando…

Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father, a member of the Republican Party, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third president of the United States. Jefferson was a well-educated man who is even seen one of the greatest American “thinkers” of the enlightenment, alongside Benjamin Franklin and James Madison. They were said to have derived an outlook of hope and optimism from modern science and Enlightenment Pationalism. (pp. 3) President Jefferson was…

The City of New York has been described as both crushing and hopeful, the gauntlet through which some of America’s greatest players have passed. From Alexander Hamilton to the man who revived his fame, Lin-Manuel Miranda, this city has extracted the raw talent of it citizens much in the way of a French press makes coffee, with boiling heat and then indomitable pressure. The city does not waste. It does not waste time, or resources, or space; like concentrated solution it seemingly pulls awe…

Only 175 people have been executed in ways other than lethal injection (Statistic Brain). All rather harmless ways to die we should note. For example gas chamber, firing squad electrocution, and hanging have been the only other executions since 1976, not including…

“I start another subject thread on the wall: Guys to Stay Away From. The first entry is the beast himself: Andy Evens. (Anderson 175)” Even though Melinda haven’t said verbally expressed that she was raped she finally realizes that holding the stress of being raped in isn’t good, and by writing that people should stay away from Andy lets other positional victims of Andy’s know that…

Addicted America: The Struggle to Cure Every year, approximately $600 billion dollars is spent on illegal drugs. All of that money could match Bill Gate’s fortune 7 times. While there are thousands becoming addicted each day, about 200,000 addicts will die each year of an overdose. Drug addiction is becoming a bigger problem as each day passes by. Treatment plans for this epidemic continue to fail. Only 23% of addicts that go through these treatment plans fully become drug free. The question…

Malcolm X once said, “From then until I left that prison,in every free moment I had, if I was not reading in the library, I was reading on my bunk.” The Boy who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba tells the story of a boy who was born with nothing but later turned his life around and succeeded . William comes from a small country in Africa called Malawi. Where education and success is rare to come by; the average man is a farmer or a trader and barely makes enough money to support a family.…

In the early 1900’s, the loss of habitat and extermination programs led to the gray wolf’s demise. Wolves have once roamed all over the country. They’ve been nearly hunted to extinction with only 50 wolves left in the wild when Yellowstone National Park was young. Hunters back then thought they were helping the deer and elk by killing the wolf, its main predator. They were wrong. A 30 year project to restore the wolf population was made, and the wolves made an amazing recovery. The wolves are…

The court takes care of some of the US Supreme Court's cases, many of which are decided by the District Courts. Each State is assigned its to one of the 11 Judicial Circuits. Their are more than 175 Circuit Judges whom have been appointed by the president.The California Courts of Appeal has six appellate districts, and are based on geography. Some of the Appellate districts are further divided into divisions. There are also two types of the Appellate…