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In January of 1994, a 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit the San Fernando valley in Los Angelas, CA. In January of 2010 a 7 magnitude earthquake hit 15 miles south of the city of Port-au-Prince Haiti. Both earthquakes occurred in extremely population dense areas. Both were similar in strength. However, while the Haitian earthquake killed close to 300,000 people by some accounts, the Northridge Earthquake killed 57. While some argue the actual death toll to be as low as 84,000 in Haiti, that is still…

With the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (1971), Alaska Native people were faced with a daunting choice: give up their historic land and participate in an economically forward society, or remain in possession of their lands and govern their people. Later, Native tribes of Alaska created Constitutions to develop their communities and generate a body of government tailored to their location. With 200 tribe constitutions, it would be nearly impossible to compare and contrast them…

victims become survivors. The movement was oriented to address the attitudes against violence and rape victims, and in doing so, empower these victims. Something that drew my interest about the Confronting Rape section was the Anti-Rape Squad formed in 1971. The founders established the group to provide support for their friend, who was a rape victim, and to raise awareness about rape (96). What started as a small group founded by six friends eventually developed into an operation to provide…

The MMR vaccine has just been developed by Doctor/Scientist Maurice R. Hilleman. The MMR vaccine is made out of several scientific elements and chemicals such as sodium phosphate and glutamate. However some of the Earth’s resources that was used to make the MMR vaccine is sorbitol and sucrose. Scientists need to consider if it will all work together and need to do many tests and experiments on the elements individually and together. They need to know all about the Earth’s element whether or…

American cult leader, Charles Manson is linked to 35 murders of Sharon Tate and other famous Hollywood residents. He grew up with a family who didn’t want him, so he lived on the streets in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1955, he married a 17-year-old and soon had a baby. His wife left him and he had another baby with a different woman while he was on probation. He was released in 1967 and learned to read music and play the guitar. Manson was influenced by drugs and music and found a group of people…

don't really want to work for the Haitian people', Haiti has gone through periods of rule under two presidents that have done all but encourage an increase in the population. For example, Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, serving as president from 1957-1971, ruled harshly and kept Haiti’s population under control through a violent militia named the Tonton Macoute. The Macoute is responsible for the murders of as many as 60,000, if not more, countrymen, according to…

My first blog will be about the the Houston Rockets. The Houston Rockets original name was actually the San Diego Rockets from about 1968- 1971, until in 1972 they renamed the team as the Houston Rockets. The color of there jerseys are red for road games,white for home games, and black as an alternate. From all the 47 and plus years they have been playing, they have only won the champions two times in 1986 and 1995.In 1984, the Rockets drafted center Hakeem Olajuwon who would be paired with…

Introduction Through the redevelopment police training and procedures, and the development program which provides an acute link for the newly certified police academy officers, who will find themselves in a rapidly thrust from the relatively sterile enjoinment of the police structure and the implementation into the harsh realities of the street. While many police academy only provides the new police recruits with the essential state preparation regarding the proficiencies needed to perform the…

Discourse, ideology, and hegemony are intertwined. The notion of ideology emerged in the work of Karl Marx. The Marxist notion of ideology focuses on how society is dominated by the interests of the ruling economic class, as a field of social power, where the subordinate classes lacking economic power consent to the hierarchies of social power. Thus, the working class, for instance, is exploited by the dominant/privileged class and takes their exploitation for granted within economic structures…

The research paper aims to understand the concept of business structure in regards of starting a new business in the current business environment. It intent to understand the nature of contractual agreement, and agency relationship and their consequences that business person highlights before determining the business structure of Think Big business venture. In addition, it further highlights implication of incorporation that further includes the role of stakeholders, main stakeholders, and…