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    potential damages from fracking and state that it is safe and “there is little evidence that water supplies have been contaminated.” However, the people of California disagree with this and have taken action into their own hands. What is Hydraulic Fracking? Hydraulic fracking is the process…

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    Furthermore, Latino media in America also has a strong influence over how populations are perceived in a society. In “Closing the Telenovela’s Borders: Vivo por Elena’s Tidy Nation,” scholar Adriana Estill analyses Latino telenovelas as a platform where “nationality, nationalism, and Nation are produced and reproduced” (Estill 75). Through government involvement and censorship, telenovelas can create “an ideal space where the ideal citizen is constructed and disseminated” (Estill 85). Racial…

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    Texas has grown rapidly in the past few decades. The state of Texas has attracted people from everywhere because of the profound high-tech movement, availability of several natural resources, and other numerable sources. The finding of oil and its’ reasonable prices in Texas drove a lot of people into the state. “From 1970 to 1980, as oil prices spiraled upward and people flocked to Texas, its population grew by 2.71 percent per year, while the nation’s increased at a 1.14 percent pace”…

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    The policy environment of transportation affects transit managers by enforcing procedure or protocol that may conflict with the transit agency’s goals and mission. Transit managers are responsible for coordinating and overseeing the work activities to ensure that they comply with national, state, and local transportation policies. It is important for transportation managers to understand different policies because it provides guidance to an efficient and effective transportation agency. For…

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    “ ‘Did you see that guy?’ one officer asked. ‘Yeah, he was one pale black man,’ another chipped in. ‘Do you think he’ll die?’ The response was ‘No way! You or I, we’d die, but not a negro. They’re too dumb to go into shock.’ ” These were the words of Los Angeles Police officers in 1992, in this same year one of the most violent riots in American History occurred. Due to the discrimination of the minorities in Los Angeles the beating of one man becomes the push needed to send the minorities,…

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    Introduction As social workers analyzing community needs, it seems as though increasing awareness of services available to local communities would enable a pathway to healthcare stability. If more undocumented residents of the San Fernando Valley were to obtain legal status, this would surge work potential, stable housing and ability to qualify for federal and state assistance if needed. Once individuals have their basic needs met, (food, shelter and clothing), they can work toward focusing…

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    People change all the time and in The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini talks about a boy in Afghanistan Amir who lives with a wealthy dad Baba, his mom passed away at birth and ever since he blamed it on himself. His best friend Hassan also his servant a Hazara which are a minority. The author shows Amir remembering back to his childhood in his point of view, always trying to impress Baba since he was very distant from his father. Putting down people and breaking long term relationships for his…

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    Character Analysis: The character that is driving force of this novel is Cathy Ames. She is an antagonist because she has a very deceptive and superstitious personality. Cathy is an only child, has blonde hair, hazel eyes with droopy eyelids which make her seem sleepy, and is always very slender and delicate. She gives off a troubled vibe to others around her, yet she always seems as innocent as a child. From a very small age, Cathy told lies; however, she lies differently in such a manner as to…

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    It was Made by Henry clay, and brought before the senate on January 29, 1850. Some of the provisions was the California as a free state, and territorial governments on the rest of the land gained from Mexico, without the restrictions on slavery, and better slave laws. This compromise was debated for seven months. New leaders came in and were able to better decide…

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    alone is full of significant events that usually fill our history books. Slavery was prevalent and resulted in violation of human and civil rights. In California, started to advocate for statehood, and civil leaders who wanted to develop a growing region and also to gain power were so excited to have a new civil government. Thus, the California Constitution was drafted by 48 delegates in 1849, aiming to enforce a legal order in this vast territory. The first two sections of this constitution…

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