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    Fox River Case Study

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    Through going up in Green Bay and De Pere, Wisconsin, there has always been a topic that has continuously appeared and disappeared. That is the condition of the Fox River, throughout my childhood I was never able to fully use the river to swim or fish within. That is because of the dangerously high levels of pollution that are within the water. The river has been found to have 209 chemicals found in a study by Sharon A. Fitzgerald and Jeffrey J. Steuer. Throughout my studies, I have found great…

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    Gender Violence In Mexico

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    In 1992, United States President George H.W. Bush, Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney signed the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. What many are not familiar with is how Texas border cities with Mexico, particularly the borderland of El Paso, TX, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, saw a significant increase in gender violence after the signing of NAFTA. Since the early 1990’s to the early 2000’s, Ciudad Juárez became the central stage…

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    Homeless Epidemic Essay

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    home, serious illness, mental and physical illness, substance abuse and even natural disasters all help to contribute to homelessness. Which shows it can happen to anyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion and even social class. Even with government regulations there can occur a loss of financial sustainability by zoning regulations resulting in eminent domain over people’s properties when they have no place to go and with the high cost of housing either for purchase or to rent have sky…

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    Fight Against Tyranny

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    Fight Against Tyranny Democracy is a form of government where political authority is in the hands of the people. A tyranny is when one person or a group of people put forth a form of cruel and oppressive government. The United States is a democratic country. This is because the U.S. has the separation of powers, checks and balances, and federalism. The separation of powers prevents tyranny in the national government by separating the central government into the legislative, executive, and…

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    major developed economies, which highly depend on the Internet. Therefore they are both remarkably exposed to cyber war. In addition, we will see how both actors use cyber warfare to towards each other. Cyber warfare is defined as “actions by nation-state used to invade another nation´s networks or computer to cause damage and disruption.” Today we can also see that cyber warfare is being used by terrorist organizations, companies, political or ideological extremist groups as well. From a…

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    Steel City, Nebraska for onward delivery to Cussing, Oklahoma and the Texas Gulf Coast region. The Canadian company TransCanada initially proposed the pipeline in 2005 and applied to the State Department for a construction permit in 2008. However, TransCanada, the company behind the project is still waiting for the State Department to approve it. Keystone XL pipeline is one of the most controversial projects in American politics due to the proponents and the opponents of the pipeline. Some…

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    They get some of their money back and get the interest. 5. Examples: China, Turkey, and Israel 5. Make sense – We don’t think so (Satisfaction) II. The solution to ending or working towards an end of these needs in the United States is to stop funding other countries and stop wasting money here in the U.S. as well, funding our own country first and appropriately. A. Depending on which side you are on the spending in other countries of American taxpayer money can be…

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    When disaster strikes, regardless of the causation, it falls on the federal government to formulate a means by which to achieve a level of safety for its citizens. In such cases as federal outbreak, different nations may have different means by which to approach said crisis. Both World War I and World War II can a point of reference in the diverging methods they employed in their original strategy to attempting to ensure victory and safety for themselves and their respective allies. In the case…

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    Young Americans

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    assistance from the U.S. military. Often the mere presence of a U.S aircraft carrier can defuse international tensions and deter aggressive states from using force. Maintaining a strong military and close relations with allies abroad ensures our own security as well as international peace and stability. Young Americans have the largest stake in ensuring that the United States remains strong for its own defense and to maintain peace and stability abroad. It is Young Americans that do the bulk…

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    systems to keep and maintain order and peace otherwise known as the law of the land. These criminal justice systems try to discourage people from disrupting the peace and order of society by educating their people (who lawfully live in a country, state, etc.) on the results and punishments for failing to obey the law. The criminal justice system can be separated and labeled in three main parts; policing where the act of asking questions and trying to find the truth about something is held, the…

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