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A good person has various characteristics that allow him or her to shine through. The person might have leadership skills, is able to manage time well, or able to motivate him/herself and others. As a nominee for Boys State in Sacramento, CA, I, Justin Tam have good leadership skills, is able to be self-motivated, and is a good student in and out of school. One trait that I have that is important for a Boys State person is good leadership skills. A person that has good leadership skills would be…

In some schools across America, the mass murder of Native Americans in California during the nineteenth century is taught as an inevitable, necessary evil (Discussion). However, this notion is false. The mass murder of the Native Americans was systematic and calculated, carried out by white settlers through attacks on the lives, livelihoods, homes, and cultures of the natives. According to both Raphael Lemkin and the United Nations, these actions were genocidal. In the work, Murder State, by…

Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy) is an American multinational oil and gas investigation and generation organization with operations in the United States, the Middle East, and Latin America. Headquartered in Houston, Texas,[5] it is one of the biggest American oil and gas organizations in light of 2015 year-end advertise capitalization. Regularly truncated as "Oxy", in reference to its ticker image, the organization is positioned on the Forbes Global 2000 and Fortune 500 rundown. In 2015,…

Article Overview: In the peer review article, Neurodevelopment Disorders and Prenatal Residential Proximity to Agricultural Pesticides: The CHARGE Study, which was published in the Journal of Environmental Health Perspectives published in 2004, examined the environmental health issue of pesticide exposure and the related health outcome of neurodevelopmental disorders developing in the children of women who lived in proximity to commercial pesticide usage in an agricultural setting during…

Introduction Dams provide energy, water, and flood protection for communities, however as infrastructure ages the risk of dam failure increases (Bowels, 2007). The cost of large dam projects is increasing as climate change impacts the magnitude and duration of drought and storm events in California (Mann & Gleick, 2015). On February 7, 2017 Northern California Butte and Yuba County residents were forced to evacuate as the near failure of the Oroville Dam threatened downstream communities…

My career as a teacher started when I was accepted as an inter teacher for Breakthrough Collaborative, Sacramento the summer of 2013. The first two weeks of the program were an intensive training program that taught me many of the tools I use today inside my classroom. During these two weeks, each department also worked closely with our department head who showed us our curriculum. Since all of us were either still in high school or part way through college, we were lucky to receive daily lesson…

Gun control continues to be a quite a heated issue in today’s society. Many believe it is the answer to senseless acts of violence. On the other hand, many others know that if gun control were to be implemented, it would be completely detrimental to both the safety and security of American citizens. It is much more than simply a political issue with differences of opinion on either side of the debate. Many Americans, although their hearts are in the right place, are completely unaware of the…

Honig vs. Doe (1988) In 1988, the concept of disciplining students with disabilities under the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA), which is today considered the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA), was brought into question. The plaintiff, an emotionally disturbed (ED) child named John Doe, was suspended from school for choking another student. He claimed that his ED caused his misbehavior. As the school was deciding to expel him, they maintained his suspension. Doe sued…

In the early 19th century, the waves of the Asian immigrants to America mostly found a job as day laborers. They fluently worked on cross-country railway, transportation system by rail, and in the mining industry. According to the data gathered by the Census Bureau in “Total Asian alone ...” the estimated number of U.S. residents on July, 2013 who were Vietnamese is approximately more than 1.6 million. America is a nation established by immigrants. Therefore, the immigrants’ culture also…

Notable Planner: Peter Calthorpe Chanel D. Ellison The Ohio State University New Urbanist Peter Calthorpe has not only been a visionary for urban planning, but has brought his visions to life. With ideals similar to John Nolen and his bringing of Garden Cities to America, urban sprawl smart growth have been the plight of Peter Calthorpe’s urban planning focus. Under the umbrella of new urbanism, Calthorpe incorporates the ideas of transit oriented communities and…