sweet crude oil pipeline‚ reaching from North Dakota to Patoka‚ Illinois‚ is set to be built through Indian reservations‚ accelerating the pulverizing destruction of our earth (Mckibben). For centuries‚ Native Americans have witnessed people slowly destroy the planet
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group resource to the point that it cannot recover (“Tragedy”). This issue reared its head in the state of North Carolina recently due to the gas shortage caused by a damaged pipeline. On September 9th‚ Colonial Pipeline Company discovered it had a leak in its southern pipeline near Helena‚ AL‚ and was forced to shut the pipeline down (Press). This left several southern states with severe gasoline shortages. Many citizens panicked and rushed out to buy as much gas as they could‚ exacerbating the problem
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7CN003 CONTEMPORARY ISSUES BY HASSAN ABDULRAHMAN 1027489 BUILT ENVIRONMENT MAY 2013 Domestic Housing Provision :Supply and Demand in the UK housing sector INTRODUCTION It was discovered that housing supply does not meet up with demand. Life expectancy rate is increasing caused by demands of housing of one person per households. (Wendy‚2010). From research it was discovered that 1.8 million households on English Local Authority housing registers a considerable level of overcrowding in the private
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no one and it would be beneficial to remove them from the prison system‚ and into the parole system (D’Elia‚ 2010). Prison Cost Prisons are expensive to keep open‚ and most of the money to keep them open comes from the taxpayers. A study in 2012 showed that prisons cost American taxpayers approximately 5.4 billion dollars each year (Henrichson & Delaney‚ 2012). These cost include various expenses that include maintaining the prisons‚ employees salaries‚ educational training‚ providing benefits
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There are millions of Americans in the United States (U.S) who have been to prison for conviction of a crime and incarceration rates are increasing (Public Safety Performance Project‚2007‚ Pew‚ 2008). Each year‚ thousands of individuals across the United States confront social and personal challenges related with the shift of transitioning from prison to society outside of prison. Incarceration prisons rates in the U.S. has increased more than any country in the world (Pew‚ 2008). In this informative
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In the United States‚ prison overcrowding and budget cuts within the criminal justice system have lead to an increase in the need and the development of private prisons and jails. "A private prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined by a third party that is contracted by a local‚ state‚ or federal government agency. Private prison companies typically enter into contractual agreements with local‚ state‚ or federal governments that commit prisoners and then pay a per diem or
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Aaron Monroe Chike Nwadiogbu World Civilization 1 ( History 101 ) 12/8/12 Africa‚ The Cradle of Human Civilization The Big Bang Theory is a strong scientific effort to explain how our universe began. Even in our generation‚ people are still asking that number one question “Where did it all begin and how was the universe created?" According to the Big Bang Theory‚ around 15 billion years ago a gigantic explosion occurred and this expanded our universe. The energy of space and all of the
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In the ensuing months and years‚ Hancock became increasingly involved in the movement for American independence. Massachusetts was at the center of this movement‚ and Boston‚ in particular‚ was dubbed the “Cradle of Liberty.” In 1774‚ John Hancock was elected president of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress‚ which declared itself an autonomous government. In December of 1774‚ Hancock was chosen as a Massachusetts delegate to the Second Continental Congress
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Beasley Jail’s and Prison’s Response Prisons range from minimum to maximum security. They are designed to house criminals who have committed similar types of offenses. The penal institutions of developed countries usually offer better living conditions and greater inmate safety than those found in undeveloped or authoritarian nations. Although most correctional facilities are intended to incarcerate adult‚ civilian criminals‚ prison types‚ exist for military personnel‚ juveniles‚ violent
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Have you experienced the complete opposite of a love letter? Well‚ the novel Cat’s Cradle is just that‚ addressed to American society‚ and signed by author Kurt Vonnegut‚ In the novel‚ Jonah‚ the narrator‚ encounter’s multiple Americans on his trip to the island of San Lorenzo whom each have stories that are shared with Jonah‚ a working journalist. In this novel‚ Vonnegut showcases absurd characteristics‚ that are common among Americans‚ in order to express his opinion that American society is simply
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