James McWilliams a journalist for Forbes.com implies in an article he wrote called "On My Mind: The Locavore Myth" that buying local threatens small farms elsewhere in the world (1). ... Some residents might think there is no space to have a garden in cities like Los Angeles that is made of several skyscrapers and apartments, but there are many ways one can maximize their space for gardening. ... Grow bags are another way for LA residents with little space for a garden, to grow their plants vertically on any surface that receives sufficient sunlight. ...

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This intriguing quote by Aaron Powell really sparks a fire in me and gets my thoughts turning. ... Personally, I have worked endlessly to get into the college of my choice. Higher education is such a competitive process, and for others to get accepted somewhere I didn't just because of their skin color, despite my scores being higher than theirs, is inequitable and causes me to resent the people experiencing preferential treatment, just as Wilkins is shining light upon. ... Whites and Asians are being blocked out jobs and school that they highly qualified and deserving of, just to make sp...

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The sidewalk is narrow, however manicured and every few feet a tree is growing in its' allotted space as designated by the neighborhood's appointed designer. ... A few homeless people also are taking up space near the basketball court to the east of Mulberry. ... In my research all sources (cited at the end of the paper) with reference to Collect Pond, indicate that it was a large body of water, approximately sixty feet deep and fed by an underground fresh water spring. ... So, then, if all these people were arrayed in marching order on a parade ground equal in area to the space t...

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For many years now, pondering minds have questioned the thought of having marijuana, or cannabis sativa, listed as another medicinal drug. Some say that marijuana can not be used as a medicine and that there is no evidence of its medicinal purpose; But on the other hand, there are those who think di...

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One day as I was driving to my sister's house in Ravenswood, I saw an elderly man standing at the end of the off-ramp. ... As I rolled to a stop, I rolled down my window and offered him my last five dollars. To my amazement the gentleman declined my charity. He said "god bless you miss but I will work for my keep."" ... Included in the definition are those who spend nights on the streets, parks, subways, bus terminals, railroad stations, airports, under bridges or aqueducts, abandoned buildings, cars, trucks, or any other public or private space that is not designed for shelter ( Bau...

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"The fact is that the automobile has become hypnotic...the opium of the American people." - Fortune Magazine Table of Contents Introduction The Rise of the Automobile The Styling Redesign The Role of Attainable Pricing for the Masses The Emerging American Obsession The Impact on the Nuclear Family Redefining the American Teenager The Rise of the Hot Rod Culture The Rise of the Excess Culture Baby Boomers and Redesign Converting from Chrome to Muscle The Automobile as Identity Downfall and Decline Conclusion Bibliography Introduction With the end of World War II, the United State...

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