On the day of October 19, 2005, 23-year-old Lashuan Harris took a train from Oakland into San Francisco with her three sons; 6-year-old Trayshawn Harris, 2-yar-old Taronta Greely Jr., and 6-month-old Joshua Greely. Once there, Harris treated her sons to hot dogs and walked along the Fisherman's Wharf, where she eventually stopped, undressed each of her three sons, and lowered them one-by-one into the cold San Francisco Bay. ... After a lengthy trial, San Francisco Superior Judge Kay Tsenin announced Ms. ... Lashaun Harris was originally found incompetent to stand trial and was sent to San...

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As the 2008 holiday season approached, Denny Brown, vice-president and chief information officer (CIO) of Pinnacle West, wondered how he would navigate his organization through a tumultuous economy in the coming year. The year had begun very well for Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (PNW), a compan...

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The term "punk" was derived in 16th century Europe as a way to address a prostitute or harlot. Centuries later, the word became commonly used prisons, used when a male prisoner was perceived to be the property of another male prisoner; forced to acquiesce to dehumanizing demands put upon him, includ...

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To introduce it, we will describe the Baroque style, the importance of the mathematics in the Baroque architecture, and the characteristics of the Borromini;s church named san Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (1638-1641, Rome). ... Following this, I will intricately explore/investigate all the relevant details of Borromini's "San Carlo alle Quattro" , a famous church from the period, from it's facade, to is plan forms, right up to it's dome roof and intricate painting and sculpture. ... Buildings of the period are composed of great curving forms with undulating facades, ground pl...

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In San Antonio, Texas some of the classes available in June and July are Wirelessly Enabling Corporate Data and E-Mail and Intelligent Transportation Systems4. ... The closest active chapter to Southern Oregon University is the San Diego chapter. In an e-mail correspondence from chapter secretary Chuck Brown gave a little history about the San Diego chapter. ... The San Diego chapter supports three active student chapters at San Diego State University, University of San Diego and California State University at San Marcos. ... Brown also states that AITP is the only continuously meeting, su...

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She lived most of her adult life in Boston, Seattle, and San Francisco, writing articles and short stories using the Chinese pseudonym Sui Sin Far. ... She asserted that many former laundrymen become college graduates and influential people, that half the Chinese children in the Sunday school class she visited in San Francisco wore American clothes and in eastern public schools all the children wore American clothes. ...

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Long before marijuana was even known to most of the American Society, hostility towards it became evident within the next two decades because of reports that offensive minorities were using the drug; Mexicans in the Southwest, Hindus in San Francisco, Syrians in New York, urban blacks, and jazz musicians (Berendt 21). ...

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Some of the largest and most well known communes are Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco, Greenwich Village in New York City, and Old Town in Chicago. ... The Summer of Love drew more than 100,000 youth and hippies from across the country to the Haight-Ashbury district and the San Francisco Bay area. ...

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About Cosima Niehaus Cosima Niehaus, in one term is, 324B21. In the series Orphan Black, Niehaus is a clone, a part of an experiment to study genetic identicals. Despite her genetics being a blueprint, Niehaus has developed her own life and own personality compared to that of her genetic sisters. Sh...

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The so-called "death penalty" has been around since the ancient Greek times, when Socrates, at the age of 70, was brought to trial and charged with "not believing in the gods the state believed in, introducing different new divine powers, and corrupting the young. Socrates was summoned to drink t...

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The Mexican Revolution demonstrates a clear form of a revolutionary movement caused by multiple factors. Throughout the years from 1910 to 1920, the revolution took place in order to bring awareness of the state's dissatisfactory. Profirio Diaz was the leader of Mexico for over thirty-five years. Du...

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To enforce his new regime, Santa Anna sent an expedition north to Texas, where a small American militia captured and drove back Mexican troops in San Antonio. Under the leadership of Sam Houston, American Texans routed the Mexican army at the Battle of San Jacinto and captured Santa Anna, who was forced to sign an agreement recognizing Texan sovereignty and independence. ... Meanwhile, Walker opened recruitment offices in San Francisco to bring in more mercenaries to strengthen his position in Nicaragua. ...

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In response to these statistics regarding Mexican-Americans, the San Francisco Chronicle in 2000 stated that, "`They do all the menial jobs, here. ... In 1986, the Los Angeles Times cited the San Diego school district as an example of a Mexican-American community hampered by many students" decisions to quit school. Of over 15,000 Mexican-Americans in the San Diego schools, 25.2 percent dropped out, compared to 14.1 percent of 51,998 white students in the area. ...

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Is Legalization A Realistic Alternative To The War On Drugs? For years, the issue of legalization has been an increasingly controversial subject. Millions of dollars are spent annually in the War on Drugs causing many to wonder if this fight is cost-effective or if an alternative such as legaliza...

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Is Legalization A Realistic Alternative To The War On Drugs? For years, the issue of legalization has been an increasingly controversial subject. Millions of dollars are spent annually in the War on Drugs causing many to wonder if this fight is cost-effective or if an alternative such as legaliza...

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 One of the actions I took to promote a system change was to partner with The John Burton Foundation (JBF), The Children's Law Center (CLC) and Larkin Street Youth Services (LSYS) and go up to the Sacramento State Capitol and Lobby and inform legislators about SB 528 (Parents in Foster Care). First, I would like to give a brief summary of SB 528. The passage of this bill ensures access to child care by prioritizing foster youth who are parents for subsidized child care. Parenting and pregnant youth are 200% are more likely to drop out of high school than to graduate from high school,...

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Proposition 54 Ward Connerly, a leader in the passage of Proposition 209 to end affirmative action, now has gathered enough signatures to put another proposition on the October recall ballot. Proposition 54, the Classification by Race, Ethnicity, Color, or National Origin (CRECNO) Initiative wi...

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For the past thirty years in the State of California, bilingual education has been undertaken by all the public schools of the state. Under such system, children of non-American ethnic have had a special treatment in their early academic career. Children of minority groups have been thought various subjects in their native tongues. Such subjects are Math, History and some Science classes. The bilingual program presented the student a scholastic curriculum that simultaneously instructed students all the required classes while teaching them the English language. ...

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Abstract Starbucks originated as a single store in Seattle Washington in 1971. After Howard Schultz joined Starbucks in 1982, he developed his vision and made Starbucks the global company that it is today. Today Starbucks retails, roasts and markets specialty coffee. With 20,891 coffee houses in 62...

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Introduction As the world modernizes, the relationship between nations becomes increasingly important. Globalization has taken over, allowing countries to lower transactions costs across areas of economic trade and social interactions. This has prompted international governments to create trade, soc...

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Imagine a world in which college tuition was nonexistent, and the only prerequisite to entering college was getting good grades. With this stipulation, people who wish to attain a higher education will have a better chance to do so. They can solely base the college that they wish to attend by considering the social, academic, and extracurricular aspects of the college. However, in the United States, the hard work put into trying to attend your dream school may not matter due to the high costs of college tuition. Now, students who wish to go to a particular school may not have the chance to do...

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The year 2012 was a year unlike any in baseball history. Rising stars such as Mike Trout and Stephen Strasburg burst onto the scene with their MVP-caliber play "drawing early comparisons to legendary greats Mickey Mantle and Nolan Ryan. It was a year of rebirth for baseball and the Baltimore Orioles who clinched their first playoff spot in fifteen years. It was also a year of dominance, as Miguel Cabrera became the first player to hit for the Triple Crown in 45 years. Yet, in this great year of play, baseball experienced something that caused many critics and followers to re-look the hi...

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At the San Francisco Conference of 1945, Zeineddine of Syria described that the concept of sovereign equality of States include the principles that; firstly, the States are juridically equal; that each State enjoys the right inherent in full sovereignty; that the personality of the State is respected, as well as its territorial integrity; and finally that the State should, under international order, comply faithfully with its international duties and obligations.14Furthermore, the principle of sovereign equality of States has also been described as including the elements of juridical equality...

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Abstract Megan's Law is named after seven-year-old Megan Kanka, a girl who was raped and killed by a known child molester who had moved across the street from the family without their knowledge. Currently all 50 states have either a law enacted or are proposing Megan's Law which requires the registration of all people convicted sexual crimes because sex offenders are more prone to re-offend and it assists in protecting the public. The law requires the registration if convicted of a sex offense or certain types of kidnapping and the various laws that require registration. Megan&#x...

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Definition The use of illicit or illegal drugs or the abuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for purposes other than those for which they are indicated or in a manner or in quantities other than directed. History of Drug Abuse Humans have used drugs of one sort or another for thousands ...

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