URBAN AND RURAL AREAS Human settlements are classified as rural or urban depending on the density of human-created structures and resident people in a particular area. Urban areas can include town and cities while rural areas include villages and hamlets. While rural areas may develop randomly on the basis of natural vegetation and fauna available in a region‚ urban settlements are proper‚ planned settlements built up according to a process called urbanization. Many times‚ rural areas are focused upon
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I. Introduction A. Area 51 is a top secret military base that wasn’t even considered to exist until 2013. Some people believe that UFO’s and alien objects are stored here‚ but this information cannot be proven. The content of area 51 today is unknown‚ but we do know what it was created for! I found most of my information on the internet and watching documentaries on this. B. Location 1. Located in the remote Nevada desert near the dry bed of Groom Lake‚ Area 51 may be the most famous military installation
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WHAT IS AREA 51…. Introduction Area 51 is a military base‚ and a remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base. It is located in the southern portion of Nevada in the western United States‚ 83 miles (133 km) north-northwest of Las Vegas. Situated at its center‚ on the southern shore of Groom Lake‚ is a large military airfield. The base’s primary purpose is undetermined; however‚ based on historical evidence‚ it appears to support development
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Pelican Bay Supermax Pelican Bay Supermax After listening to and or reading the transcripts of Locked Down: Gangs in the Supermax by Michael Montgomery‚ one gets a glimpse of prison life‚ sociological issues inmates and staff face‚ and the subculture of prison life faced by staff and prisoners alike on a daily basis. However‚ instead of delving completely in to the situational circumstances of prisoner life‚ it is more important to understand the history of this Supermax prison and why
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political fiascoes and demonstrates that groupthink is the leading cause behind these mishaps. Some of his examples are from foreign policy fiascoes such as the The Bay of Pigs‚ The Korean War‚ Pearl Harbor‚ Vietnam‚ and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Since this presentation is very short and limited I have chosen to focus directly on the Bay of Pigs fiasco and show how Janis portrays it as a product of groupthink. I. Introduction A. Groupthink is a quick and easy way to refer to a mode of thinking that
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Review the setting. Lasting only three days‚ the Bay of Pigs was a short yet defining battle in the Cold War. Fought between the communist Soviet Union and the United States the cold war lasted approximately 45 years. In the years of the Cold War‚ 1945-1991 “America and its allies struggled to keep the communist‚ totalitarian Soviet Union from expanding into Europe‚ Asia‚ and Africa.” (Independence Hall Association‚ 2016) The Bay of Pigs affected The Cold War on a strategic level as one of the
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The Chesapeake Bay watershed is considered to be the largest estuary in the United States as it covers six states and the “entire District of Columbia including Virginia‚ Maryland‚ the‚ Delaware‚ Pennsylvania‚ West Virginia‚ and New York. An estuary is defined as bodies of water where fresh and salty seawater mix” (USDA). The Chesapeake Bay measures to be about 64‚000 square miles in length and is considered home to five major rivers in the world. This includes the James‚ York‚ Potomac‚ Susquehanna
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The failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 illustrates the mismanagement‚ lack of security‚ and over confidence of our president and CIA at the time. This failure caused tensions to rise between the two superpowers of the world‚ The Soviet Union and the United States. While the blame for this failure falls on the president and intelligence community‚ there are many lessons to be learned. I will first discuss the background leading up to the operation‚ the operation‚ then failures and lessons
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Detention center in Guantanamo Bay. One of the main questions that are being asked is whether or not the detention at Guantanamo bay Is unconstitutional. One other key Point that has been raised in the possible closing of Guantanamo bay is where will the detainees go if it is closed. In order to better understand the reasoning behind this detention we must look at the reason for the detention in the first place. For the detainees that are being kept on Guantanamo bay They are there do to being identified
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The Massachusetts Bay School Law Upon arriving in America‚ the Puritans have a charter granted by the king which gives them some measure of self-government. The "Massachusetts Bay School Law" established in 1642 expressed the Puritans ideas on education‚ religion‚ and the study of a "particular" calling. Every Puritan was expected to abide by the law and to report offenders‚ who were consequently reprimanded or punished accordingly. The master of the family was obliged‚ according to the "Massachusetts
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