Hawaii: Paradise Island Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the physical geography‚ history and culture of Hawaii. Central Idea: We will see that Hawaii is a special place‚ by looking at its physical geography‚ history‚ and culture. Introduction I. What comes to mind when you think of palm trees‚ beautiful beaches‚ luaus and hula dances? A. Hawaii B. The "Aloha" state. II. Do you know what aloha means? A. Aloha is the Hawaiian word meaning love. B. It is also used
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Today‚ 564‚708 people in the U.S. are homeless (“2016’s Shocking Homelessness Statistics”). As we speak‚ the rate of homelessness continues to rise. There are many reasons for homelessness: national debt‚ natural disasters‚ and unemployment. Although national debt and natural disasters are important factors of homelessness‚ society mainly focuses on unemployment and limited job opportunities. In fact‚ society stigmatizes homeless people as lazy and hopeless individuals. For example‚ many people think
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the prevalence of homelessness has been a challenge to every nation. It might be depressing to learn that no countries today have eradicated homelessness‚ but the human race is never stopped from trying harder than before to tackle this prolonged issue. As the two leading economic powers‚ America and China have to face the challenge of reducing homelessness. According to a report written by Nation Coalition for the Homeless‚ “a study done by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty which
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The world has so many problems that seem unrealistic to fix; poverty‚ bullying‚ terrorism global warming it’s overwhelming. Most people believe that homelessness is one of those but they are wrong. The solution to homelessness is to put the homeless people in homes. Specifically foreclosed homes. The ratio of foreclosed homes to homeless people in the United States is about six to one. Every single homeless person in the United States could be housed in a foreclosed home and there would still
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Around the world millions of children are found homeless‚ sleeping in the streets‚ under bridges‚ or on deserted properties. Their days are spent hustling by prostitution or petty crimes. They prey on each other as well as people passing by that they manage to steal from. Yet still this is home to these children‚ where they are deprived of the most basic human needs‚ housing‚ food‚ and clothing. Since they have no family or relatives and no hope for the future‚ they have been tagged "Nobody’s Children"
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define homelessness in an operational way‚ we identified three domains which constitute a home‚ the absence of which can be taken to delineate homelessness. Having a home can be understood as: having an adequate dwelling (or space) over which a person and his/her family can exercise exclusive possession (physical domain); being able to maintain privacy and enjoy relations (social domain) and having legal title to occupation (legal domain). Rooflessness is the most visible form of homelessness‚ including
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Without proper housing or the ability to care for themselves‚ many times this leads to mental illness. So the question is‚ how many homeless people develop a mental illness and what is the federal government going to do about this issue. Homelessness can be categorized many different ways. Most commonly is when an individual does not have a home or a place to stay. Mental illness is also defined by a wide range of conditions‚ which affect mood‚ thinking and behaviors. Approximately 33% of
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Discussion The homelessness problem in communities across America is real and is certainly not an easy social problem to tackle (Howard‚ 2013). However‚ if a large city such as the City of New York that spending over a billion dollars a year in homeless shelter programs is having trouble funding the program and accommodating the ever-increasing homeless population‚ imagine the mission impossible facing smaller cities around the nation (Stewart‚ 2014). Although it is a fact that increasing funding
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Homelessness is a very huge problem that America has come to face. Millions of people‚ including children‚ families‚ babies‚ veterans‚ and the elderly live day after day without food‚ water or a roof over their heads. People that are mentally ill also have it tough on the streets‚ which can be extremely confusing to them‚ and dangerous to the rest of society. This problem must be solved soon‚ and therefore should be addressed as a major crisis that is affecting our society. There is no way we will
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Homelessness in America According to Streetwise of Street News Services (2010)‚ the first reported instances of homelessness dates as far back as 1640‚ in some of the larger cities in the original 13 colonies. At this time‚ there were wars being fought between settlers and Native Americans‚ and people were left with no shelter in both sides (Street News Service‚ 2010). Later‚ the industrial revolution caused more homelessness‚ industrial accidents left many former hard-working families with a dead
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