cities‚ casinos bring in money‚ but most tribes struggle to bring in money. “According to True Sioux Hope Foundation‚ Pine Ridge has a 90 percent unemployment rate and a 70 percent high school dropout rate” (Elder). Pine Ridge is one of the poorest reservations in America with a low life expectancy rate. Suicide has also become a major problem. The White House is working with Pine Ridge to create a better environment and help with jobs (Elders). Population by the 1900’s of the Indians was 250‚000
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Florida is Australian pine. Australian pine trees threaten beach plant communities as they quickly invade beaches. They have also invaded Everglades. These trees produce a dense leaf litter beneath them thereby outcompeting native vegetation. They have shallow root systems and hence tend to uproot and topple during high winds and pose a significant hazard to coastal storm evacuation routes. Australian pine forests provide little or no native wildlife habitat. Australian Pines’ success is so bad for
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The scream is cut off when a meaty hand covers my mouth. No longer wearing shades‚ I can now see Paul’s face smiling a devil’s grin at me. One of his eye sockets is a horrible‚ gaping hole. I focus on the other one and instantly regret it when I see the malice there. “How are you‚ my little siren?” His laugh is low and malicious as I start to struggle in his grasp. “Thought you were going to get away that easy? Well‚ you thought wrong. Now that the compound has moved to police headquarters‚ there
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In episode six of Wayward Pines‚ David Pilcher is also known as Dr. Jenkins conducted a scientific experiment on humans to preserve human species’ way of life. I argue that even though many wants to continue the cycle of humankind; using humans to test new experiments can lead to many social issues. For example‚ The Tuskegee syphilis government experiment in which impacted many African-American males in the state of Alabama. While critics may argue that it is noble to experiment on humans if the
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Overcoming Life’s Trials Through Love In Judith Ortiz Cofer’s short story “Corazon’s Café‚” love is shown throughout the piece of literature. Corazon and Manuel’s love is found to be unconditional despite the trials and tribulations Corazon goes through. Manuel had a dream of opening a bodega in their neighborhood area. Corazon helps him to achieve that dream‚ but unfortunately later he passes away. Corazon uses the love for Manuel to help her overcome her fears‚ the losses she experiences‚ and
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Case Study # 7: Legendary Café Kettering University Abstract Levendary Café is $10 billion US-based fast food chain that is spun out of a private equity ownership. Levendary Café is currently expanding to China‚ Mia Foster appointed as the new CEO with low international experience to run and manage the business in China. This case discuss the president of the subsidiary in China Louis Chen and the establishment of the subsidiary in China‚ as well as negotiating the operations with
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TO : L. Leclerc‚ COO of Levendary Café FROM : J. Doe Department of Management‚ International Business Advisors (IBA) Room G-120 Ext. 905-912-1867 DATE: November 21st‚ 2013 SUBJECT: Reframing Levendary China’s business operations Problem Several problems exists surrounding Levendary’s recent market entry into China‚ mainly revolving around a lack of communication between head office and Howard
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My first indication that Wayward Pines existed became apparent when the new television show of the same name launched on Hulu and stars Matt Dillon as Ethan‚ the main character. There is a very modern Twilight Zone twist to this story of a man waking up in a small town where no one can escape and no one is allowed to talk of their past lives. I love books where I can’t comprehend what is really happening‚ and the entire time I’m working on understanding the underlying reality‚ yet when I feel I’m
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The Battle of Pine Bluff took place in Jefferson county. At 8:00 am‚ October 25‚ Col. Powell Clayton sent a company of cavalry toward Princeton which ran into Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke’s men advancing. After some fire‚ the Rebels‚ under a flag of truce‚ came forward demanding surrender. Lt. M.F. Clark answered that there would be no surrender. Clayton slowly retreated back into Pine Bluff. In the meantime‚ about 300 African-American soldiers rolled cotton bales out of the warehouses for barricades
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Hispano-Mestizo America/Borderlands America: “Lone Star” The film “Lone Star” is a murder mystery film based in Frontera‚ Texas which is a multicultural border town. The significance of the conclusion of “Lone Star” is based off of several contexts presented throughout the film. The portrayed contexts of the film have to do with relationships and conflicts between races‚ social classes and power struggle within a community and the border between Mexico and Texas. These contexts place significance
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