exists in the city of San Francisco. The name itself brings to mind its many sociocultural icons. The Golden Gate Bridge‚ cable cars‚ Fisherman’s Wharf‚ Chinatown‚ and Alcatraz Island are unique to San Francisco yet do not define the city. From a tiny missionary village to wild west frontier town to love-ins and gay pride to world-class city characterize San Francisco as a distinctive metropolis. Environmentally‚ San Francisco is far from ideal. At the tip of the peninsula on San Francisco Bay‚ surrounded
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Oxford County; Community Assessment Western Governors University HAT/Task1 Oxford County Community Assessment Oxford County is located along the western border of Maine with a total area of 2‚175.26 square miles. There is a total land area of 2‚078 square miles of land accompanied by 97.26 square miles of water. (Oxford County‚ Maine - Wikipedia; the free encyclopedia‚ 2012). The total population of Oxford County based upon the 2010 census is 57‚833. (State and County
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Crimes Counties A Group Project Part I - Submitted towards Completed Fulfillment of Coursework for MGMT 650 Mariana G. Cabrera Larry L. Councilman Michelle Lisa Early Samantha Headen | | | | University of Maryland University College MGMT 650 February 7‚ 2012 Description of the Metric Used The Texkansahomatucky crime data presented to us included the following basic information: county names‚ population‚ square mile area‚ and county codes
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Kate Havins P.d. 1 Wolthuis How irrigation impacted Yuma County You are probably wondering what and where Yuma County is? What does Yuma County revolve around? What do you see almost everyday while driving around Yuma? Yuma County is a small city located at the bottom southwest region of Arizona‚ close to the Mexico border. Yuma County revolves mostly around crops‚ dams‚ canals and many other agricultural related sources. All of those resources
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Will County was established in Illinois in 1836. From that year on‚ Will County has only grown in size and in numbers. Larger cities like Joliet‚ Lockport and Plainfield stand place in this County. There are also a number of other townships and villages that are spread out throughout the county. However‚ the area was not left untouched from the beginning of time until the year 1836. The Will County area was an established community of Potawatomi tribes and served as a trading route for the fur trade
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A jail is a place of confinement for anyone who commits a crime‚ and they can be held there for up to one year depending upon the nature of their crime. The Wabash and Miami County Jails both hold their inmates to keep them out of their communities. However‚ the Wabash County Jail and Miami County Jail have many differences that set them apart from each other‚ such as the building designs‚ the rights of visitation‚ and the differences in capacities between the two facilities. Starting off‚ one of
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Cough in Maricopa County The community I have chosen is Maricopa County located in southeast Arizona. According to the United Census Bureau (2011)‚ Maricopa County has an estimated population of 3‚880‚244. The county has a total area of 9‚224.27 square miles‚ of which 9‚203.14 square miles (or 99.77%) is land and 21.13 square miles (or 0.23%) is water (U.S. Census Bureau‚ 2011). Maricopa County is the fourth largest county in the United States. The population in Maricopa County equates to more than
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Janine Marie Riddick HIS 141 Mr. Van Gilder Project 1 02/15/14 Discovering Columbus County Columbus County has become my home for the past three years. During my exploration of Columbus County I chose to ask Michael Brown‚ Mark Howard‚ Christina Perdue; MD‚ Dr. Kevin Bratton; Ph.D.‚ and Addie Mae Haley. I thought it would be interesting to get the opinions of five people with different occupations‚ and experiences in life. Michael Brown is a Southeastern Community College student‚ his major
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Allysen S. Byers September 28‚ 2011 SOWK 604-Poor House Assignment Location- Mercer County‚ Pennsylvania The Mercer County Home and Hospital was opened to residents in January of 1853. As part of an initiative which began in 1830 by an act of the PA General Assembly and passed into legislation on March 22‚ 1850‚ the exploration of a site to build what would eventually be known to locals as the Mercer County Poor Farm began. By 1851‚ a site was purchased and then discarded due to poor location
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Area wise‚ Queens is the biggest County of New York City and second largest in population. On national level Queens is the fourth densely populated County of the US. According to 2014 Census estimate there are 2‚321‚580 people residing in the Borough. Queens County is the most expanded and second largest economy of the New York City. Immigration has had a strong impact over the Queens economy. Culturally this is the diverse populated borough of New York where around half of the population is consisting
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