Homeless Epidemic In America Being homeless is the biggest epidemic in modern day America next to health care. As the numbers climb the local and federal governments have no answers as to why. As 407‚966 people are homeless the local cities need a answer to this problem. With the homeless drug addicts roaming the streets and committing crimes. Also with them bringing down the looks of the local neighborhoods we need to build a bigger homeless shelter for this people to be able to go. That is
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history is accompanied by a long list of explorers who first discovered and who explored the massive continent. All of the explorers had an impact on the development of America. The Lewis and Clark expedition‚ also known as the Corps of Discovery‚ stands prominently at the top part of this list. The Lewis and Clark Expedition has had a significant political‚ social‚ and economic effect on America. They were the first to map out the west and set off westward expansion. Without the success of the expedition
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Reflection Paper: Week One 1/15/2011 I really enjoyed the video for this week “The Meth Epidemic”. I did not realize the amount of people that are affected by such a drug and how it started off in the state of Oregon. In the video‚ they mentioned that meth is the fastest growing drug abuse in the United States. This is such a scary thought because of how harmful this drug is to the human body. What I found the most disturbing was the companies that made the cold medicine used to “cook” meth
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Affluenza is an epidemic which effects millions of people in the United States. "Until this century [20th]‚ to consume was considered a bad thing" says Jeremy Rifkin an expert on affluenza ( Gross ). The victims of affluenza are consumers who work long hours at a job they hate so they can buy things which they don ’t need ( Fight Club ). Like AIDS‚ affluenza has spread quickly throughout the United States showing no prejudice of race‚ sex or color. However‚ unlike AIDS‚ affluenza
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of course‚ they got divorced. We lived together! How did this happen?” Cohabitation in the United States has increased by more than 1‚500 percent in the past half century. In 1960‚ about 450‚000 unmarried couples lived together. Now the number is more than 7.5 million. The majority of young adults in their 20s will live with a romantic partner at least once‚ and more than half of all marriages will be preceded by cohabitation. This shift has been attributed to the sexual revolution and the availability
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Mate Selection and Cohabitation The authors begin this chapter by defining mate selection as process by which unmarried couples get to choose who they will marry. They proceed to distinguishing mate selection in traditional cultures versus modern cultures. In traditional cultures‚ families have the power to select their children’s spouses. In this kind of selection‚ the spouse comes mostly from their extended families depending on who they see as the fittest partner for their child. On the other
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When the students of Lewis & Clark were commonly describing the student body as alternative‚ socially conscious‚ and creative‚ I knew I would fit in. I’m interested in attending Lewis & Clark College because the college and student body’s values of social responsibility are the same values that I hold throughout my daily life. Beyond the high quality and personable teaching I can receive in classes‚ the things I can learn from the students are invaluable. I would receive so much insight from the
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The Potato Epidemic One fine morning in the Kingdom of Sandwiches‚ SandwichKing and Sandwich‚ his pet‚ were going for a walk. Suddenly‚ green potatoes‚ “The SWAT‚” came out of nowhere and asked a million questions about mashed potatoes? Then suddenly‚ as fast as they had appeared‚ they disappeared. “Who was that?” asked SandwichKing‚ “And what do they want with mashed potatoes? Whatever.” Then SandwichKing and Sandwich continued on their walk. The next day‚ when SandwichKing looked out his window
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1) B. The portage around the Great Falls (June 4th – July 4th‚ 1805) 2) a. The people involved in this event: Person: Personality Traits: Lewis Bold‚ Curious‚ Historian Clark Optimistic‚ Grateful Charbonneau Timid‚ Intelligent‚ Helpful Sacagawea (including her baby) Courageous‚ Brave‚ Clever‚ Helpful Small Advance Party Unspecified Seaman (dog) Protective b. This event took place from June 4th‚ 1805 to July 4th‚ 1805. June 13th was the date in which Lewis and
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Clark that I’m taking Jerry with me‚ as she handed me the adoption papers‚ Jerry grinds at me. As we left hand-by-hand the car we noticed the beauty of the pink and purple sky. As we reached the car Pat licked Jerry’s face. On our way I thought to myself‚ I should be thanking Pat and Miss. Clark for getting Jerry and I together. As I turned to see Pat and Jerry‚ I see that they both we looking at
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