United Railroads of San Francisco (URR)‚ although Cal Cable and the Geary Street Company remained independent. URR was pressing to convert many of its cable lines to overhead electric traction‚ but this was being resisted by opponents who objected to what they saw as ugly overhead lines on the major thoroughfares of the city center. Those objections disappeared
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There are many flaws within the United States prison system‚ as there are with everything. Not only are the prisons decrepit and deteriorating but there are far worse issues behind those barred gates. Overcrowding in detention centers and gang violence threaten to unhinge the fragile system and the threat is increasing with each passing day. However‚ not all of the problems are prisoner related as the issue of guard violence is being brought to light. Failure to address these problems could have
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The Articles of Confederation was the first American constitution completed by the Continental Congress in 1777. The Articles of Confederation created a “firm league of friendship” between all 13 states. Each state agreed to send delegates to the Confederation Congress where each state will cast one vote in Congress. Under the Articles Congress had no possession over trade or passing laws regarding taxes. However‚ Congress can declare war‚ appoint military officers‚ coin money‚ and foreign affairs
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Nuclear energy leads to an unsafe‚ unstable and unclean environment. The producing of nuclear energy can lead to both good and bad things‚ but two thing that come with producing nuclear energy are the high dangers and expenses. Many risks and high dangers of producing nuclear energy are any where from health issues to major meltdowns of nuclear plants. Expenses of nuclear energy plants are very expensive to build and to sustain them through the years. Renewable energy is a safer option for the environment
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essay you will be seeing the pros and cons to vaccines. There are many opinions about vaccines and there are many things that are said that are false accusations related to vaccines which lead to many misinformed and confused. I will be providing you with facts of both the pros and cons to help your understand the complicated topic of vaccines and to help your decide to be either pro or against vaccinations. First of all‚ I am going to be telling you about the pros of vaccines. If you do not get
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Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation Vol. 23‚ No. 3‚ pp. 280–288 Copyright c 2007 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins The Oral Care Imperative The Link Between Oral Hygiene and Aspiration Pneumonia Minn N. Yoon‚ BSc; Catriona M. Steele‚ PhD Oral health has increasingly become a priority issue for healthcare agencies in North America and worldwide. This review article attempts to (1) inform various healthcare providers of the risk factors that can arise from poor oral hygiene
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Pros and Cons of Drug Legalization Pros and Cons of Drug Legalization Jessica DeLong NAU Abstract Legalizing drugs has been debated for many years‚ especially legalizing marijuana which is considered a “soft” drug. There are positive and negative outcomes of legalizing the use of drugs. Over the next few pages I will discuss those outcomes. Pros and Cons of Drug Legalization Pros: By legalizing‚ the violent crime rates would drop significantly. With the drug cartels on the top of
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The abstract will give you the overview of euthanasia. What is euthanasia? The papers will explain the key words. The paper will go in full detail what is euthanasia. The ethical issue would be discussed in the paper. Euthanasia is a major issue when come down to is it right to help someone who is terminally ill and never will get better to assist them in suicide. Euthanasia have been in the court system because it deal with the person right. I feel not allowing euthanasia to terminal ill people
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With the world becoming more dependent on technology to drive our daily lives‚ the rate of accidents caused by distracted driving is increasing. According to an article in USA Today entitled "Yes‚ Cellphones can be Dangerous. No‚ a Nationwide Ban Won’t work‚" distracted drivers are twenty-three times more likely to crash than drivers who are focused. Although there are other reasons for the cause of this issue‚ the largest factor in distracted driving is cell phones. Despite recent efforts to minimize
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A welfare state is a social concept in which the government accepts accountability for the prosperity of natives by ensuring that individuals have access to basic resources such as housing‚ health care‚ education‚ and employment. Prompting the rule that administrative advantages are a benefit and not a privilege. Until the Great Depression state and local governments bore some obligation regarding welfare. For the most part‚ such help was negligible. In the best-case scenario‚ with church and volunteer
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