Essay on Rio Grande

Obama’s second term was ending and there was a new president was chosen on January 20,2017 and this was one of the worst days for the Latinos in RGV aka Rio Grande Valley. This day was when President Donald J. Trump got in office at the white house every Mexican in the Valley was so worried about this day because while he was doing his run for president, he said things that offended a lot of Mexicans and those things he said was “Mexicans are Rapists, Criminals and Killers” also Trump said: “All Mexicans that are immigrants will go back to Mexico” and “I will build a wall so immigrants will not cross over”. While the things he said in the speeches during his run for presidency caused a major outbreak on all Mexicans wanting him not to be

On the southernmost tip of Texas and adjacent to Mexico, lies the Rio Grande Valley, an area rich in Hispanic culture. Even though it is a tourist attraction for its wildlife refuge and wide sandy beaches, the Rio Grande Valley is considered to be one of the poorest regions in the United States. Different factors contribute to the high levels of poverty. These factors include the great influx of Mexican immigrants who have very high poverty rates, the availability of mostly minimum wage paying jobs which contributes to a majority of the children being raised in households that are below the poverty level, and the low levels of post-secondary education acquired by these children who were raised in poverty. Due to the high levels of poverty,

One of the largest geographic physical structures in the United States is the Colorado River. Human activity and its interaction with this great river have an interesting history. The resources provided by the river have been used by humans, and caused conflict for human populations as well. One of these conflicts is water distribution, and the effects drought conditions have played in this distribution throughout the southwestern region. Major cities such as Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, and other communities in the southwest depend on the river. It provides water for over 20 million people, irrigation for 2 million acres of land, four thousand megawatts of hydroelectric energy, and over twenty million annual visitors for

Some of those values are obeying the law, taking care of their members, employees, and their vendors. At Costco two important priority is to take care their employees and to provide training and development. Costco does a great job of taking care of their employees by providing training and development and excellent benefit which include health, vision, dental, 401k, and pay etc. One important aspect of the Human Resources is the training portion of the organization. Many employees that get hire to the new position and although they might have had previous work experience but they lack in the way Costco does their merchandising. Costco used to do a great job in training the new employees. Although, for many years now they have stop training because of the time, money, and personnel it take to train the new employees. Now managers and employees can see the negative effect it has in the organization. This is also true in the performance appraisal. Few years ago Costco, used to do performance appraisal to create a career planning for their employees and now they don’t because of the lack of training. The performance appraisal included short term goal and long terms goal but because the lack of training they have eliminated the part of the

Very little clothing is required. There is very little pressure, very little rush, and very little reminiscent of the world. The Cancun area is undeniably a fabulous place to take a vacation. It has luxurious hotels, exciting activities, and mysterious sightseeing tours.

The company has mission, vision as well as core values. Its mission focuses on creating a conducive environment where guest satisfaction is its highest priority. Its vision focuses striving hard in order to surpass its own accomplishment for the purpose of recognition in the industry as the leader. Lastly, its values are passion of excellence, integrity, respect and responsibility, people, service-Mindedness, Dynamic leadership and high performance (Kliman, 2006). The company's mission, vision and core values help in bringing together all the employees towards achieving a common goal. In addition, they help them to remain focus to certain objective (Gabriel, 2008). This has

The Colorado River Basin starts in the Rocky Mountains and cuts through 1500 miles of canyon lands and deserts of seven US states and two Mexican states to supply a collection of dams and reservoirs with water to help irrigate cropland, support 40 million people, and provide hydroelectric power for the inland western United States [1,2]. From early settlement, rights over the river have been debated and reassigned to different states in the upper and lower basin; however, all the distribution patterns lead to excessive consumption of the resource. In 1922, the seven US states signed into the Colorado River Compact, which outlined the policy for the distribution rights to the water [3], however, this compact was written during an exceptionally

Don’t Eat the Bear: A Spanish adventurer named Gaspar De Portola in 1769 passed through a region what is now Santa Barbara. In the near by sand dunes he found a lake where he crossed passed with an “oso flaco”, a skinny bear. They were dying of hunger and ate the skinny bear not knowing it was poisoned.

At Company X, it is our upmost desire to comply with rules and laws pertaining to our business, and to hold our values at a spectacular level. Our company values include responsibility, equality, honesty, confidentiality, respect, and integrity. These values are the building block of our company, and should be followed by all employees, management, and any persons associated with our business. By adhering to the code of conduct, our work environment will be comfortable and reliable, and will help avoid unethical behavior.

“In the entire flooded region, 50 percent of all animals--half of all the mules, horses, cattle, hogs and chickens--had drowned. Thousands of tenant farmer shacks had simply disappeared.” Said exactly from John Barry, the writer of the book “Rising Tides,” or the book all about the Mississippi River Flood of 1927. This quote explains the whole concept of this flood. Everybody near the Mississippi River were affected, and became devastated in some way. That could be by losing a loved one, or by losing a home. This flood was the worst one in U.S. history. Death, destruction, and depression were served to everybody.

On Sundays after Mass- every single Sunday, Latinos gathered on parks to play soccer and have carne asada something that is very traditional in Mexican families my family could be an example of that. These parks were built with the money taken from the Japanese which speaking of now a day’s use these complexes too and this is where the two cultures met.

A code of conduct and a statement of formal statements describe and explain what an organization expects from its employees and a code of ethics generally consists of statements that serve as principles and basis for rules of conduct. Leaders and managers must be role models for organizational success. If employees see leaders and management demonstrating the organizational values then it adds to the commitment and credibility of leadership and reinforces the importance of the organization’s values which leads to employees who are more engaged and committed to the organization. Also turnover among employees tends to be lower and productivity tends to be high. On the other hand, if leadership demonstrates behavior that is inconsistent with the code of conduct then a negative message is sent to the employees. Therefore, employees may disengage and compromise company standards as seen in the

* act in line with its values of professionalism, innovation, pragmatism, team spirit and integrity.

Prior to settlement of the western United States, the Colorado River roamed free. Starting from cool mountain streams, the river eventually became a thunderous, silty force of nature as it entered the canyons along its path. The river nourished wetlands and other riparian habitats from the headwaters in the Rocky Mountains to the delta at the Sea of Cortez in Northwest Mexico. Settlers along the river harnessed these waters mainly for agriculture via irrigation canals, but flooding from spring runoff wreaked havoc on agricultural land, prevented development in the floodplain and full utilization of the water, a waste in the eyes of western farmers. In order to meet current and future water demands in the west, the Federal Government

She beliefs in the core values of Xerox, and supports the practice and enforcement of these values. When asked what happens to employees that violate the company’s values, Ursula quickly and frankly says these employees are fired even if they are high performing associates. There is little difference between the person Ursula Burns is and how she runs Xerox. The Core Values of Xerox are stated as: Succeed through satisfied customers; Aspire to deliver quality and excellence in everything they do; Require a premium on assets; Use technology to develop market leadership; Value the employees; and behave responsibly as a corporate citizen. These values are said to be the moral compass by which the company does business with honesty and integrity. Ursula is direct and outspoken in her expectations of the employees of Xerox, her values and ethical beliefs surely resonate with company. Ms. Burns’ beliefs there are certain standards that have to be met to ensure high performance and integrity. Clearly communicating the possibilities, setting the agenda and the tone of organization all contribute to the employees holding the values of the company close to heart, and remembering to be ethical in all their behaviors.