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    3. Case: California Governor OKs Expansive New Equal Pay Protections Developed by Debra Rosenthal and Bruce Perlman, the four ethical dimensions of policy serve to outline the components of policies as well as how these components interact with one another. The first, domain, centers on the power of government in conjunction with its obligations to the citizens of its city, state, or country. Scope denotes what the extent of the government’s power should be and what should be subject to public regulation

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    Marina Klimova Professor Stacy English 111 1 October 2017 The Walt Disney Company vs. Studio Ghibli What does a whistling mouse and a catlike bunny creature have in common? They are both the logos of two leading animation companies: the Walt Disney Company and Studio Ghibli. While Disney and Studio Ghibli vary in their style, production, and overall themes, they both produce award winning and adventurous movies for Western and Non-Western audiences alike. In 1928, the whistling Mickey Mouse in the

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    I have been a fan of the Oakland Raiders since I was born. The city of Oakland has a rich history. It is the birthplace of the Black Panther Party and the home of many influential artists, such as Tupac, MC Hammer, and Too Short. The Raiders shouldn’t leave this city because of the culture that has spawned from here, a culture that the they are a part of. The Raiders staying in Oakland will be profitable to the ownership as well as beneficial to the team on the field and for fans. Staying in Oakland

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    In the late 1930’s, three young men, Frank Malina, Jack Parsons, and Ed Forman formed a group on the Caltech campus in Pasadena, California known by students as the Suicide Squad, for their crazy and often life-threatening engineering antics; but as tensions heated up in Europe, the men’s experiments began to seem less wild to the US government: in 1939, they were awarded $1,000 to conduct research into the development of a rocket plane for use in combat. With the money, the men hired two of their

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    The Funding and How It Would Be Used Measure J on the Sonoma County ballot would have funded Sonoma County parks in Unincorporated parts of Sonoma County. A successful vote for Measure J would have generated nearly $100 million over the next 10 years, providing funds to make significant improvements to the county’s parks in the unincorporated areas of Sonoma County. There are more than 50 parks, trails and beaches in our county and they are entirely under-funded. The last budget increase for our

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    California’s Gas Prices Overpriced California since the gold rush has been known as the “Golden State” where it’s flooded with multicultural richness from the beaches to the mountains. California today is the most densely populated state with 38.8 million residents and is still rising, however, not only is the population ever increasing so are gas prices. Allysia Finley an editorial writer from The Wall Street Journal states, “The national average is $2.76 a gallon, while the Golden State drivers

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    applications. During this quarter, LLU partnered with Molina Healthcare (Molina), a managed care company to provide enrollment services at their clinics throughout San Bernardino. LLU continues its regular outreach events at the Mexican Consulate, and the California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB) Reentry Initiative Orientation. LLU’s relationships with other organizations and participation in a variety of community events remain a vital part of San Bernardino’s outreach strategy and effort. Enrollment

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    In 2014, the Colorado state legislature passed House Bill 17-1002 - the Child Care Expenses Tax Credit. This bill was aimed at alleviating the exuberant costs of child care in the state by providing a small, flat-dollar tax credit to low-income, working families. Families must meet several qualifications to receive the credit in its current form: they must be making less than $60,000 per year, they must have at least one child receiving child care services from a licensed provider in the state of

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    War I. Importance of the setting: Salinas Valley is paralleled to the biblical Garden of Eden, which is necessary for . Plot: The story starts in the late nineteenth century with a description of Salinas Valley, California and an introduction to two families: the Hamiltons of California and the Trasks of Connecticut. We meet Cathy Ames, who manipulates her way out of her hometown, into a brothel, and ends up with brothers Adam and Charles Trask. Adam falls in love with her and they move to Salinas

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    Kieslowski’s masterpiece is a trilogy known as Three Colors, named after the stripes of the French flag. According to Kieslowski himself all of the films center on individuals who sense something that is not articulated in dialogue. This is telling of a director who is constantly trying to reconcile a new Pan-European identity in a world that had yet to develop a language to articulate it. The color Blue (1993) is about a woman who secretly writes the music that made her husband a famous composer

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