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    available to these prostitutes, this line of work may seem as their last resort for survival. Federally sex trafficking is illegal however prostitution is left for each state to decide. By law sex trafficking is defined as “recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision or obtaining a person for the purpose of commercial sex act”. In recent years trafficking has blossomed due to the internet. With the pervasiveness and obscurity of the internet which further

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    public sector employees of the state of California. These employees include those individuals, who are working directly for the state, in the state’s public educational institutions (schools and colleges), for the state’s local public agencies (each county, city and district), employees and interpreters of the state trial courts, those that fall under the “In-Home

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    Introduction The city of Compton, CA has long been associated with negativity. The 1980s and 1990s gave Compton its reputation as being a gang-infested, high-crime city, promulgated by film and music. While violent crime and property crime rates have plummeted in the past decade, the reputation stands. The 2000s and The Great Recession, brought about new problems to further tarnish Compton’s reputation. This paper will identify and detail three current fiscal issues that have prevented the emergence

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    The Uniform Crime Reporting System (UCR) is a voluntary city, university and college, county, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement program that provides a nationwide view of crime based on the submission of statistics by law enforcement agencies throughout the country (“UCR, 2013). The UCR crime statistics are used in many ways and serve many purposes. It provides resources for different audiences such as businesses, intelligence partners, law enforcement, communities, crime victims, parents

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    developing the province’s “Big Move” plan in hopes of connecting the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area transportation system. The province stopped funding the TTC’s operating funds in 1996 and since then, the City of Toronto has relied on a subsidy from the city and fares to balance this. Later in 2006, Metrolinx was created by the Province of Ontario as the first Regional Transportation Agency for the GTHA and in 2016, “Move the GTHA” reveals a $30 billion funding gap which begs the questions

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    Essay On Smartcard System

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    Assets A smartcard framework additionally has disservices as far as monetary and staff assets. The framework in all probability requires a critical capital responsibility and yearly working expenses may increment. Travel organizations not just battle with diverting capital from other essential ventures, but at the same time are tested by supporting complex backend frameworks with remarkably gifted data innovation work force and by giving the offices and extra work force for extending client benefits

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    economic landscape. In this new reality, the United States should think of infrastructure not in the general but in the specific, understanding the ways in which different infrastructure sectors—such as transportation, energy, and water—are governed, financed, and delivered. At the same time, metropolitan areas need to outline their priorities given their distinct economies, competitive advantages, and infrastructure needs. As public

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    About Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. The city is also called the Nashville-Davidson city and is known as one of the 15 best cities in the United States for work and family. The area combines southern America charm with a contemporary urban metropolis. It is the centre of an urbanized area that also embraces parts of seven surrounding counties. The city of Nashville features the topography of rolling hills and lush vegetation, while the

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    INTRODUCTION Headquartered in Houston, Occidental Petroleum Corporation is the fourth largest U.S. oil and gas exploration and production company based on equity market capitalization with operations in Middle East, North America, North Africa and United States. Occidental Petroleum or “Oxy” mainly operates through three of its subsidiaries, Occidental Oil and Gas, OxyChem and Midstream and Marketing. Oil and Gas Oxy’s oil and gas exploration and production operations are focused on mainly three

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    How Al Capone's Empire Grew

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    Al Capone's Whiskey Importation Turns Into Cocaine Hydrochloride Al Capone had been a juvenile delinquent and gained his "scarface" nickname after he was slashed across the cheek while working as a night club bouncer. The once small-time thug moved up and up to become the head of a huge villainous organization, believed to be responsible for at least 300 murders. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre in which seven members of a rival gang were lined up against a garage wall and gunned down, is probably

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