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    Can the Human Methods of Slaughter Act and the Prop 2 Standards for Confining Farm Animals Protect Farm Animals from Inhumane Treatment? According to the anthropologist Professor Henry Bunn of Wisconsin University the use of animals for food dates back to two million years ago, when, “our human ancestors were small brained ape-men” (McKie, 2012). The use of animals for a source of food, clothing, and even entertainment is not something new to us. But what is fairly new are the animal rights movement

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    to promote fiscal sustainability. According to The California Poverty Measure (CPM), a joint research effort by PPIC and the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality 24.3 percent of the children of the state of California remain in poverty. Santa Cruz County (29.8 percent),

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    As the drought bakes its way toward a fourth year, the state has a string of secret weapons in the works that could supply millions of gallons of new drinking water and help stave off disaster: desalination plants. Seventeen plants are in planning stages along the coast to convert salt water from the ocean or bays, including one near Concord that would serve every major water agency in the Bay Area. That plant is tentatively targeted to open in 2020, but could be kick-started earlier in an emergency

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    has had a number of failures and has, yet to develop a high-quality state HIE. One of the first failures was the Santa Barbara County Data Exchange (SBCDE). What caused the failure was a lack of value for participants in the program. The SBCDE began as non-profit organization in 1998. The goal of the organization was to create a single access site for all providers Santa Barbara county. The program was initially funded using grant money. The SBCDE received a $10 million, three-year grant (Wagner,

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    American history and provides incidents where guns have led to extreme violence. For example, last year a student killed six and injured thirteen near the University of California in Santa Barbara. Another incident was in 2013 when a twenty-three year old shot his father and brother before killing three others at Santa Monica College, and that is just to name a few. Mr. Fry said, “Only in America do we respond to shootings with the need for more guns. Arming college campuses will do little to reduce

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    or landscaping. These greywater systems have been improved throughout the years from when the systems were first legalized in 1989 to the advanced systems available today. The use of greywater systems was not legalized until August of 1989 in Santa Barbara, California. By May of 1991, five

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    The current regulations on offshore oil drilling are too restrictive and do not effectively allow the use of our free market. For the free market to work as intended, it must be unregulated. Adam smith, who is widely considered the father of capitalism once stated “He, generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interests, nor knows how much he is promoting it. By directing that industry in such a manner as its produce maybe of greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and

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    Sea Otter Speech

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    A sea otter is the smallest marine mammal in North America, and is a part of the weasel family. They range along the coast from San Mateo County, and South ward through Monterey County, down through Santa Barbara county. Most animals don’t have fat on them, unlike a sea otter which has blubber to keep them warm, which is very thick. It keeps the otters warm in negative degree waters. Their fur is made up of million hairs per square inch. Only way they keep their coats waterproof, which they

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    Debate Pedophiles molest young children, some of them either kill children after abuse or cripple them psychologically. Hence this house will execute Adult Pedophiles. However, when Pedophiles are non adults, below 17 years of age, how should they be penalized? They should not be given a free hand to destroy the core values of a society. No matter what age group they belong to the sex offenders should be executed with some serious penalties. The age barrier on most occasions comes in the way of

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    authors wrote, “Montecito was placed under a new evacuation order at 6 p.m. local time Thursday. Almost the entire community -- about 10,000 people -- is now under mandatory evacuation orders, which could last "one to two weeks," according to the Santa Barbara County fire chief.” (Matt Gutman & Bill Hutchinson) In that quote they give valuable information that gives people a better idea of what to expect in the coming weeks as well as how big the problem truly is without straight up saying that it is a

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