... because this is the department that I would like to work for one day. The hiring for the Bakersfield Fire Department is a little harder than a lot of others in the state of California. Before you can even apply you must go through what we call a firefighter 1 academy. This academy is held at the Olive Drive training facility. In order to ... for six months. After you finish the academy you have the choice to become a reserve firefighter. The requirements are listed below. The Bakersfield Fire Department's Reserve Program consists of a minimum or 30 Reserve Firefighters. To become a Bak...

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... patrolled the streets to watch for fires. Regulations for checking and preventing fires were developed. In the pre-industrial era most cities had watchmen who sounded an alarm at signs of fire. The principal piece of fire-fighting equipment in ancient Rome and into early modern times was the bucket, passed from hand to hand to deliver water to the ... fire. Another important fire fighting tool was the ax, used to remove the fuel and prevent the spread of fire as well as to make openings that would allow heat and smoke to escape a burning building. In major conflagrations long hooks ......

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... is definitely the changes that were made to buildings after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. This fire took place around the spring of 1911 in a clothing factory building in New York City. There were about 200 women that were in the building when a fire started. Many of them couldn't survive because of many defects in the building. One example is how the doorway was too small ... for people to get out, and the fire escape couldn't hold the weight of people. After this fire many laws and changes were made to public buildings, such as sprinkler systems ... , fire alarms, and multiple...

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... people [ ] have to accept and love themselves [ ] which will not be tomorrow and may very well be never." James Baldwin, author of The Fire Next Time, said this in reference to his thoughts on whites and blacks seeing each other as equals (12). He states that when whites ... and respect themselves. He says this, because in his opinion, whites cannot love and respect themselves, since they do not know who they are. On page six of The Fire Next Time, Baldwin states, "They (whites) are, in effect, still trapped in a history which they do not understand; and until they understand it, they ....

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... to award Purple Hearts to men killed or wounded by enemy fire and not those killed or wounded by friendly fire. Stepping on a mine or falling over a trip wire of a booby trap is an accident, like walking out in front of a car. A scoreboard was kept on the enemy kill ratio and the number of Americans killed as Caputo expresses "I was death's bookkeeper" (168-169). "Contact ... (192). Soldiers were ordered to abandon a base to fight or patrol some place else and then go through another fire fight to recapture the first base, as some bases were retaken numerous times. There was no achievem...

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... you couldn't see a foot outside the bird, but the pilots were still navigating and put us right in the middle of the block."(PBS) As the soldiers landed, they immediately began taking fire. They were being shot at from all possible directions while quickly moving into their respected positions. The Rangers then took up ... shot down. The soldiers immediately moved to secure that site, as more and more men were wounded or killed. "The volume of fire was just so intense that I don't know how any of us made it out alive. You just heard people saying "I"m hit, I"m hit!" and it just kept go...

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... the air and bayoneted on the way down. Some people were buried waist deep and torn apart by German shepherds. People were killed by fire, freezing, mutilation, and explosion. Prisoners were used for bayonet practice. Women's breasts were cut off; and men were castrated. When tanks ... and even inexpensive items such as cigarettes, eggs, fountain pens, and buttons. VIII BURNING AND VANDALISM The Japanese organized burning of buildings in the city. After they had set fire to buildings using either gasoline or some other inflammable chemicals, they hid, waited for and killed people who cam...

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... across the skies and ignite our senses. These massive bursts of colorful fire are one of our most enduring customs and time honored traditions that have stimulated us for centuries and should be kept alive. Not only do fireworks touch a person's heart with happiness and wonderment but they also symbolically evoke feelings of freedom and unity in a beautiful art form in the sky ... excitement in the crowd as the people "ooh" and "ahh" at each orchestrated array of fire. It is also fun to enjoy the music, food, and entertainment. Fireworks are brilliant bursts of painted lightning and spe...

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... Cuban garrison, at Santiago. The Spanish resistance was fierce along the way, and a number of Rough Riders were killed and wounded. Roosevelt himself came under fire a number of times, and earned the nickname "Old Icebox" for his calm courage. The morning of July 1, 1898, found the Rough Riders within sight of the hills that defended Santiago. This would later be known as the famous battle ... shells and were forced to abandon their run to the open sea and instead turn toward the safety of the Cuban coast. The Spanish ships returned fired, but the volume of fire could not match the fire...

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... profit from the city's government. When his father was killed, not only was the Dead Rabbits gang destroyed, no one was even allowed to speak of it. As profit was very important, people often made a living by stealing. For example, in the movie when a house was burning down people ... would think nowadays the first priority, when a house was burning down, would be to put the fire out. However when "gangs" of firefighters showed up to put out the fire, their first priority was to fight for power of the street. Jenny in the movie, who falls in love with Amsterdam, also steals for profit ....

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... adapt their economics to their societies. Their religious beliefs kept them in balance and in harmony with the environment. The Indians had a daily exercise of obtaining of food, which was year-round. Their survival depended on the sun and the rain; without the sun, the crops would not grow to a ... "To remove the undergrowth, the natives first hacked out a broad strip across the outer edge of the land intended to cultivate and then fired the brush and underwood, using the cleared path as a fire break "in order to prevent the whole forest from burning."" Silver also noted that by remov...

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... is found in the quote "My father came for religion, but I came for fish." Puritans originally came to the New World to escape from the English church establishing the idea of a "City on a Hill." This idea slowly changed over time with each cohort. Puritan colonists became more and more drawn to farming, trade and economic issues, and began to stray from ... Native Americans. He was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and later was granted a charter and formed Rhode Island. Both Hutchinson and Williams paved the way for other individualistic thinkers of the era. By disputing the o...

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... have the same long range missile capabilities. There was also the Helsinki "Final Act" of 1974 that recognized all borders for European countries and resolved any disputes. But all of this came to an end because of the Soviet Union. Their desire to increase their fire power and replace missiles with stronger missiles breached the détente. Their move to replace intermediate ... -missiles with better missiles triggered concerns for surrounding countries. Russia's economy was already sluggish so by increasing fire power all they were doing was getting ... into bigger debt. This was one of ...

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... his background and personal connection to the apartment tenants it was hard to keep that objectivity throughout his book. The references he uses to describe some of the immigrant live-ins were negative and very much stereotypical. For example he refers to the Italians ability to speak, English - "Unlike the German, ... the Italians or that they have personally offended him by not knowing the English language. I believe he feels that if they (the Italians or any of the minority groups) come to the United States they should know enough English to communicate or do not come at all. Riis re...

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... among the Vietnamese-Cambodian border. 23. The inherent contradiction that existed for the French while in Indochina was due to the extension of political rights, and the exploitation of a nation of people. Due to the extension of certain political rights, the people of Indochina wanted to separate from the French. 24. When Vietnamese openly opposed French rule, or advocated independence from France, which was ... pressure on the government in Paris to seek a negotiated settlement. In October, for the first time, Premier Joseph Laniel mentioned the possibility of peace talks. A month l...

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... 1976, he was saved from the fire by Victors father Arnold Joseph (Gary Farmer). On the other hand Victor is a tough kid that never got over the fact that his father left his family when he was young. After ten years of suppressed anger, Victor gets news that his father has died ... hear the water rushing in the background with the narrative still ongoing. The camera movement speeds up as if it were synchronized with the speed of the water rushing down the mountain. The lighting is still centered on sunlight, the sunlight reflects on spraying water forming a brief rainbow image as ... ca...

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... ideal for eliminating lengthy response times. The second best solution came with the invention of the SLBM, or submarine launched ballistic missile. This weapon was able to fire a nuclear missile from an undetected location immediately offshore of the enemy's coastline. This missile would arrive at its target in a matter of minutes, possibly eliminating enemy response. SLBMs were a very dangerous weapon because they created the ... hear the little satellite emit a constant beeping sound. Little did the listener know that Sputnik was also the first spy satellite. Satellites were the best...

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... history...we won". Perhaps the decision to drop Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima, after destroying all but a few cities with fire bombing raids, was more about the dollar value. After all the United States had paid a great price for this powerful weapon. The only way to let the rest of the world understand its power was to use it. Many say the bombings ... to end the war. Reflections From the Author I personally feel that the use of atomic weapons on Japan by the United States in 1945 was an excessive show of force. Naval block-aides restricting outside resources had already created a strangle...

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... , Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States supported South Korea. Without the help of other countries, North Korea would have easily taken over South Korea.   Another positive effect of sending troops to fight in the Korean War is that the United States helped negotiate a cease-fire. The Soviets agreed to this negotiation. This agreement took two years to complete. The United ... resulting in psychological trauma. Treatments for PTSD usually include psychological and medical treatments. The medications used to cure PTSD include antidepressants like Prozac and Zoloft. Symp...

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... values. The Hutus" and the Tutsis" were pastoralists and they developed a single and highly sophisticated language, Kinya-rwanda, crafted from a common set of religious beliefs and culture. During the colonization period, Rwanda was colonized by the Germans, and then the Belgians took over. After the Belgians took over ... from man Francois Mitterrand, who supplied arms and equipment . The war went on for two years until a cease fire agreement was signed and the RPF backed out. The cease fire accord took was signed in July 1992, and a political talks began on August 10, 1992 in Arusha. M...

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... Act which band English goods from American markets. This law was not really put into place until 1807, after the "Chesapeake" incident. In June of 1807, the English warship "Leopard" stopped a smaller American warship the "Chesapeake" and claimed the American ship how four English deserters. The English captain ... the American ship and search for them. When the American captain refused , the English ship opened fire killing three and wounding eighteen others. The American ship had rushed out of port and had not properly stowed the gunpowder and rope matches(fuses) and could not return .....

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... beginning, the progressive movement was focused on the white middle class people, but after Republican Hiram Johnson was elected as the governor of California, the lower class working people of America were included in the plans of progressivism. This phase of the progressive reform is known as the urban liberalism. The progressive movement brought many changes to the overall safety and working conditions in ... insurance laws into effect to cover any and all on-the-job injuries. Several laws were put into effect dealing with fire hazards in the work environment and the use of unsafe ma...

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... why they come to America, and it is called the American Dream. In the past and present, immigrants traveled to the United States of America in search of opportunities, a better and richer life, and prosperity. Every country has its own problems and situations to drive their citizens away and for ... America. She can never have the prosperity she wants or have a better life when she's struggling to be accepted for her gender and treated differently because of it. Through a journey, an adventure, and a new experience, everyone encounters a time where they endure suffering, making everythin...

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... in altitude. All human activities take place in the troposphere. The next layer, the stratosphere, continues from 10 to 50 kilometers. Most commercial airline traffic occurs in the power part of the stratosphere. Most atmospheric ozone is concentrated in a layer in the stratosphere, about 15 to 30 kilometers above the Earth's surface. Ozone is a molecule containing three oxygen atoms. It ... location to location. In some regions the layer disappears for weeks and then returns. This depletion of the ozone layer occurs because of the harsh reaction of CFCs on the atmosphere. CFCs were once...

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... with very few limitations. The Bill of Rights does give the people an enormous amount of freedom, but there are stipulations. An example of this would be violating your first amendment right by causing clear and present danger by yelling "Fire" in a crowded theater even though there is no fire. Even though there are limitations to the Bill of Rights they are necessary to maintain order ... . Many people everyday are crossing borders and sailing across oceans, risking their lives for hopes of a better life here in America because of the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights protects and some...

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