... side of Nevada, containing Reno and Carson City. The farmers living in this area are my people, the ones that I know that will vote for me and I will work for them. They are my strongest supporters. These hard working people in this district need someone to represent them on the same ... ones, so they would know the work I am getting done. When I am with them, my shyness goes away and I shine the lights these people reflects on me. There is a good population of Mormons in this area and I understand them because I am also a Mormon. Religious is very important for the people in my ... her...

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... want to change their lives around. Another great time on Urban Immersion was when we handed out socks to the homeless. The look on their faces was magical. It made me happy to see how joyful he or she could be although they had no job or place to stay. Talking to the homeless was even more fascinating. They would tell ... truly are. A huge issue in America is deep poverty. In fact it is an even bigger problem in Philadelphia. Philadelphia has the highest rate of deep poverty. The salary for a single person is 5,700. Philadelphia's deep-poverty rate is 12.9 percent, or around 200,000 peo...

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... where people in different parts of the world are in desperate need of water, we continue to waste water. If we as a society continue to consume water at the current rate, two-thirds of the world's population will face water shortages by 2025. The severity of this problem should be understood by our audiences and people around the world in order ... that is bound to happen if we as a society continue to consume water as we do today. Living in a third world county, Ethiopia for half of my life has taught me the importance of water. Over half of the populations in Ethiopia don't have acces...

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... what he can and get their right. My principle I cannot tolerate to donate money for what belongs to me what makes when my turn comes the officer find me every time excuses like "your file is incomplete" for me to delay and at the end asked me to come back the week after. After three weeks, I started to lose hope I am forced to do ... what others do but what makes me even crazier is that we are in a country during development even if there are not the basis for developing, the people do not want to develop by giving up those ... conductor could pay , the police man is not controlled. T...

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... believe I would have benefited greatly from that. I was fortunate enough that my friend's dad, Jon Coss took the time out of his day for me to interview him. Jon Coss incorporated his technology resources and his innovative mind to create Pondera, a fraud detection company that has been around since 2011. Mr ... firm was not only intriguing, but also inspiring. Listening to his path from a regular worker to a preeminent CEO was very neat. He informed me that starting a business can be extremely stressful and difficult at first which is evident by his first attempt at starting a business...

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... offered a pay raise. In turn the manager expected harder work and longer hours for more money, however instead the workers took more time off since they now had a fixed rate of money to make in less hours. These are just some of the many motivation theories. I think that I can relate to all of them in different ways. I would ... people and the different stages of life that they are in, like Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory. I feel that although I am sometimes motivated by the people around me in comparing myself to them, like the equity theory, I am also motivated in my own work, push...

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... . For example, look at this excerpt from an article on rt.com. "In 2011, 46.2 million people in the US were living in poverty and the nation's official poverty rate was 15 percent, up from 14.3 percent in 2009, according to the US Census Bureau. That figure appears to be the highest number seen in the 52 years for which ... to really have an effect. Some people can look at poor people and how they live and not think anything of it at all. But when somebody like me sees that, it hurts me deep down inside because I understand their struggle. My socialization process was way different than ...

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... we do not have the right to take animals from their homes and use them for research. The vast amount of pain enforced by scientists is outrageous and this leads me to think that animal testing as a whole is more cruelty than science. Pain takes over their bodies and they can do nothing about it. Firstly, they are kept in horrific ... or they continue until they die from injuries. They forget about them once they are useless and move on. How this is accepted by the majority of society is beyond me. This is cruelty in the extreme, isn't it? Animals used in testing are treated like objects...

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... treating people as objects to do so. As a human being and also the CEO of a major corporation that runs sweatshops, I feel there is a moral obligation to raise wages to livable rate. First, I often view myself as a utilitarian which implies that we have a moral obligation to "choose that act from among your options which is best from the twins points of ... wages is that it often leads to higher productivity and morale within the company. This would offset the loss in profits as well as any contempt people would feel towards me, as the CEO, for making such a decision. In regards to say ...

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... ;In 1972, there were 300,000 people in jails and prisons. Today, there are 2.3 million.", and explained statistics, like the one in the sentence "A kind of astonishing error rate -- one out of nine people innocent. I mean, it's fascinating. In aviation, we would never let people fly on airplanes if for every nine planes that took off one would crash ... sentences, the speaker conveys his message in a concise and clear tone. As is showed in the sentence "she got up and she came across the room and she took me by the hand and she said", a vivid image appears before the audience's eyes usin...

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... to achieve this economic success. Fewer and fewer Americans are benefiting from economic growth. The gap between the richest Americans and the poorest Americans is only increasing at a very fast rate. The idea of the American Dream is dying out faster than ever. While United States born citizens view the American dream as relating to wealth, financial stability, freedom, and family ... as I have to the next generations to come. Although I do not believe the American dream is still alive, as it was sold to us. I think it was the generations before me, but I think it has been taken over b...

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... old American economy that our parents and grandparents remember. That economy no longer exists and the new world is nowhere near as predictable. Sometimes it moves too quickly for some (me) to keep up. Workers have less job security, and Main street is no longer the center of America, but Walmart does it's best to help us keep up. Walmart gives ... our economy more efficient overall. According to the Los Angeles Times, "U.S. economists say its tightfistedness has not only boosted its own bottom line, but also helped hold down the inflation rate for the entire country. Consumers reap the...

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In his book, "The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me," Sherman Alexie explains how he taught himself to read by perusing through a Superman comic book at the age of 3. He looked at the illustrations and imagined what words would ... is exactly what is happening more and more. One example of a minority breaking a stereotype that surrounds their culture and is happening in the present time is the Hispanic college graduation rate. Hispanic college enrollment at four-year schools increased by 22 percent between 2009 and 2011. The point is everyday there is someone inspiring people to br...

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