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This paper briefly looks at the demographics of the Hispanic population of the United States, before focusing on the Southern states and Alabama, in particular. The paper discusses the migration from Latin American countries, demographic facts, and the distribution of labor in the Hispanic workforce, especially in the agricultural and poultry fields. The paper then discusses the health situation of Alabama's Hispanics, touching on the effect of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the effect of poverty, environmental hazards, and urban crowding on the overall health of the population. The paper examines how community-based projects and social-service providers attempt to solve health and other issues within this community.

From the Paper
The Hispanic community is very much susceptible to communicable diseases. As much as 55 per cent of the active cases of TB reported in the US were among the Hispanics/ Latinos or African Americans. The urban poverty, overcrowded living conditions, HIV infections and poor compliance with TB chemotherapy had probably led to this disproportionately high incidence of the disease. (Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) Again, the incidence of rubella in the United States has been drastically reduced due to the very successful rubella vaccination programme and there were only 176 cases in 2000. But still, the disease seems to be affecting a very high number of Hispanic adults according to the surveillance data and has increased from19 per cent in 1991 to 78 percent in 2000."

Tags:WHO, CDC, high-risk, PAHO

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This paper presents a case study on Alabama's use of incentives to attract the automobile industry to the state. It examines the financial incentives offered and Alabama's incentives to Mercedes Benz to locate a production facility in the state. The paper highlights the issue of opportunities versus costs.

From the Paper
"Colander has noted that when governments set economic policies they are generally faced with the necessity of making important and consequential trade-offs between competing values potential benefits and drawbacks and ..."

Tags:case study, auto industry

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This paper discusses the funding of schools for public education in the State of Alabama. It begins by discussing the problems plaguing the public schools in Alabama, including incompetent administrators, uninterested students, uninvolved parents and political agendas. It then goes on to enumerate the advantages of allocating more funding for education, both to the students directly and for the State as a whole.

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"Putting more funding into education also makes sense financially, because better education is linked to positive economic growth. When education works, the better educated person is able to get a higher paying job. Higher paying jobs lead to richer lifestyles, and the families that are had by people with higher education will spend more, putting more back into the economy. The children of well-educated people are more likely to also become well-educated, and likewise have higher incomes. "When the cycle works, families in the lower-class become lower-middle-class, then rise to the middle-middle-class, spending power expands and the economy grows." (Grimm) Without education, this cycle does not happen, and the benefits of economic growth for the individual and the society does not occur. The high rates of poverty throughout Alabama are often the cause of a lack of funding for the schools, however the poor economic state of Alabama is precisely why a larger investment must be made in education. Skeptics argue that education does not directly link to economic growth. "The fact that a good deal of education is needed in a society does not mean that yet more will be better (in growth terms) any more than the need for investment in a society means you can never over-invest." (Wolf)"

Tags:compensation, economic, facilities

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This paper discusses how many films are targeted at specific audiences because of the topic or plot and analyzes the films, "The Rundown" and "Sweet Home Alabama", for similarities and differences in gender roles, plot, and special effects. It attempts to show that, although both movies contain many attributes that can be enjoyed by both men and women, it is clear that "The Rundown" was aimed at male audiences, and "Sweet Home Alabama" aimed to satisfy a female crowd.

From the Paper
"The Rundown, starring The Rock, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken, and Rosario Dawson was made to attract male audiences. It is an action packed film with numerous fighting scenes, explosions, and tough talk. The Rock's character, Beck, is sort of a hitman that is paid big money to retrieve "debts" that are owed to his boss, and he uses force if necessary. However, at this point, Beck is not satisfied with his life and wants out of the business. His boss gives him one last job of traveling to the Amazon and bringing Travis (Beck's boss' son) back to Los Angles. Travis, played by Seann William Scott, is very reluctant to leave and gives Beck a lot of trouble and back talk. The whole story gets more complicated when we meet Hatcher (Christopher Walken) a detached American who has turned the jungle and its inhabitants into his own money-making gold-mining empire."

Tags:gender, beck, rock, jake, melanie

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This paper examines how the movie, "Sweet Home Alabama", showcases examples of many important theories of human communication. It looks at how the movie's plot itself allows for a great deal of miscommunication and misunderstanding ,and it is often these conflicts that allow us to view communication theories. It also discusses how many examples of theories of human communication come in scenes where there is little conflict, such as when the characters are going about their daily business, illustrating that communication occurs in a wide variety of instances. Overall, it shows how "Sweet Home Alabama" provides examples of communication theories as diverse as expectancy theory, constructivism, symbolic interactionism, and the coordinated management of meaning.

From the Paper
"Formal theories of communication can provide a great deal of help in understanding moments of miscommunication within the movie. For example, the theory of constructivism is helpful in understanding Melanie's perception of the world. At the core of constructivism is the idea that we construct our understanding of our world from reflecting on our own experiences. Certainly, Melanie's actions and beliefs show constructionism at work within Sweet Home Alabama. As Melanie reflects on her relationship with her ex-husband, she builds her own understanding of the world."

Tags:melanie, divorce, conflict

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This paper provides an overview of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe and, in particular, examines how it is currently changing to fit the new circumstances of the modern world as it struggles to maintain ties to traditional values and practices in the Big Thicket of East Texas, where the members of this cultural group have lived for a number of years.

Outline
History of the Group
Modern Americans, Not Noble Savages
A History of Misfortune

From the Paper
"The Alabama Indians, who came to Tyler County in 1805, were members of the Upper Creek Confederacy of Indians as well as members of the Muskogean Nation. The Coushattas arrived in East Texas at about the same time: They came to East Texas in the years directly after 1795. Both groups were given land to settle by order of the Texas Congress; however, this land (which was relatively good for raising stock and had regular access to water) was illegally claimed and homesteaded by white settlers, Sam Houston intervened to ask the government of Texas to purchase land for the Indians who had supported Houston and other Texans in the state's battles for independence."

Tags:indians, modern, world

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This ten-page undergraduate paper explains the facts and details associated with the Alabama State Constitution of 1901. The 1901 Constitution was more a code of laws than a framework for government, as the Legislature retained near complete control over local affairs, making necessary hundreds of amendments over the succeeding decades. 10 pgs. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

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A review of the book Negro Education in Alabama: A Study in Cotton and Steel by Horace Mann Bond. By understanding the cultural points that lay within the education of blacks in South, we can understand how this author approaches this system with clarity.

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This paper briefly discusses the turbulent history of this town which is the largest city in the western Black Belt. It explains that on face it looks like a tranquil little town but its history of racial tension and violence disputes these images. This history is discussed and the future plans for over-coming racial tensions are examined.

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"With a population of 21,000, Selma, Alabama, located 45 minutes west of Montgomery, definitely lives up to its name as the largest city in the western Black Belt. Its population is now mixed with a diverse type of people. Selma has made great strides in overcoming the tension between the races over the years. But Selma was not always a place of fairness among the races. Selma has a history of turmoil and importance in America's history."

Tags:racial, tension, negro

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This paper reports on the Scottsboro lynching of 1930. The case of the Scottsboro Boys was one that showed the tensions between Northerners and Southerners, blacks and whites, poor and wealthy, Communists and Capitalists. The author argues that in midst of these important issues that surrounded this case, many forget the nine young boys, the real victims of this tragedy, a battle of passions, prejudices and propaganda.

From the Paper
"Few cases stirred up as much controversy and high emotions among the American people in the 1930's as the one of the "Scottsboro Boys". The case of the nine black boys accused of raping two white women in Alabama produced many retrials, convictions and reversals that followed for two decades after the first trial. The proceedings of the case embodied many issues existing in the country during this period of the Great Depression. The struggle for justice of the innocent young men heightened the major tensions and illustrated the threat of a social, Communist revolution, unrest along race lines, and divisions and hostility between the North and South, the core themes of the decade."

Tags:scottsboro