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This paper describes some key geographic elements of the city of Santa Ana.

Tags:GEOGRAPHY / URBAN STUDIES, city santa ana

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This paper examines Santa Ana's effectiveness in reducing the crime rate of parolees that have been released. The paper first describes the guidelines established that regulated the number and location of new liquor licenses issued after a study was released that indicated that crime rates were linked to establishments selling alcohol. The paper then relates that the Santa Ana department has also sought to work more closely with other governmental agencies outside the city and has enacted programs and used resources to treat 'at-risk' youth and rising vehicle theft. The paper shows how the parole system's interconnection with the community offers security to the parolee and provides more resources to help them stay away from crime and become a part of the community.

From the Paper
"There are many factors that go into being a good parole officer. Not the least of which is patience. Officers must be highly educated, well connected to links in the community, very well organized, compassionate and yet authoritarian (1). The job we as a society has asked of the men and women of the Santa Ana Parole Office is nothing short of a miracle. Most of the time parole officers are over worked and under funded and yet we as a society demand that they watch over thousands of parolees to insure our safety. Japan takes a very different societal view of this process than we do. They have a huge volunteer force that helps those released from prison stay connected with their community.(3) They have a ratio of almost 2:1 parolee to officer but their officers are normal members of the community that volunteer their time to help."

Tags:crime, alcohol, licenses, programs, community

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This is on the topic of the heart of the city of Santa Monica. The paper presents Santa Monica as a city with almost anything a person would desire in a location, whether for tourists or for residents.

Tags:santa, monica

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Daphne Marlatt's novel, "Ana Historic", is unique in that it refuses to follow the typical novel form, a structured style of writing familiar to us all; it is after all the style we have learnt as children. However our inherited writing structure has been decided by our forefathers, men who established the English language and its writing style and in this way shaped how our thoughts and ideas must be arranged. This paper looks at how Marlatt rejects this idea of the conventional, masculine English language and along with it the boundaries that arrange and reign in our thoughts.

Tags:ana, historic, review

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The paper describes several aspects of the American Association of Nurses (ANA) Code of Ethics including its content, its principles and degree of clarity, its usefulness and its strengths and weaknesses. The development of the Code of Ethics over the decades is also discussed.

From the Paper
"Butts and Rich point out that effective nursing requires both broad knowledge and a set of well developed abilities and skills. The required tasks are many and varied and in order to do them properly care must be taken to.."

Tags:ANA, Code, of, Ethics

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The writer relates that in hindsight, he thinks Santa Claus represents a lot of things in our society: as a symbol of our religious traditions (chiefly as a beneficent father-figure who gives to the deserving), as a "stand-in" symbol for authority, and as the last fairy-tale most of us will believe in before we start the walk towards adulthood. The writer posits that although Santa Claus is not as relevant to him now during Christmas time as he once was, he still means a great deal because he symbolizes many important things about our culture.

From the Paper
"In hindsight, I think Santa Claus represents a lot of things in our society: as a symbol of our religious traditions (chiefly as a beneficent father-figure who gives to the deserving), as a "stand-in" symbol for authority, and as the last fairy-tale most of us will believe in before we start the walk towards adulthood. Although Santa Claus is not as relevant to me now during Christmas time as he once was, he still means a great deal to me because he symbolizes many important things about our culture. For one thing, I have come to realize that Santa Claus is really a marker for religious rites that have deep meaning in our society - something that..."

Tags:santa, claus, symbol

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This paper examines the project management techniques and/or principles that have allowed Santa's business to turn the corner and become more productive after some recent struggles. The paper reviews Rebecca Moore's step-by-step approach to project planning and comments upon how a lack of proper project management in the past cost Santa's Workshop financially and legally.

From the Paper
"There can be little doubt that project management principles and/or techniques have greatly impacted Santa's operations. This paper will examine the aforementioned principles/techniques of project management as they relate to the improvement of Santa's annual holiday operations. Among the areas of exploration will be project planning, budget development, staff and resource management, production and quality control. As will soon become apparent, the implementation of sound business practice is rarely easy - but almost always beneficial. With that in mind, it is to a discussion of Santa's operations that this paper now turns."

Tags:business, santa, techniques

Abstract
This paper examines the Ron Santa Teresa case and presents a response that Vollmer would make to the board to encourage them to continue allowing the company to invest in the community's youth through the Alcatraz projects.

From the Paper
"If I were Alberto Vollmer I would start by addressing the issues voiced by the board. The first issue is the chance that the Alcatraz youths will return to crime if they do not find jobs this would mean the failure of the Alcatraz project. To address this I would suggest that the company hire as many of the youths as possible but also start a coalition among the local employers to hire the youth. By preparing the youth as he has Alberto ..."

Tags:Ron Santa Teresa, case analysis, Vollmer

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This paper discusses the history and development of Santa Cruz, California from 1769 to 1960. The paper identifies key historical events and looks at how the demographics of the region changed during that time period.

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This paper discusses Phenix City in Russell County, Alabama, otherwise known as "Sin City, USA." The paper discusses the history of illegal activity in Phenix City and how the city became a haven for criminals. The paper then goes on to describe the efforts to clean up Phenix City and how its image has begun to evolve over time. The paper concludes by discussing the name of the city, "Phenix."

Table of Contents:
I. A.K.A.
"Once Known as "Sin City"
II. Commonplace Sins
A Haven for Hellish Activities?
Cleaning Up Phenix City
III. The name, "Phenix"
Excuses and Reasons

From the Paper
"Hugh Bentley, a layman, decided to try to fire the churches into action against the sin and criminal activity in 1946. Bentley stressed that Phenix City's problem was a moral one and that until the moral breakdown was changed, things would not improve. January 9, 1951, Bentley's house was blown up with thirty-six sticks of dynamite, however, neither he nor any of his family was seriously injured."
"In 1954, Albert Patterson, a sixty-year-old Phenix City lawyer, adopted his campaign crusade to be cleaning Phenix City's gambling machine. At this time, Phenix City was described by Life Magazine as the "wickedest city in the United States, . . . everything from gambling to murder to arson to fraud." (Ibid.) June 1, 1954, Patterson won the Democratic primary."

Tags:Sin, City, fugitive, gambling