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FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING
Female Genital Cutting
Female Genital Cutting
Female genital cutting (FGC; also known as “female circumcision” or “female genital mutilation”) has sparked enormous debate because the issue lies at the crux of many other critical issues: globalization, sovereignty, women's and children's rights, democracy, and modernity (Boyle, 2005). The precise origins of ...
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TELEPHONE
The Telephone's Development
The Telephone's Development
Introduction
Telephone comes from the Greek word tele, meaning from afar, and phone, meaning voice or voiced sound. Generally, a telephone is any device which conveys sound over a distance. A string telephone, a megaphone, or a speaking tube might be considered telephonic instruments but for ...
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Three Cups of Tea by Mortenson and Relin: A Reading Response
Introduction
Greg Mortenson grew up in Tanganyika, now Tanzania, the son of Lutheran missionaries. He says his parents wore their faith lightly, but from them he learned to appreciate people different from himself, to live simply and to care deeply about ...
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LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
Long and Short Term Effects of Low Birth Weight
Long and Short Term Effects of Low Birth Weight
Introduction
Birth weight is the actual weight of the baby determined immediately after delivery. The average birth weight in the United States varies between 3,000 and 3,600 g, depending on factors such as ...
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MARIJUANA STRATEGIC PLAN
Marijuana Strategic Plan
Executive Summary
Proposition 215, an initiative authorizing the limited possession, cultivation, and use of marijuana by patients and their care providers for certain medicinal purposes recommended by a physician without subjecting such persons to criminal punishment, was passed by California voters in 1996. This was ...
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Alcohol and how it affects Society
Introduction
Alcohol is a part of nearly every human society, finding its place in religious ceremonies and celebrations, and on the dinner table. From the viewpoint of those not working in health professions, alcohol is a social entity, a core element distinguishing one's culture. However, for ...
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ARTICLE ANALYSIS
Article Analysis
Article Analysis
Citation / Source
Sanson, Michael. Everyone Must Not Get Stoned. April, 1999. Restaurant Hospitality; Vol. 83 Issue 4, p 18, 1p: Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=1&hid=15&sid=9ca4a819-e58b-4943-9f5b-b6622743d621%40sessionmgr8&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=f5h&AN=1742417
Major Thesis
The United States Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) conducted a workplace drug abuse survey on 14 different industries ...
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READING RECOVERY
Reading Recovery
Reading Recovery
Introduction
In the often contentious world of beginning reading instruction? marked by the sharply differing opinions of advocates of intensive phonics instruction and those who support the whole language approach? Reading Recovery (r) appears to be fairly non-controversial. Combining extensive teacher education with an emphasis on the development ...
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POLICE RACIAL BRUTALITY
Police Racial Brutality
Police Racial Brutality
It is human nature for problems to arise any time one side is told what to do by another. With regard to police abuse, there will be many officers who feel that their job of fighting escalating street crime, gangs, narcotics violations, and other ...
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The present Burma government run by the military
Aung San Suu Kyi and the democracy movement in Burma
Modern Burma is a country with complex mosaic of ethnic, linguistic, social, political and historical characteristics. There are eight major ethnic nationalities in Burma. The demographically predominant ethno-linguistic group among the population of ...