Jackson, African American Education (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, Inc., 2001) 268. ... Though many blame family conditions and peer pressure the major culprit seems to be the schools with focus being towards the teachers" insensitive and dismissing standard curricula as culturally biased. Jawanza Kunjufu, president of African American Images, blames the gap between white and black students to five major areas: lower teacher expectations, poor parental support, low student self-esteem, and an irrelevant curriculum taught with an appropriate methodology for many African American students.5 ...

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Many children suffer landmine injuries and lose limbs and sometimes many even have to wait years before receiving a prosthetic, artificial limb (Barbara). ... Children lose the opportunity for education and social skills (Barbara). ... Some children receive care from other adults or are taken to an orphanage, but some are unaccompanied children (Barbara). ... Also, the study showed that more than one third of the children showed scores in the diagnostic range for major depressive disorder (MDD) and two thirds showed behavioral and emotional problems. ...

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According to Barbara Miller's book, "Cultural Anthropology in a Globalizing World," anthropology encompasses three subfields; the first being "primatology" which is the study of the nonhuman members of the order of mammals called primates. the second is paleoanthropology which is the study of human evolution through the evaluation of fossil records. and the third subfield is the study of contemporary human biological variation, which explains differences in the biological makeup and behavior of humans (DNA, body size, shape, nutrition, disease). ... Two major areas of archeolog...

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Research At the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute research is a component of everything they do. ... "This Program focuses on two major themes that center on a series of interrelated goals: Mechanisms of action of cancer predisposition genes and/or genetic penetrance genes in familial cancers. ... Service Profile The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute sees over 10,000 new patients each year. ...

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Earlier, Christie turned down the chance to represent the Republican Party because he wasn't "arrogant enough", but he's since been changing his mind after GOP elders, like Henry Kissinger, Nancy Reagan, and Barbara Bush, asked him to reconsider (Hunt). ... However, political aides for candidate Perry believe that Christie will suffer the same problems that Perry did after starting his campaign so late in the game because he won't be able to make a strong stance on the major issues that voters are focusing on. ... One of his major problems stems from the fact that he's ove...

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Although Buddhism encompasses a similar foundation to that of Hinduism, a major difference is the concept of Ataman, meaning "no eternal self.... Buddha teaches that without attachment, we can find compassion, and as Barbara O'Brian concludes, "Because nothing is permanent, everything is possible. ...

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Although my disabilities were not as extreme as hers, Barbara Arrowsmith Young's story really spoke to me. ... Just as Barbara had realized when she trained and stimulated neural networks through repetition of brain exercises that targeted problem areas, I realized firsthand that "Children with learning disabilities can often go beyond compensation and correct their underlying problems.... I often thought that the fact that I wasn't a visual learner and rarely wrote things out served as a major disadvantage, however, I was relieved to learn through a number of experiments, like...

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Precedent recognition that they were impeding on Britain's potential growth existed: in 1969, Barbara Castle's white paper, "In Place of Strife," aimed at limiting their power and the "Industrial Relations Act" implemented in 1970, failed to reduce their supremacy effectively. ... Despite this, her policies did drastically change the face of Britain, paving the way back to the major power it used to be and is today. ...

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In his article "Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor,"" Garrett Hardin, who was Professor Emeritus of Biology at the University of California-Santa Barbara, argues that helping the poor countries is the major cause of overpopulation. ...

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Foster's willingness to empower artists coupled with his own prowess within the creative community as an executive was quickly reflected by the fledgling label's success in breaking Ireland's sibling pop act, The Corrs, who now have combined worldwide sales of almost ten million albums; Country sensation Kevin Sharp, whose critically acclaimed debut album sold nearly one million copies, as well as in marketing hit soundtracks from such major motion pictures as Message In A Bottle and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer. ... Currently in the studio with Foster are 'N Sync ...

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Christian Schmahl, Barbara Hart, and Jean Baker Miller have all worked on raising awareness of this issue and each manages to show how the outcome could be different. ... According to Schmahl, borderline personality disorder is linked to early stressors and a major feature of those stressors is abandonment. ...

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Introduction With a significant number of retail companies posting negative results, it is important for these companies to start focusing on their customers" needs. Many companies are using relationship marketing to increase customer satisfaction and loyalty, which should increase their store...

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"On September 2, 1769, a small expedition of leatherjacket soldiers, missionaries and muleteers killed a large-but-lean grizzly bear on the shore of an ocean-side lake in Upper California about 80 miles north of today's Santa Barbara It was the first time that a white man had ever killed a California grizzly" (Silva 66). ... Another major human activity related to the extinction of California grizzly bears is the Gold Rush. ...

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is Rous and J.R. Turner introduce a citrate-glucose solution that permits storage of blood for several days after collection. Allowing for blood to be stored in containers for later transfusion aids the transition from the vein-to-vein method to direct transfusion. This discovery also allows for the...

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Finally, it is suggested that the official actions of the juvenile justice system should be understood as the major force in girls" oppression as they have been historically served to reinforce the obedience of all young women to demands of patriarchal authority no matter how abusive and arbitrary. ... More evidence of official concern with adolescent sexual misconduct is considered in Barbara Engler's content analysis. ...

• Word Count: 1850
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Magic Johnson spoke out to Barbara Walters shortly after the world learned of his contraction of the HIV virus in 1990, saying that he has had sex with up to 8 women at once on occasion, which is why he cannot be certain exactly where, when, or from whom he got the disease. ... This is the case for major tennis events like Wimbledon where women have always won less for an equal performance on the court. ... Geoff McClure of Sport magazine said that he saw sex as the major selling point of many of these magazines as he stated, "Sex sells everything, everywhere and at any time, so why wouldn&...

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The monastery of the Holy Cross (Stravrovouni) According to the prevailing tradition on the mountain of Stavrovouni was a pagan temple. The tradition is supported both by the fact that the former name of the mountain was Olympos. Two limestone statues discovered on the precinct of the present Mon...

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Now Science Fiction has five major themes which unites them under the one genre. ... Other notable examples since Fay Wray have been Barbara Steele, who mainly performed in Italian horror movies and Linnea Quigley, who's most famous performance was in the Return of The Living Dead (1985). ... As it can be seen, the representation of women in science fiction films has changed dramatically from them being the cliché victim' who gets captured in the hope of creating a character arc to the hero; to women coming to the forefront and taking dominant roles in major Hollywood cine...

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PTSD is associated with an increased likelihood of developing some psychiatric disorders such as conduct disorders, major depressive episodes, alcohol and drug abuse and dependence. ... Wolfsdorf, Barbara A. (2001). ...

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One major issue that has existed and still exists in the workforce of America is civil liberties violations. According to her book Nickel and Dimed: On not getting by in America, Barbara Ehrenreich writes that "What surprised and offended me the most about the low-wage workplace was the extent to which one is required to surrender one's basic civil rights and- what boils down to the same thing-self-respect"(211). ... According to the Office Slacker Stats, "Useful Employee Internet Abuse Statistics", 77.7% of major U.S. companies keep tabs on employees by checking their...

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In Leadership: the Key to Quality Outcomes, Barbara Murdoch Perra maintains that leadership style contributes to the success of organizations. ... Leininger's Sunrise Model offered 3 major modes to provide beneficial, satisfying, and meaningful care to patients: cultural care preservation and/or maintenance, cultural care accommodation and/or negotiation, and cultural re-patterning or restructuring (40). ...

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A major concern is that if physician-assisted suicide is legalized it would be abused by family as a way to dispose of undesirable members, or by depressed patients who may have a curable illness but who simply no longer wish to live. ...

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Another definition of affirmative action according to Barbara Bergmann is "planning and acting to end the absence of certain kinds of people-those who belong to groups that have been subordinated or left out-from certain jobs and schools" (1997 p.7). ...

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Another definition of affirmative action according to Barbara Bergmann is planning and acting to end the absence of certain kinds of people-those who belong to groups that have been subordinated or left out-from certain jobs and schools (1997 p.7). ...

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Recently, all social and environmental problems or issues have become important and crucial aspects for every business enterprise. Companies have a big influence and impact in the community and the economy of a country for it affects all areas of life within a society, therefore both profit and soci...

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