Work/life balance is defined as "a state of equilibrium in which the demands of both a person's job and personal life are equal."" ... Work/life programs actually existed as early as the 1930s. Before World War II, the Kellogg Company created four six-hour shifts to replace the traditional three daily eight-hour shifts, and the new shifts resulted in increased employee morale and efficiency (Alternative). ... Life is a balancing act, and in American society, it's safe to say that almost everyone is seeking work/life balance. But what exactly is work/life balance? ...

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The society that existed at that time had very different views on life and how it should occur. The daily routines were unlike ours even though it may be hard to believe. ... The Southern ideal was country life. Instead of a meetinghouse being the center of the community, the waterways and roads became a place of social life a brief moment for colonists to sit back and relax was very rare and very savored. ...

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The Life of a Palestinian So what's it like to be a Palestinian in the so-called "Occupied Territories"? ... You must go through military checkpoints on a daily basis where soldiers can harass you or destroy your property with no compensation or even reprimand (reporters have witnessed Israeli soldiers casually destroying farmers' crops while laughing at them). Your life is literally worth less than that of a Jew; the Israeli military likes to fire indiscriminate heavy weapons such as rockets or shells at Arab neighborhoods if they think a terrorist might live there, and they casual...

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Human Trafficking is a global epidemic, which occurs daily, in every country in the world. ... Jal suffered this on a daily basis. ... Chaga and the Chocolate Factory is a children's book by Bob Hartman based on the true life of a young boy in Mali, that illustrates how that happens. ...

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Samuel Adams was the son of a deacon, and through his way of life, exemplified "Sabbath- behavior on a daily basis, encouraging societal need for God. ... During the late 1700s, the colonies under the British authority were subjected to tyrannical acts and laws, all of which denied the colonists the enlightened ideas of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ... After all, a British lad takes a break daily merely to enjoy the steeped leaf drink, tea. ...

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If technology in your daily life routine doesn't concern you, you should think twice about how it really affects the body's health. ... The smallest LED screen can cause loss of vision over time and can also cause headaches or migraines with continuous daily use. ... Social pages on a phone change a person's self-esteem and also their priorities over items that should be used daily. ...

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The computer, together with the "all-powerful" Internet provides us with almost everything we could ever want; material things, information, even potential life partners (online dating); thus resulting in the formation of new words such as cyber-space or online connectivity. ... Since 135 countries have access, 54 world cities are the major hosts, and 72 million people logon every day, we can easily assume that cyber-space is indeed a very large place and is continuing to expand on a daily basis. ... Also, with the dawning if the new millennium, almost every facet of life, including financial ...

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No matter how many conveniences are created to reduce our daily workloads, we must move and stay active in order to live and maintain a quality lifestyle. It is a challenging dilemma to have access to so many commercially promoted products and services that can negatively impact your health and life! ...

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The new respect could bring more rights and a better life after the war for all Native Americans. ... The U.S. government and voice of mainstream white America had taken away Jeanne's normal American life in a matter of days. ... Much like Jeanne, the bombing of Pearl Harbor changed Ira Hay's quiet life in Arizona. ... After the daily World War Two report was over, the students sang the anthems of the Army, Navy, and Marines. ... Ira became filled with national pride; devoted to serving his country until either the end of the war, or the end of his life. ...

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And as a direct result from the demands of domestication of plants and animals their daily lives became structured. They developed "a village life, complete with political organizations and complex religious concepts." ... And as a direct result from the demands of domestication of plants and animals their daily lives became structured. They developed "a village life, complete with political organizations and complex religious concepts." ... Changing the appearance of the "landscape and rendering impossible the kind of life Indian people had once lived." ...

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They may have feared for their lives had they been completely honest about the way of life for women in Afghanistan. ... Many of these women felt as if they could not even walk out of their own homes to do their daily routines because of the fear of being attacked or just simply feeling isolated. ...

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He and many others were ripped out their daily routines because of the war. ... Some mental stresses the soldiers experienced were the loneliness or the feeling of solitude, the risk of death, the taking of another man's life, the sheer amount of death they saw, and irregular routines. ... The death covered front lines were compared to life in Paris as, "hell to heaven.... "Foot-soldiers seemed to worry about very practical matters: their overall mental and physical health, fear of wounds or death" Most soldiers dealt with these fears daily. ...

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The World Conference on Human Rights took place over two weeks in June of 1993. The Conference was held in Vienna, Austria. In attendance were 171 states committed to strengthening human rights throughout the world and to presenting an international plan to accomplish this goal. Also in attendanc...

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Health food allows for a healthy life style but limited access to healthy foods can mean that people are substituting these with unhealthy alternatives. ... Food deserts have many great effects on a person's life including health problems and in some cases increased rates of poverty. ... In rural parts of Iowa there is evidence of 64% of people lacking adequate vegetables, which was the highest, followed by lack in daily fruits, dairy and protein. ... A variety of health foods in someone's daily diet helped them maintain adequate health and may even prevent disease. ...

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These themes are seen in Mario Vargas Llosa's "The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta" and Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude." ... In "The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta," the "good" revolutionaries battle the "bad" failing Lima government and the U.S. marines. ... 9 Like "One Hundred Years of Solitude," the revolutionaries fight for a better life, described in a daydream of Mayta's: "The peasants, owners of their lands by then; the workers, owners of their own factories by then discrimination and exploitation abolished the hardest-working and most revolutionar...

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Life is an endless series of interactions requiring some sort of negotiation along the way. We are confronted on a daily basis with countless situations. ... The Montreal Canada company assessed 750 people from companies that used negotiation in a large majority of their daily work. ...

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For example, the McAllen Border Patrol station receives close to 1500 migrants daily, far exceeding its capacity of 500 (Quintana 18). ... Although many undocumented migrants still remain in the US today, living in fear is a daily reality for them and their legal relatives. ...

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It is all-encompassing in that, more than any other international crisis yet seen it affects a multiplicity of life's levels, political, economic, cultural and psychological. ... These people arrive daily from Washington, D.C. and its suburbs over approximately 30 miles of access highways, including express bus lanes and one of the newest subway systems in our country. ... Over 200,000 telephone calls are made daily through phones connected by 100,000 miles of telephone cable. ...

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History Coursework To What Extent Did The Key Political Ideas Directly Influence Change And Development In Your Chosen Period Of Study? Throughout the 19th and 20th century many political ideas have helped change and shape society, to what it is presently today. The list is endless for w...

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About one million spouses and children wait daily for visas in hopes of reuniting with their families (immigration opposing views 138-139). ... Soon after her mother flew back, and subject A was getting accustomed to the fast pace American life. ... She felt comfortable for only about two to three months, little by little she started to shut down and talked less and started to have pessimistic thoughts about life. ... Because of her situation she was charged as an international student, when her life was very well seen as the "American one." ... Both subject and Subject B are strong believers...

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For my entire life, I have heard the old adage "May the best man win." ... Daily debates arise whether it is truly equal or fair. ... This sort of school life damages the entire academic environment. ...

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There are serious consequences to everyone who lives in a family where there is domestic violence on daily basis. ... This affects the victim's self-esteem and has makes it very difficult for them to move on in life. ... They feel life threatened and often do not know how they get out of it. ... Substance abuse happens when a person uses substances as a way to cope with the incident and often the substances take over their life. ... The victim often experiences trauma, or such sexual type of violence in their life. ...

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"Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes" - Hugh Prather Have you ever imagined the life of many U.S born children in the United States that have to change their life in the blink of an eye because of the deportation of their parents? ... Emotional and psychological effects during childhood essentially make up who we are, and is a strong indicator of what we will become in life. ... In the United States, in most families, both parents have to work in order to move forward and have a better life. ... As Kristin Anderson has noted in his journal "Denied, D...

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Those who are on the pro-life agenda will typically use the terms "unborn child" or "unborn baby." This is because they believe that life begins at conception. Those who advocate the pro-choice agenda will use the term "fetus," as they believe life begins at birth. ... Late term abortions are not legal in most states in the United States, except in cases where the life of the mother is in danger. ... The pro-life laws that deal with ultrasound usually require abortion facilities to offer a pregnant woman the opportunity to view an ultrasound before the abortion is...

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Canadians, to an extent, have lived a life of sheltered ignorance when compared to the lives experienced by those in other nations. The problems that the greater part of the world faces daily, and expects in the future, are inconceivable to those in wealthy nations. ...

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