According to a recent Economist “Livability Ranking and Overview‚ August‚ 2012” study‚ the city of Vancouver is ranked third most livable city in the world. However‚ what the report fails to mention is the 33 years of homelessness on Vancouver’s streets. Unfortunately‚ it has taken 29 years to stabilize and reduce Vancouver’s homeless problem. According to‚ Mayor Gregor Robertson‚ “We’ve seen a big drop in street homelessness in Vancouver over the past four years‚ with a 62 percent decrease since
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Margaret Eipperle My grandmother‚ Margaret Eipperle‚ worked as a nurse for her whole life. She lived at home in a small town on a farm and traveled to Des Moines‚ Iowa to work at the hospital there for about twenty years. Margaret is now 90 years old‚ but still remembers when the years long ago when she was very busy‚ caring for hundreds of patients around the clock. I interviewed her at her home in Omaha‚ Nebraska and asked her about her time working as a nurse. The interview was recorded using
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Racial Disparities in the U.S. Judicial System The United States has the largest documented incarceration rate in the world. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics at yearend 2012‚ approximately 6‚937‚600 offenders were under the supervision of adult correctional systems (2013). Of this number‚ more than 60% of the inmates in prison are minorities however; they make up only 37% of the United States population. Considering the trends in which minorities commit crimes‚ such broad statistics
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definite phobias. Almost half of women and 10 percent of men part are victims of this specific phobia (Looking At Arachnophobia). Arachnophobia is of a European origin. Spiders‚ during that time‚ were associated with the Black Plague resulting in an epidemic fear. As my case study‚ I will be using examples from my cousin whom is a sufferer of arachnophobia. For as long as I can remember‚ my cousin Caron has had an immense fear of spiders. She cannot watch them on television‚ see them on a photo‚
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this doesn’t seem like much of a problem. However‚ Robert Jeffery and Simone French (1998)‚ authors of the article Epidemic Obesity in the United States: Are Fast Food and Television Viewing Contributing? assert that “Obesity is an important public health problem that‚ in recent years‚ has reached epidemic proportions” (p. 277). In fact‚ some are calling the problem the “obesity epidemic.” Several lawsuits against fast food establishments have been filed by those who are overweight. It’s a serious problem
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Research Paper <1> for GOVT 2302.001 Spring 2013 The policies that constitute “War on Drugs” are primarily based on racism due to biased policies‚ Jim Crow laws‚ and racial bias. Since America has been knowledgeable of the problems drugs bring upon the public the government has attempted to fight against drugs‚ however every fight is not fair. War is defined as a conflict carried on by force of arms‚ as between nations or between parties within a nation‚ however can war be based upon race
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•Joselin D‚ Brouard A. The prevalence of grandmothers as primary caregivers in a poor pediatric population. J Community Health. 1995 Oct; 20(5):383–401. •Roe KM‚ Minkler M‚ Saunders F‚ Thomson GE. Health of grandmothers raising children of the crack cocaine epidemic. Med Care. 1996 Nov; 34(11):1072–1084. •Minkler M‚ Fuller-Thomson E‚ Miller D‚ Driver D. Depression in grandparents raising grandchildren: results of a national longitudinal study. Arch FM Med. 1997 Sep-Oct; 6(5):445–452. •Jendrek MP. Grandparents
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himself well. At this point there was a sense of doubt seeded in Mr. Hale about the accusations. But then Proctor fails to recite all the ten commandments and so thinking there ship has sunk. Mr. Hale simply says “Theology‚ sir‚ is a fortress: no crack in a fortress may be accounted small.” Mr. Hale bids then adue and is about to leave when Goody Proctor tells Mr. Proctor to tell him about Abigail speaking to him about how Mr.Parris discovered the girls “sportin” in the woods and how they were startled
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Methamphetamines Samantha Erb Lock Haven University Methamphetamines I chose to write about methamphetamines because since high school I have had a great interest in the drug and its effects. In high school the book “Tweak” came out. Tweak is about a young man who is a recovering addict. He was addicted to meth‚ cocaine‚ and heroine where he enrolled himself into a 12 step program. Within this program the young man has a very supportive sponsor but he feels like it is time
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The Plight of African-American Males Staheen Murray Empire State College College Writing Lisa Mastrangelo April 20‚ 2011 The issue amongst this group is the dropout rate that has affected this group in epidemic proportions. Due to oppression discrimination and racism the African American in America is still struggling for meritocracy today. With the of lack of education‚ poverty and imprisonment‚ the Black male is now being considered an endangered species. With
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