use‚ prenatal care use‚ number of previous births and a host of other demographic variables‚ have not been adequate to explain what the factors are that lead to this racial disparity. One factor less studied is the inequality of living conditions between different racial groups. There is growing interest in the woman’s ecological environment and their effect on birth outcomes. As well as interest in the role that economic political and cultural factors play in the low birthweight gap. A low birthweight
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Spanish and Portuguese are just a couple of the possible languages people that identify as Hispanic or Latino could speak. There are also many dialects that could differ between specific cultures and groups. By supposing that everyone can speak Spanish people that speak all different languages are stereotyped and forced to identify as Spanish speaking‚ despite the fact that may not actually be the case. The United States
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‘It is the normal way people talk in India’. Today‚ English is widely acknowledged as being the ‘lingua franca’ of the modern world. This phrase refers to the adoption of English as the ‘bridging’ language among communities to allow communication between people who do not speak the same language or dialect- making it the leader in education‚ research‚ tourism and the media. However‚ in recent years‚ new competitor languages have emerged to supersede English‚ particularly in multilingual contexts such
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In the poem "Void Deck" by Alfian Bin Sa’at‚ the poet establishes the Singaporean Identity by using the term "void deck" as the title of the poem. The term is unique to the Singapore context as it is not used in any other country. The poem is also filled with the ’voices’ from the HDB heartland which many Singaporean readers can closely relate to. The poet uses phrases such as "wet market" (stanza 1‚ verse 2)‚ "stone-table chessboard" (stanza 5‚ verse7) and "caged birds" (stanza3‚ verse3) to portray
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GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF CONTRACT INTRODUCTION Definition S.2(h) Contract Act 1950 : An agreement enforceable by law. Legally binding between parties. 2 INTRODUCTION (continue..) (a) (b) Legislation governing contracts: Contracts Act 1950 English Law - By virtue of S.5 of the Civil Law Act (When there are no provisions in the Contract Act) 3 INTRODUCTION (continue..) 4 OFFER / PROPOSAL Definition S. 2(a) Contracts Act “When one person signifies
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Group 2: 13. Characterize the dialog between Kiowa and Norman Bowker. What does their speech reveal about their personalities and “handling” of the war? (645) From the first dialog between Kiowa and Norman‚ we could assume that Kiowa is more emotional; whereas Norman is cold. Kiowa wants to care‚ he wanted to grieve. He is a Christian man. All Kiowa wanted to was talk about what he saw. Kiowa also “admired Lieutenant Jimmy Cross’s capacity for grief. He wanted to share the man’s pain‚ he wanted
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MODERNITY AND WEST: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. Modernity and West are two closely tied terms. We often even use these as synonyms; in place of one or the other. The reason why these two words are so closely related is that modernity is part of the new identity that the West built for itself after having found the Americas. In sociology‚ the first and foremost clues of modernity are found in Europe‚ and it has been seen that modernity developed under the banner of Europe all along‚ therefore‚ it is
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as the foundation for making laws. Without ethics‚ there are no laws. In fact‚ ethics serve as a guiding principle for laws. It is based on these ethics that laws are created by the governments to serve as a framework to mediate the relationships between one another. They are made in order to protect the citizens. Three bodies – judiciary‚ legislature‚ and the public officials are the main bodies that create the laws. The laws have to be approved before they are enforced by the police and the military
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checks and balances‚ a law trying to be passed through Congress is required to be presented to the Supreme Court where they make the decision if the bill is considered unconstitutional. However‚ these powers are not limited to just bills‚ court cases between client and government can also be presented before the court where such rulings for or against the constitution can be made. A historical example would include Brown v. Board of Education where the supreme court determined it was unconstitutional
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What is a difference between a codified and uncodified constitution? Below are presented some differences between codified and uncodified constitutions. The first differnce between this two sorts of constitutions is that the codified is written in one document while uncodified has a variety of sources. For example‚ the US constitution is a single document where is written a set of principles‚ in contrast to US constitution UK constitution is an uncodified document that is drawn from
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