Over 20 million Americans have died prematurely as a result of smoking and smoking-related illness since the first Surgeon General Report was released 50 years ago. Smoking has been widely known to increase risk for illnesses including cancer‚ cardiovascular disease‚ diabetes‚ immune and autoimmune disorders‚ and eye disease. Smoking is also known to cause reproductive issues and diminished overall health. However‚ despite increased tobacco control measures and education around the dangers of smoking
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What do you want to be when you grow up? What are your plans for your future? Have you thought about college? Have you thought about a career choice? These are questions we are bombarded with on a daily basis by our parents. We shrug them off‚ telling them that we have another three years to think about college‚ careers‚ or our future. We don’t know what we want to be when we grow up‚ because we don’t even know who we are yet. Yet in a blink of an eye‚ we’re seniors and now the decisions we tried
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Do you agree with the modernisation theorists’ assumption that development involves a process of modernisation? Modernisation theory is an understanding and explanation of the process of transformation from the traditional or so called “underdeveloped” societies to modern societies. From reading the theorists work surrounding the topic of modernisation it is believed that modernisation is the process change towards those types of social‚ economic and political systems that have been developed in
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McCoy: Dear Grads‚ Don’t ’Do What You Love’ - WSJ.com Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is f or y our personal‚ non-commercial use only . To order presentation-ready copies f or distribution to y our colleagues‚ clients or customers‚ use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or v isit www.djreprints.com See a sample reprint in PDF f ormat. Order a reprint of this article now OPINION May 27‚ 2013‚ 6:45 p.m. ET Carl McCoy: Dear Grads‚ Don’t ’Do What You Love’ College commencement
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While growing up I always viewed my family as an average middle class “American Family.” Undoubtedly my family has been one of the most important aspects of my life. Without their guidance and teachings‚ I would not stand before you as the person I am today. They taught me several vital lessons‚ but the most important have been to be compassionate to others and learn as much as you can from the people around you because you never know what the future entails. Being raised in a Christian household
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What factors have contributed to the decline of marriage? It is apparent that as time progresses marriage is on the demise. The decline of marriage is having a negative effect on children. Those children‚ who are born into single parent families often get into drugs‚ perform poorly in school‚ suffer from abuse and have emotional problems. The big question becomes why. According to James Q. Wilson there are two possible explanations‚ money and culture. The welfare systems of today support
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Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality examines the educational policies in the United States that have resulted in intentional patterns of oppression by Protestant‚ European Americans against racial and ethnic groups. The historical context of the European American oppressor is helpful in understanding how the dominant group has manipulated the minority groups. These minority groups include Americans who are Native‚ African‚ Latin/Hispanic‚ and Asian. Techniques for deculturalization were applied
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changing media‚ changing china This page intentionally left blank CHANGING MEDIA‚ CHANGING CHINA Edited by Susan L. Shirk 2011 Oxford University Press‚ Inc.‚ publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research‚ scholarship‚ and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic
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I do believe that Lum’s principles should be formally included in social work’s ethical framework to improve ethical practice and decision making amongst professionals who service clients. Social workers need to value family unity‚ parental leadership‚ respect for the elderly‚ and collective family decision making. An example‚ I was a brand new to the school I work at. I was assigned the title of Crisis Management Para for a young caucasian boy as I am an African American woman. This was a family
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“Saint Maybe Timed Writing Essay Revision” In Anne Tyler’s Saint Maybe‚ Doug Bedloe’s perspective reveals that the Bedloe family is declining with age. The Bedloe family begins to diminish as the years go by and everyone begins to age. Doug’s acknowledgment of Bee’s growing illness of arthritis creates her personality to develop into unpleasant bitterness. Doug observes‚ “In the dark‚ Bee’s special white arthritis gloves glowed eerily. She lay on her side‚ facing him‚ with the gloves curled
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