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    HOMELESS VETERANS CAN BECOME PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY Homelessness is a major social issue facing our society today. Homelessness among United States veterans is of particular concern to me because I understand some of the pressures facing vets upon returning to civilian life. Given the Iraq and Afghanistan tours and number of soldiers returning from multiple tours in “hell”‚ it’s no wonder the number of homeless vets has more than doubled in the past two years. (Zoroya‚ 2012) Serious

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    In writing “The Homeless and Their Children”‚ Jonathon Kozol‚ uses emotion to raise the awareness of “the effects of literacy on the lives of the poor” (Kozol‚ page 304). He also used an interview form‚ to not only show his audience how the main character feels in her own words‚ but puts himself into the situation if only for a short time. The author states that “more than one-third of America’s adults are at least partially illiterate‚ we should organize a massive Government and volunteer

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    As a group‚ we challenged group bias by discussing the homeless research we had previously encountered. We had all came across viral internet videos of homeless people who were just in the business of loitering and collecting free money for drugs or other unhealthy activities. We became hesitant and unsure if we wanted to help the homeless community because of the negative stereotype. But‚ Chris brought up a very strong point he said “Well at the end of the day it doesn’t matter because no human

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    Humanity Has the Haters Hating and Brings a Homeless Man to Tears. You Won’t Believe How This Ends. Grab Your Tissues! Image: Video Source: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CYFUGU84PE Views: 1‚832‚971 Likes: 30‚528 Shares: Unknown Comments: 2‚573 This video is tellingly chilling when it comes to showing how cold and uncaring some people can be. Here is a hungry man nicely asking people who are already eating for just one slice and you won’t believe how many people snub him and won’t even offer

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    Most of us pass by people we don’t normally notice in our everyday lives. Others pass by people and immediately ‘judge a book by it’s cover’. I usually never pay attention to those who I pass by because I am either too busy focusing on where I am going or have too much on my mind. I am not a multitasker. The only time I actually pay attention to someone is when they’re expressing their wardrobe‚ creating attention‚ or having a unique hairstyle. That is when I judging them inside my mind which is

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    Empathy For Homeless Animals A lot of animals struggle to meet the basic needs they need. We as humans will sometimes ignore animal’s needs and not give them empathy. If we don’t help out animals just as much as ourselves it’s not fair to them. Have you ever been in a situation where you can’t get food or water? Well just like humans animals need food and water too. If you have ever been outside in the rain with no shelter and your walking to your and your soaked. This is what homeless animals go

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    LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE HOMELESS In this article by Shaunna Miller‚ We learn about the American service members who have unfortunately committed suicide. Yearly‚ more than 6‚500 service members lose their lives due to suicide cases. What most individuals fail to realize is that the number by far exceeds that of those soldiers killed in both Afghanistan and Iraq combined over the last six years. Even those who are against the idea of committing suicide are at high risks of meeting another

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    What (and How) We Should Eat It is no surprise that with the increased popularity in fast food chains‚ America’s obesity rate has dramatically increased. In a survey done by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)‚ obesity is the number two cause of preventable death‚ with approximately sixty-two percent of American adults overweight‚ up from thirty- two percent in 1994 (Profiling Food Consumption in America). In Susan Brink and Elizabeth Querna’s article “Eat This Now”‚ they discuss

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    Muhammad Muaz Bin Abdul Halim (1214253) RKQS 1030 DR. Osmani Section1 Authenticity Of the Quran ____________________________________________________________________________ How do we know that the Qur’an we have today is the word of Allah and it is still in its original state since it was revealed to the prophet Muhammad S.A.W? This question cannot be underestimated‚ the revelation and the authenticity of the Qur’an has remained suspicious to a lot of people‚ specifically the non-muslim and the 21st

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    If we don’t instead of having just a couple of states that have a high number of homeless people there will be like a competition of which states can rise the fastest of having the most people that can not have there own place to live and higher death rates.For example right now Los Angeles is the largest homeless population which 55% has grown to 12‚536 and that alone has said that california has one- third of the homeless population.(Los Angeles times) The increase of that outpaced the one in new

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