THE AMISH COMMUNITY BY: Lori Burris Instructor’s Name: Chad Goings ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (AVL1237D) 10/15/12 The Amish are religious separatists who dress plainly and avoid many convinces of modern life that you may know. The Amish are known widely for horses and buggies for transportation‚ they came to America in the eighteenth century from Switzerland. They evolved out if the Mennonite groups coming from the Anabaptist tradition. The Anabaptists urged a return to
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Alcohol Therapeutic Communities In today’s world‚ people each and everyday from a wide range of teenagers to adults‚ abuse substances such as illegal drugs and alcohol. Not all of these people are open to admit that they indeed have a problem‚ and could really use professional help from others to stop their bad habits before they become a larger issue than it already is. Lucky for the people who are able to accept their problem at hand‚ places such as therapeutic communities are there for support
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1. Both forms of policing require the input from the community‚ but are applied differently. Community policing requires citizens to work proactively with law enforcement; however‚ “POP” is aimed at solving community problems by grouping community incidents to identify possible causes (pg. 4‚ 86) 2. SARA model stands for Scanning‚ Analysis‚ Response‚ and Assessment. (pg. 100-101) S. In the past year there have been 150 car burglaries‚ and the year before 70. Which gangs that live in the area‚ and
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Gaming as a Community Now that technological companies all over the world have set most of the seven billion individuals in the world with a computer‚ smartphone or tablet‚ it is time for better software to use with them. This is where games come in. Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello stated in a recent interview that PC gaming is the ‘fastest growing platform’. This shows the growing interest in gaming bearing in mind that gamers also have the means to play on. The term ‘gamer’ refers to
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their history as a group. Do they living in the same neighborhood (becoming very popular in bigger cities)? Do they know each other at all? What are some of the norms of LGBTQ communities? How do they feel about a straight person entering into their space? Do they seem to have a common belief system in their community or do they all have different backgrounds and beliefs‚
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On October 10th‚ 2006 I attended the 8th district’s community outreach meeting at the Eastern Patrol Station of the Chicago Metro Police Station at 7:00 P.M.. The room where the meeting was being held was half of a larger room which is divided into two by a movable wall in the center. When I arrived there were about 8 or 9 other individuals‚ all of which were black females over the age of 60. Right away I felt out of place in the room and they knew I wasn’t part of the district. One of the women
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contribute to the development of a civic-minded society but should contribute too. There are many ways that teenagers can contribute to the development of a civic-minded society. Firstly‚ teenagers today are in greater contact with the larger community than any preceeding generation. This enables them to be key prospects of fostering a common identity with others‚ which is the basis for compassion and acting the best interests of others. With exchange programs‚ online interactions and an increasingly
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Part I: Community Assessment and Analysis Hunterdon County‚ New Jersey Amy Beddow‚ RN.‚ Sherry Byk‚ RNC.‚ Amber Walker RN.‚ and Teri Zimowski RN. Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V-0105 Concepts in Community Health October 27‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION Hunterdon County‚ New Jersey has a vast array of community dynamics that are team has researched. Hunterdon County is the 18th most populated county in the state of New Jersey out of
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argues‚ "A nation is an imagined political community and imagined as both inherently limited and sovereign."(Anderson‚ 6). Through these advances‚ America has come closer to achieving Anderson ’s belief of an imagined political community. Anderson believes it to be imagined because "the members of even the smallest nation will never know most of their fellow-members‚ meet them‚ or even hear of them‚ yet in the minds of each lives the image of their communities."(Anderson‚ 6) This can be seen in the
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previous research on the impact of participation on youth is now presented. What difference does participation make for youth‚ communities and institutions? Are there any benefits outcomes for participating? These questions guided the literature search. The evidence gathered from the literature suggests that participation has some positive outcomes for adults‚ youth and communities. While the thrust of the literature indicate that young people’s gain valuable skills by participating in different settings
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