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    explores the issues in a way that can be performed so that the audience can understand these particular issues and view them in a serious and somber way. These issues that “Ruby Moon” is faced with are suburban paranoia‚ identity‚ the fear of child abduction and grief/loss. The context of suburban Australia and 2000 and onwards has been faced with ‘western’ issues of personal identity‚ national identity and body image. With society and technology constantly changing‚ Australia is a country that has gone

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    Final Exam Kinesiology Study Guide Lower Extremity‚ Gait‚ Video Analysis Vertebrae/Trunk -Triaxial Primary Curves vs. Secondary Curves * Thoracic and sacral spine curves lie anteriorly (primary curves) * Cervical and lumbar spine curves lie posteriorly (Secondary curves) Vertebral Bones 24 articulating‚ 8-9 fused 7 cervical 12 thoracic 5 lumbar 5 sacrum 3-4 coccyx Atlas vs. axis Joints Atlanto-Axial Joint -Allow for extensive rotary motion at the head

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    18‚ Ng obtained a student visa to study in the United States. After joining the Marines he was caught stealing military weapons and served three years at Leavenworth. Upon his release‚ Ng moved in with Leonard Lake and the two began a campaign of abduction‚ rape and murder. Once caught‚ Ng was sent to San Quentin and sentenced to death. Serial killer. Born Charles Chitat Ng on December 24‚ 1960‚ in Hong Kong‚ China. The son of a wealthy businessman‚ Ng was a rebellious teenager who was frequently

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    key to the Underworld‚ and sometimes a cornucopia or a two-pronged pick-axe. The cypress and narcissus are plants sacred to him. Sometimes black sheep were offered to him in sacrifice. The most familiar myth about Hades is the story of the abduction of Persephone by Hades He had three sisters‚ Demeter‚ Hestia‚ and Hera‚ Hades is the God of the Underworld‚ the god of the dead and

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    Situations of kidnapping are traumatizing‚ and terrifying. So in cases of Stockholm Syndrome‚ it is very perplexing why a hostage would bond with their kidnapper‚ who is the cause of their trauma. Generally‚ one would think of their kidnapper as an evil‚ cruel‚ inhumane individual‚ but why would Stockholm Syndrome develop and make someone see their captor in a positive light? Overall‚ Stockholm Syndrome develops as a defence mechanism‚ and it makes the victim form an attachment to their captor which

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    movie is genuinely based on true events and historically accurate. The movie began as though there were flashbacks to events that took place during Solomon’s twelve years as a slave‚ then it proceeded to depict what his life consisted of before the abduction. After Solomon regained freedom‚ he composed all of the events and people encountered during his slave days and wrote a memoir in which the movie was inspired by (Wikipedia). The movie strongly portrayed Solomon’s story and it brought attention to

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    Wally Jay Simoneaux‚ 14 26. Willard ’Rusty’ Branch‚ Jr. ‚ 17 27. Charles Cary Cobble‚ 17 28. Richard Hembree‚ 13 Facts: Dean Coril was a 33-year-old electrician living in Houston‚ Texas‚ who with two teen accomplices was responsible for kidnapping‚ torturing‚ raping and murdering at least 27 young boys in Houston in the early 1970s. Dean Corll was an electrician for Houston Power and Light‚ but most of Henley’s friends knew him as the Candy Man‚ so named because he had labored for years in

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    his struggles in growing up in an era ridden with kidnappings. After discovering his own parents were involved in kidnapping an innocent boy‚ Michele gradually comes to the realisation that loyalty and trust are far more important than materialistic objects. Although Michele realises the importance of these traits‚ he himself even has trouble for filling them. When Michele finds out that his once ‘hero’ parents are involved in the cruel kidnapping of a boy just for money‚ he loses his trust in them

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    young girls overseas being sold into these large businesses. When in reality it is much closer to home than we expect. Sex trafficking impacts America as well and can be seen each night with what we think are willing prostitutes. The systematic kidnapping‚ types of trafficking‚ it’s global impact‚ the impact its had on the United States‚ and prevention actions taken are the main things one must know about sex trafficking. To really understand sex trafficking of women and children one must understand

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    under 9%. Escorting your children is now the norm- often in the back of SUVs. This is terrible. The "risk of abduction in Britain remains tiny‚ and half as many children killed every year in road accidents as there were in 1922- despite a more than 25-fold increase in traffic." Those statistics match up nearly perfectly with New Zealand’s. There has been no increase in child abductions in New Zealand over the years which makes you question whether all of these precautions

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