A divorce is a legal action between married people to terminate their marriage relationship. It can be referred to as dissolution of marriage and is basically‚ the legal action that ends the marriage before the death of either spouse. The purpose of a divorce is to terminate the parties’ marriage. In order to do that the parties and the court must decide how to handle the questions of custody and placement of the minor children and how to divide the property and debts of the parties. State laws
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Natural disasters are often not natural disasters‚ but are in fact human disasters. Discuss this statement in relation to seismic events. The word ‘natural’ indicates that humans have not caused the disaster. However‚ human activity can certainly interfere with nature‚ which in turn may either cause a natural disaster or make its effects much worse. Earthquakes can affect people in many different ways in countries all over the world. They are a product of intense seismic activity where plates are
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Junk Food Basically‚ it’s anything that is high in calories but lacking in nutrition. Hamburgers‚ chips‚ chocolate bars and hot dogs fall in this category. Pizzas‚ although they can have vegetable and cheese toppings‚ are also included as they contain a lot of fat. Obviously‚ a diet of junk food is not the best thing for your health‚ particularly as it is highly saturated fat. In 1993‚ the Journal of the National Cancer Institute reported this type of fat to be associated with greater risk of cancer
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Psychological Consequences of Earthquakes Natural disasters‚ such as earthquakes‚ hurricanes and cyclones‚ floods‚ and tornadoes are some of the traumatic experiences that may cause posttraumatic stress disorders. This type of disorders and other disaster related psychological problems are prevalent after natural disasters. As a result it is important to analyse those individuals that develop psychological problems especially to prepare and plan interventions both in the short
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Caste and gender equations in Indian history No aspect of Indian history has excited more controversy than India ’s history of social relations. Western indologists and Western-influenced Indian intellectuals have seized upon caste divisions‚ untouchability‚ religious obscurantism‚ and practices of dowry and sati as distinctive evidence of India ’s perennial backwardness. For many Indologists‚ these social ills have literally come to define India - and have become almost the exclusive focus of
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Unit 5 Principles of Safeguarding and Protection in health and social care 1.1‚ 1.2 Physical Abuse Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause feelings of intimidation‚ pain‚ injury‚ or other physical suffering or bodily harm.. Physical abuse includes... * Hitting / slapping / kicking * Pushing * Pinching * Force feeding * Burning / scalding * Misuse of medication or restraint * Catheterisation for the convenience of staff * Refusing access to
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Topic:Pakistan is rich in natural resources but very poor in their management. Outline: 1.Introduction 2.Overview of natural resources and mismanagement 3.Current scenario in Pakistan 4.Natural resources of Pakistan • Water • Natural gas • Oil • Coal • Minerals • Precious and ornamental stones • Chemicals 5.Related problems due to mismanagement and its: • Social effects • Economic effects • Political effects • Transportation industry problems • Industrial sector loss
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CAUSES OF PROBLEM FACING SOCIAL STUDIES The finding that an unacceptably high percentage of preservice elementary teachers shared a negative perception of their past encounters with social studies presents a serious challenge. The cumulative percentage of participants who described their past social studies courses as being either "very interesting" or "interesting" was 58.5 percent. For those who reported their past social studies courses as being either "very uninteresting" or "uninteresting‚"
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What is Poverty and why is it a social problem? Poverty is a standard of living below the minimum needed for maintenance of adequate diet‚ health and shelter (Eitzen187). Thirty seven million Americans were reported poor in 2005 (Eitzen 187). The key word is reported because about another 30 million Americans are unreported since many are homeless or illegal immigrants. These millions of people are discriminated in schools‚ courts‚ job market‚ and marketplace. This discrimination has trapped many
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Along with computer technology’s swift development‚ the information network already became the social development the important guarantee. The information network involves to the national government‚ the military‚ the culture and education and so on many domains‚ the memory‚ the transmission and processing many information is the government macroeconomic regulation and control decision-making‚ the commercial economy information‚ the bank fund account transfer‚ the stock negotiable securities‚ the
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