Taking Marriage Private WHY do people — gay or straight — need the state’s permission to marry? For most of Western history‚ they didn’t‚ because marriage was a private contract between two families. The parents’ agreement to the match‚ not the approval of church or state‚ was what confirmed its validity. For 16 centuries‚ Christianity also defined the validity of a marriage on the basis of a couple’s wishes. If two people claimed they had exchanged marital vows — even out alone by the haystack
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Nowadays nothing is private: our culture has become too confessional and self-expressive. People think that to hide one’s thoughts or feelings is to pretend not to have those thoughts or feelings. They assume that honesty requires one to express every inclination and impulse. Adapted from J. David Velleman‚ "The Genesis of Shame" Assignment: Should people make more of an effort to keep some things private? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your
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desalination of water water‚ desalination of‚ process of removing soluble salts from water to render it suitable for drinking‚ irrigation‚ or industrial uses. The principal methods used for desalination include distillation (or evaporation)‚ electrodialysis‚ freezing‚ ion exchange‚ and reverse osmosis. In distillation saltwater is heated in one container to make the water evaporate‚ leaving the salt behind. The desalinated vapor is then condensed to form water in a separate container. Although long
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1. Excecutive Summary 1.0 Introduction FRANKROJEIAN Snack House start-up a small bakery that rent in 1.1 The Company FRANKROJEIAN Snack House is a Partnership business‚ this will be under supevision of the five partners as the owner of the business. The business wiill be renting a space at the Sienna building Alunan Avenue near government offices‚ schools and private sectors. 1.2 The Products and Servies FRANKROJEIAN Snack House offers the following food and beverages to customers • Cakes
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********************************************** How can government encourage whistle blowing? In an article about whistle blowing in a business context ‚ Lilanthi Ravishankar makes a useful distinction between external and internal whistle blowing. She argues that companies should encourage internal whistle blowing so that problems are solved within the organization before employees feel they must go outside to get action. The same is true for government bodies‚ which need to know about problems early—before
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free from government intervention based on private ownership of production in order to receive a profit. I personally do not believe these two concepts are compatible‚ but they are often intertwined. Capitalism is all about making money and pushing products which leads to issues of great environmental concern like water privatization‚ consumption‚ and greenwashing‚ or large corporations‚ like Wal-Mart‚ claiming to be green just to boost their public image. Water privatization is the private sector’s
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The Right to Access Clean Water Only 2% of earth’s water is available for human consumption because 98% of the earth’s water is frozen in ice caps‚ flowing in the ocean‚ and even in animal bodies‚ etc. More than a billion people have no decent water supply‚ adding to that about 2.4 billion people do not have proper sanitation; therefore more than 60% of global illness is linked to the lack of healthy water. Water is a natural source of nature and access to clean water should not be used as a traded
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has suggested that the British government does not want to continue its part in the union as a single market. The market that intended to increase competitiveness‚ specialization and scale of economy therefore to allow products to be transferred to a place where it is valued most effectively and efficiently. Where some of the products and goods are dealt with according to EU legislations. 2.0 The Brexit Brexit is a title used for the plan of the British government to be withdrawn from the European
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means that people who have not signed up for insurance by the end of March will have to wait until Nov. 15‚ 2014‚ to apply again. It also means that insurance companies will have an extra month to set their rates for 2015 after taking into account who has signed up for coverage during the current enrollment period. The companies will now have until the end of May to set their rates for the following year. The decision to move the 2015 open enrollment beyond the midterm elections
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Water Shortage or Water Misuse The United States of America is known for her extreme overuse of everything. Americans see something they want and they simply take it. It was true when the young country pushed westward. The Native Americans were already there‚ but that mattered not; it was wanted‚ so it was taken. It is still true today. Americans as a people see what they want and they take it with very little regard to who had it first or where more might come from. Water is one of those
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