A) WHAT IS DEVIANCE? o Def: Behavior‚ beliefs or conditions that violate significant norms in society‚ or the group in which it occurs. o Behavior-Belief-Condition o Based on “beliefs” or “deviation from the mean” o Crime is not necessarily a deviant (speeding) o Deviance is not necessarily a crime (assisting drowning). 1) Who defines deviance? NOT inherent in specific behavior or person. SOCIALLY-defined and relative to the situation. CRIME- a violation of criminal law-punished by the CJ
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Clausewitz defines victory as overcoming your opponent’s will to resist in order to force him to accept your geo-political position/policy. (CL 94) Clausewitz also correctly points out that both combatants define victory and peace. Even within the pure warfare‚ the defeated gets a vote. (CL 80) Bartholomees broaden the participants to include the perception of noncombatants. (Barth p 31) Both would agree unless the victor is considering a Carthage like solutions‚ defeated people can resist in
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What is a hero? Someone who can fly across the country or shoot laser beams out of their eyes? No‚ the main heroes in our lives are the ones we pay the least attention to. A hero’s traits vary from strength to emotional to witty. As an example think about doctors. They have to have strength‚ wit‚ and emotional all at the same time. They pursue the ideas and conquests for a hero but it doesn’t even have to be that. A hero doesn’t have to be a doctor or even a human. It could be an animal. A hero
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Chances are if you are reading this you are either a practitioner trying to find your own definition or just someone curious enough to know what osteopathy is. Well whoever you are welcome. I noticed that where ever I have been to whether locally or internationally there is a big question “What is osteopathy?”. I personally think it is a bit ironic to be asked that considering the profession is a bit older if I remember correctly has been there since the first world war. At best some people actually
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Age of Exploration: Innovations that changed Europe. During 1400-1700‚ Europe’s age of exploration would change them forever. Europe had many innovations that aided exploration. They came up with stern post rudder‚ the compass‚ the trade winds‚ and Lateen and square sails in combination. All these new findings enabled them to search new land and they discovered goods they had never seen before. Items like coffee‚ tea‚ potatoes‚ chocolate‚ squash‚ maize‚ all gave Europe’s economy new life. With
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DEFINITIONS OF LEADERSHIP “Leadership is not about titles‚ positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.” John C. Maxwell “Leadership is influence‚ nothing more. And nothing less” John Maxwell “Leadership is a function of knowing yourself‚ having a vision that is well communicated‚ building trust among colleagues‚ and taking effective action to realize your own leadership potential.” Warren Benni “Leadership is accomplishing things that reach beyond solitary abilities by
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not have to face social consequences and would not obtain a bad name in the society. In U.S with the legalization of abortion a largest decline in birthrates were seen among women who do not have the capacity to raise a child due to poverty‚ young age and health problems. And many women who do not succeed in having an abortion either commit suicide or lose their life in a cheap illegal clinic. In 1965 in U.S‚ when abortion was still illegal nationwide except in cases of life endangerment‚ at least
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Definition of a Loner What is a loner? The word "loner" means someone who prefers to be alone or someone who has no friend. Naturally‚ it is appropriate to divide loners into categories‚but apparently they have a lot in common. The loners behave mysteriously. They appear as lone figures. The loners have their own inner world. Most of us haven’t known much about what the loners are thinking even the people around them have no idea about their mysterious behaviours. For instance‚ loners in college
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Economics Definition 1) Scarcity- the limited nature of society’s resources 2) Economics- the study of how society manages it’s scarce resources 3) Efficiency- the property of society getting the most it can from it’s scarce resources 4) Equality- the property of distributing economics prosperity uniformly among the members of society 5) Opportunity cost- whatever must be given up or forgone to obtain some item 6) Rational people- people who systematically and purposefully
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Simone Mathurin 10/12/12 ENC1102 Definition of love Love is an incredibly powerful word. When you’re in love‚ you always want to be together‚ and when you’re not‚ you’re thinking about being together because you need that person and without them your life is incomplete. This love is unconditional affection with no limits or conditions: completely loving someone. It’s when you trust the other with your life and when you would do anything for each other. When you love someone you want nothing more
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