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    Crime in our society

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    operating with little regard for national boundaries. What is Crime? Crime has so many faces‚ and is perpetrated by people at so many different levels of our society that you may ask yourself what exactly it is. The answer is simple; crime is any activity in conflict with a just law - laws made to protect the citizens of this country and enforced by our Constitution. The task of fighting crime is becoming more complex‚ and therefore more challenging. Criminals are becoming more organised and sophisticated

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    Journal #2 (article) Unfortunately‚ today in our society there is still way too much racism and discrimination against black people all over the world‚ and this can really affect someone’s career just based on of the colour of their skin. My article is about a group of African American gardeners who were being treated as slaves while working for a company called Khaira Enterprises in British Columbia. All the white people working for the company had easy and manageable jobs‚ and had good working

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    The essay “How My Illiterate Grandmother Raised and Educated Black man” was written by Terrell Jermaine Starr. Terrell is the Associate Editor for an online Journal called NewsOne. He has more than four years of journalism experience with public radio‚ television‚ magazines and online reporting. He has a bachelor’s degree in English and two masters’ in Editorial Journalism and Russian‚ East European and Eurasian Studies. He says that he owes his success to his grandmother‚ saying that without her he

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    The Earth Is Our Home

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    The Earth is our Home The Earth is our home‚ but much of it is dirty and dying. By the year 2030‚ they say‚ 25 % of all animals‚ birds‚ fish and insects may be extinct. Every year man cuts down more trees to provide paper‚ wood‚ medicines‚ mineral fuel. But it’s not only trees which are disappearing. Every rain-forest also contains millions of animals‚ insects and flowers. These are destroyed‚ too. Is there any solution? Governments in rain-forest countries need to plan and work together

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    Our Nation of Homelessness

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    Our Nation of Homelessness Amanda Turley SOC 331 Social Justice & Ethics Instructor: Emily Archer April 28‚2014 Homelessness is something that is happening to many people all around the world. Now when it comes to the United States‚ homelessness is not a phenomenon‚ and contrary to popular belief‚ the problem did not arise in the past few decades with the closer of mental hospitals‚ the influx of Vietnam veterans‚ or even the deep cuts into federal housing assistance. Homelessness

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    Eliminated Our Society

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    would be eliminated because it’s the center of a lot of our society’s problems today. If money were eliminated there would be no social inequality‚ there would be no poverty or anymore starving children‚ men‚ and women. There would also be less violence and crime in this world. Money wouldn’t divide us any longer. We would be valued for whom we are and not by what we wear or what we have or by amount of money in our wallets or bank accounts. Our value would be in ourselves. Greed would also be eliminated

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    CHILD LABOUR ACT 1986 The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act‚ 1986 is one the most debated acts regarding children in India. It outlines where and how children can work and where they cannot.  The act defines a child as any person who has not completed his fourteenth year of age. Part II of the act prohibits children from working in any occupation listed in Part A of the Schedule; for example: Catering at railway establishments‚ construction work on the railway or anywhere near the tracks

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    Our Mothers Garden

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    In Our Mothers Garden‚ Alice Walker describes her favorite person. Walker introduces readers to her mother and her mother’s habits. We learn Walker’s feelings toward her mother‚ we learn her own mother’s happy place. It is with this‚ that I introduce my own favorite person in the entire world. This person is none other than my own baby sister‚ Lyanna. Lyanna is the craziest‚ loving‚ and caring person ever. Lyanna is barely four-years-old‚ but she holds a massive character within the little body

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    Not Forget Our Rosie

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    Not Forget Our Rosie Up until the early 20th century‚ the role of women was the predictor of their future roles. Their main role was to care for the house and children. The man or husband was known to be the breadwinner in the family. It wasn’t until the early 20th century that the focus of the women’s role was going to change in favor of the women‚ or both men and women. If it wasn’t for the Rosie’s‚ our history may have had a different outcome. Prior to World War II‚ the female’s role

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    the world

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    A hero is a person who’s responsible and a good role model. A hero is also someone who has done something meaningful in his/her life. It is universally accepted that both Paul Rusesabagina and Oskar Schindler are examples of extraordinary people who accomplished incredible feats by standing up for good in the face of evil‚ such as crimes against humanity and genocide. They were men that helped people other than their selves and actually cared what happens to those other people. They were not selfish

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