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    eye; what am I talking about? Tattoos. It may appear more recently that this type of body modification is a new “normal” in our society‚ when really the ideas of tattoos date back to the days of ancient female mummies. A movement of tattoos occurred in the United States when the first woman to be tattooed displayed her body commercially. There was an era when people paid to see women covered in tattoos‚ days in age when women with ink were part of the freak show at a circus. Now we see women of all

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    reuniting with their loves ones and living a leisurely life. Since companies did not focus on the war effort anymore‚ a surge of new businesses began to focus on building technological innovations of household and consumer goods. Thus‚ the sense of political and social conformity pervaded the American Dream to a great extent by rapidly expanding businesses‚ standardizing the American lifestyle‚ investing in luxurious items‚ raising a family in a suburbanization environment‚ and reinforcing traditional and

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    The political scene in Canada of the 1970s was a rather tense one. In Quebec‚ citizens felt they were not considered in federal decision-making. They had a culture influenced by the French while the majority of Canada had an English influence. This angered a group of Quebecois so it was decided they would try to be heard by the federal government in Ottawa. This did not work by peaceful means. The Front de Liberation du Quebec ‚ here on after known as the FLQ‚ followed what most terrorist organizations

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    for their basic human rights. Whether it was about one’s social economic class‚ race‚ religion‚ or gender‚ Americans have pushed for their right to live freely as they wish without the whim of government or people placing restrictions. These groups have won their civil liberties and rights throughout tedious groundbreaking trials and acts of legislation to achieve their goals to live peacefully the way they desired to. If it was not for women suffrage or for the civil rights movement‚ these groups

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    LAT1 Task 5 Final 8-2-11 Paul D Burns Western Governors University Unemployment is a Serious Social Issue Unemployment is the condition and extent of individuals out of work within an economy‚ measured by the “official” unemployment rate (U-5). This measure is the number of unemployed workers divided by the total civilian labor force. As of June the “official” unemployment rate stands at 9.2%. What is rarely reported‚ and even more ominous‚ is the underemployment rate. This rate includes two groups

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    men are oppressed‚ it’s a tragedy. When women are oppressed‚ it’s tradition." (goodreads.com) Women’s roles have changed quite a bit since the olden days. Women have received more rights‚ such as‚ the right to vote. Women have also travelled into the work field and can now do jobs that were considered a “man’s” job. Also women have joined together and became activists. Roles of women have changed drastically over the last decades in order to get to where women are now; this can be seen most prominently

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    The issue of LGBT rights has always been an issue since the beginning of time. Since society sees members from the LGBT community as different and not normal‚ they are constantly discriminated against. America is supposed to be a country of freedom‚ but it seems as though whenever we discover something that we don’t like we figure out a way to try and make it disappear. However‚ I believe it is wrong to discriminate against the LGBT community. In the Constitution it states all men have equal rights

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    Also‚ I think the New women was one of the successful changes that emerged in the Roaring twenties. The now women known as flapper had more freedom (they did not want to use corsets and act like their mother). They had short hair‚ short skirt‚ drink and smoke in public. Women had access to a type of birth control‚ which helped poor families to not have a lot of children. In 1920‚ the 19th amendment allowed women to vote‚ which increased women presence in public area. Women had more chances to work

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    SOME PARADOXICAL ISSUES IN NEUROMANAGEMENT OF DECISION - MAKING By Jyotirmaya S. D. Litt. Candidate DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS‚ BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY‚ INDIA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROLOGUE New brain imaging technologies have motivated neuromanagement studies of the internal order of the mind and its links with the spectrum of human decisions from choice among fixed gambles to choice mediated by market and other institutional

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    CT236 Principles for implementing duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings. 1.1 A duty of care in my own role is a legal obligation on me requiring me to adhere to a reasonable standard of care while performing acts of care. 1.2 I have a legal and professional duty of care. If I was to neglect someone and this caused them harm then a court of law could find me negligent and stop me working in care or impose sanctions on me and this is how duty of care contributes

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