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    E1 The five pieces of current legislation I have chosen are; Children Act (2004)‚ Childcare Act (2006)‚ Disability Discrimination Act (1995)‚ Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989). E2 Children Act (2004) This legislation links in with the every child matters policy. This means that in a setting the practitioner will make sure the child is healthy. They will do this by promoting 5 a day and at snack time have fruit. The practitioner

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    Capture Attention Last week this man attacked and wounded another man at Mt. Scott Park‚ here in Portland‚ OR. Because of his actions I need all of the students with facial hair‚ dark shirts‚ tattoos and long hair to stand up. Effective immediately‚ all of you will be detained by local authorities because you have been deemed a threat to the safety of our community and the citizens who reside here. Significance/Relevance Breed Specific Legislation is not a new way to manage aggressive

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    After the Civil War‚ African Americans had the opportunity to legally obtain an education‚ and it was often a priority for many. They started establishing and advocating for schools‚ and they were often helped by outside forces; however; education was often left up to the means of the community. Education had the opportunity to promote social and economic mobility for African Americans‚ but they were often hindered in their education by lack of funding and resources in schools‚ and the hostility

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    African American Women’s writing was excluded from literary collections and critical studies because they were considered to be non-normative. It was only the work of white men‚ white women and to some extent Black men that were considered to be mainstream‚ while the practices of Black women were recognized as being deviant (McDowell 167). As Barbra Smith says in her essay ‘Toward a Black Feminist Criticism’‚ the existence of Black women together with their experiences and culture were “beneath consideration

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    million Africans‚ sailed across the Atlantic to work in fields‚ mines‚ and many other places between the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. Slavery around this time was not uncommon‚ therefore not looked down upon by most societies. This took away the moral disadvantage of slavery‚ and looked towards the potential opportunities. The people in Europe could rarely receive a profit from European-grown crops. With the newly acquirable land in the New World‚ they needed a large work force. The Africans were

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    Lawful boundaries within Religion. There are many religions that exist in our reality today. Each of them has an arrangement of standards that represent how we ought to act. For instance‚ an essential arrangement of standards that Catholics and other Christian religions take after incorporate something known as the Ten Commandments. These decrees cover genuine things‚ for example‚ not executing‚ and different genuine things‚ for example‚ not lying or feeling ravenous. While these laws are intended

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    What is culture? According to Cambridge Dictionary‚ culture is the arts of describing‚ showing or performing that represent the traditions or the way of life a particular people or group; literature‚ art‚ music‚ dance‚ and theater. All humans are introduced to a culture through socialization. “What we learn depends on the culture in which we live as well as our place within that culture” (Ore. T‚ 5). Often times race and culture are assumed to be one in the same. Race is based on the perception of

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    In the 1800s‚ life was very cruel and messed up for some people‚ especially African Americans. They were treated like slaves and had to do work for the Whites and the British people. It was hard for them to live during this kind of life‚ they must have been really brave to go through all of the misery and suffering. African Americans had survived through torture‚ pain‚ and suffering. They were separated from their friends and families‚ whenever two African Americans get married and one gets sold

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    How promising was the period of Reconstruction for African Americans? There are varying historic interpretations of the period of Reconstruction and whether it proved promising for African Americans. Some historians such as William A. Dunning suggest that the southerners were the victims of Reconstruction and a growing population of African Americans formulated ‘Negro Rule’ whereas others contradict this with the Post-Revisionists claiming that the period was ‘non-revolutionary’ and conservative

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    University of Phoenix Material Anti-Drug Legislation Matrix Complete the matrix by selecting three states to add below Federal. Then‚ answer each question listed in the first row for each corresponding law. | |Is marijuana |What are the |What are the |What are the |What is the blood|Is there extreme | | |illegal? |penalties for |penalties for |penalties for |alcohol level for|DWI or DUI? If so‚ | |

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