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Improving Drug Rehabilitation ProgramsIt is agreed worldwide that drug and substance abuse and addiction is a colossal problem. A recent study on marijuana, for example, has revealed a rise in its use among teens as of 2013, a reverse of the previous years, where there had been a decline [sta12]. Drug use has devastating consequences such as health problems and addiction which has necessitated government agencies and national drug societies to put up measures meant to help drug addicts conquer their addiction state and enable them to lead normal lives. Treatment programs have been put in place with medications being administered to suppress the urge for cravings and effects associated with withdrawal. However, despite these efforts, little has been achieved as many of those who undergo such treatment programs eventually relapse into their chronic addiction state [Lea03]. While treatment is mainly aimed at stabilizing the drug user and to lower the chance of occurrence of relapse, there have been numerous instances where t |
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Generalized Anxiety DisorderBackground Anxiety is a normal part of daily life. When anxiety becomes overwhelming and troubling to one's life it can lead to Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). According to Comer (2014) generalized anxiety disorder is characterized by persistent and excessive feelings of anxiety and worry about various events and activities in a person's life. The DSM -5 states that worry must persist for at least three months about two or more activities or events (APA, 2013). A person with GAD may worry or be anxious about a wide variety of topics including health, finances, safety, minor matters, etc. This person feels keyed up, restless, or on edge, has difficulty concentrating, disruptive sleep patterns, muscle tension, irritability, and fatigue (Rowa & Antony, 2008). Incidence & Prevalence Generalized anxiety disorder is prevalent in Western society. Research suggests that as many as 4% of the U.S. population have the symptoms of GAD in any given year and has a lifetime prevalence of 6.1% |
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Participation Crisis in the UKThe UK is mostly considered to be a democracy. This means that it should be a "government of the people, by the people and for the people" (Abraham Lincoln 1863). A key element of democracy is people participating, in a significant way, in the political process and key political decisions made from this. This reflects the idea of government by and for the people. However, recently there has been evidence to suggest that the UK is suffering from a participation crisis; this is an important issue to discuss as participation obviously affects the correct carrying out of democracy, a crucial element of the UK political system. This essay will address reasons as to why the UK may be suffering from a participation crisis - a decrease in election turnouts, membership of parties, and strikes - as well as evidence to suggest it may not be - an increase in demonstrations, popularity of small parties and new social movements. Firstly, a decrease in turnout at elections has caused concern as to |
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Physician Assisted SuicideSo, what is physician-assisted suicide? Physician assisted suicide is when a doctor chooses to aid a patient in the process of killing himself or herself. This so called "mercy killing" gives the patient a chance to escape potentially long-term suffering and misery resulting from terminal diseases and conditions that are hurting and or slowly killing the patient. This method of death also gives the individual a chance to decide when to end his or her life, by committing suicide in a peaceful manner rather than waiting through prolonged and continuous periods of suffering from the disease that it is killing him or her. Generally, in America, the practice of physician-assisted suicide is illegal and physicians are liable to face the loss of medicinal practice and imprisonment. "Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it |
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Heartland and Company Case StudyHeartland and Company is one of the oldest industrial organizations in the United states of America, the firm specializes in agricultural, construction equipment, and both commercial and consumer lawn care equipment. Many of the final products Heartland and Company produce require the use of bearings, which range in size and purpose for use depending on the product. One specific bearing they require is supplied from New England Works and Midwest Bearings, Heartland and Company purchases and average of 500 000 of these bearings annually. Heartland and Company currently has an evaluation system for suppliers that requires revamping, a better method is to establish a weighted-point system where the 5 values would be ranked by 1 being highest importance down to 5 lower importance, and then each value would receive a score allowing all 5 dimensions to add up to a perfect score up to 100. This provides both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Heartland and Company is also managing its |
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Mytilenean Debate - Democracy and EmpiresIn section 37 of the Mytilenean debate, Cleon states, "a democracy is not capable of ruling an empire" (67). For Thucydides, the point of writing Cleon's speech is to show the incompatibility of the two political systems. While a democracy is concerned about the well being of the city by representing the views of a homogeneous citizenry, an empire is broader in scale and involves multiple cultures. Furthermore, a democracy functions on the ideals of fairness and justice, unlike an empire that flourishes on the basis of strength and the pursuit of self-interest. Hence rises the dilemma, where the city must decide for the culture of its democracy or that of the empire. In his funeral oration, Pericles says Athens "is called a democracy because it is managed not for a few people, but for the majority" (40). Here, Pericles defines democracy as a political system that functions to benefit the general citizenry as opposed to the few elite. Spoken in context of the funer |
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Ethics in PhotojournalismThe article "Accepting Manipulation or Manipulating What's Acceptable" written by Aaron Quinn explains the countless different ways photojournalists can use software tools to modify photos which meet the photographer's imagination or requirements, which is not necessarily reality. Aaron Quinn discusses how use of technology affects the art of photography. He starts off by talking about the currently decreased trust in photojournalism because of the usage of developed software. Photography has lost its true meaning because of the misuse of technology in the name of aesthetics. Quinn explains that a news photographer can modify and manipulate his photographs with different tools available to him such as distance, lens and light. Photography has developed from an unbiased technological standard to personalized art that has changed the professionalism of photojournalism. The author then moves onto the ethical issues aroused because of that: journalism is a part of media and it |
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Police Officers and the Need for CounselingIt is no secret that police officers have a tough job. Between gun fights and responding to the homicides of babies, it is hard to compare the stressors imposed on police officers to any other profession. Arrigo and Garsky (1997) describe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as "the silent killer among police officers." What makes it the 'silent' killer? Society assumes police officers are strong and tough, and the same stigma is found within the walls of any police station. The increase of suicides committed by police officers is a call for help. There is an abundance of literature that examines the stressors of police officers. Enough research has been conducted; it's time police services take action. We are proposing police services mandate annual counseling for all police officers in an attempt to improve their overall wellness whiling eliminating the fear of getting help. Police officers are at high risk of developing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, anxiety dis |
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Fourfold Cultural Balance and GlobalizationIn the book The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community, William McNeill proposed a theory that explained the social relations of civilizations in the old world from 500 B.C. to 1500 A.D. His Fourfold Cultural Balance theory states there were four distinct zones (Europe, Middle East Africa, India, and China) of civilization development that were marked by a unique culture. The zones advanced relatively independent of one another. There was no physical border marking the end of one zone and the beginning of another, but rather each zone was founded around the presence of the pure distinct culture that existed there. The cultural differences is what divided the types of civilizations, and cultural exclusion prevented one culture from expanding too far by means of war. The Fourfold Cultural Balance was upset through the many different trade routes such as the Sahara Caravan route, the Silk R |
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Cruelty in Huckleberry FinnThroughout his lifetime, or at least since 1884 and the publication of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain received a copious amount of criticism and denunciation over the rather controversial ideas portrayed in the previously mentioned book. It was looked towards as being one of two things: a racist's reiterated ideas, or an abolitionist's epiphany. Twain was viewed by some as being racist or as being anti-slavery by others; two very contradictory ideas. The book touches on many themes, and may or mightn't have touched many people's hearts. Taking the theme of society's unfairness and analyzing it, it can be seen that through The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain shows the cruelty and injustice of society by the way of a young boy, Huck Finn. The people in Huck's life, whether previously known or new acquaintances, ultimately shape the way he sees things. They help him understand cruelty. Huckleberry Finn's life is not exactly what would be described as "fair |
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PK - Indian and Hindi FilmPK is a 2014 Indian Hindi satirical comedy-drama film produced by Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra, and directed by Rajkumar Hirani. In this paper, an attempt has been made to look at a film like PK as a cultural text, having multiple cultural values. In this paper a comparison to another Hindi film OMG-Oh My God! (2012) is made and various social and religious values are highlighted. PK is a film which aims to critique the social, economic, political, and religious practices of the societies in India. In this regard, the alien, and the protagonist, PK becomes a powerful tool. The societies projected here are of Mandava, a rural village of Rajasthan, and Delhi, a Metropolitan city, and the capital of India. It may be noted that these two cities represent the whole of India. The various values discussed and various prevailing practices described in the film can be classified in the following three different broad categories: social practices and values, religious practic |
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Shame - Film AnalysisFilms are often constructions of reality, offering representations of the current issues within a society's culture. "Shame" is a 1988 Australian film that reflects some of the pernicious issues that have become naturalized in our real-life society, such as a deep rooted rape culture upheld by a dominant male discourse. The film follows a barrister, Asta Cadell, as she travels through rural Ginborak and witnesses the tragic journey of rape victim Lizzie Curtis. This representation of society exposes the detrimental effects of a male hegemony, and the subsequent rape culture that flourishes, effectively working to expand the viewer's social awareness of the issues surrounding gender, allowing them to identify and reject misogyny around them. Shame aptly demonstrates the impacts of a male dominant discourse through the effective use of the film techniques, most predominantly through the use of dialogue, misè en scene, and characterization. Audio is used within "Shame" as a way to |
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Macbeth - His Own EnemyMacbeth, whilst the Witches and Lady Macbeth influence him, is ultimately responsible for his downfall. In William Shakespeare's play, Macbeth is a tragic hero, who is destroyed by his own desperate lust for power. At the beginning of the play he is portrayed as a loyal soldier, lauded as a "valiant cousin" by his peers. When given the role as Thane of Cawdor, his "black and deep desires" shine through, as the witches' prophesy begins to come true, prompting him to take the icy path toward the life of a tyrannical leader. Macbeth is firstly influenced by the witches, who install the prophecy into his mind saying "all hail king that shalt be hereafter!" He blindly believes the prophesy without any proof initially. He refuses to dismiss the words of the witches like Banquo and misinterprets them as an assassination contract; they provide the basis for his motivations, but they do not explicitly tell him to murder the king, he does that on his own. The witches are motivated by their lust for mischief, saying, "Double double, toil and troub |
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Lincoln - Shifting Views Towards SlaveryAbraham Lincoln had a strong hatred for slavery but was not an advocate of abolition. He believed that slavery was morally corrupt and should be limited to expanding, but because of his allegiance to the Constitution, he had no aim to interfere. In 1854, the Kansas Nebraska Act helped convince the southern states to conclude that Lincoln intended to end slavery. The majority of the southern states had seceded because they believed that they were being deprived of their property. Lincoln had attempted to persuade the southern states to rejoin the Union by accentuating that his motive was not to end slavery where it existed, but to only stop it from spreading. It had caused more controversy. The secession of the southern states had jeopardized the Union, therefore it pressured Lincoln to take any necessary action in order to reunify the Country. Lincoln became compelled to develop new policies due to the arising conflict of slavery during the war. Throughout the war, he had developed new |
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The Twitter AddictionTwitter has come to be probably the most commonly used social networking site. Nearly half of Twitter users view their profiles every day. Some of the users spend an unreasonable amount of their time on Twitter, whiling the hours away unnoticed, while chores to go unfinished, and even going to the extent of ignoring family and friends in the real world. Although a majority of the hundreds of millions of people use Twitter as a special networking device, it has several of negative impacts such as social isolation, communication problems, and health problems which profoundly impact the lives of the users. "The people drawn to Twitter are people on the cutting edge, the real nerds who are resentful of the fact that the general population have found and taken over Facebook" (Steve Dotto), host of Dotto Tech. "Twitter lets me hear from a lot of people in a very short period of time," "wrote Robert Scoble, a blogger. While Twitter addiction disorder or Twitter addiction are not medically ac |
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Phylogeny of PrimatesPrimate's phylogeny has been a complex and still not fully developed phylogeny. There are still many species of primates that have yet to be place permanently on the tree due to lack of information. However with the information that is available we are able to construct a phylogeny base on the data that we have. Given gene cox1 and ribosomal gene 16s we are to construct a phylogeny along with the boot strap method and maximum likelihood phylogeny. Comparison among all three trees will show if the data we have collect is sufficient enough to support our trees. Primates are an ancient and very diverse groups of animals and are also one of the most familiar groups among the placental mammals (8). The total amount of species that the primates contain is still unknown today. There have been taxonomist that categorize 350 species of primates while others only calculating only 190 (7). Even with such a big range there is a widely accepted estimated range of 230 to 270 species categorized with |
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Cherokee Indians in GeorgiaNative Americans shouldn't have been removed from Georgia. They were making strides towards incorporating more civilized customs, and their removal was unjust and inhumane. Furthermore, their right to be in Georgia was protected by various treaties and documents. Native Americans were called, "savages," and other derogatory names. They were also looked down upon as being inferior to the civilized white man. They were scoffed at and scorned for what whites saw as uncivilized and barbaric customs. In his letter to Captain Hendrick, Thomas Jefferson very sharply points out the differences between whites and Native Americans. He states saw vital flaws, such as how the Native Americans were dependent on hunting deer and buffalo. He proceeds to say, that as the buffalos and deer became scarce, they were forced to eat scanty, "unwholesome things." This, supposedly, was the cause of death and disease; the reason for dwindling |
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Ethics of The Monster Study - 1939Wendell Johnson conducted a 1939 study on twenty-two orphan children, to test if stuttering can be caused by outside influences (Keen). When Johnson was growing up, he was known to be very intelligent; he was even was valedictorian of his class. Despite his intelligence, Johnson was also known for his speech impediment, stuttering. After high school, his stuttering lead him to become a speech pathologist, to find the cause for stuttering. Until 1937, many speech pathologists had thought that stuttering was due to miss communications in the brain. However, Johnson thought otherwise, as he spoke fine until late in his childhood. This had Johnson wondering if stuttering was caused by something else. His stuttering began with a school teacher thinking that he had a stutter. This led to his 1939 experiment. This experiment became very controversial, over the issue of Johnson impairing orphans with a stutter. Due to Johnsons stuttering a friend, and a fellow graduate of his, Mary Tudor, help |
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The Maned WolfThe Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Canidae Caninae Chrysocyon Brachyurus, otherwise known as the Maned Wolf or Aguará Guazú is the largest canid of South America. The Maned Wolf is also the only animal in the Chrysocyon genus. It bears minor similarities with the red fox as well as the wolf but it is in an entirely different genus than either animal. Some refer to it as the "fox on stilts" due to its long legs which are an adaptation to its environment of tall grasses. The closest genetic ancestor to the Maned Wolf is the now extinct Falkland Island Wolf. The Maned Wolf has an average weight of 51 lbs. and stands around 35 inches tall at the highest shoulder point. It is 45 inches long (including the tail), and has a reddish to orange coat with black on its muzzle and feet. On its throat, it has a white patch of fur known as a "bib" with more white on its tail and ears. These ears can be up to seven inches long. On its shoulders and neck, it has long b |
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Capitalism - Force of Social ChangeCapitalism best describes the contemporary economic and political systems in the world. These systems are characterized by private enterprise, that is, a country's economy is controlled by individuals whose aim is to make profits. Such private enterprises can only thrive where government policies promote the idea of a free market so as to tap into the markets beyond a country's border (Dicken). Progress is the process of advancing. In the context of capitalism, progress is observed as individuals, corporations, and states competitively try to outdo one another with the motive of increasing their earnings or wealth. The progress is seen in both the economic sector (free market) and political sector (good governance). So as to be more competitive, governments have embraced innovation in production and distribution of its home products. The result is an improvement in technology, better transport systems and free market structures that encourage private investment. All progressive changes |
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Stress - Symptoms and CopingStress is a feeling with which most of us are way too familiar. It has become part of our everyday lives. We have to learn to live with it, deal with it, and also worry about stress. With our lives today many things can cause stress. The areas we live in, the harsh economy, our jobs we work, and also our way of living are all some of the many things that can bring stress into a person's life. Although everyone may feel stressed, it does not mean they feel the same level of stress. Different factors or events that impact our lives can cause us to haver lower or higher levels of stress. We can have stress caused by having cataclysmic events, which are events that effect a variety of people at the same time. Plane crashes, terrorist attacks, tornados and some other natural disasters are examples of a cataclysmic event that could happen. Events such as divorce, losing your job, and the death of a loved one or close acquaintance are some factors of personal stressors. Background stressors |
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Banana Technologies Analysis - Apple, Inc.The identified competitor of Banana Technology is Apple Inc. (Apple). Apple was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. The vision of Apple was and remains to produce the best computing experience through innovative products (Apple, 2015). Through the 1980's Apple did well but its peak profits were posted in 1990 with the introduction of several extremely innovative products (Richardson, 2008). Apple also focuses on their marketing strategy to attract consumers, in the second quarter of 2010, Apple spent $51.9 million on the iPad brand alone (Apple, 2015). Apple's continued innovate progression proves they can be considered a top competitor of Banana Technologies. Apple's evolution includes the development of such key products such as Apple I, II, the Macintosh, iPad, iMac, and iPhone products. Apple has developed into a corporation with a present market capitalization of $640 billion (Apple, 2015). The innovating factors of Apple have had an impact on how Banana Technologies |
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Men, Women and FeminismThe foundation of America is designed to support a culture of freedom and equality regardless of nationality, economic status, faith, sexual orientation or gender. It's a heart breaking truth that more than two hundred years later a battle is being fought to enable women with the same rights that were conceived during the birth of this nation. Feminism is the theory of political, economic, and social equality of the sexes according to the Merriam Webster online dictionary. A feminist is any person involved in organized activity on behalf of women's rights. In a survey conducted by the Huffington Post, eighty-two percent of the respondents supported the political, economic, and social equality of men and women. However, only twenty percent identified as feminists with the majority being women. Only sixteen percent of male respondents identified as feminist (Swanson, 1998). Why is support so high yet the number of men identifying with this group so low? In many circumstances the term hol |
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Family Conflict in Billy ElliotIn the film "Billy Elliot," the experiences of moving into the world of dance changes Billy's maturity and confidence. Initially, he is restricted by the narrow-minded and myopic society. His father's identity as a miner and ex-champion boxer reverberates the fact that he holds very traditional male values. Billy experiences conflict as he is torn between his affection for dancing shown in the lyrics in the opening scene "I danced myself right out of the womb" and the expectations of his father. Daldry employs cross-cutting between Billy's dancing lessons and with scenes of his family at the picket line. Billy's dancing lessons with the girls are filled with bright natural lighting to reflect purity and hope, whilst the darker colors at the picket line reflect the miner's hopelessness and desperation. This demonstrates that his world of dancing is a source of liberation for the societal reality he lives in. |
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Psychological Lens - The Bluest EyeToni Morrison's book, "The Bluest Eye," is not a book for the lighthearted. The book contains the emotions of sadness, depression, yearning, anger, and hatred of one's own body. These feelings manifest themselves in the characters of this book, forcing many of these characters to the brink of their own sanity. The father, mother, and daughter of the Breedlove family unknowingly suffer from many different psychological disorders, which would have easily been treated today. Psychological or mental disorders can be can be defined as having abnormal behavior, thoughts, or patterns of thoughts and behavior. For the family known as the Breedlove, the mental abnormalities they possessed drove the family members to their unfortunate demise. Cholly, the father of the Breedlove family, is known for his drinking and starting fights with his wife, Pauline. Cholly's mother tried to abandon him when he was still an infant, but was taken in by his Great Aunt Jimmy, who rescued him and beat his mothe |
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