... a system gone wrong. There are many reasons for agrarian reform to take place, such as needs for social justice, higher productivity, environmental preservation, political stability, and economic growth (Handelman 110-113). The five are intertwined with one another, each with its own level of importance, but economic development may be perhaps the most significant argument for agrarian reform. As the "purchasing ... power (of workers) increases," they are able to utilize more national goods, thus encouraging economic growth (Handelman 113). Around the world, the poorest of the poor are ...

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... stereotyped, as being "stinky" and "ugly". Furthermore, in relation to "performativity" (Butler, 1993) explains performative discourse, whereby the reiterate statement of "she stinks" highlighted within the case study, shapes Christina's identity. The more something/comment is repeated , the term then becomes accepted to other peers within the class/school, which then turns into Christina being the victim of ... can not teach under the assumption that "equal means the same". Students come from numerous cultures, languages, lifestyles and values and a framework such as the Early Years Foun...

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... James Ferguson and Larry Lohmann, in line with post-development theory, believe that development as a construct of the developed Western world has largely failed, pointing to the specific case study of development projects in Lesotho. This is in large part due to the fact that those engaging in development projects have imposed an inaccurate picture of the reality in Lesotho ... future modes of bringing about the improvement social well being of these populations. Gibson-Graham (2010) highlight the successes of localized efforts of creating a cooperative culture in Spain to guide regional...

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... and unscrupulous as the old-time slave-drivers; under such circumstances immorality was exactly as inevitable, and as prevalent, as it was under the system of chattel slavery" (Sinclair 113). Sinclair portrays immigration as a tool for economic manipulation on immigrants. This system would weaken the economy due to the rapid depletion of the work force from starvation. However such a system ... ...

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... resulted in "the formation of separate interest groups within Spartan society firmly entrenched by the patterns of marriage which arose out of the need to cope with inheritance" (Powell, 1988, 113). According to Powell (1988, 82) "All these marriages were clearly aimed at the concentration of property" and due to this, inequality amongst the Spartiates developed as "land thus accumulated in ... ...

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... having a small population, finally by choosing a macro perspective it becomes inappropriate to collect data other ways such as interviewing. Conceptualization and Measurement For the purpose of this study childhood sexual abuse will include females 13 years of age and younger who have experienced any unwanted sexual touching or photographing. Adolescent pregnancy will include females who became pregnant ... when analyzing data (CITE TEXTBOOK). The population will be through quota sampling method and be non-probable. Quota sampling is most appropriate for this research question because t...

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... cessation of deprivation should result in the individual experiencing an increase in sleep duration for the following night (Pinel, 1999). Support for this theory can be sourced from a case study examining the effects of sleep deprivation on Peter Tripp, who was subjected to a period of extended wakefulness and was therefore seemingly prevented from the restorative benefits of sleep. Researchers observing ... very little for 6 weeks thereby using little resources, they would sleep less as the body has no need for the alleged restorative function of sleep. Conflicting evidence also comes f...

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... GM products are assumed safe without animal testing based solely on their superfluous similarities to non-GM crops. The basis for this rejection of the general scientific approach to GMO study relies on disagreement with the fundamental assumption that foreign genes which are "tweaked" will respond in a predictable and isolated singular protein, rather than influence the expression ... be demonstrated as sound science, or just the product of big money lobbying. Monsanto and DuPont, it could be argued, have already been found "guilty" by a Congressional study (U.S. Congress, 1990) that r...

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... tolerance policies and the use of alternative methods of ensuring school safety "beyond the scope of the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994" (Insley, 2001). A study published by the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing (2011) more specifically examined the unintended negative consequences of zero-tolerance policies in schools and explores an innovative alternative ... number of court referrals from schools. The author argues that this harsh response, to what he asserts to be normative adolescent behavior, is misinformed and counterproductive. This case study evaluates the Clayto...

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... a debate within the medical community, that debate would be the Need vs. Effectiveness vs. Cost Effectiveness. The need would rather indicate if such a study were medically necessary, if the practitioner were testing within the realm of the specificity or sensitivity of the test to be performed. Need however is to ... be determined by the impact such a test or study would have on the treatment or care of a patient whether or not this is merely an attempt for reassurance on the part of the physician ... cost-effectiveness, who is to say we are to put a value on ones treatment, ones outco...

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... to, and recover from the threats and hazards, which pose the greatest risk to the country. In addition, the Department released a description of the National Preparedness System, which serves as a guide on building, sustaining, and delivering the core capabilities identified in the National Preparedness Goal. Though the occurrence of some disasters is inevitable, it is possible to take certain steps to ... ...

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... and gather adequate and relevant information about it to know its nature, assess the issues associated with the problem including all the parties involved, consider relevant ethic codes that may guide in making the decision to avoid the violation of the codes of ethics, look into the responsible laws and regulations and determine their influence on the problem, seek views from ... ...

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... undoubtedly be scrutinized by funders, and while an all encompassing mission statement can be difficult to devise, it is the responsibility of nonprofit boards to assure that the organizations they guide do in fact develop concise objectives and easily articulated goals that can be clearly communicated to potential sources of financial support (Cosier, 1993; Conners, 1992). Another important management principle that ... ...

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... Othello as directly as possible, on closer inspection the audience finds that he rarely resorts to telling direct lies, but instead simply distorts elements of the truth in order to guide his victim toward an intended conclusion. This method of using a character's existing tendencies to make certain judgments is a clear example of the Nietzschean view that "convictions are more dangerous foes ... ...

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... emergent threats posed by mercenaries or mercenary-related activities; Monitor mercenaries and mercenary-related activities in all their forms and manifestations in different parts of the world; Study and identify emerging issues, manifestations and trends regarding mercenaries or mercenary-related activities and their impact on human rights, particularly on the right of peoples to self- ... interdepartmental working group was assessing a registration requirement for private security companies that might use Switzerland as a base for operations abroad in conflict or problematic zones. Fo...

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Introduction Terrorism, often specific to the area in which it occurs, is a special domain for the exercise of state sovereignty and, in this context, the comparative study of anti-terrorist legislation is a fruitful line of study. Can we combat a nationalist terrorism whose structures are founded on national historical and ideological roots, in the same way as international terrorism whose strength lies in the ... of individual liberties, and the setting up of specialized courts to try the perpetrators of these acts of violence. These are the measures that we will focus on in this study. In ...

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... contribute distinguished advantages. For instance, the Scenedesmus obliquus and Chlorella kessleri extracted from drainage treatment ponds by the power factory show higher CO2 absorption (Morais 2007). In a comparison study, multiple microalgal strains were grown under high CO2 supply, and found that different cultures can have specific functions. B. braunii was considered to be the most sufficient for making ... productivity. They acquired 0.48 g/ L per day for microalgal mass yield, and 0.142 g/L per day for production of lipids. Different technologies and studies are currently conduct...

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... , colonised and independent, have to fight together against an imperialist enemy, meaning the legitimacy of the allied empires can be no longer. To truly see this emergence of nationalism, the study of the French Empire is vital and could be a contributing explanation to the collapse of the European Empires. Only second behind Britain, this Empire was still at its greatest extent ... bitterness only existed due to Roosevelt's pressure on Britain to dismantle its imperial preferences in order to allow the United Sates passage into the British Empire.16 With this empirical study, it is eas...

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... would allow us to communicate with our satellites instantly and have faster earth-space communication along with any other type of communication in the world. Quantum teleportation is a very popular study in the field of quantum physics, which is derived from one of the many branches of physics; however many scientists from all over the world, in present time, have ... in a different place. For better understanding of this process, picture photon A as a fax machine that shreds whatever is sent and photon B simply reconstructs whatever photon A has shredded. Physics, the study of matter,...

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... Hall. A number of notable popular music theorists worked at the CCCS, including Dick Hebdige, Iain Chambers, Angela McRobbie, and Paul Willis. A major focus of the CCCS was the study of youth culture and subcultural analysis; subsequently, popular music was perceived as central to adolescent resistance, understood as key to the development of sociology of youth, and viewed as a ... suggest that the period 1948 through 1973 is characterized by cyclical phases of concentration in the music industry and outbursts of competition and diversity driven by consumer demand. In a later study, Pet...

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... exceeds the scope of this article. However, a point can be made about its potential applicability in a variety of settings. Garcia et al. (1999) conducted a confirmatory factor analysis study that showed the complexity of ethical dilemmas faced by counselors working with HIV/AIDS populations. They found that counselor ratings of the dilemmas loaded onto eight categories, namely, disclosure, family ... /social, legal, health, death, vocational, sexual, and counselor/client relationship issues. This study also examined demographic characteristics of counselors that could predict their ratin...

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... exceeds the scope of this article. However, a point can be made about its potential applicability in a variety of settings. Garcia et al. (1999) conducted a confirmatory factor analysis study that showed the complexity of ethical dilemmas faced by counselors working with HIV/AIDS populations. They found that counselor ratings of the dilemmas loaded onto eight categories, namely, disclosure, family ... /social, legal, health, death, vocational, sexual, and counselor/client relationship issues. This study also examined demographic characteristics of counselors that could predict their ratin...

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... innovative team environment are more empowered to share new and creative ideas with each other than individuals in a non-innovative environment (Kim and Lee, 1995). As highlighted above, the case study is a typical example where teams are encourage to suggest ideas and be innovative, there is also a sense of affiliation towards the company, hence staffs are more eager to share knowledge ... sharing, it has also been suggested that team climate and empowering leadership factors can facilitate knowledge sharing ; (Bradely et al 2011, Seibert et al 2004), as the Virgin Train case study rev...

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... organisations, but while developing and promoting the initiatives for the actual issue, it is seen that the development deviates towards general health education and promotional activities and issues. According to a study and research by Carol Wilkinson, Principal Lecturer and Faculty of Social and Life Science in the Department of Psychology and Health of University of Lincoln and Humberside, after interviewing health ... the managers and authoratative personnel of the organization have their priorities set towards the company's strategic planning and the functions affecting the compan...

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... their success within PE, fundamental belief, social skills and mental well-being are all negatively affected. 1.3) National Curriculum of PE at Key Stage 3 The QCA (2007) Physical Education programme of study (KS3) has a clear purpose to inspire all pupils to succeed and excel in competitive sport and other physically-demanding activities, providing opportunity to build character and help embed values such ... ...

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