...Spain Without Bullfighting, is Not Spain Topic: Bullfighting as a tradition General Purpose: to Persuade Specific Purpose: To convince my audience that they should view bullfighting as a tradition (cultural). Thesis: Bullfighting should be viewed as a cultural tradition and not as an animal cruelty. Introduction Attention Getter: How would you feel if you went to Macdonald’s and you can only order fish, chicken or vegetarian hamburgers? That didn’t matter were you go you couldn’t get hamburgers because killing cows was illegal. Ethos Statement: Bullfighting is seen as a symbol of Spanish culture and it is a very valued tradition because, according to Ernest Hemingway in his non-fiction book Death in the Afternoon published in 1932, “Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter’s honor.” Exigency: I think most of us are bad inform about what really happens before and after a bullfight. The first thing that comes to our mines when we see pictures or videos about bullfighting is animal cruelty, but this is not true. Thesis: Bullfighting should be viewed just as a cultural tradition and not as an animal cruelty. Preview: First we’ll let the beast out to the bullring and explain to what extend bullfighting is so culturally important for Spanish people, then we’ll confront the bull and see what are some lies from the opposition, and finally we’ll conclude our...
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...INTER-NATIONAL COOPERATION IN COMBATING TRANSNATIONAL CRIME Note: Any views expressed are those of the author and are not attributable to any government or organization. I INTRODUCTION With advances in technology, and the ease of global travel, the world we live in has become, in many ways, as Canadian author Marshall McLuhan predicted "a global village". This has had a dramatic impact on many aspects of life and society and law enforcement is no exception. The technological explosion and the growth of transnational organized crime and the response of the international community to it, has created many new challenges, not the least of which is the impact on the jobs of law enforcement authorities. In a 1989 case, United States of America v. Cotroni, the Supreme Court of Canada, made the following statement: The investigation, prosecution and suppression of crime for the protection of the citizen and the maintenance of peace and public order is an important goal of all organized societies. The pursuit of that goal cannot realistically be confined within national boundaries. That has long been the case, but it is increasingly evident today. The challenge for law enforcement authorities in every nation is that sovereignty, a fundamental principle which grounds the relations of states, is also a major tool in the armoury of the criminal element in our societies. Criminals depend heavily upon the barriers of sovereignty to shield themselves and evidence of their crimes...
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... Part 1- Judaism Judaism is one of the oldest religions in the world. While Judaism is bound by certain core beliefs, there is also diversity within the faith. The differences between the Jewish movements reflect upon the changing in times and cultures. The three movements are; 1. Orthodox Judaism- The most traditional expression of modern Judaism. They believe the entire Torah was given to Moses by God at Sinai and remains authoritative for modern life in its entirety. 2. Reform Judaism- The most liberal expression of Judaism. They believe that individuals can make choices about what traditions to follow. 3. Conservative Judaism- The moderate position between Orthodox and Reform. They believe that laws and traditions can be changed to suit the times. Like Christianity, Judaism believes the ultimate reality is one creator GOD. The most accepted summary of Jewish beliefs is Rambam’s 13 principals of faith. 1. God exists 2. God is one and unique 3. God is incorporeal 4. God is eternal 5. Prayer is to be directed to God alone and to no other 6. The words of the prophets are true 7. Moses ‘prophecies are true, and Moses was the greatest prophets 8. The written torah(first 5 books of the Bible) and Oral Torah(teachings now contained in the Talmud and other writings) were given to Moses 9. There will be no other Torah 10. God knows thoughts and deeds of men 11. God will reward the good and punish the wicked 12...
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...winning is more important that personal pain or suffering. As such the author tells how boys will use pain pills and about anything they can get their hands on to persist through the game. In addition, the team is starting to feel the pressure and how important each season is to the town as well as the players. Bissinger explains how children are exposed to the atmosphere of football from a young age and encouraged to continue the legacy of past generations going. The author leads into the past generations and teams who are still remembered as heroes even those who played in the 1950’s. The game takes place with the ‘Palo Duro Dons’, showing the town how much progress they have made and giving them a first-hand view of their so called “privileged children”. The end of the chapter suggests an...
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...Diversity Spirituality is part of the human experience that is difficult to comprehend. Each person embraces their spirituality in their own manner. Spirituality is multidimensional and there is evidence that it plays a beneficial role in medical care and healing. Individuals derive this spirituality through their relationship with their families, themselves, and their faith experience (Anandarajah & Hight, 2001). The purpose of this paper is to acknowledge this writers spiritual perspective on healing and its critical components. After presenting a Christian perspective and approach to healing, the Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim faith perspectives will be compared to the Christian approach to healing. The conclusion will include a summary of the information obtained from these comparisons and ideas of applying it to this author’s health care practice. Authors’ Spiritual Perspective on Healing The core of this authors’ perspective on healing is founded on her faith and trust in God. This author understands a balance of seeking medical advice for physical ailments from doctors and also trusting God to heal. The Bible...
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...Research Proposal on HIV Posted at: February 9, 2010 under: Sample Research Proposals by admin @ 7:04 am Problem Twenty years ago, the subject of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), which has been found to be the cause of AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), would not have been the topic of a major and serious worldwide catastrophe. Twenty years ago, people were not phased by the effects that would be caused by this ever so populating disease, and no one would have ever realized that this disease would not be curable or helped without expensive medicine. Like a simple exponential growth equation, the AIDS virus has increased victim numbers by about forty million all over the world. AIDS has also shown that it is not discriminating; it has infected all races and all heritages. The AIDS crisis extends far beyond its death toll, because more than seventy percent of the thirty-six million people with HIV/AIDS live in sub-Saharan Africa. Last year alone, the disease killed 1.5 million people in Africa. One third of these victims are between the ages of ten and twenty-four. The disease has been described as a development crisis; it is profoundly disrupting the economic and social bases of families and entire nations at a rate of infection at 16,000 per day. Without immediate action, AIDS will surpass the effect of the Black Plague that killed forty million people in the late fourteenth century. It is estimated that only ten percent of the death that this disease...
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...Ashley Colvin REL 212: World Religion Instructor: Joel Goldstein Week 10: Buddhist Buddhism is a major global religion with a complex history and system of beliefs. Buddhism has been described as a very pragmatic religion. It does not indulge in metaphysical speculation about first causes; there is no theology, no worship of a deity or deification of the Buddha. Buddhism takes a very straightforward look at our human condition; nothing is based on wishful thinking, at all. Historian’s estimate that the founder of Buddhism was named Siddhartha Gautama, and he lived from 566(?) to 480(?) B.C. Siddhartha Gautama was believed to be the son of an Indian warrior-king, Gautama led an extravagant life through early adulthood, reveling in the privileges of his social caste. But when he became bored of the indulgences of royal life, Gautama wandered into the world in search of understanding. After encountering an old man, an ill man, a corpse and an ascetic, Gautama was convinced that suffering lay at the end of all existence. He renounced his princely title and became a monk, depriving himself of worldly possessions in the hope of comprehending the truth of the world around him. The culmination of his search came while meditating beneath a tree, where he finally understood how to be free from suffering, and ultimately, to...
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...KodakEastman Kodak1 Since George Eastman first started the company at the turn of the last century, Eastman Kodak has been one of the most important corporate citizens in the Rochester, New York, community. Over the 1900s, Kodak developed a reputation as one of the leading proponents of welfare capitalism. In fact, the company maintained its reputation for paying high wages and providing lifetime job security into the 1980s. However, during the 1980s, the company embarked on a diversification and acquisition strategy by purchasing Sterling Drug Company and expanding into a wider range of products, such as office copying machinery. Increased competition in its film and camera markets and the subsequent loss of market share led to the replacement of CEO Kay Whitmore with the former CEO of Motorola, George Fisher. Kodak’s case study tells the story of a long-standing company with a reputation for social responsibility earned through its community activities, its implied commitment to lifetime employment, and its high-wage and comprehensive fringe benefit policies. A highly integrated firm, it also performed all of its own R&D, manufacturing, and sales functions. A business press article in 1998 echoed the investment community’s criticism of the company for maintaining this integrated model too long: Many of Kodak’s problems stem from the company’s remarkable success in the century following its founding in 1892. Unfortunately, as the world changed rapidly over the past 20 years,...
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...Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection There are many definition that define the community. The World Health Organization (WHO) refers to the community as “ a group of people, often living in a defined geographical area, who may share a common culture, values and norms, and are arranged in a social structure according to relationships which the community has developed over a period of time” (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, p.397). The healthy level of the community is called public health, and the responsibilities of public health include assessment, policy development, and assurance (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012). Goals for public health are to promoting healthy status of the community as well as maintaining the community in a balanced healthy environment. The nurses who are employed by either private agencies or government departments to promote community health are the public health nurse. The public health nurse is to serve the community as the client by using the population-centered practice to seek beneficial health changes for the whole community (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012). While working in a community-oriented nursing practice, it is important to work with the community partnerships like professional groups or non-medical groups to help promoting community health. The community that the student conducted the windshield survey is in the city of San Gabriel, Southern California. The City of San Gabriel is home to a population of more than 42,000 with a diverse...
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...Healthcare Interview Paper Introduction My paper is predicated on interviews with three generation of women in America, ranging from the age 78 to 32, and their experience in how healthcare is/is not accessible in America. We will attempt to convey to the reader each generation view on the accessibility of health care; how they paid for health care; where they received their health care; how they viewed their health care and health care providers; what changes they have seen in the health care system; and any other facts or information. Moreover, this paper will list all questions and answers as posed and stated by both the interviewer and the interviewee. As I have stated I will be interviewing three generation of women my mother an 85 year old, my sister a 60 years old and my niece a 37 years old. When referring to health care in this interview we will be discussing inpatient care, outpatient care and long term care. What is your name and age? What has been the biggest barrier to healthcare for you? Understanding the healthcare system in itself has been a hurdle for me to conquer. Medicare Part A, B, C, and D. (non-financial hindrance to access healthcare) How do you see healthcare in America today? If we had a more nationalized healthcare system, we could do a better job for our patients and physicians would feel more satisfied with their jobs. How has the ACA affected you? situation or obstacle you have overcome What do you think the future...
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...Informative Speech Johnathan Hanson Com 111 “The Yakuza” Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the yakuza, its origin and the role it plays in Japan. Central Idea: The yakuza has a very complicated origin, a structure very similar to other gangs, and participates in a lot of interesting activities. Organization: TOPICAL Introduction I. (Attention-getter) Looking to escape the nightmarish memories that haunt him day and night, a soldier in the Japanese Imperial Army tries to lose himself in saké and the seductive whispers of lovely women at the most heavenly place in the red light district of Shinjuku, Tokyo: at a hostess club called, "The Bijou." But Soto Tasami’s broken heart makes him vulnerable. He might once have been a predator on the continent where he fought for his empire, but back in Kanto he’s just more prey for a hungry beast: the yakuza. II. The yakuza is one of the largest gangs of today. With more than 100,000 thousand members, intricate tattoos and a fascinating history behind it, it is no surprise that most of the world has heard of the yakuza. III. (Credibility Statement) Ever since I can remember, Japanese culture has been a huge interest of mine. The yakuza being a huge part of Japanese society drove me to want to learn more, so I did a great deal of research about it. IV. (Preview Statement) Today, I would like to talk to you about the origin, structure and activities of the yakuza. Transition: First I would like to talk about...
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...Abstract Raves have historically referred to grass-roots organized, anti-establishment and unlicensed all night dance parties, featuring electronically-produced dance music (EDM), such as techno, house, trance and drum and bass. Since their late 1980s origins in the U.K., raves have gained widespread popularity and transformed dramatically. Consequently, their many cultural traits and behaviors have garnered much sociological interest, which mostly falls into two competing perspectives: cultural studies and public health. In this paper, we review what raves look like today compared to their high point in the 1990s. We then discuss how the cultural studies and public health perspectives define raves and have studied them over time, focusing on the “pet” sociological concepts each has sought to advance. Our analysis of these literatures reveals important differences in rave research by country and over time. We end by discussing the politics associated with the shift in rave research. Introduction Society has been greatly influenced by many alternative scenes, subcultures, or lifestyles oriented around music, youth and young adults (Epstein 1998). Some of the more notable ones include the English punk scene in the 1970s- 1980s, the U.S. jazz (1930s-1940s) and hippie scenes (1970s), and the 1990s rave scenes in the U.K. and U.S. From them have come musical innovation, social identity, fashion and other aesthetic nuances, and mainstream and alternative cultural production...
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...CHAPTER I Introduction It seems to be a "coming of age thing" when a student goes to teenage life and encounters vices such as drinking and smoking is very rampant nowadays. Such vices cannot be ignored anymore as to the more students seem to be detaching from their spare time or even they intend to cut classes just for this so called vices, they seem to be enjoying freedom too much. A student may be influenced to be involved in any of the stated variables. High School is far different from being a college student. A person will have a new life when one goes to college. New environment which one has to adapt, new set of friends which one have to treat nice, and new subjects or topics that one has to study based on what course you will get. Although drinking, smoking, and drug-use for some usually result in adverse health consequences, there are some perceived benefits or advantages of these behaviors particularly from the point of view of the adolescents and youths. Adolescents may view drinking and smoking as privileges of adults and may want to engage in them to feel grown up and to present themselves as adults to others. Some of the reasons given are: the availability of cigarettes at home, parents being model of smoking and drinking behavior and consequently parents lack the credibility as advocates for non-smoking or non-drinking.(Aroyo 2001) Smoking and drinking are two of the most important risk factors explaining early mortality, accounting for an estimated...
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...Key Issues & Economic Pressures Impacting the Pharmaceutical Industry in 2015 Presented to: Dr. Siamack Shojai Economic Analysis 6090, William Paterson University December 15th, 2015 The pharmaceutical industry has experienced tremendous growth over the past few decades, with a substantial change in the market dynamic from a provider, healthcare plan & patient perspective. Medical advancements coupled with research & development efforts have expanded the product base in terms of a variety of new treatments across numerous therapeutic classes. As depicted in the illustration below, the total global pharmaceutical sales reached $1,057,000,000 in 2014; based on the past 10 years we can expect the forecast to show a similar increase over the next few years. IMS Health Market Prognosis, May 2015 Of all the changes visible within the pharmaceutical market, there are a few that are truly revolutionizing the market: US healthcare reform, emergence of specialty product markets, price strategy & mergers & acquisitions. The healthcare market has changed under Obama, opening healthcare coverage to more patients & bringing forth treatment & medication to a larger population. The emergence of specialty products pose an entirely new challenge to the market in terms of the doctor’s prescribing habits, healthcare plan coverage & out-of-pocket cost to the patient. This along with other economic pressures brings an entirely new perspective to pharmaceutical...
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...Running head: STRATEGY PLAN Walgreen Pharmacy Brigida L. Diaz Jones International University Prof: Dr. Sue Raftery Table of Contents Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………………........3 Walgreens Introduction...…………………………….……………………...............…………..4 Mission Statement…………………………….....………………………..………………………6 Walgreens Corporate Culture……………………………………………….………...…….…..7 Walgreens Stakeholders……………………………………………………………………….…8 Executive officer of Walgreens……………………………………….………………………….8 Walgreens Development Process………………………………………………………………...9 SWOT Analysis……………………………………….………………………………………….10 Goals ……………………………………………………………………………………………...15 Walgreens’s Implementation plan ………………………………………………………..........19 Walgreens’s Approval Strategies Plan:……………..………………………………….............20 References…………………………………………………………….…………………………..21 Appendices:……………………………………………………….…….….……………….…….23 An Executive Summary: With a variety of 70,000 health care service providers, Walgreen offers consumers and patients the support that reliefs them live a “well” life. Walgreen has more of 26,000 pharmacists at more than 7,500 stores across the country (Walgreen, 2011). The patients trust in Walgreen’s pharmacist in the moment, to take decisions. They provide information about health and wellness needs, and ensure they get their medication and immunizations in a timely and caring environment. At the same time, Walgreen is transforming and enhancing the role...
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