...ARE WOMAN REALLY SAFE IN INDIA? The condition of women in India has always been a matter of grave concern. Since the past several centuries, the women of India were never given equal status and opportunities as compared to that of their male counterparts. The patriarchal nature of Indian society, which even though gives respect to women as they are our mothers and sisters, has greatly hampered both the independence as well as the safety of women. One of the main reasons of violence against women is the mentality which deems women inferior of men and merely limits their importance to the maintenance of the household, the upbringing of children and pleasing their husbands and serving other members of the family. Violence against women is present in every country, cutting across the boundaries of culture, class, education, income, ethnicity and age. Even though it is now forbidden in most parts of the world, the reality is that violations against women’s rights are often sanctioned under the garb of cultural practices and norms or through misinterpretation of religious tenets. Moreover, when the violation takes place within the home, as is very often the case, the abuse is effectively condoned by the tacit silence and the passivity displayed by the state and the law-enforcing machinery. In India even in the 21st century, women cannot step out of their house at any given time, assured of her physical and sexual safety. Everyday women in this society face more problems than men.The...
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...One day a woman came to the shelter because she had nowhere to go and was turned away because she had her children and the shelter did not accept children. The next day the victim was murder by her husband in front of her children. This tragedy allowed Edee and 4 other women to see the need for a bigger shelter that would support women and their children. They put their money together to purchase a 54 bed shelter for women and children of domestic violence. Over the years Women in Distress has grown in services that are provided. In 1995 they increased their visibility by opening a center in Ft Lauderdale, FL known as the Jim and Jan Moran Family Center. This center provided counseling session, mentor session and was easy accessible for clients, advocates, and court officials. Today Women in Distress is located in Deerfield Beach, FL on a 6.2 acre land where they provide all their services and have a 132 bed shelter for women and children. Women and Distress main population served is domestic violence victims. They provide services to women and their children up to age 16, young adults up to age 17, men, caregivers, gays and lesbians. Services are free of charge and victims can be from any part of the United States. If victims outside the area want to receive service Women in Distress usually refers victim to their partner agencies within their own county. The victims served may be in an abusive relationship or has just recently got out of one and is afraid if they don’t get help...
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...Declaration This is to declare that alika jeremiah has undergone his student industrial work experience scheme (SIWES) program at KIN-ROYAL NIG. LTD; Ojo local government in Lagos state. _________________________________ ____/____/____ STUDENT DATE _________________________________ ____/____/____ INSTITUTION’S SUPERVISOR DATE _________________________________ ____/____/____ SIWES CO-ORDINATOR DATE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to first and foremost express my sincere thanks and gratitude to God for the grace, wisdom and endurance he granted me throughout this program. I thank my parents, Mr. & Mrs. Paul Alika who has been there to support and direct me in every aspect of my life. Also to my brothers and sister who encouraged me especially in times of difficulty. Forgetting not the owner and managing director of the company, KIN-ROYL NIG. LTD, in the person of Mr. KizitoNzulumike, and the manager in the person of Mr. Vincent Nweke for their contributions in one way or the other in trying to see to my well being and knowledge acquisition in the whole program. Also to all staff and workers of KIN-ROYAL NIG.LTD, for their warm and embracing support and hospitality. May the almighty God reward you all. To my friends, classmates and IT colleagues, I appreciate you all for the support and relationship you aided me with. I cannot forget you. Finally, to my industrial attachment supervisor, Mr. Vincent Nweke, and my institution supervisor Dr...
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...Engineering Texas A&M University NSF Grant Number DIR-9012252 Negligence And The Professional "Debate" Over Responsibility For Design Instructor's Guide - Introduction To The Case On July 17, 1981, the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, held a videotaped tea-dance party in their atrium lobby. With many party-goers standing and dancing on the suspended walkways, connections supporting the ceiling rods that held up the second and fourth-floor walkways across the atrium failed, and both walkways collapsed onto the crowded first-floor atrium below. The fourth-floor walkway collapsed onto the second-floor walkway, while the offset third-floor walkway remained intact. As the United States' most devastating structural failure, in terms of loss of life and injuries, the Kansas City Hyatt Regency walkways collapse left 114 dead and in excess of 200 injured. In addition, millions of dollars in costs resulted from the collapse, and thousands of lives were adversely affected. The hotel had only been in operation for approximately one year at the time of the walkways collapse, and the ensuing investigation of the accident revealed some unsettling facts: During January and February, 1979, the design of the hanger rod connections was changed in a series of events and disputed communications between the fabricator (Havens Steel Company) and the engineering design team (G.C.E. International, Inc., a professional engineering firm). The fabricator changed the design from a one-rod to a two-rod...
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...This is so shocking.. ..If black money deposits was an Olympics event.. India would have won a gold medal hands down. The second best Russia has 4 times lesser deposit. U.S. is not even there in the counting in top five! India has more money in Swiss banks than all the other countries combined! Recently, due to international pressure, the Swiss government agreed to disclose the names of the account holders only if the respective governments formally asked for it.. Indian government is not asking for the details... ..no marks for guessing why? We need to start a movement to pressurize the government to do so! This is perhaps the only way, and a golden opportunity, to expose the high and mighty and weed out corruption! . Please read on..and forward to all the honest Indians to.. like somebody is forwarding to you... and build a ground-swell of support!for action ! . Is India poor, who says? Ask the Swiss banks. With personal account deposit bank of $1,500 billion in foreign reserve which have been misappropriated, an amount 13 times larger than the country's foreign debt, one needs to rethink if India is a poor country? DISHONEST INDUSTRIALISTS, scandalous politicians and corrupt IAS, IRS, IPS officers have deposited in foreign banks in their illegal personal accounts a sum of about $1500 billion, which have been misappropriated by them. This amount is about 13 times larger than the country's foreign debt. With this amount...
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...The FX Market: Facts and Figures The foreign exchange (FX) market is the most liquid market today, serving a crucial role in facilitating international trade. According to the latest Bank of International Settlements (BIS) survey, published in April 2010, the market’s daily volume is US$4 trillion. This represents a 20% growth rate, as compared to April 2007 when the previous survey was carried out. Over the same period, FX derivatives volume has increased by 9%. Interestingly, the market has become more global as the cross-border trading represents now 65% of all FX trading. Corporations Hedging A new survey shows that 94% of the world’s largest corporations report using derivatives to manage business and macroeconomic risks. Another study recently conducted amongst Fortune 500 corporations reveals that FX and interest rate derivatives are the most widely used instruments among large global corporations. Figure 1: Derivatives Types Used by Fortune 500 Companies Source: Numerix > Interestingly, the usage of derivatives is almost evenly spread among the different tiers of the companies of the Fortune...
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...Dissociative Identity Disorder was formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder. This was changed in the year 1994 because of further understanding of the disorder, and realizing that the disorder was a result of early childhood trauma. Dissociative Identity Disorder is when a person possesses two or more personalities, which take control of the body and mind at different times. A person who suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder forgets and often blacks out at times in which a different personality takes over. This forgetfulness is often described as “beyond ordinary forgetting”. During these times of “blacking-out” is when a secondary personality takes over, and that is the reason for the forgetting. The main identity is called the host identity and often is unaware of the secondary personality or personalities. Before the 1980’s Dissociative Identity Disorder was a rare disorder that did not seem to have much attention. Dissociative Identity Disorder was not mentioned by more then a sentence in the DSM that was under the category of “hysterical neurosis”. There was no separate listing for Dissociative Identity Disorder until 1980 where a group of interested therapists lobbied to have Dissociative Identity Disorder become a full part of the DSM. (Acocella 6) As defined in the DSM-IV TR Dissociative Identity Disorder is “the presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states that recurrently take control of behavior.” (526) Dissociative Identity...
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...Case Study/ Alcoholic Woman Liberty University Abstract Janet is a woman that is suffering from many problems that includes four divorces, and children from three prior marriages. Janet is a thirty plus years alcoholic and she has abused drugs. She is encountering issues with these problems. Her alcoholic and drug problems started when she was a teenager. Janet has experienced many problems because of her upbringing. Her parents were alcoholics and they fought each other, and they did not set a good family structure for her. She also experienced rape and molestation by her uncle. Janet has come for counseling and she desires help; in fact her life and children’s lives depend on her healing. She must initially be accessed, and place in a therapeutic treatment program. She is broken and hurting, and needs counseling that will transform her life. Alcoholic Woman Janet is in sad place and she has many problems that need immediate attention. She has come to counseling to seek the help she needs. Her problems are many: a victim of four failed marriages, chaotic life structure, victim of rape and molestation, and she is a victim of alcohol and drugs. She is a young woman in her thirtyish and her personal life is in chaos. She has children by three of her former four husbands’. Janet has struggled with addiction issues over the years including alcohol. To begin counseling with Janet, as a Christian counselor, I must incorporate faith and counseling mutually. As a...
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...arrange reliable day care for their children can add another layer of anxiety to an already precarious existence. As part of Marketplace Morning Report’s series on the world of low-wage work, reporter David Schaper looks at the paucity of safe, affordable day care for low-income families. Kharfen, M. (Dec, 2000.) Low-income working mothers with children often have a hard time finding affordable day care. Even when child-care costs are based on a sliding-scale fee, many mothers with minimum-wage jobs can’t pay all of their child-care bills and still have money for housing, food, and transportation. we, as a society, want poor parents to be productive workers, some form of appropriate child care—regardless of parents’ ability to pay—must be available. Whether such care should be provided by employers, faith-based or charitable organizations, or through governmental programs is up to the citizenry to decide. It would be a mistake, for people to think that it’s not their problem or that these families are getting what they deserve based on their “poor life choices.” After all, children don’t choose their parents. Government studies say families shouldn't spend more than 10 percent of their income on child care.( Peisner-Feinberg, et al 1999). Studies show that families earning less than $20,000...
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...Connecticut, worked with her associate Buxton, a licensed physician who was the Medical Director of this League in New Haven. They gave advice to married couples concerning the proper and safe use of various contraceptives. After examining the wife of a certain couple, they prescribed a specific contraceptive device for her, knowingly violating a Connecticut law against the use of contraceptives. In accordance with the portion of the law stating that “any person who assists, abets, counsels, causes, hires or commands another to commit any offense may be prosecuted and punished as if he were the principal offender,” Griswold and Buxton were fined one hundred dollars each (LLI Griswold v. Connecticut). They appealed to the Supreme Court, claiming that the Connecticut law was unconstitutional because it violated the right to privacy within marriage, a right not specifically stated in the Constitution, but one which they believed was essential for the existence of the rights guaranteed in the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Amendments (McBride). Legitimacy of the Right of Privacy/ Court Decision The primary argument against the...
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...Medical Technology MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY VOL ATILE INDUSTRIES? A SAFE HAVEN for Novumed Spotlight Novumed Spotlight Novumed Spotlight The Benefit of Expansion into Medical Technology financial crisis 2008 2009 2010 2011 Segment comparison at Agilent 2008 - 2011, in US$ M. Source: Agilent annual reports, Novumed Life Science Consulting In 1999, several business units were spun off from global computer technology provider HewlettPackard to form Agilent, with approx. US$ 8 billion in revenues. This spin-off marked the largest initial public offering in the history of Silicon Valley. Initially, Agilent’s revenues came predominantly from the sales of its electronic test & measurement and semiconductor business units. With its strong ties to the communication industry, specifically the internet, Agilent’s stock was valued highly. Despite this high regard, management decided not to focus solely on its core sectors, by creating a life sciences business unit in 2000. A wise decision in retrospect. The life sciences and chemical analysis units now collectively generate half of the company’s sales, and allowed Agilent to remain profitable despite the collapse of the electronic measurement unit’s profits during the financial crisis. As one of many examples, this illustrates the growing importance of the medtech segment, which is gaining attention of industry groups from various sectors. What factors make medical technology so attractive? Which industries...
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...Indian Black Money Abroad In Secret Banks and Tax Havens Second Report Of The Task Force on the steps to be taken by India Members Shri Gurumurthy, Chartered Accountant, Chennai Shri Ajit Doval, former Director Intelligence Bureau, Delhi Prof R.Vaidyanathan, Professor of Finance Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Shri Mahesh Jethmalani, Senior Advocate, Mumbai Submitted to BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY 1 I. The First Interim Report The first Interim Report of the Task Force appointed by the Bharatiya Janata Party was released to the public on 17-04-2009. Afterward different world governments, particularly those in the West, have increasingly begun targeting tax havens and intensely began pursuing black money. The US, and France particularly began a huge campaign against the evil of black money. The estimates black money lodged in tax havens by global financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund reached as high as $18 trillion. The instability in the global financial order itself was traced to the evil money. So the issue has now acquired a totally different dimension. In the first Interim Report, the Task Force had suggested broad national and global strategy for dealing with the menace of black money out of the country. The substance of the recommendations of the Task Force in the First Interim Report is summarized here: Global Strategy: • Creating a powerful public opinion and broad national consensus on the issue. Those who do not...
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...02459, USA Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, USA Abstract: Outreach and engagement are regarded by many who work in homeless programs as essential services. Outreach on the streets and in shelters is often the first point of contact for people who are not served by traditional sitebased services and is often the first step in engaging homeless people in services. While outreach and engagement are critical components of the response to homelessness, consensus is lacking about the nature and effectiveness of these services. The purpose of this paper is to examine what is known about outreach and engagement for people experiencing homelessness. The authors review quantitative studies that examine outcomes and augment this understanding with information from qualitative studies and non-research literature. The latter provides information about the goals of outreach, assumptions and values, staffing issues, and consumer involvement. The paper concludes with implications for practice, policy, and research. Keywords: Homeless/homelessness, outreach, engagement, review. INTRODUCTION At a recent discussion among outreach workers in Washington, DC, one participant described the reasons for providing outreach to people experiencing homelessness: “Waiting for people to come to us didn’t work…so what we’re doing is going to where people are comfortable, to where they are right now, because that’s probably most effective.” This description...
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...Bergleite 3 67806 Rockenhausen Erstprüfer: Prof. Dr. Paschedag HOCHSCHULE ASCHAFFENBURG FAKULTÄT WIRTSCHAFT UND RECHT WÜRZBURGER STRASSE 45 D-63743 ASCHAFFENBURG Table of Content TABLE OF EXHIBITS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 1 EMERGENCE OF THE DEBT CRISIS 1.1 Macroeconomic problems 1.1.1 The imbalance of public authorities 1.1.2 Strongly diverging current account balances 1.1.3 Strongly diverging price- and wage developments 1.2 Specific problems within the monetary union VIII IX 1 1 1 5 10 12 1.2.1 Interest rate policy of the European Central Bank (ECB) 12 1.2.2 Membership within the EMU increases insolvency risk for states 1.2.3 National fiscal policy versus central monetary policy 2 GERMAN HOUSING MARKET – PRICE BUBBLE OR SAFE HAVEN? 2.1 Definition of price bubbles 2.2 Explanatory approaches for real estate bubbles 2.2.1 Macroeconomic factors 2.2.2 Institutional explanatory approaches 2.2.3 Behaviour-based explanatory approaches 15 17 20 20 21 21 21 23 Table of Content – Page VI 2.3 Overview and development of the German housing market 2.4 Analysis of the German residential market regarding a price bubble 2.4.1 Price-to-rent ratio 2.4.2 Employment and income situation 2.4.3 Development of residential real estate transactions 2.4.4 Development of bank lending 2.5 The causes of the price...
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...Child Sexual Abuse – Past, Present and Future Donna Hurst University of the Cumberlands HSOL 331 April 13, 2013 ABSTRACT This paper explores the issue of child sexual abuse. Sexual abuse of a child has become a major social issue in not only the United States but the entire world. It is imperative that society learns all they can about this issue. As a whole, society needs to discover the indicators of sexual abuse, the appropriate ways to report suspected abuse and how to help those that have been abused so they are not continually victimized by their past. This paper will explore child abuse and child sexual abuse in six parts. The first part will begin with the earliest references of child abuse as a whole. The second part will continue on to the emergence of the issue of child abuse on the social and political scene. The third part of this paper will show when and how sexual abuse first became recognized as part of the child abuse issue. The fourth part of this paper will move into the effects of child sexual abuse. The fifth part will cover child sexual abuse intervention methods and the sixth part will focus on the treatments available to help victims in the present as well as the future. PART ONE: CHILD ABUSE’S PAST In the ancient world, infanticide was common practice in nearly all cultures. Children were killed at birth if they did not seem fit. Fathers were permitted to kill their newborns if they deemed the child was abnormal. Children that showed signs...
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