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    Role Playing

    her 5 and half month old daughter is dying and she doesn't know what to do or how to react to losing her first born. Let me know your thoughts and any questions or answers that you may have Me:(I sit in the chair and as Cathy walks in I stand up and greet her, I put my hand out for her to shake and tell her my name is Mrs. Lemmers) I say hello Cathy, it is a pleasure to meet you. Cathy:Hi (she looks at me and begins to shake my hand). Me:( I shake her hand and with the other hand I extend

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    Two Kinds

    harder. With Jing Mei’s mother desperately trying to live up to the “American Dream”, she buys Jing Mei a piano. The piano plays a substantial role in the story. It seems as if the piano represents what her mother wants for Jing Mei. However, Jing Mei does not want these things for herself. Some may think that the mother is trying to live her life through Jing Mei, but overall it seems that Jing Mei’s mother only wanted Jing Mei to live the American dream. The song Jing Mei performed came unnoticed

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    Social Sciences

    OF DEATH AMONG YOUTH IN 21ST CENTURY. Key facts * Tobacco kills up to half of its users. * Tobacco kills nearly six million people each year, of which more than 5 million are users and ex users and more than 600 000 are nonsmokers exposed to second-hand smoke. Unless urgent action is taken, the annual death toll could rise to more than eight million by 2030. * Nearly 80% of the world's one billion smokers live in low- and middle-income countries. * Consumption of tobacco products

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    Social Determinants

    environment in which a person lives, works, etc. Some of the most notable examples include housing availability, employment, and socioeconomic status and access to a quality health care system (Healthy People 2020). All of these elements can either negatively or positively impact a migrating immigrant. The difficulties that come with acculturation have been shown to inundate immigrants especially those of Latino and Hispanic backgrounds. In order to promote a positive live changing experience, public

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    Beriberi Disease: Applying The Scientific Method

    One example of this is using a group of healthy humans and purposely trying to give half of them the Beriberi disease to see how it can be contracted. Doing this experiment can put their lives at harm which can cause conflict when trying to test this experiment. The Beriberi disease can cause many issues in the body some of which fatal. This makes the act of infecting healthy people in

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    Responsibility Overload

    Time is the great equalizer. Regardless of age, status, gender or race, all of us are only given twenty-four hours each day to live. It is our responsibility to be productive in our days. We need to accomplish more within that short period of time. Yet, as humans, we often err. We succumb to different distractions that keep us from running at full pace. We bear too many responsibilities on our shoulders. We even procrastinate and overextend our limits. Sometimes, it seems that we experience

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    Atomic Bomb Survivors

    Sources: Sigal, L. (1978). Bureaucratic Politics & Tactical Use of Committees: The Interim Committee & the Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb. Polity, 10(3), 326-364. doi:10.2307/3234412 Miles, R. E., Jr. (1985). Hiroshima: The Strange Myth of Half a Million American Lives Saved. International Security 10(2), 121-140. The MIT Press. Retrieved from Project MUSE database. Historical Context: The strange

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    How Did Western Rome Influence Our Society

    powerful civilization and conquered many lands and other weaker civilizations. Through this, they managed to create an incredibly large and diverse empire. However, this prosperity wouldn’t last forever. In fact, after their reign of 500 years was over, the Western half of Rome fell. The Eastern half, on the other hand, managed to stay prosperous for roughly 1,000 years. Not only did the Byzantine Empire, survive past the decline of its Western half, it managed to thrive and produced many valuable

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    Raising Minimum Wage

    The percentage of poverty in America needs to be decreased. Forty-seven percent of Americans do not have access to at least four hundred dollars for an emergency or unexpected expense, and about half of them make under $15 dollars an hour (“The Universal Basic” 00:08:11-00:08:20). To fight the increasing poverty in America, the government should raise the federal minimum wage. Minimum wage is the amount of money an employer can legally pay an employee per hour. It makes sure workers are compensated

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    Foster Care Research Paper

    this innovative organization has changed many children’s lives, the evolution of the system, and has an interesting origin story. The foster care system has significantly influenced children all over the country over the years. The main goal is to improve and benefit children’s lives. In the 1850s,

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