Smoking On The Body
.... placenta and has direct effects on the developing fetus. Pre-clinical studies suggest that maternal smoking during pregnancy produces changes on the offspring's neural functioning, including reductions in uptake of serotonin, alterations in dopaminergic systems, alterations in peripheral and central noradrenergic neurons, and changes in DNA and RNA synthesis in the brain (9). Children prenatally exposed to nicotine consistently score lower in the two subcategories of expressive language and conceptual co .....
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Social Darwinsim History
.... and inventions flourished. New products flooded the market. While thousands of poor, hungry, and unemployed crowded the streets, the rich were busy displaying their enormous wealth. Even though the need for reform was overwhelming, for the majority of Americans, nothing was being done. The big bosses were able to buy off the politicians and persuade them to vote in their favor. While the rich were getting richer, and the poor getting poorer, the politicians watched. The need for a justification of the .....
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Social Impact Of The Internet
.... from institutions such as the family, education and places of work may result from the following factors: Lack of face-to-face socialisation is turning into a considerable problem for those who have locked themselves inside the anonymity of their computers. Indeed studies have shown the tendency for people to become significantly stressed, depressed and lonely with each hour spent in the obscure world of Internet chatting. Because there is proof to substantiate the claim that the longer people spend .....
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Sociology
.... the country went into a recessionBut after the First World War Imperial Japan began growing up The war left Japan resouceless and heavily overpopulatedThe victorious Allies gave or rather imposed democratization The United States provided much financial supportJapans economy then began growing very fastThe Japanese protected themselves by implementing quotas and Companies such as Sony Honda and YKK improved production methodsBusinessmen and bureaucrats worked togetherKeiretsu was a sort of lateral conglome .....
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The Civil War
.... it had only to defend
relatively short interior lines against invaders who had to deal with long
lines of communication and to attack a broad front. The Confederacy also
had no need to divert fighting men to tasks such as garrisoning captured
cities and holding conquered territory.
In a short war, numerical superiority would not have made much of a
difference. As the war continued, however, numerical strength became a
psychological as well as a physical weapon. During the closing years of the
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Causes Of The Civil War
.... South felt threatened, and because expansion was vital to the survival
of slavery they also felt their way of life was being threatened. Because
slavery was such an important part of Southern society, the South felt that
they could not survive without it. That's why they were not willing to
compromise with the north. To own slaves was a sign of wealth and social
prestige and poor farmers who could not afford slaves had a goal to work
for. In the election of 1860 you can see that Lincoln only secure .....
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The Civil War
.... to die for the
Union was Captain Constatin Blandowski, one of many immigrants who earlier
had fought for freedom in Europe and then joined Lincoln's army. Born in
Upper Silesia and trained at Dresden, Germany, he was a veteran of
democratic struggles - a Polish revolt at Krakow, the Polish Legion's
battles against Austria, and the Hungarian fight for independence. Some
nationalities contributed more than their share of Union soldiers.
Some immigrants earned the Congressional Medal of .....
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Gangs
.... Now there's one I am familiar
with, the Necronomicon, who jumped me and my homeboy (who's Latino) just
because we weren't white.
Another one would belong to the punks. Which I do not have a
problem with. The only two punk gangs I know of, do not call themselves
"Gangs" but they call themselves a crew. They call themselves CFH,
(Cowboys From Hell) and the other one is the Martians.
A lot of the gang members come from broken homes, or something is
wrong. So the kids end up in gang .....
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Gangs
.... are important factors
they are not strong enough to make kids do things that are strongly against
their morals.
One of the ways that kids morals are bent so that gang violence
becomes more acceptable is the influence of television and movies. The
average child spends more time at a TV than she/he spends in a classroom.
Since nobody can completely turn off their minds, kids must be learning
something while watching the TV. Very few hours of television watched by
children are educational, .....
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Gender Differences
.... or stronger than myself, that I don't feel too much pressure of
trying to look better than them. I am rather more concerned of my own
health and ways to improve it. I was really surprised when they told me
that other girls are the ones who usually criticize or pressure them.
When I was aware of this, I did notice, at times, while walking around
casually with my girl friends, when they weren't looking appropriate,
would get stares, hisses or comments from other females. I was even
surp .....
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Homeless In America
.... fathers are not there and that forces them to live on the
streets. So they must resort to prostitution to pay for the food that
their young ones need to stay alive. There are many other people that
become homeless for many different reasons. Some of these people can not
help becoming homeless. Some of these people are the illegal immigrants
that come here from other places to get a better life but end up not
having enough money to make it in this hard world that we live in.
Teenage runaways hav .....
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Marriage Relationships
.... careers were
settled upon we could then plan when we would have children. However,
until we did decide to have children we agreed that contraception would be
used.
The discussion we had on which topics which couples should agree upon
was filled with lots of disagreements. We agreed that couples should agree
on topics such as issues concerning the children, and major career
decisions. We began to disagree on the issues of finances and the
distribution of housework. I felt that I should .....
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Materialism Vs Idealism
.... form life, consciousness, and the soul, and when our
body dies there is nothing left of the latter except for its parts, which
randomly become parts of other forms.
Matter is never ending reality, only changing in its form. In the
philosophical system developed by Irish philosopher George Berkeley,
Idealism, Berkeley states that physical objects, matter, do not exist
independent of the mind. The pencil that I am writing this essay with
would not exist if I were not perceiving it with my sense .....
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Treatment And The Sex Offender
.... counseling also fails to reduce recidivism. In terms of group counseling he admits that a study of adult offenders did show improvement in attitudes of offenders, but since it did not include information on recidivism it was discounted.
Martinson is criticized because the counseling programs may not seem to work because of the institutional environment outside the program. Martinson says that even in institutional environments that control every part of the offenders environment and treatment, did .....
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Appalacian Regional Commission & Poverty In Appalachia
.... is still an economic mainstay, but is no longer concentrated in a few major industries (ARC-About ARC-The Appalachia Region).
The main federal organization created to deal with Appalachian poverty was the Appalachian Regional Commission. The ARC’s mission is to be an advocate for and partner with the people of Appalachia to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life.
The Appalachian Regional Commission was established by Congress in 19 .....
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