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    Indigenous Health

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    “The status of Indigenous health in contemporary Australia is a result of historic factors as well as contemporary socio-economic issues” (Hampton & Toombs‚ 2013‚ p. 1). The poor health position of Indigenous Australians is a contemporary reflection of their historical treatment as Australia’s traditional owners. This treatment has led to Indigenous Australians experiencing social disadvantages‚ significantly low socio-economic status‚ dispossession‚ poverty and powerlessness as a direct result

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    Why Not to be a Vegetarian

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    Why Not To Be a Vegetarian? The English College in Prague - Anglické gymnázium‚ o.p.s. Abstract In this essay I will discuss and explain why not to be a vegetarian. Nowadays more and more people decide to become a vegetarian and I have written out the main reasons why people become vegetarians. Then I have explained which nutrients are not in vegetarian diet. I have also pointed out some benefits of being a vegetarian and then written out reasons why is human meant not to be a vegetarian and

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    On TV today we see lots of commercials that show what the world and our peers want us to be. Commercials also show what clothes we should wear and what foods we should eat. There are commercials that show people with healthy and in shape bodies trying to get us to eat properly because looking at them will make us want to have that kind of body and will make us buy whatever it is they are selling. So in seeing those commercials every day‚ some of us start to think that we are not good enough‚ and

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    Pillay Religion 111 Professor Lindsay Grass Writing Assignment 3 Mircea Eliade’s The Sacred and The Profane: The Nature of Religion aims to differentiate between the two modes of being in the world as well as describe how religious people experience the sacred. The introduction of the book offers little insight into what exactly the sacred and the profane are. Eliade merely asserts that the sacred is the opposite of the profane and something wholly different from the profane. This leaves the

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    important than the Industrial Revolution. Beginning in the late 1700s north of Britain‚ the Industrial Revolution sought to expand and bolster the economy of Britain and those who were to follow in their footsteps. Britain was the first country to industrialize‚ doing so by having a “robust empire‚ profitable overseas trade networks‚ and established credit institutions” (Coles‚ P. 506). Some may argue that the French Revolution was more important than the Industrial‚ but the Industrial Revolution had

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    Individuality is one of the most important things that a person can have. This is especially important because if someone has their own personality‚ they are unique. One thing many people have forgotten that is important. Individualism is the main principle that America was founded on. Seeing the good in the individual person‚ rather than an entire community or race. As a result‚ it is important that all future generations can have and express their own unique personality and interests. But

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    there are many things that can be considered sacred. Sacred items are usually considered religious items‚ but that isn’t always the case. Sacred item examples include things‚ places‚ persons‚ and ideas. There are many ways to look at sacred elements. With there being many different elements that can be considered sacred‚ it depends on the person that is talked to. Someone may consider anything sacred if they wanted to. Most people‚ like myself‚ would correlate the word “sacred” with religion‚ and items

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    frequent. As a result‚ people are becoming increasingly more concerned with how to repair the gap that an uncertain amount of time has created between men and women. The complication of finding ways to bridge the gap resides in the inability for majorities of each sex to see passed their biases. In the essay titled “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All‚” former director of policy planning for the U.S. State Department Anne-Marie Slaughter speaks about the difficulty of balancing home and work life from a female’s

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    Why Literature

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    Why Literature? The premature obituary of the book. By Mario Vargas Llosa It has often happened to me‚ at book fairs or in bookstores‚ that a gentleman approaches me and asks me for a signature. "It is for my wife‚ my young daughter‚ or my mother‚" he explains. "She is a great reader and loves literature." Immediately I ask: "And what about you? Don’t you like to read?" The answer is almost always the same: "Of course I like to read‚ but I am a very busy person." I have heard this explanation

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    ENG 105‚ Sample Student Critical Summaries Summary of “Why Multiculturalism Can’t End Racism” In the article “Why Multiculturalism Can’t End Racism‚” Marlene Nourbese Philip discusses how multiculturalism promotes discrimination opposed to stopping it. Philip explains that there is inequality between different cultures and races in Canada; the Canadian government only recognizes the French and English in the constitution. Examples of genocidal practices against natives‚ past treatment of Chinese

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