THE AMISH COMMUNITY BY: Lori Burris Instructor’s Name: Chad Goings ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (AVL1237D) 10/15/12 The Amish are religious separatists who dress plainly and avoid many convinces of modern life that you may know. The Amish are known widely for horses and buggies for transportation‚ they came to America in the eighteenth century from Switzerland. They evolved out if the Mennonite groups coming from the Anabaptist tradition. The Anabaptists urged a return to
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Amber’s Community Profile. (Kelsey) The city of Kelsey‚ population of 625‚000‚ is located in Northwest Valley. Kelsey has everything a large city has to offer but with the appeal of a small town. The community encourages each person in Kelsey to strive to obtain an enhanced standard of living by adapting to a healthy lifestyle‚ environmental mindfulness‚ and service to each other. The community of Kelsey benefits from the diversity of the people which is as follows: Caucasian Population 327‚309
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Alcohol Therapeutic Communities In today’s world‚ people each and everyday from a wide range of teenagers to adults‚ abuse substances such as illegal drugs and alcohol. Not all of these people are open to admit that they indeed have a problem‚ and could really use professional help from others to stop their bad habits before they become a larger issue than it already is. Lucky for the people who are able to accept their problem at hand‚ places such as therapeutic communities are there for support
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On October 10th‚ 2006 I attended the 8th district’s community outreach meeting at the Eastern Patrol Station of the Chicago Metro Police Station at 7:00 P.M.. The room where the meeting was being held was half of a larger room which is divided into two by a movable wall in the center. When I arrived there were about 8 or 9 other individuals‚ all of which were black females over the age of 60. Right away I felt out of place in the room and they knew I wasn’t part of the district. One of the women
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1. Both forms of policing require the input from the community‚ but are applied differently. Community policing requires citizens to work proactively with law enforcement; however‚ “POP” is aimed at solving community problems by grouping community incidents to identify possible causes (pg. 4‚ 86) 2. SARA model stands for Scanning‚ Analysis‚ Response‚ and Assessment. (pg. 100-101) S. In the past year there have been 150 car burglaries‚ and the year before 70. Which gangs that live in the area‚ and
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declaration V‚ “Governments have a responsibility for the health of their people which can be fulfilled only by the provision of adequate health and social measures. A main social target of governments‚ international organizations and the whole world community in the coming decades should be the attainment by all peoples of the world by the year 2000 of a level of health that will permit them to lead a socially and economically productive life. Primary health care is the key to attaining this target as
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Property theft has been one of the greatest problems faced by every community aside from drugs and homicide. In the community where I live‚ property theft has always been an issue. Day after day‚ more houses were being robbed in broad daylight. If there is a case of property theft; properties are broken and stolen‚ fear was developed among victims and trust among neighbours was compromised. Property theft caused victims property damage and loss. Usually‚ if there was a robbery in a house‚ thieves
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contribute to the development of a civic-minded society but should contribute too. There are many ways that teenagers can contribute to the development of a civic-minded society. Firstly‚ teenagers today are in greater contact with the larger community than any preceeding generation. This enables them to be key prospects of fostering a common identity with others‚ which is the basis for compassion and acting the best interests of others. With exchange programs‚ online interactions and an increasingly
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argues‚ "A nation is an imagined political community and imagined as both inherently limited and sovereign."(Anderson‚ 6). Through these advances‚ America has come closer to achieving Anderson ’s belief of an imagined political community. Anderson believes it to be imagined because "the members of even the smallest nation will never know most of their fellow-members‚ meet them‚ or even hear of them‚ yet in the minds of each lives the image of their communities."(Anderson‚ 6) This can be seen in the
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Part I: Community Assessment and Analysis Hunterdon County‚ New Jersey Amy Beddow‚ RN.‚ Sherry Byk‚ RNC.‚ Amber Walker RN.‚ and Teri Zimowski RN. Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V-0105 Concepts in Community Health October 27‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION Hunterdon County‚ New Jersey has a vast array of community dynamics that are team has researched. Hunterdon County is the 18th most populated county in the state of New Jersey out of
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