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    due to dust. Other impacts can have permanent consequences. Pollution effects are not confined to the environment. The potential for damage to historical monuments has already been realized. Some damage‚ such as from wind or rain‚ is unavoidable. However‚ pollution contributes additional risk factors that can increase the level of destruction. The effects may be minor‚ such as a blackening of the surface of monuments due to dust. Other impacts can have permanent consequences. Pollution effects are

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    Complex permanent tissue A complex permanent tissue may be classified as a group of more than one type of tissue having a common origin and working together as a unit to perform a function. These tissues are concerned with transportation of water‚ mineral‚ nutrients and organic substances. The important complex tissues in vascular plants are xylem‚ phloem. Complex permanent tissue is heterogeneous tissue which is formed of two or more than two types of mature cells of common origin which coordinate

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    Chapter 4 of Lilly‚ Cullen & Ball mainly focuses on Robert Merton and his theories of Anomie and Strain Theories. Merton wanted to theorize the root of social deviance. He did not reject the thoughts of the Chicago school theorists of Sutherland‚ Shaw and McKay‚ but however he did suggest that other factors were involved in such as conditions essential to society and not just in the slums‚ was the center point of the nation’s crime and deviance. He thought the “American Dream”‚ “a message sent

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    Moreover‚ within anyparticular society‚ groups may differ in the degree of anomie that besets them. Social change may create anomie either in the wholesociety or in some parts of it. Business crises‚ for example‚ may havea far greater impact on those on the higher reaches of the social pyramid than on the underlying population. When depression leads to

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    Anomie Theory In the 1930s‚ sociologist Robert K. Merton generated what came to be referred to as the anomie theory of deviant behavior. In his view‚ deviant behavior—illicit drug use included—takes place when avenues to material success are blocked off. Anomie theory‚ as Merton developed it (1938‚ 1957‚ pp. 131–160; 1968‚ pp. 185–248)‚ argues that in a competitive‚ materialistic‚ achievement-oriented society‚ success is encouraged as attainable for all members but actually is attainable to

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    other obligation of the Permanent Representative is to report all United Nations meetings to the State Department and the President at National Security Council meetings. The United States Department of State was originally founded in 1916 with the goal of‚ “… [shaping and sustaining] …a peaceful‚ prosperous…democratic world and foster conditions for stability…for the benefit of the American people and people everywhere” (US Department of State‚ Mission Statement). The State Department is concerned

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    Anomie‚ first developed by Emile Durkheim‚ is very evident in today’s society. The concept of anomie‚ according to Durkheim‚ is a state of normlessness‚ where individuals are succumbed to deregulation in their lives and through out their society brought on by a social change. Robert K. Merton‚ following the ideas of Durkheim‚ developed his own notion of anomie‚ called Strain Theory. Merton argued that anomie was a day to day function in society‚ seen as a social structure that embraces the same

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    Should Congress outlaw the use of "permanent replacements" During Strikes? Advantages‚ Disadvantages and Alternatives to Public Sector Strikes Charlie Morgan University of Maryland University College Adelphi‚ Maryland Strike replacement occurs when employers hire or use individual to perform the work of employees on strike. In the United States‚ it is not unfair labor practice for employers to replace the striking workers with others in effort to carry on the company’s business. Most other industrialized

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    Introduction: A permanent marker is a type of marker pen that is used to create permanent writing on an object. Generally the liquid is water resistant‚ and is capable of writing on many surfaces from paper to metal to stone. They come in a variety of tip sizes (ultra fine to wide)‚ shapes (chisel point‚ bullet tip‚ and wide bristle)‚ and colors (metallic‚ non metallic‚ or ultraviolet reactive). Like spray paint these markers give off volatile organic compounds. Permanent marker can be removed

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    Robert Merton’s major theory that influenced the criminal justice field was his theory of social strain/anomie. Merton theorized that people experience frustration or strain in their failure to achieve their desires‚ which are influenced by society. Society has various norms‚ some which shape the desires of people and some which specify the acceptable ways to go about achieving those norms and desires (Merton 1968 & Merton 1938 & Anderson). Merton listed different ways that people can go about

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