Voices from the field: The social construction of alcohol problems in inner-city communities By: Denise Herd Contemporary Drug Problems Name of the writer The study “voices from the field” by denise herd‚ examines the social construction of alcohol problems‚ by activists within the communities‚ throughout the neighborhoods across the country in the 1990s. Alcoholism relates to many social problems‚ as well as diseases that are fatal to human health‚ throughout the globe. However‚ this particular
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11. For the following scores‚ find the (a) mean‚ (b) median‚ (c) sum of squared deviations‚ (d) variance‚ and (e) standard deviation: 2‚ 2‚ 0‚ 5‚ 1‚ 4‚ 1‚ 3‚ 0‚ 0‚ 1‚ 4‚ 4‚ 0‚ 1‚ 4‚ 3‚ 4‚ 2‚ 1‚ 0 Answer: A) Mean = 2 B) Median = 2 C) Sum of squared deviations =-52 D). Variance = -2.47 E). Standard deviation = 1.57 12. For the following scores‚ find the (a) mean‚ (b) median‚ (c) sum of squared deviations‚ (d) variance‚ and (e) standard deviation: 1‚112; 1‚245; 1‚361; 1‚372; 1‚472 Answer:
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The Place I Come From is Like.. Many of us have a different view of our home town. Some cannot wait to leave‚ while others never want to leave their mother’s couch. Some look at it as a paradise‚ free of worries or decision making‚ while others look at it as their own personal hell‚ full of people and places they despise. I‚ on the other hand‚ have a different view of my hometown. It is not exactly what I would call a perfect‚ pleasant‚ island getaway‚ paradise but it is not what I imagine hell
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CHAPTERS FROM HISTORY: Students’ role in the Pakistan movement THE All India Muslim Students Federation (AIMSF) was the most formidable pressure group in League’s favour. Jinnah served as a role model to students who took to him as to no one else. Indeed‚ the adherence of the youth to the Muslim League had far reaching consequences in terms of building up the League as a mass organization and of vastly strengthening Jinnah’s claim to supreme leader of the Muslims. Between 1937 and 1946 there
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condition: do not eat fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. However‚ Eve’s free will leads her to temptations that invoke her curious thoughts. Acting on her thoughts‚ Eve eats the forbidden fruit that God outlawed. After eating the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge‚ Eve challenges the established hierarchy because she refuses to be Adam’s
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travel the way that bests suits them at a particular time. For example‚ I like to go on adventure holidays and this invariably includes a small group and expert guide‚ and I frequently participate in writing retreats around the world with like-minded people. However for me‚ the real joy of travelling has always been to take off on my own and just ’see’ what comes along the way. Of course this can sometimes be fraught with frustrations‚ difficulties and even dangers. Advantages of travelling alone
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‘Sustainable development is development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’ (Smith & Rees 1998‚ p. 15). Since that long time ago 1987‚ there have been a lot of researches in this field‚ and three essential aspects of sustainable development have been defined (Kronenberg & Bergier 2012‚ p. 24). At first‚ there is economic – a sustainable system must be able to produce goods and services on a permanent basis‚ to maintain appropriate
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Chapter 14: From Compromise to Secession I. Background A. At this time‚ the Mexican American War had just ended and the US had an equal number of free and slave states. The war ended in 1848. If you remember right‚ the Mexican American War left America with‚ through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Mexican Cession)‚ the former Mexican provinces of California and Mexico. Mexico would also‚ in subsequence of the treaty‚ recognize the Rio Grande as the Southern Border of Mexico. In return‚
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In the 1800’s and earlier it was believed by some that it was their "freedom" to be able to buy and sell fellow mankind on an open market‚ to be used as property for the betterment of the slaveholder’s own fortune. In this essay I will look at a letter from Frederick Douglass‚ an ex-slave‚ to Thomas Auld‚ his former master. The correspondence was in the form of an open public letter to Auld on the tenth anniversary of Douglass’ abolition. The letter could be considered an "autoethnographic text"
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that. How desperate can you be‚ Getty? This is probably the meanest‚ most... hurtful thing I’ve ever seen one chick do to another. It’s pathetic. Okay‚ I’ll show you. - I’ll prove it to you! - Getty... I don’t care what you show me on that phone! I’m not interested in you! Nothing will change that! Look. I found it. What’s this? Is this some kind of a joke? That’s Wandile before he started
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