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    Possible Causes and Treatments for Cancer For as long as I can remember I have always seen people I know suffer with different forms of cancer and I wondered why and how this happens to people. This essay has given me the opportunity to explore some of these complex cancer issues I have seen occur. There are two main forms of cancer that I have seen to affect my family and friends greatly‚ breast cancer and bone cancer. Both types are extremely painful and tough to come back from once diagnosed

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    Deviance Behavior and the Possible Causes February 27‚ 2013 Antoinette Perry Albertus Magnus College – Sociology of Work In the sociological sense of the word deviance is simply any violation committed that is not considered one of society’s norms. Deviance behavior can range from something minor‚ such as a traffic violation‚ to something major‚ such as suicide or murder. The meaning of deviance may differ between societies and the cause of deviance behaviors can vary depending

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    Several things caused the Great Depression. The Great Depression was a rough time in American history that started in 1929‚ when the stock market crashed‚ and it ended in 1939. During the Great Depression‚ around 6‚000 vendors roamed the streets‚ in their effort to sell apples for $0.05. The crash of the stock market is one factor of the Great Depression. On a day known as "Black Thursday"‚ around 13 million shares were traded. Five days later‚ over 16 million shares were traded‚ which caused millions

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    in U.S. prisons have more than quadrupled from 500‚000 to roughly over 2.3 million people. The United States consist of 5% of the world population and have 25% of the world prisoners (NAACP). “Combining the number of people in prison and jail with those under parole or probation supervision‚ 1 in every 31 adults‚ or 3.2 percent of the population is under some form of correctional control” (NAACP). Statistics from 2007 data show that the prisons are made up of 93% males and 7% females (Prison Population

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    The Causes and the Possible Effects of Climate Change Climate change makes a big change for the earth. But not all of humans know and understand about climate change. The people who understand about climate change want to protect the earth‚ because climate change makes a big problem for the earth and the humans. They start to tell other people about effects of climate change. According to the source‚ “climate change is a long-term change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods

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    Indigenous Prison Population The overall prison population in Australia is similar to other developed countries‚ however the Australian Indigenous prison population is at an unacceptable rate and is continuing to rise (Krieg‚ 2006). The population of Indigenous prisoners in Australia has doubled within a generation (Mc Coy‚ 2008). Indigenous prisoner population in Western Australia‚ as with the rest of Australia‚ is massively over-represented (Justice & Community Safety in Western Australia‚ 2013)

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    List of 5 Possible Causes of the Salem Witch Trials The Salem Witch Trials were a series of witchcraft trials that took place in 1692 in Massachusetts. Nearly 200 people were accused of witchcraft and by the end of the trials‚ 19 were sentenced to death by hanging and executed. The historians agree that the Witch Trials were a result of mass hysteria but there are several theories about its causes. Listed below are 5 possible reasons for one of the most tragic events in American history. Boredom

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    The Attica prison revolt had many conditions that would cause many of the inmates to have a riot. The condition in which these inmates lived was horrible. I know when a person commit a crime they are punished for the crime. This was very cruel of how these inmates were treated. The uniforms did not fit the inmates well. The meals were not pleasant and baths were giving once a week. These inmates had to pay for their toilet items and the state clothing and these items were brought from the commissary

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    The different causes for the gap‚ different ways to reduce the gap‚ as well as examples of schools that have successfully done so will also be discussed.   The Achievement Gap: Causes and Possible Solutions What causes the gap? Many educational researchers have studied the causes of the significant achievement gap between Caucasian middle or upper class students and African-American or Hispanic underprivileged students‚ and have demonstrated that there is not one cause‚ but many. Paul

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    Potential Problem Possible Causes Preventive Actions Contingent Plan Keeping party a secret Someone telling the birthday person about the party Don’t tell anyone the location till last minute Reschedule Party Hiding people and cars till the last minute Someone not parting in right place or being in right place Have party in a public place so cars blend in Keep birthday person away to last minute A camping trip in the mountains Potential Problem Possible Causes Preventive Actions

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