...Colorado’s Access to Fresh Food Draft Access to affordable and nutritious food has become a topic of interest to the residents of Colorado. Food deserts, as defined by the Nutrition Digest, are “parts of the country vapid of fresh fruit, vegetables, and other healthful whole foods, usually found in impoverished areas. This is largely due to a lack of grocery stores, farmers’ markets, and healthy food providers” (Gallagher). Areas of Colorado such as this exist in largely rural and urban or low-income neighborhoods throughout the state. In these underserved communities, the issue lies with the ability to reasonably travel to get fresh food and the, often, non-existent retail food presence. In an article published by International Health Geographics, authors Joseph Sharkey, et al. explain that “Individual and community concerns with food security, limited access to supermarkets, higher costs for food (food...
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...Wasiq Warraich 260184828 Economics 316 As I waited in my front porch for the arrival of most extinguished group of guests yet, I knew that these people do love a good dose of intellectual conversation but nothing puts a stamp of approval more than one’s life style, his interest and how he serves both these in tangible forms. I stared off towards my house’s main gate that was to open at any time and let in a series of limousines and at the same time thought of the items in my house that will be of mist interest to the arriving guests. My Brazilian Big-Leaf Mahogany, The beautiful Macow Parrot in its solid gold cage, the antique vase from ancient Babylonian times and off course a bottle of wine that would knock even Donald Trump’s socks off. There is however a touch of dirtiness to the acquisition of these items and as I think back it brings a nervous yet satisfying smile to my face. My method of acquiring, smuggling and authenticating these banned and in some cases fine copies of valuable objects relied on my understanding of how foreign customs worked, identifying the loopholes that could be taken advantage of and a comprehension of the underground market. I have always been an admirer of Brazilian Big-Leaf Mahogany and was prepared to go the distance in order to acquire the desired amount. I discovered via my research that most of this mahogany...
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...Mac’s Hir functions as an example of the painful transition from a faction conscious reality to an ambiguous reality in the overall plot and in the characters Paige and Max, particularly. While Johnson’s Strange Fruit operates under an ambiguous system in order to create a more equal comparison between his blackness and sexual otherness, but his ambiguity can always be traced specifically to his gayness (or more accurately: faggotry). These plays run opposite one another, using terms of both camps, but live under the same genre in the world of representative, Western theatre. That phenomena marks the need for both camps to exit in order for art facilitating conversations on sexual and gender otherness. However, there are conventions in both scripts that provide space for the struggle between centrist and leftist positions on the sex/gender...
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...The cultural resources route HISTORY OF THE BRAND "Boticário” (apothecary) is what pharmacists used to be called, and that was the name Miguel Krigsner chose for his new compounding pharmacy, which opened its doors on 22 March 1977 in the centre of the city of Curitiba, Paraná. The idea came to him after he attended a course in Porto Alegre on the revival of compounding handmade medicinal products. These types of products offered patients personalised treatment, particularly in the area of skin care. Krigsner wanted his new shop to be more than just a pharmacy; he wanted it to be a truly pleasant place where people would feel good. So, instead of counters full of remedies, the store had a carpeted waiting room with a sofa, magazines and coffee for people to enjoy while their prescriptions were being prepared. It was the beginning of the special customer care that the brand is still known for today. In a few short years, what started out as a small pharmacy had become the largest perfume and cosmetics network in the world with more than 3,600 shops in Brazil and approximately 600 points of sale in other countries. O BOTICARIO IS… A brand with attitude, a brand of closeness, self-esteem, happiness and beauty that inspires beauty! A brand that knows that happy women are the most beautiful women An upbeat brand that always sees the GOOD side of life A brand that offers its customers specialised counselling, invests in ongoing training and takes special...
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...Although Oedipus and Moses both displayed leadership qualities at times, Oedipus’ willingness to become a leader sharply contrasted Moses’ initial unwillingness to carry out the Lord’s request to lead the Israelites to freedom. In the opening scenes of Oedipus, Oedipus was portrayed as a very compassionate King, as he so desperately wanted to save his Kingdom from the infectious diseases that were causing havoc in Thebes. The priest described it as, “Disease infects fruit blossoms in our land, disease infects our herds of grazing cattle, makes women in labour lose their children” (line 29). However, before even the Priest requested his help, Oedipus had sent Creon to Apollo’s shrine to ask the gods how he could rid Thebes of this plague. Oedipus even said, “For I well know that you are ill, and yet, sick as you are, there is not one of you whose illness equals mine” (line 69). Although it may be Oedipus’ kingly duty to say such things, his incessant concern for the well-being of his kingdom certainly accentuated his legitimacy. Contrastingly, Moses was initially very unwilling to take on his leadership role. When he first encountered the Lord, Moses was extremely doubtful and diffident in his abilities to free the Israelites from oppression. He even went as far as to recommend others for the job, much to the frustration of the Lord. Moses said, “Lord, send anyone else you like” (Exodus...
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...justified to retaliate violently. The irony in all these is that each side of the divide is usually able to argue as to who started the violence (Miller 2005). The use of violence usually leads to the loss of innocent lives, the destruction of property, and in most instances, do not achieve the objective that it set out to achieve. Non-violence methods, such as those castigated by Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi try to avoid this trap by evading any violent confrontations. Far from being termed as cowardice, non-violence requires tremendous self-control, courage and a ready heart to endure pain, suffering and death. Non-violent strategies dwell on the strength that they reduce the moral legitimacy of those who persist in their use of violence against non-violence. This loss of legitimacy is a double sword in that it leads to efforts in coalition building that eventually leads to the condemnation of the violent parties, and it often culminates in the imposition of sanctions on the party by the international community. Nonviolence is a strategy used to counter the use of violence. It can also be used against any illegitimate use of legal and political force (Miller 2005). For nonviolence to be successful, the involved parties must base their actions on moral principles. They...
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...The main sectors of the economy are agriculture, industry, and services. Poland's agricultural sector employs around twelve percent of the workforce, but only contributes four percent to the GDP. Farms in Poland are mainly privately owned. Poland's 2 million private farms occupy ninety percent of all the farmland and account for the same percent of production. Most farms are small and fragmented. Over half of all the farms produce only for the needs of the family with little, if any, commercial sales. Poland exports meat, dairy products, and fruits and vegetables. The main industrial contribution to Poland's economy is it's automotive industry. It accounts for sixteen percent of all Polish exports, which translates to around 15 billion dollars a year. The major automotive companies in Poland include Fiat, Opel, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo. Banking is the largest contributing factor in the services industry. After legal reforms in the 1990s the sector became stable. This attracted many foreign investors. Poland has fifty one domestic banks, a network of 578 cooperative banks, and 18 branches of foreign owned banks. Overall Poland spends most of it;s budget on social benefits, like health care, education, and social security. National defense only accounts for five percent of the...
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...• Constitutional Speech (Personal and Corporate) * (personal); afforded highest protection by the Courts. Balance must be struck between a government’s obligation to protect its citizens versus a citizen’s right to speech. In other words, if government suppresses speech it must be to protect the citizens. EX. Don’t yell fire in a crowded area. See below. * If restriction is content neutral, restrictions must target some societal problem – not to primarily suppress the message. (Corporate); -Political speech by corporations is protected by the First Amendment. -In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) the Supreme Court ruled that corporations can spend freely to support or oppose candidates for President and Congress. • Commercial Speech -Courts give substantial protection to commercial speech (advertising). -Restrictions must: Implement substantial government interest; directly advance that interest; and go no further than necessary. EX. Bad Frog Brewery, Inc. v. New York Liquor Authority= their logo of the frog flipping people off was denied so the company sued and won because their logo is only put in bars, alcohol sections in stores, etc. • Due Process (procedural and substantive); Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments provide “no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law.”; (Procedural) -Procedures depriving an individual of her rights must be fair and equitable. -Constitution requires...
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...7. Essay The Lord’s Supper is a doctrine of grace. If Jesus’ body and blood was not sacrificed for us then we would not have hope for forgiveness and we would be doomed to eternal damnation. However, since we have been blessed with the gift of forgiveness and Jesus offered himself up on the cross for us we have hope. We remember Christ’s sacrifice during church services on Sundays when we celebrate Holy Communion. While The Lord’s Supper is one of the key doctrines of Christianity there are many questions and arguments that arise when discussing the Eucharist. Issues such as the validity of the elements actually being Christ’s body and blood, what elements to use, the debate of open verse closed Communion and various adiaphora topics arise when The Lord’s Supper is discussed. Admittedly I was not very well informed in regards to such issues until this class. However the unit on this doctrine was able to illuminate these issues and give a solid scriptural foundation for answering certain questions in regards to The Lord’s Supper. One of the largest sources of controversy when discussing the Eucharist is the issue of the elements truly being Jesus’ body and blood. This idea is almost an assault on human logic. How can something that is seemingly bread and seemingly wine be blood and flesh? The answer to this enigma is simple and one would not have to look further than the Gospel. Jesus said himself in Mark 14, “Take it; this is my body” when referring to the bread and then later...
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...Coles 1996; Skogan 1990; Trojanowics 1994). This type of policing has broadened the goal to assist communities to maintain a safe environment where basic institutions (families, schools, churches, commerce) can effectively operate and thrive within the community (Kelling and Coles 1996). Apprehending criminals is no longer the only focus among law enforcement. Police and their agencies must now adapt to look at what needs to be done to maintain the quality of life in communities as well as alleviate citizen fear of crime. To prevent community decline and crime police agencies must us the strategic measure of disorder control. Legitimacy refers to the judgments that the citizens make about police authority to make decisions about how to maintain social order and enforce the law. Therefore, (Police Executive Research Forum; PERF, 2014) legitimacy lies within the perceptions of the...
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...In what ways, if any, has globalization transformed the phenomenon of terrorism? Introduction The idea of terrorism has not always been as it is today. The word “terror” originated after the French Revolution and the word “terrorism” was subsequently recorded by the Académie Française in 1798 (Roberts 2002). The regime of “la Terreur” was one of force and bloody repression against opponents to the newly born French Republic, but since the 19th century, terrorism has come to designate a method of opposition used by small groups (Tilly 2004, 8-9) “against the legitimacy of the prevailing sovereign power” (Scruton 2002, 126). As Barkawi (2006, 129) aptly puts across “‘terror’ is often used as a weapon by those who lack sufficient weapons to fight a military war, who believe their voices are not being heard and their desires bear no fruit”. Contrary to the French “terror”, “terrorism” is then no longer a practice of the State; it is that of radical groups opposing the State, and it is mainly the State that gives them this name (Townshend 2002, 3); the names these groups give themselves are in relation to a cause they see as legitimate. Such causes have arisen in numerous places, prompting some to take extreme but in their minds justified action, and Europe has faced terrorist threats long before the 9/11 attacks, incarnated by the Irish Republican Army (IRA), the Basque Fatherland and Liberty group (ETA) in Spain or the Red Brigades in Italy, to name only a few (Barkawi...
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...INTD724 Humanitarian Assistance and Service Delivery Individual Project Submitted By Uma Kanjinghat AFGHANISTAN Introduction Afghanistan is a landlocked country in central Asia. The full name of the country is Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Afghanistan has a population of 33.4 million (UN, 2012). The capital of the country is Kabul which is also the largest one. The major religion in Afghanistan is Islam. The main exports that support the economy of Afghanistan are fruit and nuts, carpets, wool and opium. According to World Bank the Gross National Income per capita is US $470 (Afghanistan profile, 2014). Afghanistan has abundant natural resources. Afghanistan has abundant of coal, iron, chrome, copper and salt deposits. It has also have small deposits of uranium, silver and gold. Natural gas is the richest source of hydrocarbon in Afghanistan. Considerable amount of oil deposits are documented but not yet evaluated (Library of Congress , 2008). Afghanistan has experienced serious instability and turbulence in the modern era which is ruining the economy and infrastructure. This instability has pushed majority of population into refugees (Afghanistan profile, 2014). Afghanistan was the 6th largest receiver of official humanitarian aid in 2012. The total aid received by Afghanistan came around 32% of Gross National Income. The vulnerability index score in 2012-13 in Afghanistan is high (Global Humanitarian Assistance, n.d.). Underlying factors of the humanitarian crisis...
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...Today's Police Put On a Gun and a Camera Author: Johnson, Kirk ProQuest document link Abstract: Liability-conscious city attorneys say the cameras could help in lawsuits; rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, say police accountability will be bolstered by another layer of public documentation; and the Justice Department, surveying 63 police departments that were using body cameras and many others that were not, concluded in a report this month that the technology had the potential to "promote the perceived legitimacy and sense of procedural justice" in interactions between the public and law enforcement. Links: Linking Service Full text: PULLMAN, Wash. -- Amateur videos of police officers doing their jobs have become part of the fabric of urban democracy, with embarrassing or violent images spreading via social media in minutes. But more police agencies, especially after the unrest following an unarmed teenager's shooting in Ferguson, Mo., are recording events with small body-mounted cameras. In just the last few weeks, law enforcement agencies in at least a dozen cities, including Ferguson; Flagstaff, Ariz.; Minneapolis; Norfolk, Va.; and Washington, have said they are equipping officers with video cameras. Miami Beach approved the purchase of $3 million worth of cameras for police officers, parking enforcement workers, and building and fire inspectors. The New York Police Department, the nation's largest urban force, has studied how Los Angeles is incorporating...
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...DAMODARAM SANJIVAYYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY NAME OF STUDENT: - RAHUL KUMAR DUBEY ROLL NO. : - 2014087 SEMESTER: - 2ND SUBJECT: - SOCIOLOGY TITLE OF THE PROJECT: - POWER AND AUTHORITY RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: - The researcher will have a doctrinal approach towards the Project. Information for the Project will be collected from Books, Journals and Internet. ACKNOWLEDGMENT This Project couldn’t have been successfully completed without the support and guidance of our Sociology Professor, M. Lakshmipati Raju Sir and we would like to express our immense gratitude to him for his constant support and motivation that has encouraged us to come up with this project. Lastly, we would like to thank our classmates for their whole hearted support at all times during the course of the Project. Thanking You Rahul Kr. Dubey CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………..4 2. WHAT IS POWER?.......................................................................................................5 A. THE EMERGENCE OF POWER…………………………………………6 B. THE DIVISION OF POWER……………………………………………..9 3. WHAT IS AUTHORITY…...…………………………………………………………9 A. POLITICAL AUTHORITY……...………………………………………11 4. THE DEMOCRATIC CONCEPTION OF POLITICAL AUTHORITY………...
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...Santería (La Regla de Ocha) This syncretistic religion draws influence from Catholicism and originated in the Caribbean, circa 16th century, during the slave trade (Lefever 318). Santería (Way of the Saints) owes its roots to the Yoruba People of West Africa, who brought their religious beliefs to the “new world” when they were taken as slaves. It’s better known as La Regla de Ocha or the Lucumí Religion; these names are preferred by its practitioners. There are little to no written scripture or books in this religion. It is passed down through word of mouth (Duncan “What is Santeria?”). Due to their new lives as slaves, the Yoruba people had to find a way to secretly practice their religion as Catholicism/Christianity was being forced upon them by their captors. They did this partly by finding similarities in Christian religious symbols. They would represent their Orichas/Orishas or “head guardians” with Catholic saints. This created a sort of parallel between the religions, rather than a combination of the two. The resulting belief system would grow to become what is known as Santeria, a name given by the Spaniards. However this name is not true of its real roots (therefore I will be referring to it as La Regla de Ocha). There is no central ideology in La Regla de Ocha. It is more readily organized and understood by its practices, hierarchy, and proverbs. However, a few things are held true in La Regla de Ocha; respect for ancestry, a belief that each person is born...
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