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    Homeless Canadian Women

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    certain disease and prone to infection by resorting to homemade pads/tampons. Furthermore, a gap in research pertaining to this issue exists with very limited knowledge beyond the barriers to access. To address this issue an anthropological lens must be applied to research for understanding why and what limits access in this population. Nature and Magnitude of Problem: Homeless women are already at risk for poorer health outcomes stemming from having more complex health issues; menstruation. For women, menstruation is an unavoidable, monthly occurrence with costs for hygiene products being too great for those living below the poverty line. Sanitary pads and tampons cost upwards of $10 per month, or $120 per year, and in homeless women this could be the cost for food or bus fare2. Homeless women are left to choose between food, transit fare, or sanitary products, with the latter usually being replaced by self-made tampons/pads from tissue paper. The major issue which arises from having a lack of access to hygiene products is although shelters may supply…

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    Further, many people often overlook the supply disparities and opt out of feminine hygiene product purchase. Nevertheless, people with periods need these products for a safe and healthy cycle. Communities can no longer look past the issue if they want vulnerable populations to feel safe, comfortable, and supported through their eventual transition to independence. All people who menstruate, no matter their income, have a right to manage their periods in a safe and sanitary manner. We have let…

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    John Simon Accomplishments

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    This was the beginning to his career in sanitation, throughout the next couple year Simon changed what the public health system was like. (Sanitary) Simon had no experience in public health but among twenty applicants he stood out because he came from a wealthy, and very political family. Along with the strong support of surgeons who had felt Simon would fulfill his duty as a Public health officer, on October 19, 1848 Simon was appointed the position. With his very strong writing skills he…

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    Subcatchment Essay

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    network in combined sewer areas. There are three (3) general street/sewer configurations in combined sewer areas that require separate approaches to flow assignments. In order to ensure that the areas contributing to the sanitary, combined, and storm sewers do not overlap, the following flow assignments must be applied in the scenarios listed below. In applying this approach, all areas will contribute to the sewer system only…

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    It’s only been a few month since the United States elected our new President John Anderson, but little did we know he would soon be ruining innocent lives. Today is the day me and my best friend Katie found out about “The Toxic Shot” and that it would be used to kill every woman in the United States. At first we looked at each other and thought this was some type of sick joke but then we kept paying attention to the TV and found out how and why the government would do such a thing. Suddenly the…

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    Cleaning Up the Philadelphia Sewage Systems Philadelphia Pennsylvania is one of the biggest cities on the east coast possessing more than fifteen hundred people. Our Philadelphia water department is dedicated to providing clean water to all living things throughout the city. One of the biggest problems faced by our water department is the litter problem that plagues the city. Taking care of the old infrastructure of the sewer is one of the sewers is very important when it comes to protecting…

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    the intention of protesting the excessive taxation by the United Kingdom’s Wilson government, which applied supertax (95% maximum rate) to high income earners. Taxation has always been a contentious issue, particularly who and what is taxed underpinned by various emotions. Movements harness these emotions to pursue a particular agenda to change or reform current government policy. In the Australian context, activists have brought to our attention to a taxation and social inequality: tampons…

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    woman's job". 19- A Real Man will not hesitate, or feel ashamed to go into the store and pick his lady'e Sign #19 A Real Manshops for his woman’s sanitary napkins when necessary. He is not ashamed when he walks down the street holding her hands, or opening doors for her in public; especially during the early stages of courtship; he is not ashamed to purchase condoms for himself publicly, he is not ashamed to walk with her in public while she’s pregnant with his child; and his is not ashamed…

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    sometimes it might be not functional and people will suffer if there is an emergency. Furthermore sometimes the sanitary machine and hand sanitizes, hot and cold water press button, locker also might be make problems , such as the locker will locked by itself and the machines might be not functional and it will take time to service again. People are sometimes soiled by overly sensitive automatic-flushing toilets that trigger while still in use or too quickly as the person begins to stand…

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    Tanks were invented in 1915, they were armored land ships. They were first used in 1916 during the battle of Flers-Courcelette. Machine guns were the reason for the second most deaths in the war. Fifteen years after the wright-brothers created the first plane and flew it. Men were trying to create planes that could go and be used in dog fights. Poison gas had only a few deaths in WW1 it did have major effects on many people. Sanitary napkins were first used for bandages to stop bleeding they…

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