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Lifestyle Families are extremely important in the Danish society. Most families are small; however Danes will spend excessive amounts of money on their children. Families also take extra care of their homes because it reflects on the overall success of the family and their lifestyle. The family is the center of the social structure and children are raised to be independent very early in life. The government subsidizes child care, so often children are placed in day care as young as one year…

My culture, my gender, and my experiences have been major determinants of my character. As a Chicana, I have been molded to fit into multiple structures which define my identity. The smile in my drawing was meant to be sincere after much contemplation of social struggles, which led to acceptance of the collision of my cultures. Furthermore, this leads to a division within my personality. I identify with Gloria Anzaldua’s explanation of the tolerance for ambiguity as a tolerance for…

Wolfelt Bereavement Responses SELECT: Throughout our life, we create relationships with people, and perhaps one of the most difficult stages in life is when we have to deal with the death of a family member. As expressed by Greenberg (2013) mourning a love one implies changes, which also add distress to a person's life. How to understand such critical moments in life? In examining this process, Dr. Alan Wolfelt (2003) describes the six most common patterns (or stages) of bereavement that a…

Within higher education, there has been limited attention afforded to the health and well-being of faculty in the academic profession. Research on health outcomes in female faculty is limited despite the gender inequalities that exist within the academy when it comes to the work demands of female faculty (Guarino & Borden, 2016; Settles, Cortina, Malley, Stewart, 2006; Settles, Cortina, Stewart, & Malley, 2007; Settles, Cortina, Buchanan, & Miner, 2013). Moreover, there are even fewer studies…

Garrett Hardin contends for an exceptionally brutal postulation: we basically ought not to give support to individuals in poor nations. His contention is consequentialist: he asserts that the net consequence of doing so would be negative - would indeed be courting huge scale catastrophe. One of the things that we will recognize about Hardin's article, notwithstanding, is that whether he is correct or wrong, he paints with an extremely expansive brush. This makes it a decent contention for the…

A woman voluntarily interviewed with police detectives while other officers executed a search warrant at her home. Upon learning of this at the end of the interview, two detectives were unsure if they should let her go. The woman contends that these factors together rendered the interview a custodial interrogation without Miranda warnings thus making her statements inadmissible. A court would likely find, however, that the woman was never in custody because she was never under formal arrest or…

At his height, Pablo Escobar, leader of the Medellin cartel, was making $420 million per week through the importing of over fifteen tons of cocaine daily into the United States. Although the number of people killed during Escobar’s leading of the Medellin Cartel (1975-1993) is unknown, one of Escobar’s hitman has been linked to over three hundred murders and ordered over three thousand murders. Escobar’s constant cash flow and notorious murder record made him one of the richest, ruthless and…

Football is something that is learned at a young age. It starts out as flag and then progressively turns to contact. When we start the contact portion of it, we are taught how to tackle correctly, how to do it without hurting ourselves or the other player. But what happens when we do not tackle correctly? We can get broken bones, bruises, or concussions. What Happens when you receive a lot of concussions? You can develope a CTE over time. What exactly is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)?…

“Do you wanna be white?” (“ElishaCoy”). This slogan, belonging to the Korean skincare company ElishaCoy, advertises the skin-brightening qualities of the cosmetic BB cream. Young women, and men alike, are often pressured to conform to societal expectations due to strict standards on physical appearances. Would one lacking a bright, pearly complexion be considered “ugly” in the eyes of the Asian society? Beauty for the vain in Asia is primarily characterized by “white skin,” a narrowed attitude…

The Affordable Care Act issued by President Obama has been a law since March of 2010. The law has its pros and cons, both of which vary depending on who is asked. Over the past six years, the longevity of this law, more and more debates and questions have ensued as to how to improve such a law that has impacted so many citizens. With the new president on his way into office, it has prompted the questions of what will happen to the Affordable Care Act and what will happen to the future of…