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    Ralph Ellison once said, “There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale (Ellison).” With the help of great sociological researchers like Dorothy Robert and Michael Root, this paper will expose some of the sociological fairy tales that exist here in today’s society that have been perpetuated for decades. Many times, there are issues that…

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    can get away with. There are people that feel like they are entitled that they can get away with certain things. These people are sometimes given an advantage from their social standing that causes them to act this way. They almost feel like it is their given right. We have the right to act evil, or the right to be good. It is simply the matter of…

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    Cannabis Paradox

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    a Gallup survey was taken to see how many Americans had tried marijuana. The survey revealed that one in five adults have tried marijuana at least once in their lifetime, while almost ten percent of American adults claim to partake regularly in the act of smoking marijuana (Cooke…

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    Red Rocks Church

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    Red Rocks Church is only ten years old, and the Lakewood campus is brand new. It’s not even two years old and so many people flock to that campus every Sunday. It’s astonishing to see hundreds of people come through those doors and find a seat in the movie-esk pew area and praise the Lord. The church is nondenominational. They believe that God is the loving creator of the seen and unseen. According to their website, they also believe that Jesus is God in the flesh and that he lived a sinless…

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    Depictions and reports of abuse by the British towards the colonists throughout the 13 colonies was used to further heighten the tensions throughout the land and act as a rallying point for further protests and resistance14. The desire for self-rule began to take hold and filter throughout all of the colonies. The crumbling relationship between the colonies and their British rulers led to further decent and ultimately to significant changes. In May of 1770, all British troops were forced out of…

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    British Missteps Analysis

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    In 1764 the Sugar Act was enacted to raise tax revenue in the colonies for England and it increased the duty on sugar imported from the West Indies. However, the colonists were accustomed to having their own colonial legislatures creating taxes, so they fought back when Britain tried to control them. In 1765 the Stamp Act mandated the use of stamps on certain types of commercial and legal documents. The purpose of this tax was to raise revenue for the new military force, but the colonists did…

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    many colonists were those of dissatisfaction and disdain for the traditional British government. These would exacerbate future relations with Great Britain, fueling dissent. The earliest component of these anti-British sentiments was the French and Indian War. The war gave the colonists their first feeling of any political unity apart from Britain. Since it was the first war where the British fought alongside the colonists, it outlined many of the cultural differences that had developed between…

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    the very beginning. And although its impossible to pinpoint the single event that let to The American Revolution, there are many that stand out as major contributors to the start of this war. Colonial legislatures, The French and Indian war, The Boston Massacre, The Tea Act, and The Boston Tea Party were just some of the major factors and causes of The American Revolution. The distance between Britain and North America created the need for a localized…

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    A medical device HydroThermAblator (HTA) indicated for use to treat menorrhagia or excess uterine bleeding is designed, manufactured and marketed by Boston Scientific Corporation. The device is classified as Class III device and was approved in 2001 through premarket approval process by the Food and Drug Administration. Jan Hughes was diagnosed with menorrhagia and advised by Dr. Weber for ablation procedure to treat menorrhagia on October 25, 2006. When Dr. Weber performed surgery on her using…

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    resulted in several Acts being passed and Independence being declared. To understand why there was a dispute, you must know what was happening during this time period. Britain had just ended the Seven Years War (the French and Indian War) and was drowning in debt. In order to make up for their money loss, Britain began imposing policies towards colonies. These policies included the Stamp Act, the Sugar and Currency Act, the Townshend Act, and the Tea Act. These Acts were an effort to…

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