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    Prior to that period of time, the issue captured widespread interest among the communities within the diaspora, especially in the United States, due to prominence given to the campaign against gender segregation on public buses in America. “Soon after the gender-segregated buses were introduced, the Israel Women 's Network petitioned the High Court, arguing that the policy discriminated against women. Their argument rested on the precedence of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in the United States.” (Feldheim 31) They women arguing against the segregation of the bus systems found many consistencies with segregation between Caucasians and African-Americans in the United States. The Israeli Supreme Court denied this argument based on the grounds that the bus segregation in Israel raised very few complaints and was widely accepted in the ultra-Orthodox communities. The IRAC, or the Israel Religious Action Center became involved in 2001 after receiving hundreds of complaints from women who frequently used the bus system. These women testified to receiving physical or verbal abuse when they refused to obey the laws that enforced the forced segregation…

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    Waltz With Bashir

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    I have chosen this topic because the movie is a significant source of historical evidence with a powerful depiction of the psychological trauma caused to witnesses of the First Lebanese war in 1982. Additionally, the events were significant then because they marked the failure of the Israeli defence force in ‘Operation peace for…

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    The Orthodox Exemption Some Jews say Haredi Jews should be exempt from military service in Israel because they need to focus on their religious studies. Some Jews say Haredi Jews should not be exempt from military service in Israel because Halakha commands that all Jews fight in a milchemet mitzvah. Haredi Jews should be required to serve in the Israeli military because Halakha commands it. In Israel, both men and women are required to serve in the Israeli Defense Force, or the IDF. There…

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    helpless as the attacker has more confidence and believes that he could win. One way to prevent these types of scenarios is to have a self defense club at Grace Christian Academy. Self defense…

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    Perimeter Defense: Beyond the Basics It is called "all round defense". In other words, a threat can come from any direction. It is important that you know the area around the structure you are defending. Ideally, you have sketched on paper your property's' prominent terrain features, features that could offer cover and/or concealment to an opposing force or offer the same to you the defender. Once down on paper you would then measure the distance from any cover or concealment that the terrain…

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    resources, but it is a slow transition. That said our internal attorneys serve more to support outside council on human resources matters rather than be the primary attorney. The police department is not unionized. Therefore, it is not required to have or provide legal representation by contract. The investigators provide the officer the Garrity/Brady warnings, when an internal investigation occurs. The officer must corporate with the internal investigation. An officer may appeal suspensions…

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    Foundation of Personal Communication Defensive Climate is a situation where one perceives or anticipates some form of threat and feels like they need to defend themselves from the unknown and become cautious with their surrounding and people around them. For example, your supervisor makes statements that imply that you are always late, and you know you have only been late once: you tend to be defensive. On the other hand, Supportive Climate is a state of a stress-free and healthy environment,…

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    target edge. For example, a 2-row ladder is one in which the attacking player is only able to place counters in the second row from the desired edge as a result of the defending player’s defense in the first row. If no escape is created by the attacking player, the ladder will continue to build until it reaches an edge (unless the attacking player abandons it), which, in either case, will likely result in a win for the defending player. Essentially, forcing ladders that give you no chance of…

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    Pat, because of his condition had a sudden urge to watch his wedding video. He was looking everywhere for it and started to panic, when he could not find it his parents tried to calm him down, he said “I'm not yelling, im just frustrated because I should have my wedding video”. Pat was stuck in a flashback where he caught Nikki cheating on him, without knowing it he hit his mother to the ground. His Dad in defence, lept onto Pat saying “you throw your mother on the ground” and then proceeded to…

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    Master Yoda Quotes

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    Now we will be talking about the positive behavior or in the movie the “light side”. The light side represents all thing good and finding a balance of good and evil. Master Yoda says this to Luke to help him understand the force. “You will know when you are calm, at peace. Passive. A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack,” (Yoda Quotes, 2017). He also said “Yes, a Jedi’s strength flows from the Force. But beware of the dark side. Anger, fear, aggression; the dark side…

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