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Impaired driving remains a significant road safety, health and economic issue in Canada. In the 70s and 80s significant progress was made in reducing the numbers of drivers on the roads who had been drinking. However, in the mid-90s, there has not been much progress made in reducing the destruction on our roads. This paper will discuss how alcohol has negative side effects on the drinkers, leads overall to terrible events because the people are in a weak state of both mind and body and it’s…

Many years ago, a land is divided among its own borders. Eight powerful kingdoms reign over the land and each feudal lord seeks to conquer the other seven. Two centuries have been spent preparing their military forces for the conflict against their rivals, but a stalemate has lasted just as long. The kingdoms have built miles of defensive walls along their borders to keep their territories separate. This continued until a pivotal moment occurred. One of the feudal lords of the Warring States…

The purpose of a mission trip is not to save everyone or solve hunger. Many people who take mission trip have this mentality, and I 'm not going to lie, my first mission trip this is what I expected. I believed that I was going to be the one person to go down and “change” the people. This idea is far from reality, but I realize that you can make a difference in some people’s lives. I have taken a few mission trips to the Dominican Republic, where I have built relationships with the people down…

The Prevention of Gang Violence In Chicago In the last 20 years Chicago has been ridden with gangs, crimes, homicide, fatal shootings, and devastation due to the loss of innocent lives. Our streets are no longer safe to walk in, children can not experience the comfort of playing in their own back yards, or walking to school. Police enforcement are turning their back to certain areas of the city because ¨they are far too dangerous.¨ The Wall Street Journal, an international newspaper based in…

Trust is a complex interpersonal and organizational construct that “occurs when parties holding certain favorable perceptions of each other allow this relationship to reach the expected outcomes.” Trust is, therefore, an efficient means for lowering transaction costs in any social, economic, and political relationship. It is the central concept of not only human contacts, but also institutional interactions that take place in the political arena. Trust assessed in political terms is commonly…

The president is the one that “directs” the Executive branch of government. The first president, George Washington, was elected in 1789. Presidents are elected by the citizens of the United States by a popular vote and Electoral College tally. When Elected, the president serves a four-year term and can run for re-election for another four-year term to reach the maximum two term limit. There have been 13 presidents that were elected and served two terms. Before the United States Constitution…

Gender inequality is a goal that many countries are trying to achieve. In this essay, we will be discussing on whether the gender gap in economic participation can be easily reduced when the government is involved with reference to China and Japan. In the global world today, many societies still remain more as a patriachal society.Additionally, a number of societies also has rigid gender roles whereby men are usually the breadwinners and women the homemakers.Due to these type of traditional…

Living Outside the Box In every book I have ever read in any English class, It was always because I had to read it. I never cared to think about the deeper meaning or if there was a lesson in the book and what it could have been. Now that I read books not only because it is part of my grade, but because I enjoy it, the deeper meaning of the book tends to pop out at me a little more. Life is filled with lessons, some obvious and some not. I would argue that Rudyard Kipling, the author of…

closer to reaching Brahman than the bottom group of people. If you do not reach Moksha, or life with Brahman, when you die, you will reincarnate back into the caste system. To move up the caste you can carry out your Dharma, or your moral duty. The tally of the good and bad you do is tallied at the end of your life and determines if you are given the chance to move up in the caste system when you are reincarnated. This religious thought put in a framework for the institution of the state. At the…

Select: My reflection addresses two competencies. The first is: Competency #1: The student is able to facilitate the learning process in various educational environments, using a range of service delivery approaches. The sub-competency is b: The student promotes and guides development of effective service delivery options that are appropriate for and meet the needs of students in specific contexts. The second is: Competency #4: The student demonstrates advanced knowledge and skill…