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    Juvenile justice can be a difficult area for law enforcement. This is said because unlike adult offenders in the criminal justice system, the juvenile justice is about reform rather than incarceration. The thought process behind juvenile justice is to help these children to become better adults, not only for their community, but also for their workforce as well. There are some rules when handling delinquents. A great example would be an adult who has a public intoxication and has to spend a night

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    In his journey to Ada, Inman could have made an effort to avoid all contact with other people, specifically women, to remain more focused on his goal; however, avoiding contact with others would result in Inman not only going crazy but also he would also miss out on the insight and help he got from the women he met. In the book Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier, women have an important role in guiding Inman in his quest to get to Ada. Since the vast majority of women did not fight in the Civil War

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    people are continually trying to insert, as precedents for action, [their] values and beliefs...that have their genesis in pre-colonial times (Morphy 1998:4). Indigenous histories are marked by dispossession, dislocation, and loss. Yet, as the Encounters exhibition illustrates, they also provide examples of resilience, creativity, transformation, entanglement and hope. The exhibition features a collection of

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    by Krakauer, Krakauer admits that his bias opinion on McCandless will show throughout the book. This could be seen through descriptions the actions of McCandless. Krakauer portrays McCandless as noble due to his description of the decisions and encounters McCandless faces. One way in which Krakauer portrays McCandless as noble is through his decisions. This is where Krakauer judges and brings in bias opinions on the actions McCandless makes. An example of this can be when McCandless was hit by a

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    Every person encounters various roadblocks throughout life. Some of these impediments could be brought by societal mindsets, others from mental and physical aspects of life, but they are all similar in one way-you can only move on to achieve your goals by overcoming these blockages. Even before describing the journey that Phoenix Jackson, the main character, set out upon, Phoenix herself is a deterrent. She is old in a society that values the young, poor in a wealth-oriented culture, black in a

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    through a lifespan: beginning with younger characters in “An Encounter” and “The Araby” and then moving forward to an older married couple in “The Dead”. While the stories have diverse situations and characters there is a common theme of paralysis with a desire to escape. In all three stories a character will have a desire and face obstacles to get to it, however paralysis occurs which they will ultimately give up. In the short story “An Encounter” the narrator reflects on a childhood experience. He remembers

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    Benefits Of Telemedicine

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    UC Davis examined more than 19,000 medical encounters from 1996 to 2013 to explore the benefits of Telemedicine and virtual visits. The study found that savings translate beyond simply saving money. Patients also saved time, experienced less stress and had easier access to their doctors. The UC Davis study, which looked at both inpatient and interactive video consultations, found collective savings of almost nine years of travel time spent driving five million miles and approximately $3 million.

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    He departs towards Buckland, but he and his companions are not alone. They encounter a mysterious Black Rider, servant to Sauron, who appears to head the same way they are. They also encounter a group of elves, who take a liking to Frodo (because of Frodo’s ability to speak the Ancient Speech) and shelter them and give Frodo advice. The trio continues their journey, but not without

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    The tourism industry regarding animal encounters can harm the animal such as physical beatings, malnourishment and mental trauma. Hediger agrees when he writes, “Trifling disturbances may occur, for the simple reason that certain innate behavior pattern, adapted for life in freedom, cannot develop properly under conditions of captivity, or be brought into play, through lack of appropriate stimuli” (pg. 29). Basically, Hediger is warning us that putting animals in captivity for our personal pleasure

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    Native- European encounters date all the way back to the early 1700’s. They’re countless stories and narratives, which focus on different details of the Native Americans, and Europeans. New England colonies were typically known for the formation and development of American literature. European colonization and territorial cross-over onto Native land, sparked many of the stories written that scholars still read, to this day. Many different themes are used to characterize the literature created during

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