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    School Uniforms

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    SCHOOL UNIFORMS In his hopes to create "an atmosphere in our school that promotes discipline and order and learning," President William Jefferson Clinton stated, "I believe we should give strong support to school districts that decide to require young students to wear school uniforms." He cited several incidents where student's desire for another's fashionable attire has led to extreme forms of violence (Clinton 1996). This exemplifies one of the many implications of a necessity for school uniforms

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    Schools Need Dress Codes Dress codes in public schooling have recently been a controversial issue nation-wide. Mandatory uniform policy's measures and emphasize the benefits of students on specific behavioral and academic outcomes. The arguments for the issue are just as strong as those against the issue. There are two main points surrounding school uniforms: performance and school and reduction of violence due to uniformity. Uniforms are argued to positively affect student safety by: lowering

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    The law enforcement agency that I chose is the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) located in Palm Beach County, Florida. As of early 2013, the PBSO had a total of 3,941 employees. The PBSO has three department branches: Administration, Law Enforcement, and Divisions; the law enforcement department contains communications, court services, homeland security, contracts/permits, training/warrants division, etc. The PBSO provides an abundance of services including central records, fingerprinting

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    help, supplemental help, social activities, physical activities, college readiness, and life skills necessary for any young men and women in society regardless of his or her family income within Palm Beach County. Snack/Homework Time As the elementary students settle down from a long day of school, they are expected to have their agendas and homework out as volunteers pass around snacks. Free Time During this time, students socialize and initiate/vocalize what they want to do in terms of blowing

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    definitely the ultimate sports beach in the konkan. It is a place full of trilling attractions that never fail to attract tourists all the year round. This is why it is regarded as one of the most famous beaches in alibag. The rocky stretches define the shoreline here and exhibits beautiful sceneries during sunrise and sunsets. Khanderi and Underi are the forts near the beach that provides beautiful views of sunsets. In the Shravan month every year pilgrims gather at Kihim beach to view the Swayambhu Shivling

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    Long Beach Geography

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    Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the United States and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257. In addition, Long Beach is the second largest city in the Greater Los Angeles Area and a principal city of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Port of Long Beach is the United States' second busiest container port and

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    Professor Paterline 12/13/2015 Save Coney Island Coney Island is a peninsular residential neighborhood in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn, New York City. It is about 4 miles long and 0.5 miles wide. It is a home for 22,764 people. Coney Island is also a very diverse neighborhood. According to city-data, 51.2% of residents were White, 29.3% were Black, 18% were Hispanic or Latino, and 3.8% were Asian. The term “gentrification” was first coined in 1964 by Ruth Glass. Glass

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    About Visakhapatnam

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    Vishakhapatnam and often abbreviated to Vizag) is a port city on the southeast coast of India and often called "The Jewel of the East Coast" . With a population of 2,035,690,[1] and occupying 681 square kilometres (263 sq mi),[2] it is the second largest city in the state of Andhra Pradesh and the third largest city on the east coast of India (after Chennai and Kolkata). Visakhapatnam is located 625 kilometres (388 mi) east of the state capital, Hyderabad. The city is home to severalstate-owned heavy industries

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    Magic Solution to School Problems School uniform policies are often referred to as a Band-Aid solution. They help hide more serious problems at the school by giving the school a nice look. Surveys of students and teachers show that in general people believe a well-dressed person is more intelligent and better behaved. Politicians like the look of school uniforms; many of them support this cause until the schools ask for more money. Uniforms are often implemented in schools that are overcrowded

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    Exploring Phuket

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    FEATURE Go for a walk around Phuket. Phuket is well known as a Pearl of Andaman because of its beautiful beach and many tourist places such as Patong Beach, Kata Beach, Karon Beach and Lam Promathep. Actually there are additional factors such as its culture, architect, historic and much more that is enough to make this city became a paradise. City of Tin. In the past, Phuket was the resource of tin exported to many countries in Ayutthaya. The tin industry was the most prosperous reign of

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