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Many Americans remember a horrible and sorrowful day of December, 14, 2012, when 26 people, including 20 students, were shot to death at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut (7). After that, the USA has seen an awful string of new gun massacres, and question of control of gun ownership and usage had become acute as never before this. It’s well-known, that in some states a teenager requires parental permission to play in a sports team, but not to own a shortgun. In many states, the number of firearms owned by one person is not limited (1). The rate ...

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Symbolic interactionism is essentially a sociological perspective, which is influential in numerous areas of this discipline. The theory as thought of George Mead and Herbert Blumer is actually the process of interaction or relations in formation of meanings for the individuals. Herbert Blumer, an interpreter and a student of Mead, devised the term “symbolic interactionism” and with influence of John Dewey who argued, that we are understood best in relation to our environment outlined the term as a study of the human group life as well as conduct. For this reason, this essay relates this theory to the topic, “Measuring Peer Pressure, ...

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Compare and contrast the British, French, and Spanish imperial goals in North America between 1580 and 1763. Ever since Columbus stumbled upon the continent of North America in his quest to find shortest route to India and China, the Europeans showed keen interest in colonizing the new found territory. The Spanish were the first to land in this continent with colonial interests followed by the English and French. The Age of discovery was seen by the Catholic Church as an immense opportunity to spread Christianity around the globe and their religious aim and the European colonization went in ...

Engines that use diesel or gasoline might look similar to an untrained eye. However, diesel engines are much older, and they are mostly used for heavy machinery. On the other hand, gasoline is commonly used in personal vehicles and light machinery. Therefore, both fuels have their own advantages leading us to ask the pertinent question on the best source of fuel. This question arouses different feelings in consumers of diesel and gasoline. The main factors to consider in this case are intended use and price of the type of fuel. In terms of efficiency of function and pricing, diesel ...

Health care facilities provide critical services to the society offering medical services to individuals. As usual, a health centre manager and medical practitioners will be faced with many ethical and moral decisions to make during the normal operation of their duties. The ability to develop and maintain high ethical and moral standards to influence the decision making process will proportionately benefit the society. Medical practitioners at any time should try and ensure high moral and ethical considerations by looking beyond their individual demands. In this case they execute their duties while trying to maximize the benefits of the community. ...