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... consequently the beginning of a more special interest in the interior. Let us first examine the northern part of the movement into the back country. The expansion of New England into the vacant ... of the frontiers, to be held in common by the society. The power of ordering and managing these lands, and the settling and planting of them, was to remain in the society. Virginia was to pay the ... of instituting a strong government in the period of the confederacy. The frontier individualism has from the beginning promoted democracy. The frontier States that came into the Union in the...

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... Burden of Cancer in American Adults 20 The Burden of Cancer in American Adults 18 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 0 10 20 30 40 50 The Burden of Cancer in American Adults 30 The Burden of Cancer in American Adults 25 Direct ... Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States; however, progress is being made. Overall, the death rate from cancer is on the decline, and is decreasing for the four most incident ... respect to the frequency of three symptoms—recurring pain in the past year, excessive feelings of sleepiness over the past year, and persistent feelings of sadness experienced over the past month. Forty-five...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 22:20

... is on the bell-boy, by having the guest refrain from tipping. Then the spectators laugh at the bell-boy's disappointment again finding humor in misfortune. TIPS IN THE MOVIES With the development ... servitors in order to stimulate tipping has brought out the opposite quality of domineering pride in the patron. THE SORE SPOT No feeling so rankles in the mind as the sense of uncompensated labor. The ... tribute. XVII THE WAY OUT Summarizing the case against tipping, the following facts stand out prominently: 1. Flunkyism is rampant in the American democracy and this aristocratic influence is undermining...

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... involving the assertion of the reg- ulatory and administrative authority (in the case of the American colonies) of either the metropole or the American central state. They were, thus, broadly speaking, ... testimony was inherently unreliable. Rossum, “Self-Incrimination,” 276; Katherine B. Hazlett, The Nineteenth Cen- tury Origins of the Fifth Amendment Privilege Against Self-Incrimination,” American ... related and other criminal pro- cess rights. In resisting the progressive program concerning prohibition, the Court played a major role in inventing the modern constitutional doctrine of criminal procedure. In...

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... protect the fish down to the freezing point of seawater. The absence of the small type I AFPs in the American plaice argues that these single helix antifreezes of the other flounder species may have their ... calls into question the functional significance of the small type I AFP in these species. Considering the levels of these AFPs in the plasma it seems unlikely that they are excess to the needs of the ... vascularized tissues such as the skin epithelia. One other point worthy of mention in this regard is the freeze protection of urine. AFPs have been found in the urine of all AFP producing species that possess...

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... and their poor and minority peers. HASKINS & LOEB | A PLAN TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF TEACHING IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS 1 POLICY BRIEF SPRING 2007 A Plan to Improve the Quality of Teaching in American ... provide the incentive and part of the financing for selected schools to implement creative plans for improving HASKINS & LOEB | A PLAN TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF TEACHING IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS 5 the ... teachers an incentive to manipulate the system by teaching test-taking skills, focusing more on some students than others, undermining the performance of other teachers, or simply cheating. Test...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 15:20

... Indianhistory,healthissues,andchallengesexperiencedbythispopulationand the UrbanIndianHealthOrganizationthatservethem.  “Fewpeoplerealizethat the majorityofAmericanIndiansandAlaskaNatives in the UnitedStatesarenowliving in Americancities,notonreservations.Yet, FederalhealthcarepolicytowardAmericanIndiansandAlaskaNatives continuestofocuslargelyon the needsofthoselivingonreservations in rural areas—needsthat,despitedemonstrableprogresssince the creationof the IndianHealthService(I.H.S.) in 1955,remainsubstantial(Kauffmanetal.,1997). The purposeofthisIssueBriefistodescribe the largeandgrowingurbanIndian population,theirhealthstatus,and the majorfederalhealthprograms(i.e., I.H.S.andMedicare)andfederal‐stateprograms(i.e.,MedicaidandChildHealth InsuranceProgram)thatareavailabletoimproveNativeAmericans’accessto neededhealthservices. In settingforth the circumstancesofurbanIndians,this IssueBriefdoesnotintendtosuggestthat the healthcareneedsofIndian peopleliving in ruralareasare in anywaylesscompelling.  AGrowingPopulationofUrbanIndians In 1990,overhalfof the 2millionAmericanIndiansandAlaskaNatives in the UnitedStateslived in urbanareas... In contrast,anestimated430,000Indians livedon279federalandstatereservationsthatyear,andanother40,000lived in AlaskaNativevillages(Snipp,1996).  WhoareUrbanIndians? UrbanIndiansaremembersof,ordescendantsofmembersof,oneof the many Indiantribes orotherorganizedgroupsofaboriginalinhabitantsof the Americas wholive in cities. The IndianHealthCareImprovementActdefines the term “UrbanIndian”tomeananyindividualwho“resides in anurbancenter”…and “meetsoneormoreof the fourcriteria”forqualifyingasan“Indian”under the Act.  The migrationofIndiansfrom the reservationstoAmericancitiesoccurred throughout the pastcenturyandisexpectedtocontinue. The proportionof Indiansliving in what the CensusBureaudefinesas“urbanizedareas”grewfrom 45percent in 1970to56percent in 1990(U.S.CensusBureau,2001,personal communication).Historically,thismigrationreflectedfederalgovernment “relocation”policies in effectduring the 1950’s.Over160,000AmericanIndians andAlaskaNativeswereforciblymovedfromtheirreservationsintocitiesto promoteassimilationinto the dominantU.S.society(Kauffmanetal.,2000;Hall, ...  Although the statehasbeenanationalleader in developingasystemoflong‐termcare thatallowsolderadultsandadultswithdisabilitiesdignityandchoices in howthey wishtolive,tribalcommunitieshavelargelybeenleftout. The needoftribal governmentstoassureappropriatecarefor theircitizensmustberespected,andthey musthaveequitableaccesstostateandfederalresources,aswellasinformationabout existingprogramsforwhichAI/ANsareeligible.  Muchworkneedstobedone in long‐termcaretoensurethat the agingIndian population in Washington,aswellas AI/ANadultwithdisabilities,hasaccessto essentialservicesandoptionswhentheyareneeded.DevelopingstrategiesforTribes toprovidelong‐termcareservicesmustbeapriorityofbothstateandtribal governments.  SupportingData Thereislittledataavailableregarding the long‐termcareneedsofTribaleldersand youngerIndianadultswithdisabilities.Severalfactors,suchasIndianHealthService nothistoricallyfundinglong‐termcareservices, the lowerlifeexpectancyofIndian people,and the misclassificationandmisreportingofIndiandata,allcontributetothis gap.  Whatisknown,however,isthatAI/AN in Washingtonhave the highestratesofchronic diseases,includingbutnotlimitedtodiabetes,coronaryheartdiseaseandasthma, thananyothergrouporpopulation. 10 Complicationsfromthesediseasescanleadto elders,aswellasyoungeradults,nolongerabletotakecareofbasicactivitiesofdaily livingwhichallowthemindependence(e.g.,walking,eating,dressing,using the toilet, etc.). In, ImprovingHealthThroughPartnerships: The 2007‐2009AmericanIndian HealthCareDeliveryPlan,statisticaldataforAI/ANs in 10healthindicatorareaswas comparedtootherpopulationgroups,andAI/ANsconsistentlyhad the firstorsecond worsthealthstatus in eachareawhich, in additionto the chronicdiseasesmentioned above,includedstrokes,lungcancer,femalebreastcancer,andcolorectalcancer. WithoutTribes havingappropriatelong‐termcareservicedeliverysystems in place, eldersandadultswithchronicdiseaseanddisabilitiesareathighriskforpremature institutionalizationordeath.    ... First,aState‐Tribal‐UrbanIndianHealthCollaborativehasbeenre‐institutedata state/triballeaderpolicylevelforaddressingappropriatesystemschangeandpolicy decisionsthatneedtobemadetochangehealthoutcomesforIndianpeople.This group—comprisedoftribalgovernments,healthstaff,andstateleadersacross multiplesystemsanddepartments—willbestrategicallyaligningstatewideIndian healthdisparitiesworkwithGovernorGregoire’s5‐PointHealthCareInitiative.Thiswill allow the grouptoleverageexistingresources,maximize the limitedfundscurrently available,andcreate the infrastructurenecessarytofurtherreduceIndianhealth disparities in the future.  Second,severalagencies,organizations,andinstitutionshaveexpressedarenewed interest in comingtogethertodevelopamorecompletesetofAmericanIndianhealth statusdata.Accuratedataisnecessarytosupportcommunityhealthassessmentsand policydevelopmenttoimproveservicedeliveryandhealthstatusofIndianpeople. WithoutpaintingamorethoroughpictureofIndianhealth in Washingtontoday, the abilitytoplanorimproveservices,monitorquality,andanalyzecostsisseverely impaired.Tribalgovernmentsmustbeintricatelyinvolved in sucheffortstoassure the useof the dataisculturally‐appropriate,acceptable,andmeaningful in improving the healthoftheirpeople.Byreinstitutingeffortsthatbegan in 1997between the AmericanIndianHealthCommissionandWashingtonStateDepartmentofHealth throughanAmericanIndianDataCommittee,anupdatedframeworkcanbedeveloped foraddressingpriorityhealthissuesforAI/AN.  Third,sweepingnationalhealthreformand the currentadministrationofferaunique opportunityforchange in howhealthcareisprovidedtoAI/ANs.AsIndianhealth leadershipsuchas the U.S.IndianHealthServices, the NationalIndianHealthBoard, andmoreregionally, the NorthwestPortlandAreaIndianHealthBoard,strongly advocatesfor the inclusionofIndianhealthreform in nationalreformstrategies, the stateisalsorethinkinghowitprovidesquality,affordable,andcost‐effectivehealth caretoitscitizens. The state,Tribes,and the commissionwillactivelypartner in these effortstoaddress the needforAI/ANincreasedaccesstoexistingservices,increased Tribalproviderreimbursementopportunitiesso culturally‐appropriateservicescanbe provided in Tribalcommunities,anddevelopmechanismsforevaluatingprogressfor improvedIndianhealthstatus.  SectionIII,2007‐2009Accomplishments,highlightssomeof the majorachievements madeforIndianhealth in the statesince the lastplanwaspublished in 2007.Additional partnershipshavebeendeveloped,keypolicyissueshavebeenaddressed,andthere ...

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... his father found him a job with the Solomon Brothers office in Tokyo. That convinced him that he had no interest in following his grandfather, father, and brother into the investment business. ... day. They are at home.” “How are they calling, then?” “I gave them all the numbers.” “You what! You gave them all these numbers? The switchboard is ringing off the hook. They’re all calling.” ... Corcoran, the sweet-tempered teacher who had come from Houston to help him, was having trouble maintaining discipline in his classes. The Porch, a way of disciplining children by isolating them in the...

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... point to change anything. By doing so, they would run the risk of altering their ideal lifestyle. The world is not a static environment, though. With the constant interactions of people and the ... for their religion and culture. They had to set themselves off from the rest of their fellow Europeans by sewing yellow Stars of David onto their clothes. Even before the transfer of Jews into ... Bill's diner. The only people who are happy with the change to color are the enlightened colored people themselves. The refusal to accept coloreds is quite apparent, by observing the unfriendly interactions...

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... stopped with the death of John Lennon, a member of the Beatles, was murdered in 1980. " ;The Rolling Stones" were formed in 1962 and very much contrasted the Beatles softer sound. The Rolling ... 1962 Surfin music started in California when the Beach Boys were formed. The Beach Boys released hit after hit starting with "Surfin USA" in 1963 and "Fun, Fun, Fun" in 1964. ... promoted. Since the 40's music has progressed from Ballads (which were still lingering around from the 30's) to blues (popular among Blacks) to rock and roll, to pop, and back again. In the...

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... the finest skyscraper designed and built in the International Style. The building has very elegant proportions. It is set ninety feet away from the main road, with thirty feet of space on either ... this style was, there is great importance in the entire movement made in architecture during the mid-twentieth century. Understanding where the International Style came from, who was involved and ... glass. It was also the first skyscraper to be built despite the new zoning regulations of the city and was the first curtain wall structure in the city. It was thus the 'curtain-wall pioneer'...

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... found in homes and other indoor environments due to the widespread past uses of lead in gasoline, paint, plumbing and building products and other consumer goods. Indoor lead sources include ... to report this initial set in 2004 and periodically thereafter. In compiling the indicators for the fi rst report, the Steering Group made several minor adjustments to improve the relevance and ... coordinating the development of and, in some cases, writing the bulk of, the country reports. They were assisted not only by their colleagues in the Steering Group but also by staff in various...

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... beyond the challenges involved in managing and conserving the forests of the Congo Basin generally, there are three additional hurdles that must be overcome to include the Congo Basin in climate-related ... reasons. International forests play too large a role in both increasing the ambition of proposed U.S. climate policies and containing their costs for the United States to leave the readiness of these ... to the United States and the world, including strengthening international peace and security, promoting sustainable development and poverty alleviation, improving local governance, combating...

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... inclination to find a low interest rate for the consumer, but rather an incentive to find financing that provides the dealer with the largest pay- ment for putting the consumer in a more expensive ... However, the sales documents often purport to make the transaction contingent on the dealer finding a lender willing to finance the sale. All too often the unsuspecting consumer will be called back into ... consummated, allowing both the buyer and the seller equal time to rescind the contract, or prohibiting the dealer’s acceptance of any trade -in or down payment until financing is finalized. • Pricing requirements...

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