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  • Indigenous Indians of Brazil  By : Fallen Wizard
    What happened to the Indigenous Indians of Brazil when they met the invading Europeans? Read on to find out!
  • Russian Mafia Tattoos - The Brutal Truth  By : Elijah Vieau
    If you've watched the film "Eastern Promises" by David Cronenberg, then you've seen the heavily tattooed body of Viggo Mortensen's character as he journeys from prison to working for the Russian Mafia. Russian Mafia Tattoos are not only symbols of a time when an empire collapsed, but they are also reminders of the sins of their owner.
  • Después de 226 años, reivindican a la última bruja  By : Leonel Morales
    En 1782 Anna Goeldi fue decapitada en el cantón suizo de Glaurus, acusada de envenenar a una nena de 8 años, bajo el delito de “brujería”.
  • Secularism in America Todya and Tomorrow  By : Cray Bruneur
    A article about Secularism in america.
  • Assault Prevention: Hard-Wired To Survive  By : hipper
    Have you ever watched one of those television programs that examine the world of animals? Many animals will mark their territory. If that territory is violated by an outsider, there is a good chance a fight will ensue. Human beings, when threatened, will exhibit some of the same behaviors animals do. These behaviors are genetic. Properly understood they can be harnessed and applied in threatening situations, giving intended victims an advantage over the potential Adversary.
  • The Gay Rights Movement in History  By : Suneva12
    Free will is an instinctive part of human nature; every person desires to live their life on their own terms.
  • Evaluating Personal Risk – A Paradigm Shift  By : hipper
    High-profile kidnappings, sexual assaults, child abuse and elder abuse are a handful of crimes that get a lot of attention from the media. Often, these cases are the catalyst for changes in the law or procedural changes regarding the manner in which the offenders responsible for these crimes are sentenced or treated. What motivates most people to evaluate real risk and take proactive steps toward a safer life or community?
  • Civilian Use of Force in Self Defense: What Are the Standards?  By : hipper
    You have just finished buying groceries one evening and are on the way to your vehicle, when you are confronted by a stranger who demands your money. You push him away in an attempt to escape. He trips and falls, hitting his head against the ground. He dies several days later due to the traumatic brain injury he received when his head hit the ground. Several weeks later, you are served civil papers, being sued for Wrongful Death, due to your negligence. Is this possible?
  • Crime Statistics: Developing a Model of Personal Safety – Part 2  By : hipper
    Crime statistics are worthy of discussion. The greater understanding we have of the subject, the more informed we are when making decisions that may affect our personal safety. The purpose of evaluating relevant information regarding violence is not to frighten or make one paranoid. It is to raise awareness and examine prevention strategies, thereby giving people the ability to develop their own Model of Personal Safety. This process begins by defining the problem.
  • Crime Statistics: Developing a Model of Personal Safety – Part 1  By : hipper
    From the neighborhood to the nation, crime statistics are published frequently and are readily available to the public. Most often these statistics are used by lawmakers to shape public policy and by criminal justice system administrators to develop strategic crime deterrent programs. But what, if any, value do theses statistics hold for the average citizen?
  • The Science of Safety: A Reliable Methodology of Reducing Personal Risk and Crime Victimization  By : hipper
    Have you even been in a car accident? If so, you probably did not leave the house planning to have an automobile accident that day. That is how violence erupts into our lives. It is spontaneous, unexpected and quick. No crime victim ever thought they would become a victim on the dreadful day they became one.
  • Violence in the US: The Big Picture  By : hipper
    Early one morning I sat behind a large truck at a stoplight in a major urban business district and found myself thinking about the truck exploding. I looked around at the sidewalks full of people hustling to work and the streets crowded with vehicles in the early morning rush hour. I observed two tall buildings on either side of the street; one appeared to have an almost complete glass exterior. I estimated that if the truck did explode, the resulting damage and loss of life would be horrific.
  • Church Shootings: The Need for Emergency Planning & Practical Training  By : hipper
    On December 9, 2007, four people and the gunman died in attacks at the Colorado Springs New Life Church and the Youth With a Mission missionary center in the town of Arvada, Colorado. Five people were wounded. What, if anything, can be done to mitigate the consequences of these mass shootings and the insanity that comes with it?
  • Personal Safety: Taking the Holistic Approach  By : hipper
    Most people’s goals when it comes to personal safety are to keep themselves and their loved ones out of harms way. Martial arts, self defense courses and handgun ownership is the American way of personal protection. However, does owning a handgun or participating in these activities have real-world application?
  • Self Defense Courses: How To Best Prepare For Real World Violence  By : hipper
    Typically, most people that are interested in self defense will do one of two things. They either enroll in a martial arts course, or attend some type of Self Defense seminar.

    Using the martial arts route, the amount of dollars spent on achieving a designated rank is typically around $5000. This usually requires years of practice, in which techniques that require gross, fine and complex motor skills are practiced repetitively. There are two basic problems with martial arts training.
  • Personal Safety: Four Basic Strategies to Reduce Risk  By : hipper
    In any routine situation, just going about your daily life, you are exposed to a certain degree of risk in regard to violence. Stories abound in which people are victimized in the mall parking lot, walking to the car from a restaurant, going to pick up groceries or traveling in a foreign county. There are some relatively simple principles that anyone can employ in order to reduce the risk of personal violence.
  • What is Sociology Dissertation?  By : Maki Kopper
    A sociology dissertation involves a great deal of investigations and is rather cumbersome for fresh learners. Sociology dissertation may be qualitative as well as quantitative being carried out by both learner and experienced researchers or students in lots of dissimilar spheres of sociology.
  • The Insight21 Project  By : josefgraf
    An introduction to the newly-launched Insight21 website, with a short list of topics based on research into anthroposophy.
  • Disaster in the Soviet Union The Chernobyl Nuclear Meltdown  By : Cameron Martel
    In the Western region of the former Soviet Union, at that time the only Superpower in the world other than the United States, disaster struck the sleepy Ukraine town of Pripyat. On April 26, 1986, in the cold early morning hours,
  • An introduction to African Instruments  By : handcrafteduk
    Introducing six African instruments and their places in African culture. Also, details on how they are made and played.
  • The Coming World of Collaboration  By : Grant Deken
    Howard Rheingold, author of Street Mobs and invited lecturer at California’s renowned TED conference explains the phenomena of collaboration and its evolutionary effect on creating new forms of wealth and perhaps reforms to traditional economic theory.
  • The Demise of the Expert and the Ascendance of the Layman  By : Sam Vaknin
    In the age of Web 2.0, authoritative expertise is slowly waning.
  • How Society Works: A Few Critical Elements Summarized  By : Chester Davis
    This article briefly describes major influences on both individual behavior and on organizations. Simplistic explanations based on genetics or money are examined and rejected as hopelessly inadequate.
  • Rhode island Criminal Misdemeanor- Probation-Filings-Suspended Sentences, Convictions  By : David Slepkow
    This article was written by a Rhode Island criminal attorney explaining pleas, plea agreements and sentencing in Rhode Island (RI) for criminal misdemeanors. If you are charged with a crime in Rhode Island you should read this legal article very carefully. Typical misdemeanors are- driving under the influence of alcohol (dui or dwi), shoplifting, domestic assault, domestic vandalism, simple assault and battery, domestic disorderly, reckless driving, disorderly conduct, etc. This article explains the following pleas- not guilty, guilty, nolo contendere and alfred pleas. This article explains the implications of the following sentences: filings, probation, suspended sentences, incarceration.

    This article explains what sentences are "convictions" in Rhode Island. It is important to know what constitutes a conviction because a conviction could have severe implications on employment opportunities. This article explains special considerations for domestic violence charges when there is a no contact order. Probation violations, violations of filings and suspended sentences are also explained in detail. This article also adresses appeals from District Court to Superior Court.
  • Caring and being considerate  By : webmaster [at] talkaboutislam [dot] comc
    A woman entered a mans shop and was looking around. This woman let out wind and was extremely embarassed, but the man pretended he had not heard. When she ....
  • The Lie Detector Test - How Accurate?  By : Steve Gillman
    The lie detector test is not endorsed by many scientists - here's one reason why.
  • India’s First War of Independence  By : S. Singh
    India’s freedom struggle against the British started in 1857.
  • Ayahuasca: Spirit of the Sacred Vine  By : Robert Scheer
    This article investigates ayahuasca, the hallucinogenic herbal tea brewed from the ayahuasca vine of South America's Amazon region. It has been used for centuries by aboriginal people in sacred ceremonies.
  • The Return of the Patient: AIDS and the AZT trials  By : Giacomo
    A critical summary of the societal movements surrounding the AIDS epidemic, viewed in a sociological and historical light.
  • Australia’s New Subculture  By : Joe Student
    They dress like their going to the gym. They have undercuts and spiky hair. They have a few tattoos, hidden from their parents view. They listen to R&B and rap. They hang out in garages, playing cards, swearing and smoking pot. Their ideology of masculinity is a man that won’t take ‘no’ for an answer, has control over his ‘Mrs.’s’ and can stand up for himself. They speak with slang derived from the African American slang, with a few Arabic words here and there.

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