This evaluation study will thoroughly study factors that influence teen pregnancy and parenting on the educational advancement of a girl child in Buea-Cameroon.

Problem statement         The numerous technological advancements in the field of healthcare and social sciences are providing new and improved procedures to treat pregnant adolescents and teenage mothers; but still many of these patients are left wanting and disappointed from the educational and healthcare system. Both depression and low self-esteem have been linked to lower levels of educational advancements amongst these adolescents. This evaluation study will thoroughly study factors that influence teen pregnancy and parenting on the educational advancement of a girl child in Buea-Cameroon. Background of the study         In the past 3 decades, there has been an ever increasing interest in the link between lower educational advancements and teenage mothers and adolescents who get pregnant. Numerous studies have confirmed that the higher the levels of teenage pregnancy is directly linked to higher levels of educational abandonment (Aneshensel and Huba, 1983; Braucht et al., 1973; Kaminer, 1991; Kaplan et al., 1980; Kaplan et al., 1984; Kennedy et al., 1987; Paton et al., 1977; Reinherz et al., 1991; Robins and Przybeck, 1985; Shiffman and Wills, 1985; Simons et al., 1991). This level of consistency has led many researchers to believe that there is a definite and interdependent relation

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English society of Chaucer's time

Most people in the English society of Chaucer's time, about 600 years ago, viewed the world in a similar way and accepted the same beliefs. People then believed that behind the chaos and frustration of the day-to-day world there was a divine providence that gave a reason to everything, even though that reason wasn't always obvious. When you've got faith in an overall system like that, it's easier to accept and understand the world around you. People in Chaucer's society could feel, at least much of the time, a sense of security about the world, knowing that it was following a divine plan. They trusted the system they believed in; it was true, and they felt no need to question it. So behind all of Chaucer's satire and social put-downs in the Canterbury Tales is an unshaken belief in a divine order. It's easier to make fun of something when, underneath, you know you take it seriously. Also, as Chaucer knew, it's easier to write for a group of people who at least roughly share the same set of values, whether they be a cook, a parson, or an upper-class prioress. Those values were represented in the medieval world by two structures: the class system and the church. People believed both setups were established by God, and each went unchallenged. A peasant, like Chaucer's Plowman, wasn't "upwardly mobile" as in our society, and didn't aspire to become a knight. He may want to buy

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How Do Virtual Communities Create a Value Exchange Proposition for e-businesses? An Exploratory Study.

How Do Virtual Communities Create a Value Exchange Proposition for e-businesses? An Exploratory Study. Abstract As the world continues to change and customers continuously become more sophisticated and demanding, marketing strategies have had to adapt. In the 1990's, processes and customer needs became more recognised, which brought about modern marketing and the concept of relationship marketing (RM). With the emergence of the Internet, many e-businesses have failed to survive the increasingly global competitive environment. This report aims to create understanding of the current marketing schools of thought in order to decipher a means of creating a value exchange proposition for survival in this 'New Economy.' Qualitative secondary research has been gathered from written documents to explore how e-businesses are missing an opportunity to create a value exchange proposition through virtual (on-line) communities. In order to answer the research question, How Do Virtual Communities Create a Value Exchange Proposition, three propositions were developed from the focal theory within the literature review: * (P1) Virtual communities create customer value * (P2) Virtual communities increase loyalty * (P3) Virtual communities enhance business value Case studies within a theoretical framework have supported the propositions and enabled new insights and contributions to be

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Many peoples have contributed to the development of the United States of America, a vast nation that arose from a scattering of British colonial outposts

United States, history of the Many peoples have contributed to the development of the United States of America, a vast nation that arose from a scattering of British colonial outposts in the New World. The first humans to inhabit the North American continent were migrants from northeast Asia who established settlements in North America as early as 8000 BC and possibly much earlier (see NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY). By about AD 1500 the native peoples of the areas north of the Rio Grande had developed a variety of different cultures (see INDIANS, AMERICAN). The vast region stretching eastward from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean was relatively sparsely populated by tribes whose economies were generally based on hunting and gathering, fishing, and farming. VIKINGS explored the North American mainland in the 10th and 11th centuries and settled there briefly (see VINLAND). Of more lasting importance, however, was the first voyage (1492-93) of Christopher COLUMBUS, which inaugurated an age of great European EXPLORATION of the Western Hemisphere. Various European states (including Spain, France, England, the Netherlands, and Portugal) and their trading companies sent out expeditions to explore the New World during the century and a half that followed. The Spanish claimed vast areas, including Florida, Mexico, and the region west of the Mississippi River, although they

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History of the United States

United States, history of the Many peoples have contributed to the development of the United States of America, a vast nation that arose from a scattering of British colonial outposts in the New World. The first humans to inhabit the North American continent were migrants from northeast Asia who established settlements in North America as early as 8000 BC and possibly much earlier (see NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY). By about AD 1500 the native peoples of the areas north of the Rio Grande had developed a variety of different cultures (see INDIANS, AMERICAN). The vast region stretching eastward from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean was relatively sparsely populated by tribes whose economies were generally based on hunting and gathering, fishing, and farming. VIKINGS explored the North American mainland in the 10th and 11th centuries and settled there briefly (see VINLAND). Of more lasting importance, however, was the first voyage (1492-93) of Christopher COLUMBUS, which inaugurated an age of great European EXPLORATION of the Western Hemisphere. Various European states (including Spain, France, England, the Netherlands, and Portugal) and their trading companies sent out expeditions to explore the New World during the century and a half that followed. The Spanish claimed vast areas, including Florida, Mexico, and the region west of the Mississippi River, although they

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The Position of Ethnic Minorities into Nursing and Midwifery NHS Workforce: Using a Systematic Review ApproachNHS Workforce:

The Position of Ethnic Minorities into Nursing and Midwifery NHS Workforce: Using a Systematic Review Approach Acknowledgements I would like to express my gratitude to my husband, my children and my mother for supporting me towards the completion of my MSc programme. Table of Contents Acknowledgements 2 Table of Contents 3 Abstract 5 CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 7 . Executive Summary 7 2. Introduction 10 3. Background Information and literature Review 12 4. Aim of proposed study 14 CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW 16 5. Review of Literature 16 5.1 Challenges and barriers that the profession brings it self 18 6. Statistics 22 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY 33 7. Study selection criteria and procedure 33 CHAPTER IV: RESULTS & DISCUSSION 44 8. Results 44 Diagram 1: Summary of studies included and excluded from the review. 44 8.2 Trends and characteristics of ethnic minority in nursing and midwifery NHS workforce 50 8.3 Possible Barriers 55 8.4 Interventions to attract ethnic minority groups into nursing & midwifery workforce 58 8.5 Recommendations from articles included in the review 62 8.6 Qualitative Critical Appraisal 63 9. Discussion 64 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION 69 0. Conclusion 69 1. Recommendations 71 References: 73 Appendix 84 Abstract Gaining new knowledge, understanding a new research tool, observable evidence and the opportunity to investigate the

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Should the United States Get Involved with Problems in the Middle East?

Q. Should the United States Get Involved with Problems in the Middle East? The United States sends Israel about $3 billion in financial and military aid every year. Most Americans--60 to 70 percent--approve of U.S. support of Israel. Others argue that this foreign aid intensifies the tension between the United States and Arab countries, who believe that Israel should withdraw from territories that rightfully belong to Palestinians. Indeed, terrorist Osama bin Laden, who masterminded the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America, cites U.S. support of Israel as a major reason why many Arabs resent the United States. In light of this hostility, many Americans wonder why the United States continues its support of Israel. Stephen Zunes, the Middle East editor of Foreign Policy in Focus, contends that the United States supports Israel to further its own interests in the Middle East. According to Zunes, since its inception in 1948, Israel has proven a useful ally to the United States, especially during the Cold War. For instance, Israel's powerful military, the strongest in the region, keeps potential enemies of the United States--such as Syria, a Soviet ally during the Cold War--under control. In addition, Israel's numerous wars provided battlefield testing of American arms, often against Soviet weapons. Furthermore, Israel's intelligence department has helped U.S.

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Discussthe role of the Inspector in the play 'An Inspector Calls'

Discuss the role of the Inspector in the play 'An Inspector Calls' In this Play the inspector plays various roles. He plays a socialist as he is against capitalist views and because he is not just looking out for himself but others as well. Also he is known to be a catalyst as he brings a split in the Birling family. He plays a ghost as we find out he is not real. Additionally he plays a fraud because he is not a real inspector, but he does act as an Inspector. The inspector adds a great deal of tension and drama to the play. Priestley does this because he brings tension between the younger generation consisting of Sheila and Eric and the older generation consisting of Gerald, Mrs. Birling and Birling because of the inspector. Priestley uses the inspector as a substitute of him self to put his socialist points across this adds drama because we have to think about what he is trying to do. The four Birlings and Gerald are happily seated around the dinner table having an enjoyable night celebrating Sheila and Gerald's engagement. All of them are feeling happy and are comfortable and relaxed and do not seem to have a care in the world but all of that is about to change. The scene is set in 1912, which is a pre war time. Also this is the time when the suffragettes were fighting for women's rights. Additionally this was the time that the Titanic was built. The unsinkable ship,

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Green River Drama Play

Green River By Scott Kessler /26/2002 Final Draft FADE IN: EXT. ASHCROFT HOME-NIGHT We open with a slow pan across the white-picket fence and immaculate lawn of recently built TRACT HOME somewhere in a midwestern suburban neighborhood. A WELCOME MAT neatly rests on the front step of a screened-in FRONT DOOR. We dolly up the COBBLESTONE WALK to the FRONT WINDOW and assume a peeping tom view into a neatly furnished and clean LIVING ROOM. INT. ASHCROFT LIVING ROOM-NIGHT We gaze directly into the LIVING ROOM of NATHAN AND MELANIE ASHCROFT, an upscale young couple in their early thirties. NATHAN relaxes on the COUCH with a cup of steaming cocoa. MELANIE files absently at her nails, laughing quietly at the antics of a zany sitcom on the TV. NATHAN (Absently; Watching television) Honey. Make us some popcorn? MELANIE (Watching TV) We're out of popcorn, babe. NATHAN Shit. MELANIE How about some Sara Lee cake? NATHAN (Considering this) O.K. FROM OUTSIDE, we hear the screeching of rubber, like a car coming to a sudden stop. NATHAN (Alarmed) What was THAT? MELANIE (Frowning) Sounds like Saul's car. CUT TO: EXT. ASHCROFT HOME, CURB-NIGHT A HOT ROD MUSCLE CAR with the rear end jacked up comes to a screeching stop, leaving rubber on the tarmac. FOUR YOUNG PUNKS pile out of the interior and onto the sidewalk. The obvious leader is SAUL, a tough-looking

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Part I Section One Summary (page 1-13,

Part I Section One Summary (page 1-13, "Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy...were all her fault."): Clarissa Dalloway took it upon herself to buy the flowers for the party that evening. Lucy had so much other work to do and the morning air was fresh and inviting. Air like this always reminded her of a morning when, at eighteen, she had burst open the French windows to the terrace. Peter Walsh stood within and commented on vegetables. He still wrote to Clarissa, very boring letters, and would be returning from India someday. Waiting on the curb, Scrope Purvis noticed her, thinking to himself that she was charming. Clarissa thought of the hush that fell over Westminster right before the ring of Big Ben. As the bell rang out, she looked at the people around her, living in the moment, and loved life. It was June and the Great War was over. Life sprang out all around her with a passion, dancing girls and ponies and shopkeepers in their windows. Clarissa was a part of it. Entering the park, she was met with a deeper silence. Hugh Whitbread, an old friend, walked toward her. He assured her that he would attend the party even though his wife, Evelyn, was ill. The Whitbreads always came to London to see doctors. Though she adored him, Hugh had a way of making Clarissa feel underdressed. Richard, her husband, could not stand Hugh and Peter had hated him. But Peter could be like that.

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