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    The Horrors of Human Trafficking Human trafficking is the third fastest growing criminal activity being perpetrated around the world, after drugs and arms trafficking. It has been reported that approximately 21 million men, women, and children across every continent and all socioeconomic backgrounds are victims of human trafficking (ExoduscCry.com, n.d.). It has also been reported that on a yearly basis 800,000 men, women, and children are trafficked across international borders (Dosomething.org…

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    Human trafficking is when humans are lured and used for people personal greed and desires. In human trafficking there are two main types of trafficking, first is sex trafficking, the other is labor trafficking. Both labor and sex trafficking share differences and similarities.Sex trafficking is mostly orbiting around exploitating women to the favors of men. While labor trafficking orbits around using the victims for labor not sexual actions. Both may seem to be similarly alike but they have…

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    of her child. He knows that Adele was trying to remind Edna of her own children and her responsibility to them. It seems that the Doctor repeats the word 'cruel' in describing Adele's actions because he knows that Edna is already torn between her bondage to her family and her impending freedom: "The trouble is.. .that youth is given up to illusions. It seems to be a provision of Nature; a decoy to secure mothers for the race. And Nature  takes no account of moral consequences, of…

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    Especially, if the women or girl was put through sex trafficking after she returns home it often never goes well. The family often turns their back on her because at that point she is seen as impure and ineligible to marry off. Women in India who are categorized as “slutty” or “whores” for coming from a brothel or prostitution are often stoned to death for the disrespect and, or the disgrace they may bring to the family. A twelve-year old girl in Bangladesh was lured away from her family…

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    “Whether Soldiers, Too, Can Be Saved” is included in volume forty-six of Luther’s Works: The Christian in Society III, edited by Helmut T. Lehmann and Robert C. Schultz. Originally published by Martin Luther on January 5th, 1527, “Whether Solders, Too, can be Saved” was written in response to a very controversial topic that is still debated to this date. The issue at hand was whether Christians could bear arms and become professional soldiers while still obtaining a pure connection with God and…

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    and strong when in fact the company’s financial situation was unstable (Valukas, 2010). In 2007 when the property market started to collapse with the skyrocketing number of defaults, Lehman began to suffer huge losses and billions of dollars of bad debts were forced to be written down in the books, which led to a downfall of its financial position. At…

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    Current student debt is an all time high and it’s only getting worse. Current federal student debt is at 15 billion dollars with over 3 quarters of new jobs needing a post-secondary education. Though, it’s an asset having a diploma in your back pocket, not many can afford a college or university education as tuition costs continue to rise. Nevertheless, student debt not only affects student’s wallets but the mental state of mind of the body as well as the economy and the after-life of one. Even…

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    College Yesterday Vs, Today A college degree isn’t worth what it once was. College has changed dramatically over the last thirty years in many ways. The largest aspect is in terms of cost. Student tuition has skyrocketed since the 80’s as well as cost of living. As a result, students can’t afford to attend out of pocket and have to take out loans to get a better education. Another major change is the college mentality from the 80’s. Today most high school students feel pressured and that it’s…

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    S.M.A.R.T. Planning Model A woman by the name of Alice recently graduated from college, and wants to focus on producing enough income to sufficiently meet her cost of living and address the student loan debt she has acquired. Over the next ten years, though she would like to shift her focus to having a family. But in order to do so she will need to buy a home and address the need to save for her child 's education expenses. Therefore, her income will need to cover the increased expenses plus…

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    spent more than I earned with no savings and no job security. I made many unwise financial decisions, and I got caught up in credit card debts. However, since I got married, my husband and I decided to take control of our current financial state and work toward our future financial goal. Our financial goals include short-term goals like paying off our credit cards debt and stop using them. Our long-term goals are to save money to buy a house and invest more in the retirement saving account.…

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