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- 11831: AIDS
- ... many Americans are increasingly optimistic that state-of-the- art drug therapy might eliminate the virus, HIV is taking a heavy toll worldwide. According to the agency, every minute of every day somewhere in the world, six people become infected with HIV: 7,500 adults per day and 1,000 children. About 30 million people have acquired the virus during the last 15 years; 6.4 million of them have died ... is now being overrun. Tests of pregnant women in the province of Kwazulu/Natal show a jump from 9.6 percent to 18 percent. In my opinion, I think that all the scientists of the world should get together and try to devise a cure for HIV and AIDS. It may take time, and it may take money; but I think it is worth it in order to save mankind from ...
- 11832: A Worn Path
- ... This is used to describe her life. Phoenixs family sees her as a symbol of hope, being born into slavery and remaining a slave for eighteen years or more. Slavery was abolished after the war. We can assume her family was killed during the war, or she just couldnt locate them. Phoenix Jackson went on to have children. This is evident because of her grandson. Probably her family went north to a better place to start a new life ...
- 11833: Satellites
- ... they lead prospectors to mineral deposits invisble on earth's surface. Relaying communications at the speed of light, they shrink the planet until its most distant people are only a split second apart. They beam world weather to our living room TV and guide ships through storms. Swooping low over areas of possible hostility, spies in the sky maintain a surveillance that helps keep peace in a volatile world. How many objects, exaclty, are orbiting out there? Today's count is 4,914. The satellites begin with a launch, which in the U.S. takes place at Cape Canaveral in Florida, NASA's Wallops ...
- 11834: Interview And Death
- ... ingredient to a meaningful life, the development of relationships. After having gained the conscious comprehension that his life is coming to an end, it seems that David has received an element of peace with the world and acceptance of the inevitable. He clarifies, Petty concerns and worries have been replaced with an overwhelming need to help others see the light at the end of the tunnel. Such a metamorphosis has been ... life. David closes our interview by summing up his experiences in one statement, Just knowing for certain that no miracles will be blessed upon me has given me an overall acceptance of the way the world functions and my role it. Given this truth it would be only natural for one to question lifes meaning, for it may seem be a useless adventure in self examination. Yet it is through ...
- 11835: Effects of Media and Pornography
- ... of media were scribes and messengers on horses, bringing small villages important news. Then came radio, used for entertainment as well as news. Television evolved from radio, adding sight to sound. Now in the modern world, the internet has become a popular source for media purposes. Unfortunately, most of what is broadcast in the news today is with reference to the chaotic condition of our planet. The news on television id ... that pornography is largely a male interest, a noted increase in female interest would certainly cause an increase in the amount of pornographic material geared for women; this relates to the laws of the business world (Christensen). Having discussed the untruthfulness of the claims against pornography and showing that pornography is not evil, it is now possible to consider the violence issue. Are men who are exposed to pornography likely to ...
- 11836: Acupuncture
- ... not always only involve needles. They may also use other methods such as moxibustion, cupping, electronic stimulation, magneotherapy and various types of massage. There are also many different styles of acupuncture practiced all over the world. There are many things to consider when choosing an acupuncturist. Acupuncture is a licensed and regulated healthcare profession in about half the states in the United States. There are many acupuncture practices which are not ... your first acupuncture session. Through my research over this topic I learned many things. I never really realized that acupuncture was such a big business. It is becoming more and more popular all over the world. In Canada acupuncture is very common, and seems to be becoming more common in the United States.
- 11837: Hubris And Prudence
- ... blasphemous, fraudulent, harmful, or simply wrong. He is contemptuous of those who dare exceed their limits because these characters prove ultimately destructive. Arachne hurts herself, Daedalus hurts his son, and Phaethon destroys much of the world. But Dante carefully distances himself from these figures. He hopes, and most likely believes, that his writing of the Commedia is divinely sanctioned. He stays within his limits. Therefore the steps and liberties that he ... himself to Elijah, who "went up in a whirlwind into heaven" in a chariot. [9]This is in contrast with Phaethon, who could not control his chariot and therefore destroyed himself and much of the world. Dante claims that he is writing because of a mandate from heaven. Thus, he can claim that his soul is filled "with sound humility, abating / my overswollen pride" (Pur XI, 19-20), while simultaneously daring ...
- 11838: Prostitution
- ... see homicides. You see the narcotics. You see the assaults. JOHN STOSSEL: They're talking about things caused not by prostitution itself, but by the law. Because the law drives prostitution underground into the criminal world, where everyone's hiding from the police. 2ND VICE SQUAD OFFICER: We see the black eyes. We see the rapes. We see them crying. JOHN STOSSEL: Such problems occur much less often where sex for ... and their voices go unheard. Some issues, like prostitution, have been around for thousands of years and will never go away, so it is for this reason that, as Barbara Walter said, "Prostitution is a world that is here to stay, like it or not it is time to make the best of it"7. Endnotes 1. San Francisco Task Force on Prostitution: Report.1994. www.bayswan.org/SFTFP.html 2 ...
- 11839: Descartes
- ... perfectly, may I not, in like fashion, be deceived every time I add two and three or count the sides of a square We are now at the point where we are doubting everything the world around us, that we have a body, and anything else that we could possibly believe. Perhaps I even doubt that I exist myself. But in doing this, I am in the act of doubting. How ... first person to write a systematic account of it. Now, Descartes wanted to prove two more things. One, that he actually was an immaterial thing, and two, that there is in fact an external corporeal world Although Descartes is still a well respected philosopher, it seems that history has judged much of his reasoning as faulty. Kant calls him a problematic idealist for whom there is only one empirical assertion that ...
- 11840: Youth's Fight to Gain Freedom From The Other Generation
- ... self. One should be able to create their own values, lifestyle, and culture (Reich 56). Rubin seems to claim, in a more vocal manner, that the older generation has not left a place in the world for the younger generation to live. The older society has already done everything which can be done. Instead of helping the youth in society to learn about being themselves, they seem insistent on controlling the ... creativity. This could basically be considered an outright rejection of the older society's values. Drugs were also seen as a freedom from reality. They enabled the youths to escape to a different kind of world. In one of Rubin's works, it is implied that the people of that era considered drugs as a tool for love and peace. " 'There's got to be more love in this room: Roll ...
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