...WORLD USA COMMENTARY BUSINESS ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT INNOVATION SCIENCE CULTURE BOOKS Search Go Family / Modern Parenthood All Family Sign up for FREE ENewsletters: Weekend Edition Subscribe and save 57% Teenage pregnancy: High US rates due to poverty, not promiscuity Teenage pregnancy rates in the US have declined dramatically – 40 percent in two decades – but remain among the highest in the developed world. A new study suggests American teens don't have more sex than teens elsewhere, but that they suffer more "despair" due to poverty. By Stephanie Hanes, Correspondent / May 22, 2012 Weekly review of global news and ideas Balanced, insightful and trustworthy Subscribe in print or digital SPECIAL OFFER Print Digital Teenage pregnancy was the focus of a 2010 Candies Foundation campaign featuring Bristol Palin to educate teens about the consequences of pregnancy. A new study links "despair" and poverty to the relatively high US teenage pregnancy rates. PRNewsFoto/The Candie's Foundation Enlarge About these ads 268 Recommend Tweet 10 0 and 0 Green Cabinets and Countertops Why is a teenage girl in Mississippi four times as likely to give birth than a teenage girl in New Hampshire? (And 15 times more likely to give birth than a teen in Switzerland?) Or why is the teen birth rate in Massachusetts 19.6 per 1,000, while it’s 47.7 per 1,000 in Washington, D.C.? Stephanie Hanes Correspondent Stephanie Hanes is the lead writer...
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...of the Underground Railroad. Also during the time of the Abolishment movement women started fighting for their rights. Women started to feel like they could relate to the slaves, since women had no real rights. Most women were married, and worked in the home. Anything the women would make or any property she owned automatically converted to her husband when they married. If for any reason they divorced, the husband would get everything including the children, in most cases. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott both abolitionists, started the women’s right movement after they were required to sit behind a curtain at a world antislavery convention in London. They issued a Declaration of Sentiments which stated “All men and women are created equal” (Davidson, Gienapp, Heyrman, Lytle & Stoff, 2006). Women’s rights and abolishment issues were becoming two of the hottest topics when it came to elections locally and nationally. Women felt excluded since they could not vote, and if they filed a petition, which was the only political right they had, it was not taken with the seriousness that a man’s petition was taken with. Since women were becoming more vocal,...
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...computer industry legends and both experienced the ultra highs of being the head of companies that were industry leaders and the gut wrenching lows of managing those same companies through periods of crisis that could have lead to destruction. Michael Dell from his beginning of making and selling computers from his college dorm room directly to becoming CEO of Intel , the number one computer selling market share position company worldwide, always placed the customer at the epicenter of his business model. Andy Grove at one point in time was CEO of Intel, which had a 100% market share of the world’s computer memory business and he witnessed that position erode to the brink of corporate bankruptcy. Grove utilized the outside approach to develop the business strategy that would twice save Intel from disaster. TWO INDUSTRY LEGENDS: MICHAEL DELL AND ANDY GROVE 3 Comparison and contrasting of two industry legends: Michael Dell and Andy Grove MICHAEL DELL At age nineteen Dell went to college and shortly thereafter converted his dorm room into a personal-computer laboratory and soon thereafter began selling his computers directly to users. He formed Dell Computing Corporation in 1984, went public four years later and...
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...Have you ever wondered why you exist, why you were born? Have you ever suspected there isn't a purpose to life at all? What is the meaning of life? Is there anything beyond this physical life? If you've ever pondered questions like these, you're not alone. Mankind has pondered these questions for millennia. Philosophers, scientists and theologians have tried to resolve them, but with confusing and contradictory results. Can you know the answers to these questions? Yes, you can! The astonishing answers can be found in the pages of your Bible. Did you know that the main reason the Bible was written was to explain how God is creating His own family, the sons of God? It is amazing how few people grasp this incredible truth, yet it is so plain in the Bible. At the beginning of the Bible is the account of the creation of Adam and Eve. All human beings are their descendants. We are, by natural descent, their great, extended family. Adam was, according to his natural parentage, a son of God (Luke 3:38 ). Therefore, in our natural descent, we are all the children of God. He is our Father by physical creation. Creating immortal children But God's purpose is far greater than the creation of corruptible and perishable human beings. God is in the process of creating His own spiritual children who will be incorruptible-children with eternal life who have His divine nature or character. He refers to this new creation in terms of "the old man," in contrast with "the new man," who is...
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...Sirui Liu Meihung Lin English 106 November 24, 2008 In lots of ways we human distinguished ourselves from other species, such as straight-walking, the invention of language, the use of tools, etc. We also have highly flexible hands – their versatility doesn’t fall short of a Swiss army knife. But you may have noticed at times that one of your hands is not nearly as flexible, or useful, if you want to put it that way, as the other. Typically the “better” hand we have is the same hand we use for handwriting, which in most cases is the right hand. It is also known that not only do people prefer one hand over the other, but they also have preferred feet, eyes, even ears. Again, the right side is favored. However, study on chimpanzees – specie that shares more than 90% of our genes, showed some preference in body usage but unlike that of a human it was never consistent: close to 50% of them use left side and 50% right (McManus 192). This makes one wonder if there is something special about human that makes us shift towards right-handedness, and that what the shift has to do with our other unique qualities. The way our brain operates has always been more of a myth. A study on the relationship between hand preferences and brain functioning could lead us to better understand the developmental neurobiology of our brain. Finding the underlying mechanism of the cause of handedness not only satisfies our curiosity but also contributes to our knowledge of how we function as specie. It...
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...47). Now though, because all of the information in the world is available with just a simple thought, students no longer use the feed to aid education. The people of Titus’s time however, have lost sight of what the feed is really for because they can be “supersmart without ever working” (Anderson 47). During Titus’s time in the hospital, while his feed functions are extremely limited, we can see how empty people really are without the feed. To them, the feed is not an aid, but a crutch that they have become so accustomed to taking advantage of it. Since all of the big corporations have now taken over the school system and these children have no desire to truly learn, the corporations just teach them how to be better consumers. This lack of desire to learn is further proof that technology does not always make us truly smarter as...
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...Mary Paik Lees family was converted Christians as missionaries would teach the women of the households about Christianity in turn they would teach their children and most saw the teachings as hope and salvation as it resonated during the Japanese occupying Korea. As Christianity in Korea was a western view the Korean immigrants had religion in common with westerners, nevertheless prejudice and racism was still present as in the book Quiet Odyssey Mary tried to attend a service with a friend while living in Willows, California but to be told from a parishioner “I don't want dirty Japs in my church. My reply was, “Would it make any difference if I told you we are not Japanese, but Korean?” He said, "What the hell's the difference? (Paik Lee 55). As this ignorance was common...
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...THEOLOGICAL RESREACH PAPER 1 The Christology Debate Submitted to: Dr. Cox Liberty University Online Lynchburg, VA by Richard M. Shouse November 25, 2013 The Christology Debate: What does it mean that Christ “emptied himself” in the incarnation? Did he lay aside certain attributes of deity in order to become human, or did he retain all attributes of deity while in human flesh? Introduction: In order, to understand what it means that Christ “emptied himself” in the incarnation we have to look at the events that lead up to Paul writing that profound statement. Philip II of Macedon in the Year 356 B.C. Formally established the city of Philippi. (O'Brien, 3) Philippi was governed by the Romans which was modeled after the city, Rome. It had...
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...and then tested at the 24 hour mark after the stroke and at the 14 day mark after the stroke. The results validated the hypothesis, the two groups that had been administered either of the stem cells BM-MSC or AD-MSC showed vast improvements in their recovery. At the 24 hour mark they were functioning well ahead of the groups that did not receive the stem cells and at the 14 day mark they had made almost a full recovery. What is a stem cell? It does not matter the source of a stem cell, they are all unspecialized cells that are converted into more specialized cells (Biology Junction, ND). Stem cells have the capability of becoming one of more than 200 specialized cells in the body (Biology Junction, ND). The function of stem cells is to serve as the body’s repair system. They do this by being able to renew themselves and replace or replenish more specialized cells in the body (Biology Junction, ND). Below is an example of how stem cells can be converted into different cells. (Biology Junction, ND) Now that we have a basic understanding of what a stem cell is we need to discuss the different types of stem...
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...132-133) This quote demonstrates the idea that humanity has managed to somehow grow stale, neglecting to ask the correct questions. This is to say, for some reason, humanity has become accustomed to categorizing things based on inconsequential attributes. Humanity searches for organization and meaning. “God” was merely a biproduct of homo sapiens sapiens’ tendency to incessantly create meaning. Furthermore, these categories are based on what can be perceived by the senses, which are, themselves, notoriously untrustworthy. Through this process, humanity has lost sight of individuality of things, and has failed to recognize the essence of what truly is, due to outdated, false assumptions, which have been collected and passed down from generation to generation. Mankind has developed a chronic and debilitating blindness and is incapable of seeing what truly is. “God” is an archaic, second-handed idea, passed repeatedly from generation to generation, which after serving its purpose, has now expired. In other words, “God is dead.” Later in the manuscript, Nietzsche imparts to the reader metaphysical evidence within the following sentences: “Thus, the strength of our knowledge does not lie in its degree of truth but in its age, its embodiment, its character as a condition of life.” (Existentialism Basic Writings 135) This quote serves as evidence to Nietzsche’s idea that “God” is merely a concept that developed and evolved over time. Because of the vast quantity of time that the idea of “God”...
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...METHODS OF EVANGELISM Methods of Evangelism James Mathew McInnis Sr. Liberty University Online Methods of Evangelism Intellectual Method Summary of Method: The Four Spiritual Laws are a way of sharing the good news of the salvation that is available through faith in Jesus Christ. It is a simple way of organizing the important information in the Gospel into four points. Advantages of Using This Method – This method was developed by Bill Bright in 1957 and can be found in the pamphlet Have You Heard of the Four Spiritual laws. The method is easy to understand and simplifies the gospel to the basics. It can take a simple believer and turn him/her to an evangelist. The Four Laws are (1) God loves us and has a wonderful plan for our life (John 3:16, John 10:10), (2) Man is sinful and separated from God. He can’t know and experience God’s love for his life (Roman 3:23, Romans 6:23), (3) Sin can only be forgiven through Jesus Christ will we know God’s plan for our life (Romans 5:8, 1 Corinthians 15: 3-6, John 14:6), (4) We must receive Jesus Christ individually as Savior and Lord to know and experience his plan for our life (John 1:12), Ephesians 2: 8-9), (John 3:1-8), (Revelation 3:20) There are a few disadvantages to these spiritual laws. The first disadvantage is that the message of the gospel is watered down and this allows a conversion that is too quick. This is not a good idea for non-believers. It also suggests that a person can be saved easily by the prayer of...
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...somewhat pathetic. Those who were poor and infected were confined to their homes or villages; “Whatever house the pestilence visited was immediately nailed up… many died of hunger in their own houses… all roads and highways were guarded so that a person could not pass from one place to another”(Doc 5) as stated by Heinrich von Staden, a rich traveler, may have seen such events. The beliefs of people quickly fell and people lost faith; “what if the sickness should come into this house? Who would I be willing to give up to the disease?”(Doc 8). Many who were still free of the plague were extremely concerned about receiving it and took many precautions. Those that were lucky enough to not be infected yet, were scared for the high probability of becoming infected “nobody will dare to buy any wig, for fear of the infection…”(Doc 13) an English naval officer wrote....
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...The Photoelectric Effect: How Solar Electricity is Generated Solar energy is an evolving source of power that gradually is becoming more popular to be used as a viable replacement for (or for at least some) of the commonly used power sources around the world today, such as coal, natural gas, and nuclear power. About 67% of electricity generated in the United States comes from fossil fuels, and 39% of that comes from coal plants. Because many scientists of The Industrial Revolution strongly believed that fossil fuels such as coal would eventually run out, some of them looked for different ways to generate energy. Thus, dating far back to the early 1800s, power generation through the photoelectric and photovoltaic effects were discovered. Solar energy is generated by solar panels, which are composed of individual solar cells (or photovoltaic cells) that absorb light from the sun - the light absorbed is then turned into electricity. The absorption of light can be attributed to two processes, one being the photoelectric effect, and the other the photovoltaic effect. While these sound similar, they are closely related, but are different processes. Understanding and using both of them together is extremely important in the process of generation of electricity through solar cells. The photoelectric effect was observed by Heinrich Hertz in 1887 while experimenting on work involved with radio waves. He found that when ultraviolet light was shone upon two metal electrodes conducting...
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...glad that she was eager to tech me so much about it. I will participate in bible studies and go on meetings. I was highly impressed by way Jehovah witness community was kind, supportive and helpful to each other.They truly lived by biblical meanin of love. Biblia. (n.d.). Place of publication not identified: Publisher not identified. As the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience, bearing well with one another and forgiving one another. If someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else, just as the Lord has forgiven you so you also forgive others. And to these virtues and love, which is the perfect bond. (Col. 3:12-14) I never converted, but I still have heartwarming memories of all the people I met in this community. Coming to America open up huge window of different religion, believes life philosophies…what can u say , it is America , it is open to everything and anything under the earth. I have neighbours who were LDS, trying to bring me in LDS church. I studier Book of Mormons but it did not strike the cord with me. We live very clean life so becoming part of such a high intense church it wouldn’t be colossal change in my lifestyle but still I didn’t see myself becoming a Mormon. For most of part we go to non-denominational church here in Goodyear Az. I don’t take much spirituality from it, it’s more feel good sensation that I’m doing something instead of nothing. After being exposed...
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...Sometimes, people converted because of how easily the Buddha and a Chinese sage, such as Laozi or Confucius, could be juxtaposed. According to “The Disposition of Error,” written by an anonymous Chinese scholar, wrote that “The records and teachings of the Confucian classics do not contain everything,” (Document 3). The scholar than continued to say that there is no reason to be suspicious of this new religion, despite the Buddha not being mentioned in them. The document also explains by isolating yourself from the luxuries of the world, you are experiencing inaction, which is one of the “wonders of the Way,” (Document 3). In this context, the Way can be compared to the Dao in Daoism, which the natural course of order that nature is supposed to follow. In both cases, humans are described as getting in the way of the Way or Dao. It is explained in the Buddhist teachings, the Tao Te Ching, which is the sacred text of Daoism, and “Disposition of Error” that inaction is the only way to truly experience the Way. Zong Mi, a Buddhist...
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