...Qn. Write an argumentative/ persuasive essay on; why abortion should be legalized or not? The most basic definition of abortion is termination of pregnancy. According to Wikipedia ‘abortion is the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of the fetus or embryo resulting in or cause of death.’ Over several centuries and in different cultures, there is a rich history of women helping each other to abort. The first recorded evidence of induced abortion was from the Egyptian Ebers Papyrus in 1550 BC. The history of abortion goes back as we can see but it is not until the 1800’s that laws forbade the act after 16 weeks of conception. By the early 1900’s the act was completely outlawed but even at that women were still having abortions. The discussion of whether abortion should or shouldn’t be legalized is a very sensitive. Currently, Kenya is going through the process of acquiring a new constitution, one of the contentious issues in the draft is the issue on whether the constitution is legalizing abortion or not. The issue of legalization of abortion is very controversial. Even though many people take the side of anti- abortion or pro-life i.e. they believe it should not be legalized, there are just as many who believe it should. The decision on whether to keep an unwanted pregnancy or not is one that strikes ethics, religion, morality, norms and most of all judgment from the society. A society that dictates what is right and wrong and sets the limits...
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...and Let The Water Hold Me Down have common story lines like family, grief, death, poverty, oppression, and they show how in different time periods the poor had to live and survive. The Grapes of Wrath novel follows the Joad family on their journey to California in search for work and comfortable living. The Joad’s get forced out of their land and are sent packing by the banks that is buying up everyones land for the plantation and growth of cotton. The family sets out on their trip to the “land of milk and honey” with Tom, who has been paroled, Ma, Pa, Al, Granma, Grampa, Uncle John, Rose of Sharon and husband Connie, Ruthie and Winfield, and preacher John Casy, and Noah....
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...Katherine Applegate 12/18/15 Professor Rich Rees Hydroxycut The number one weight loss supplement advertised for thirteen years now is Hydroxycut. When you look at the website to try and figure out which one will be best for you the Pro Clinical Hydroxycut draws you near. In the success stories they always show really skinny people and fit people who did not need the supplement. While looking on their website it shows two different studies that were performed. Both of the people studied did not lose a lot of weight. I have to say that from trying this with light workouts and healthy eating that it did not work for me. Hydroxycut first came out on the market in 2002. Then in 2009 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning to consumers to stop taking it because there were more than twenty-three harmful cases reported and one death. Then in 2010 Hydroxycut came back out on the market to be sold again. On September 1, 2010 Hydroxycut became an official trademark. Hydroxycut did not stay in the United States of America but also branched out worldwide to other countries to target anybody who wants to lose weight and give it a try. Muscle Tech Research and Development out of Toronto Canada developed Hydroxycut. In 2004 Muscle Tech sold all the companies they were working with to the same person who founded them and Muscle Tech went bankrupt. When you look at the box of Pro Clinical Hydroxycut in the store or online it is very eye catching. The box is red and...
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...Likewise cells were taken from Henrietta. The problem was that the cells were taken from her body without her knowledge or consent. These cells were later used to form the HeLa cell. The HeLa cell has been used many times over in medical research since they were removed from the body of Henrietta Lacks. The lack of consent in this case shined a light on the legal and ethical issues involved in medical research. On October 4, 1951 Henrietta Lacks died, but unlike others her cells did not die. Samples of her cells were removed from her body without her permission. During this time doctors frequently removed cells from patients without their permission or consent. Informed consent did not come into practice until the late 1970s due to another controversial case, the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment of 1932-1972. The cells taken from Henrietta are known as the He-La cell line and they have been used for extensive bio-medical research. The cells of Lacks have been commodified in a multi-million dollar industry. The HeLa cells helped prove the theory of George Otto Gey who was a cancer researcher at John Hopkins. For years Gey had been attempting to study cancer cells, but he was never successful because...
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...Masculinity in Hip Hop Introduction In their discourses on the same, Frith and McRobbie (1990) tackle the issue of sexuality in popular culture. As they tackle this issue, the authors focus specifically on the issue of masculinity as depicted in imagery, songs, videos, and concert tours. In the course of their work, Frith and McRobbie (1990: 374) observed a prevalent trend, which they referred to as ‘cock rock’ in their initial scholarly account. This was the reference to the dominant pattern of masculine chest-thumping as well as the aggressive and explicit portrayal of male sexuality. Later scholars also used the term hegemonic masculinity to sustain this viewpoint. Besides hegemonic masculinity, Frith and McRobbie (1990: 375) identify ‘the soft sentimentalist’ as another form of masculine sexuality, essentially a subtle evolution of the former. Sentimental masculinity appeals more to female vanity and the need for affection. The sentimentalist is charismatic and charming full of sensual flirtation aimed at luring the superficial audience. Critical observation indicates that both forms of masculine sexuality are still present in the world of Hip Hop today. In a detailed overview on the same, this paper tackles the issue of hegemonic and sentimental masculinity as evidenced in the world of Hip Hop today and the pervasive trend of aggression and sexuality in popular culture. Sexuality in Popular Culture The issue of sexuality continues to dominate the world of popular...
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...“As healthcare embraces technology to improve patient outcomes, streamline operations, and lower costs, the technologies with the most impact are the ones that make things simpler” (Why and How). Various companies are trying to simplify the process of obtaining essential patient information with the use of quick response, or QR codes. These codes are placed on stickers, bracelets, and cards for wallets. When paramedics scan the QR code, they gain access to the patient’s health profile, which contains basic personal information, allergies, medications, and emergency contacts. With instant access to this vital information, medical errors are reduced, and the time that they would otherwise spend obtaining this information is cut. Some people believe that this is a wonderful advancement, and it “could benefit so many folks” (Davis), while others are concerned and skeptical about this new technology. Benefits One advantage of utilizing QR codes in emergency response situations is the shortened time spent obtaining vital patient health information. By cutting down time, paramedics are able to make treatment decisions more quickly. “Every second counts during medical emergencies, and quick access to medical information can be the difference between life and death” (Rich). Immediate access to the individuals medical data will allow for more accurate and effective health interventions. Another convenience to quick response codes is the reduced risk of medical errors. Medical mistakes...
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...doctor. Poverty is not having the ability to go to school and not being able to read. Poverty is being in unemployment. Poverty is losing a child to illness brought about by unclean water. Poverty is powerlessness, lack of representation and freedom.” (World Bank, as cited in Lang 2007, p.31). More than three billion people live on less than $2.50 a day which is approximately half the world’s population. In 2005, the developing world had about 72 million children of primary school age not enrolled in school; of this 72 million, 57 percent of them were girls. Each year, 2.2 million children die because they lack immunisation (Globalissues.org, 2013). This essay will discuss the fundamental determinants of poverty with the two main contenders being geography and institution. It would also discuss the proximate determinants of poverty in Kenya. What causes poverty is an important question when trying to explain poverty, but it is not one which can easily be answered. These causes can be grouped into ‘proximate’, ‘intermediate’ and ‘fundamental’ causes of poverty. The proximate cause is the ‘nearest cause’ in the chain of causation, ABCDE. The fundamental cause is what sets the chain of causation in motion. The fundamental cause of E is A, and B, C and D are intermediate causes (Rycroft 2009, p.232). In order to design a policy to reduce poverty, identifying the fundamental causes of poverty is essential. When explaining the fundamental determinant of poverty, the two main contenders...
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...understanding the causes of suicide (21) Suicide is the ultimate deviant act. Ending your own life deviates far from the social norm of wanting to preserve and improve your life instead of wanting to end it, so naturally sociologists want to understand what makes people want to end their own lives so that we can try to prevent it. It was only up until 1961 that suicide was made legal in the UK and it has been an extremely understudied topic up until recently due to Durkheim's study in 1897 as it was so successful that sociologists didn't think there was anything else to contribute to the topic – the fact that up until fairly recently it has been an extremely taboo subject, especially in religious countries, has also contributed to the understudying of this topic. There have been four main sociologists who have contributed to our understanding of the causes of suicide: Durkheim, who used a positivist approach and Atkinson, Taylor and Douglad who used an interpretivist approach. Durkheim was the first sociologist to study to the topic of suicide and he used a positivist approach which is strange when studying such a seemingly interpretivist and personal topic, but he did this in order to try to prove that sociology can and should be studied as a science and that we can see cause and effect by using observable patterns or regularities. Durkheim discovered and notes four regular patterns when using official suicide statistics and from this he devised explanations for the causes of suicide...
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...Most people attend college to receive a degree for career. Some people think that they need a college degree to receive money; that is not always the case. Some of the most successful people in the world never received their college degree, Mark Zuckerberg, for example. I think that education can actually make people depressed. There is a significant amount of workload that students are required to finish, the stress can become severe that students commit suicide or drop out. It is a fact that income increases for the more educated than the less educated (Easterlin, p. 31). This depends on the certain career that is taken and which country the people reside in. In some countries, the economy is at its high while other countries, there is a lot of poverty. Income does not determine the happiness of the population, the most wealthiest person in the world could have anything he/she wanted but, happiness is difficult for them to achieve. The rich is usually happier than the poor in most countries but there is always a possibility of the opposite (Frank. p. 70). Perhaps, they had a lot of priorities to take care of it and this stressed them because they are known as wealthy. They might have trouble making friends because most of the friends they had in the past or present; used them for...
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...Fanta Lemon. The ground is littered with empties. Nearby, three young men help a friend vomiting on the pavement. Such carousing was once rare in Spain. A Mediterranean drinking culture prevailed in which alcohol was taken only with food. That is changing. In Spain and many other rich countries, alcohol intake is becoming a bigger problem—for some groups. Overall, the global consumption of alcohol has been stable since 1990, according to the World Health Organisation. Around half of the planet’s population is teetotal. But those who drink alcohol do so more hazardously. Policymakers are looking for ways to address this. A new and much-watched experiment in Scotland, for example, involves setting a minimum price for each unit of alcohol. Individual consumption peaked in Spain in 1975 but young people are increasingly indulging in the botellón, (literally “big bottle”): drinking outdoors to get drunk. In France, another country with traditionally moderate drinking patterns, a similar trend is emerging. In the past three years hospital admissions from alcohol abuse have risen 30% there, to 400,000 a year. Bingeing is so common that in July it gained an official name, beuverie express. Across much of the rich world, many people (not just the young) are drinking greater quantities in a single session....
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...toward new pradigim Towards A New Paradigm for Economics Asad Zaman Director General International Institute of Islamic Economics International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan Abstract. Current economic theory is mainly concerned with the factors which affect the wealth of nations. Issues of income distribution and elimination of poverty and deprivation is secondary. The present paper invites discussion on a new paradigm: hunger and homelessness to make the subject of economics really serve the humankind. 1. Focus of Conventional Economics is Wealth and not Poverty Current Economic theory is firmly set in the mold structured by Adam Smith 1904). His concern was to look into factors which affect the wealth (and hence power, prosperity) of nations considered as a whole. Issues of income distribution are secondary, since wealth belongs to the nation regardless of how it is distributed among individuals. Since then, economists have been primarily interested in wealth and power, and not so much in removing poverty, hunger and economic misery. Malthus (1798) provided a convenient sop for consciences, showing that poverty arose as a consequence of natural laws (all proven wrong empirically later) and the only cure was to reduce the birth rate of the poor. Tawney (1926) has looked at the process by which morality got divorced from economics in much greater detail; because of this, questions of fairness, equity, justice no longer form part of current economic discourse...
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...lifestyle -- no big deal, really. And yet, it had a massive impact on his health and his body. (No surprise: Drinking calories is one of the 20 Habits That Make You Fat.) My point: Making small decisions each day can result in big-time fat loss. Below are dozens of simple ways to lose weight. Start with one -- today! -- and watch the weight begin to melt away. Trust me, this is going to be easier than you think. 1. Have a clear goal. It should be one that anyone in the world can measure and understand. 2. Drink tea. Research suggests that those who drink tea -- black, green, or white, as long as it’s from real tea versus herbal tea -- have lower BMIs and less body fat than those who don’t consume tea. 3. Eat cayenne pepper. A study published in the British Journal of Nutrition showed that when compared to placebo, capsaicin -- the active ingredient in cayenne -- increased fat burning. 4. Decrease/eliminate processed carbs. They do nothing for you outside of creating a favorable environment for gaining fat. 5. Eat more veggies. They fill you up, without providing many calories. Just avoid the high-calorie dressings. 6. Eat more fruit. No one ever gained weight from eating more fruit. And that includes the so-called “high sugar” fruits like bananas and melons. 7. Lift weights. Heavy weights. Build more muscle, burn more calories. 8. Cut down rest time between...
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...AS Religious Ethics Some key terms: Teleological – the idea that the ‘end’ (effect) of an action should be considered when deciding whether the action is right or wrong. Relativism – morality depends on the situation an individual is in. So one thing can be right in one situation and wrong in another. This approach is adaptable to the situation and it is natural to think of the effects of our actions, however we cannot always accurately predict the effects of our actions. Deontological – the idea that acts are inherently right or wrong; they are right or wrong by their very nature. Absolutism – the idea that things are right or wrong, and remain so in all situations. This approach is clear-cut as it leads a list of what is right and wrong, however it is inflexible; it doesn’t consider the situation, and who decides what is right and wrong? Subjective morality – when moral judgements are based on individual opinions. Respects individual opinions and people can take responsibility for their own actions, however do all individuals opinions deserve respect? This may lead to disagreements. Objective morality – when moral judgements are based on external values/systems/rules. This approach gives authorities the ability to give guidance and advice, however there is disagreement about which authorities to trust. Utilitarianism (Teleological/Relativist): Is an ethical theory, which aims to help us work out what is right, and what is wrong. It focuses on bringing...
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...Nichole l. Gardner | Environmental Science | May 6, 2015 Nichole l. Gardner | Environmental Science | May 6, 2015 LD 325 An Act to phase out the use of single use plastic shopping bags LD 325 An Act to phase out the use of single use plastic shopping bags One hundred and sixty thousand plastic bags are used globally every second of every day. China, a country of 1.3 billion, consumes three billion plastic bags daily, or one trillion ninety five billion per year, according to China Trade News. (Plastics News) In 1965, Celloplast came up with the design on which all modern plastic shopping bags are based: a tube of plastic sealed at the bottom to allow for the packaging of goods, an open top to insert such items into the bag and handles for convenient carrying. This bag is commonly known as the T-shirt bag or single use plastic shopping bag. By the end of 1985, 75% of U.S. grocery stores carried plastic bags in addition to paper ones, and today, plastic bags have secured more than 80% of the grocery and convenience store market. When Exxon Mobile introduced these bags to the U.S. in the late 1970’s they were immediately met with controversy. Not only were people worried about the environmental impact of the plastic, but suburban shoppers preferred paper bags that would stand upright in the trunks of their cars, while city folk liked the handles on the plastic bags to carry on their walk home. Plastic bags won the minds and hearts of business owners worried about their...
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...many people have a low social status. The vast majority of Brooklyn’s population was Sicilian. Brooklyn is described by Alfieri, the narrator, as the slum that faces the bay on the seaward side of Brooklyn Bridge. To the audience, the bridge not only shows the poor separated from the rich but a symbol of hope for the people living in Brooklyn as the city of New York is a place of dreams because there was work, security and accommodation but most importantly wealth. During the 1950s, much of Europe was completely destroyed due to the Second World War. Italy, with its corrupt ruler, had been one of the worst hit countries during the war, as they suffered huge amounts of damage in Northern towns and villages by the Germans who took revenge after they had become allies with the British. The economy had rapidly gone down and so this left many Sicilian Italians with no choice but to leave and migrate to the dream city of New York. They were called ‘submarines’ by many Americans as they moved from one place to another just to get American citizenship. In this case, the audience see that Eddie will do whatever it takes to break Catherine and Rodolfo’s relationship as he says that he only loves Catherine to get an America passport. Many were also tempted by American Longshoreman and dockyard workers but it wasn’t to be as good as they thought it would as they were exploited and kept as slaves by their bosses in return for little money to send back home. Arthur Miller, the playwright, was...
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