She was inaugurated on January 1, 2001 and served simultaneously as First Lady of the United States and Senator of New York for 20 days until her husband left the office of the presidency. During her first year in office, a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City occurred on September 11. Clinton worked to secure $21.4 billion to rebuild and to provide appropriate health care to first responders and volunteers at Ground
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2012 World Press Freedom Day: New Media tools as Change Agents [pic] Submitted by Idris Mabadeje on Fri, 04/05/2012 - 11:41am 0 inShare [pic] [pic]Printer-friendly version Press freedom is a logical extension of man’s inalienable right to freedom of expression. As such, it is a universal phenomenon which is guaranteed by Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), which says, “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions
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Worldview Assignment Every day is a gift and one we should never take for granted. The way we perceive the world around us takes critical thinking and a strong and faithful framework to help guide us through life. The world we live in gets harder and harder and moral responsibility is constantly being challenged. Having a worldview based on structure and faith is crucial to one’s everyday life. In their book, Consider, Dr. Lew Weider and Dr. Ben Gutierrez explain that a worldview is a person’s
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Worldview Assignment Every day is a gift and one we should never take for granted. The way we perceive the world around us takes critical thinking and a strong and faithful framework to help guide us through life. The world we live in gets harder and harder and moral responsibility is constantly being challenged. Having a worldview based on structure and faith is crucial to one’s everyday life. In their book, Consider, Dr. Lew Weider and Dr. Ben Gutierrez explain that a worldview is a person’s
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concentration in Global Human Rights was focused on and composed of. Last semester, I took the introductory course to International and Global Studies (IGS) and it gave more shape to the formless and shadowy ideas of what I would like to study. This academic year, my course load consisted of a mix of general education courses and courses I selected with the intention of getting an introduction to fields of study I am drawn to. Entering university, I was very interested in both human rights and international
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animal's life shouldn't be based on human actions, whether it's a zoo causing the animals to inbreed and have gene mutations, or the zoo not having enough room for the animal to live. Animals have a place in the world and they should have rights just as human beings do. Although some say that killing animals in zoos helps maintain the circle of life and prevents inbreeding, it is unethical for zoos to kill animals because they should have their own rights, and humans should not interfere with the circle
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moral principles, as of an individual, a country or a religion. A lot of people have different perspectives of the world and carry different opinions involving what is ethical and what is not. Ethics are a major concern in International Business and companies face ethical issues very frequently. Royal Dutch Shell, commonly known as Shell, is a fusion of over 1,700 companies around the world. Shell Nigeria is one of the largest oil producers in the Shell Group and more than 80% of the oil extractions
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Commentary Reading : How Hardwired is Human Behavior? The article, written by Nigel Nicholson, is a very interesting read. The author talked about evolutionary psychology and how it affects the thinking and feeling as well the social living of human beings. It says that evolutionary psychology "offers a theory of how the human mind came to be constructed and that mind is hardwired in ways that govern most human behavior to this day". Human behavior is the way it is today according to evolutionary
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“Maybe this world is another planet’s hell” (“Aldous Huxley”). The World State, in Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, is a controlled society where drugs are the center and motivation of religion. The citizens are merely brainwashed picture-perfect clones used to conceal the conspiracies of the impertinent government. Huxley incorporates uncanny mood, concealed context, and spine-chilling foreshadowing in Brave New World to show that an ideal, happy, and well organized society cannot be achieved
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Are humans thinking? Many are the stories told on television about robots. Robots who clean houses, act as a regular employees, talk, think, express their own opinions, and make decisions. Many others stories about robots being part of a family, going to the school, crying, feeling or warriors robots who defend their territory with great patriotism. But what are really these machines? Are they just images we see on television? Or Are they a reflection of what we want or what we are? Many people
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