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Aids In Africa
<view this essay>.... sexually transmitted diseases like gonorrhea. Early trials for use against the AIDS virus, HIV, involved a spermicide called nonoxynol-9. Results were mixed. It seemed to give results in Cameroon and Zambia, but some Kenyan prostitutes developed ulcers, which might make infection easier rather than more difficult. But a prostitute's sexual life is hardly typical; and other products or other methods of use might prove better.
For any product to be acceptable, says Eka Esu-Williams, the Nigerian president of the Society for Women and , it must be possible to separate the spermicidal or contraceptive function from that of killing harmful micro-organisms such .....
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Sex Education
<view this essay>.... as what diseases are threats, which ones are curable and which are not, just how real these diseases are, pregnancy, and responsibility. Therefore, should be a part of the curriculum for children in the junior high
Many children in junior high know there are sexually transmitted diseases, but many do not realize just how threatening these diseases are. Living in a small community, many youth believe that getting a sexually transmitted disease will never happen to them. But our children need to know that there are diseases in our country like Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Genital Herpes, Genital Warts, Hepatitis, and even AIDS. Since 1986, Syphilis cases .....
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Working Together
<view this essay>.... effective workplace situation (Rayner 15). There are, writes Steven Rayner in Team Traps, "literally hundreds of traps" that can "open a gateway to team disaster" (15). It makes more sense, therefore, to stick to the traditional structures in the workplace.term papers and term papers, did I tell about term papers on, term papers in , term papers about , term papers
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ebfefOne of the major problems presented in the team work approach is that people are not accustomed to "group problem-solving" (Harrington-Mackin 137). It is a practice that not only hasn’t been .....
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Originality Of Philosophy
<view this essay>.... some classifieds. The overall
view of this magazine was very intellectual and professional because it did not
contain any advertising throughout the magazine. The articles are more in the
manner meant for either philosophers or someone in school studying Philosophy,
or even anyone interested in a very different approach to society.
An idea in the article “Practical Solipsism” reads: “Solipsism - the
idea that only I exist and that you, and all other material things in the world
are mere figments of my imagination - is one of those peculiar notions that make
everybody realize just how barmy philosophers truly are.” Philosophy is often
translated as the lov .....
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Bankruptcy
<view this essay>.... still required to pay back the money no matter how long it may take him. According to Bais Din the debtor must hand over his property, with a few exclusions, to the creditor, and if this does not cover what he owes the creditor, then every time the debtor acquires new assets, he pays the creditor until he no longer owes him anything.
According to Halacha there is a way for the debtor to be discharged. This is through “Yeush”. This term denotes that this is the point where a person no longer believes he will recover the object he has lost. In this case, the creditor loses hope of being paid back the money the debtor owes him. Therefore the debtor is free .....
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Confused In America
<view this essay>.... money to get several
I-20 forms, my enthusiasm for going to university plummeted suddenly and
what I have been thinking sinc e then is to buy an air ticket to go home.
To comfort myself I thought of a principle by which I have been doing
things these days: Just fight and fumble in America to get whatever I can,
with my great motherland backing me up. The worst of it is to go back to go
on being a professor and moonli ghter and in any case, I will still be
among the para-middle-class. As to the money I spend here, well, just treat
it as the money I lose in Las Vegas.
But still I am no big gambler. When I talk about going abroad befor .....
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Learning Disabilities
<view this essay>.... aphasia. The term does not include children who have problems that are primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor disabilities, or mental retardation, emotional disturbance, or of environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage.
2. What is the difference between a learning disability and a learning difficulty?
Individuals with learning difficulties may appear to possess the characteristics of a person with . However, it is only when those learning difficulties are so pervasive or severe that they markedly interfere with learning or day-to-day living that a learning disability is suspected. Careful assessment by a multi disciplinary team that .....
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Basketball And Its History
<view this essay>.... in size
from about 29 m by 15 m (about 94 ft by 50 ft) to about 22 m by 13 m (about
74 ft by 42 ft). At each end of the court is a vertical backboard,
measuring usually about 2 m by 1 m (about 6 ft by 4 ft). Each backboard is
anchored to a wall, suspended from the ceiling, or otherwise mounted so
that its lower edge is about 2.7 m (about 9 ft) above the court.
(Backboards originated to keep spectators from interfering with the game.)
The baskets are attached firmly to the backboards about 3 m (about 10 ft)
above the playing surface. Each basket is about 46 cm (about 18 in) in
diameter and consists of a horizontal hoop, or metal ring, from which a
fringe o .....
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