different chemicals‚ some of which are highly toxic. Nicotine‚ a main ingredient of tobacco smoke‚ is the most addictive drug known to man. Two main topics about smoking in general I would like to discuss are the various health effects of smoking and the anti-smoking actions which society has taken. The American Cancer Society estimates that smoking is single handily responsible for about 419‚000 deaths in the United States each year. Among the many cancer contributions to lung cancer amounts to 30%
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UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION BAHADURSHAH ZAFAR MARG NEW DELHI – 110 002 UGC REGULATIONS ON CURBING THE MENACE OF RAGGING IN HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS‚ 2009. (under Section 26 (1)(g) of the University Grants Commission Act‚ 1956) (TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA PART III‚ SECTION-4) F.1-16/2007(CPP-II) Dated 17th June‚ 2009. PREAMBLE. In view of the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the matter of “University of Kerala v/s. Council‚ Principals‚ Colleges and
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against women and children as well as to end pornography‚ which radical feminists saw as anti-woman propaganda and a source of sexual violence. This collided with but did not merge with the demands of a growing conservative movement to police sex more rigorously and also incited opposition within the feminist movement as some activists were concerned about a return to state censorship and the intensification of an anti-sex backlash for women. Debates most salient within the movement were engaged around
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AP WORLD HISTORY ® Course and Exam Description Effective Fall 2011 The College Board The College Board is a mission-driven not-for-profit organization that connects students to college success and opportunity. Founded in 1900‚ the College Board was created to expand access to higher education. Today‚ the membership association is made up of more than 5‚900 of the world’s leading educational institutions and is dedicated to promoting excellence and equity in education. Each year‚ the College
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to the understanding of morality. One of the most vital concepts of Nietzsche was his suggestion‚ that morality builds the serious obstacle for enjoying of most of life passions and desires‚ or how he formulated it – “morality as anti-nature”. In his work Morality as Anti-Nature Nietzsche is discussing the ways‚ how religion and morality‚ spread via religion‚ are able to change and suppress human nature. Nowadays a lot of people are living according to some biblical rules and precepts. During the
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are‚ of course‚ several aspects which have to be brought into perspective - ethical‚ cultural‚ scientific and political - and objectivity is inevitably compromised by one’s order of priorities. It is also in the nature of believers in causes to practice selective myopia‚ intentionally or otherwise seeing only those "facts" which support their particular foregone conclusions. Japan is a proponent of whaling‚ and stands accused of bending facts to suit its ends as much as anyone. Unfortunately though
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RIGHT TO INFORMATION (RTI) The Right to Information Act (RTI) is an Act of the Parliament of India "to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens" and replaces the erstwhile Freedom of Information Act‚ 2002. The Act applies to all States and Union Territories of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Under the provisions of the Act‚ any citizen may request information from a "public authority" (a body of Government or "instrumentality of State") which
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Socrates and the Anti-Democracy The trial‚ determination of guilt‚ and eventual death of Socrates‚ one of the paramount philosophers in history‚ on the charge of “corrupting the young and of not believing in the gods in whom the city believes” (Plato 24c) in Athens‚ perhaps the most famous freedom-loving‚ democratic city-state of the Western world‚ is puzzling. In his earlier days‚ Socrates was once seen as an eccentric headmaster of a school of thinking‚ a harmless character wandering the streets
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ANTI-ABORTION Abortion is the killing of a human being‚ which defies the word of God. The Bible does not draw a distinction between fetuses and babies: the Greek word brephos is used in the Bible to refer to both an unborn child and an infant. By the time a baby is conceived‚ he or she is recognized by God‚ as demonstrated in Jeremiah 1:5: "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee..." The Sixth Commandment of the Bible’s Old
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to distinguish the facts from the opinions‚ as well as misconceptions. One of the topics to be blown into the spotlight in the past few years has been feminism‚ with what at first glance appears to be a dichotomy- a person is either a feminist or an anti-feminist. The battle calls into question what feminism really is‚ considering its diversity in regards to its followers‚ and the reason why the "meninist" culture has sprung. There are three
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