people ’s lives each year. In 1992‚ 20% of Botswana‚ Africa was infected with HIV-AIDS. In 1995‚ 1/3 of the country was infected. Today over 40% of Botswana is infected with HIV-AIDS‚ and these numbers continue to increase (Epstlen 70). The rest of Africa is mimicking these same numbers as infection rates continue to rise. Of the 27 million infected in Africa‚ 3.2 million were new cases diagnosed in 2003‚ and over 2.3 million people died in Africa because of HIV-AIDS last year (Frederickson and Kanabus
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Outline Thesis statement: The purpose of this paper discuss what role does the caste system play in India today? The word “caste” finds its origin in the Portuguese word “casta” which means “race” or “breed”. Thus caste basically means people belonging to the same breed. According to E.A.G. Blunt‚ ‘caste is an endogamous group or collection of endogamous groups‚ bearing a common name‚ membership of which is hereditary; imposing on its members certain
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The Vanity of today. The vanity of today is everywhere in peoples lives whether they admit it or not. Either it’s what their “friends” do or even just classmates that are next to them‚ either way there is no escape from it. For so many reasons‚ people always have “followed the crowd”‚ or in another words “The Vanity” of today. For those who wonder why people has always done this and why‚ it’s quite simple. People follow the vanity because of not wanting to be an outcast but to just simply to fit
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Having no clue where the younger generations go to hang out these days‚ I thought about where I used to go with all my friends after school. The mall‚ to my surprise‚ the mall was packed. It is nice to know that some things stay the same over the years. While setting at one of the hundred benches at Geneses Valley Mall it was not hard to notice the many different styles that our younger generation has. I thought that setting in front of the hot topic store in the mall would be a good place
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YOUTH TODAY Tradition vs Modernity We are used to thinking of traditions as something old and stable‚ whereas the creative forces of people are directed towards the making of “new” forms of art and music. Nevertheless in our view‚ and according to our experience‚ new forms should not be sought in a cultural vacuum‚ without any connection to the past experiences of people and societies. Similarly‚ the “old” musics should not be approached with the attitude of preserving or mimicking other people’s
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day. Technology can be very beneficial in the fact that our advancements in it have made things a great deal easier than they would have been many years ago. It allows us to keep in contact with people that we do not get to see every day or that live far away. I have a close friend‚ in the Air Force‚ who is stationed in Japan for at least four years and because of technology we can keep in touch all the time‚ whereas we would not be able to without it. Thanks to technology we have satellite TVs
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According to a 2008 census‚ this Presidential election is one of the most important since the election of George H.W. Bush. Americans can not take another Republican into office. Social environment is a very important issue in the United States today. This‚ in turn‚ determines success or failure in peoples’ lives. If one were born with a silver spoon in his mouth‚ he would easily be able to attend a fancy school no matter how intelligent he is or have any luxury he wants just because of power and
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Racism Today "...Everybody jumped on him‚ beat the hell out of him... Everybody was hitting him or kicking him. One guy was kicking at his spine. Another guy hitting on the side of the face... He was unconscious. He was bleeding. Everybody had blood on their forearms. We ran back up the hill laughing... He should have died... He lost so much blood he turned white. He got what he deserved" (Ridgeway 167.) The skinheads who performed this random act of racial violence in 1990‚ had
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Sports are played all over the world today. Every country has its primary sport and then others. The most popular sport in the world today is soccer. In America there are many popular sports like baseball‚ football‚ hockey‚ basketball‚ soccer‚ and many more. Sports were a big part of my childhood and my life today. Sports helped me build a relationship with my dad and brother‚ whether it was watching a team together or playing on the front yard. This made memories for the rest of my life.Without
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