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    Bibliography: Cook‚ Harold R. 1971 “The Celtic Church in Ireland” from Historic Patterns of Church Growth‚ Chicago‚ Moody Press D’Alton‚ E. A. 1913 History of Ireland‚ London‚ The Gresham Publishing Co. Hughes‚ Kathleen 1966 The Church in Early Irish Society‚ London‚ Methuen & Col. Ltd. Scott‚ William Henry 1967 “Celtic and the Conversion of Ireland‚” International Review of Mission‚ Vol. LVI‚ no. 222 Thomas‚ Charles 1966 “Celtic Britain and the AngloSaxons” in The Dawn of European Civilization‚ edited

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    We as Americans are becoming increasingly lazy and gradually isolating ourselves from our everyday surroundings due to technology. Technology is detrimental to society by corrupting our minds and consuming our lives. Although technology allows us to efficiently communicate with one another and helps to make life a little amenable‚ it has made the population alarmingly lazy. Instead of going outside to play with friends in the beautiful fresh outdoors‚ one would simply stay shut in the confines

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    HOW HAS THE SPREAD OF AIDS AFFECTED AFRICAN SOCIETY 1. Baer‚ Hans.‚ et al. "Medical Anthropology and the World System." A Critical Perspective Ch. 8: p159-269. 2. Stine‚ Gerald J. "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome… The facts written are by Gerald J. Stine in "Acquired Immune Deficiency syndrome" . Worldwide‚ about 9‚000 persons a day become HIV-infected. The majority of all HIV infections worldwide occur in people ages 15-24. Over 1 million people die of AIDS each year. The

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    average American watches five hours of television a day‚ that means they spend three and a half hours a day watching reality television.This shows that reality television is affecting everyone’s everyday lives.Reality television is harmful to our society because it promotes stereotypes‚it leaves a lasting impression on young susceptible minds‚and it is false advertising. A guilty pleasure enjoyed by many‚reality television

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    Materialism Drove It In The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ money and materialism play an important role. Money and materialism are the driving forces that affect people’s decisions. People’s relationships‚ emotions‚ successes and pride all revolve around money. Many relationships that occurred in The Great Gatsby are created because of the influence of money. Daisy‚ a young woman‚ searches for the answers to many aspects in her life. She wants to be married and money drives her decision

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    Friederich S. Fitzgerald weaves together the motifs of materialism and lies/illusion in The Great Gatsby to express a theme in a couple of ways. First‚ he uses Gatsby’s illusion of love for Daisy to mix between the two motifs in crazy ways. Second‚ he uses the power of status to show how people come up to be and where they sit in the power chart. And lastly‚ the death of Myrtle is whipped into lies and materialism that comes to a dreadful end. Fitzgerald tells a story of love‚ lies‚ and deceit‚ and

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    an intricate part of our everyday lives. People often find themselves sitting in front of the television screen for a longer period of time than ever before and this is due to the fact that television has evolved immensely over the past few years. Society is so addicted to television that it has become an issue. People are not aware of the dangers that television can inflict on the human mind and because of this people are becoming socially unproductive. Television shows have also evolved over the

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    heads. So a lot of times people don’t really know the truth about Ancient Egypt. And that is where the museum comes into play. The museum has always been found as a viable source of accurate information regarding history. So in today’s media rich society most people who are really curious about learning about Egypt would rather visit the museum rather than pick up a book on Egyptology and read it. The museum is a good place to start for people to go and observe visually what is left of Ancient Egypt

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    The Great Gatsby: How the American Dream is grossly materialistic. Since the beginning‚ the main focus of living is acquiring more money and becoming as successful as possible. In the 1920’s‚ people made money from the stock market‚ and illegal bootlegging. Since these people were hitting the jackpot‚ a rank called ’new money’ was created. This rank‚ never overpowered ’old money’ the most wealthiest‚ well-known and respected class. Possession of material wealth however‚ can’t bring true happiness

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    Class structures existed in a simplified form in pre-agricultural societies‚ but became much more complex and established following the establishment of permanent agriculture-based civilizations with a food surplus.[3] Classism started to practice around 18th century[4] Institutional versus personal classism[edit] The term classism can refer to personal prejudice against ’lower ’ or ’upper ’ classes as well as to institutional classism‚ just as the term racism can refer either strictly to personal

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