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    with the help of surgery (“LGBT: What is it?”‚ ¶ 4‚5‚6). Having been significantly discriminated against prior to the sexual revolution (aka the sexual liberation) which took place in the 1960s‚ in the 1970s and 1980s in the Western world‚ it was then when gays and lesbians were finally able to be who they are without shame and when society started accepting their image. What is more‚ in the 1990s bisexuals and transsexuals were also given respect. As for the Arab world‚ the fact of the existence of

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    INTRODUCTION The Atlantic slave trade‚ between the fifteenth and the nineteenth centuries‚ was the largest forced migration in the history of mankind. This migration was distinct from others of the kind‚ in terms of its begrudging nature‚ record breaking mortality rates and the alienation of generations from their roots. This essay aims to explore the various factors that led to the development of Atlantic slave trade - political‚ technological‚ social and economic. It also analyses the profitability

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    Policy Brief: HIV/AIDS Prevention Among Adolescents in South Africa Heterosexual intercourse among adolescents is the primary method of HIV transmission in South Africa‚ with the majority of new infections occurring in the 21 – 25 year age group. An HIV-prevention campaign promoting abstinence among young people would seem to be an effective barrier to further infections. However‚ a policy promoting abstinence approaches the problem only superficially‚ and would not take into account all of

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    changes in 1750 to 1850

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    that occurred in 1750-1850 This period of time (1750-1850) was the Industrial Revolution. This meant that the factory system and use of machines increased. There were also more wealth for Britain and increase of population! However there changes in social‚ religion‚ economic and more political changes‚ this resulted in incidences such as calls for education‚ voting‚ equality and so on. But the main changes were transport‚ industry‚ home/leisure and health. Transport changes quickly 1750-1850

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    America in World War 1

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    In 1914 when war was declared in EuropeAmerica adopted a policy of neutrality and isolation. When news of trench warfare and the horrors associated with it reached the shores of America‚ it confirmed to the government that they had made the right choice. Their approach had the full support of a majority of Americans‚ many of which could not believe that Europe‚ a civilized entity‚ could descend into the depths of carnage as depicted by trench warfare. On August 4th‚ 1914 President Wilson

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    film 1492. The portrayal of Christopher Columbus in this film was very inaccurate as far as what he brought to the so-called "New World". The film displayed Columbus as the first person to locate America and to cross the Atlantic Ocean but as history shows others had accomplished this years before he did. In the film he could be looked at as both the villain and as a hero. He was obviously looked at as a hero to some because he is the one who was supposedly responsible of discovering America. Even

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    and Western Europe were somewhat similar‚ differences still distinguish the two countries. Japan‚ now the most developed country in Asia‚ started the Industrial Revolution in the nineteenth century; the Western Europe was the spearhead of the Industrial Revolution. The important scientific and social revolutions totally changed the two areas. The causes of the modernization in Japan and Western Europe were similar‚ yet with different elements. In Japan‚ the Industrial Revolution is the result of

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    Women are facing devastating effects of HIV/AIDS in South Africa and India. In the two countries women are already economically‚ culturally and socially disadvantaged lacking access to treatment‚ financial support and education. They are outside the structures of power and decision making. With no control over their bodies and sexual relations. They are looked at as the main transmitters of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) referred generally as women diseases.This topic is important to study

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    Business Continuity Plan

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    permanently alter the way they conduct business or remain relevant upon their competition. In addition to keeping up with the latest technology‚ new trends among their specific business industry‚ organizations need to have a plan of action in place if an event of any nature interrupts the normal flow of business. Disaster recovery and business continuity planning are two key processes that allow organizations to continue normal business functions in the event of an interruption. When business is

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    reasons for recent changes in patterns of World development. In the 1970’s Africa seemed poised to take off developmentally speaking while S.America and especially Asia were seen with extreme pessimism. Since then patterns have been reversed; Asia led by economies such as India have introduced new nomenclature such as newly and recently industrialising countries while S. America has followed close behind. Today it is Africa or more precisely Sub-Saharran Africa which has stagnated developmentally

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