When I first read about the title of this article‚ I was excited because it sounds like it was such a big issue in the western countries. That triggers me to respond to this paper. I like the title by CBN.com in his article [1] “Why are so many westerner converting to Islam?” ‚ which states the reasons for the growth in Muslim population was due to recent immigration and the high birth rate of Muslims and not specifically due to conversion. Still‚ the number of those who converted to Islam is significant
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an immense amount of despair that it outweighs the hope that is left in the world. The reasons as to why that is deals with the homeless population‚ racism‚ and war. To be homeless means to have no home or permanent place of residence. It affects hundreds of thousands of people today. In the United States alone 750‚000 people experience homelessness every night. There are many reasons as to why one might become homeless in a short period of time‚ these reasons include substance abuse‚ mental illnesses
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Why do I want to become a teacher? All of my experience for the past 10 years since I have been in USA led me to realizing that I am passionate about teaching and working with children. I migrated to this country from Slovak Republic right after graduating from Comenius University with the major in Biochemistry. Being only 22 years old I wanted to experience some adventure before getting the regular 9-5 job at some Research Laboratory. I signed up for a Summer Program with YMCA and came to Poland
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Until recently there was many debates on how the moon‚ our nearest planetary neighbor was formed. Well we believe that at some point in Earth’s early history‚ a rogue planet‚ larger than Mars‚ struck the Earth in a great‚ glancing blow. Instantly‚ most of the rogue body and a sizable chunk of Earth were vaporized. The cloud rose to above 13‚700 miles altitude‚ where it condensed into innumerable solid particles that orbited the Earth as they aggregated into ever larger moonlets‚ which eventually
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ySmoking and young people http://www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/what_we_do/specialist_services1/stop_smoking_service1/smoking_and_young_people/ A STRIKING approach for young people in Leeds! Striking is a tobacco prevention / cessation package for young people in Leeds which has been piloted and evaluated in three secondary schools. Striking aims to prevent the uptake and reduce smoking prevalence in young people across Leeds‚ increase knowledge and skills and support young people to make healthier
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gives us the choice to do good or evil and relates to the virtue that every person has. In Plato’s "Meno"‚ Socrates argues with Meno over what virtue really is and the true definition. At one point‚ they discuss that being virtuous is "find joy in beautiful things." The go on at length arguing what is beautiful and what is good. They also cover whether or not people actually do desire bad things or if all people desire good things. At the end they concur that people do not desire bad things
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and young people who want to increase their muscle size or reduce their body fat. Although getting body piercing and using steroids have become popular activities in modern society‚ they can both be very dangerous. There are different reasons why young people take steroids or pierce their bodies. Recently‚ piercings of the lip‚ tongue‚ nose‚ ear‚ navel‚ and nipple are growing in the world. The reasons for piercing vary greatly; some people pierce to fit into a certain group that they want to be the
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Christie Miller 29 September 2012 Instructor: Wayne Skinner CCJ 1017 Why do you think people take drugs? Do you know anyone with an addiction-prone personality? What does the medical literature indicate about addictive personalities? People take drugs to ease pain and avoid problems from their past and presence. An individual “may be depressed or in pain find physical relief does not help‚ eventually‚ he or she will then turn to drugs to remove symptoms” (Hubbard‚ 1996-2011). Personally
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and personal care products. Also‚ another mystery is that mice are less likely to exercise as an adult. Mice are obviously not people; these findings raise the possibility of exposures to toxins in our environment. We all know that people should improve their health but‚ most of the community never tries to work out. Why do people not exercise? That is the question from many scientist and their interest in this is very high. Scientist has begun to wonder how your early stages of life and if that within
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Most people believe that free will is something that all humans have. Many religions even teach that people have free will. Children are told by their parents that they have free will. However‚ free will is nothing more than a myth. It is only an illusion. Humans only believe that they have free will. The play‚ Oedipus Rex‚ by Sophocles brings this idea up. In the play‚ Oedipus believes he has free will in choosing to run away from the town he calls his home because he is afraid of a prophecy
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