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- 221: Power
- When a person has enough power in a society, it gives them a lot of control over certain things. When they have this control, they can have ownership over a person or a thing. By naming someone, or something, a person gains an unspoken ownership over him or her, they are now in control of him or her and it has created a new identity for them and erased their old identity. Power, naming and un-naming, control and ownership and identity are very important elements in Mary ...
- 222: Homo Aquaticus?
- Homo Aquaticus? I. Introduction When the human brain is compared with the brains of apes there are several obvious differences; the centers for the sense of smell and foot control are larger in apes than in humans, but the centers for hand control, airway control, vocalization, language and thought are larger in humans. In my paper, I will describe the most defined differences of brain size and centers between humans and their closest relatives, chimpanzees, to compare them with ...
- 223: Power 2
- When a person has enough power in a society, it gives them a lot of control over certain things. When they have this control, they can have ownership over a person or a thing. By naming someone, or something, a person gains an unspoken ownership over him or her, they are now in control of him or her and it has created a new identity for them and erased their old identity. Power, naming and un-naming, control and ownership and identity are very important elements in Mary ...
- 224: Analysis Of Jack Turners The A
- ... nature. Zoos and national parks are poor substitutes for authentic wild nature. Government laws and organizations, such as national parks and the Forest Service, use anthropocentric ideas to manage the wilderness. They use surveillance and control every aspect of ecosystems, and thus removing the process of wild nature from these ecosystems by making them dependent on human maintenance. National Forests were created for humans for recreation and resource utilization. They are ... Turner also raises another big issue. He discusses the influence humans have on wild animals when they try to study them, and he explains some of the detrimental effects that occur upon human interference and control of wild animals and their habitats. Turner seeks a higher, more idealistic, approach to learning about wild animals. He believes that if we sit quietly in their habitat they will come to us(71). Turner ... creating laboratories out of habitats. He believes that conservationist and biodiversity theories are wrong in their principle. Again he feels that the land should be left to fix and manage itself without human interference and control. Turner argues that the reason we impose human order on nonhuman orders is to gain prediction, control, and efficiency. Although Turner agrees that we cannot preserve wild habitats if their inhabitants are not free, ...
- 225: Teen Pregnancy
- ... are many things that are helpful. For example Abstinence is a for sure factor of not getting pregnant. There are also other helpful ways to help prevent teen pregnancy, such as sex education and birth control. All of these things are essential in the helpful prevention of teen pregnancy. Abstinence is when you give up something you desire or of pleasure to you. Abstaining from sexual activities is a great way ... boy/girl dating. In high school, students learn more about the social and psychological aspects of sexuality. Many other subject come up at this time in a teenagers life, such as marriage, abortion, homosexuality, birth control, and many other topics. Through the teenage years there are a lot of things to be learned and taught, but the most focused on is birth control as stated by John J. Burt, Ph. D., Dean, College of Health and Human Performance. Sex education is of much importance to the teenage generation. Birth control is the control of birth or of ...
- 226: Black Female Bodybuilders
- ... their personal and black women's collective image in relation to a legacy of images that preceded them in history and in popular culture. Perhaps more than any other sport, bodybuilding is a triumph of control, both mental and physical. New York bodybuilder and national titleholder Linda Wood-Hoyte offered an example: "Bodybuilding is almost scientific. I love that it is an exact sport. Your body can change from the time ... black women. Through the act of self-presentation black women have begun to challenge and reinvent what it means to be black and female within a culture that values neither. Through their extreme manifestation of control over their own bodies, black female bodybuilders represent in physical strength the power that eludes black women in general in society. II. The Beacon Theatre is a garishly decorated landmark on the Upper West Side ... tales including Coffy and Foxy Brown. Much has been made in recent press about the fact that there was neither a precedent nor a white female equivalent to the image Grier created in film. "A gun-toting community savior who posed for Players magazine, Grier was something folks had never seen before," one interviewer wrote.13 For three decades she has represented the conflation of sex and strength, though not ...
- 227: Societies Scapegoat
- ... is taking in. Certain programs are oriented to different age groups and viewing should be controlled, not removed through censorship. Parents want strict censorship because they don't think it's possible for them to control what their children watch. After all there are TV's at friends houses and probably at least two within your own. So what's the point? Even if you forbid your child to view certain ... an over active imagination saw the Bugs Bunny show as a promotion for their kids to join the N.R.A.. Or how about Bambi, another violent film. Bambi's mother is shot by a gun toting maniac, and is forced to live with his dysfunctional father. (Let me guess, this is a subliminal message to shoot wildlife or your mother) Films like this in my mind can act as a ... interest in wanting to be Wily Coyote, Elmer Fudd or the hunter that killed Bambie's mother, you should have him\her committed to a mental hospital. If your child does however pick up a gun and proceeds to blast the family rabbit or kill a deer in the backyard, it's not the TV's fault!!! Fault lays in your lap again for not keeping your firearm locked up. ...
- 228: Manuel Noriega
- ... importance does this have to Noriega and Panama? On January 1, 1959 Fidel Castro led a successful coup against the government in Cuba which at the time was controlled by Fulgencio Batista. By Castro taking control of the Cuban government, he placed communism within a close range of America. This was important because it was feared by most Americans that this takeover by Castro would lead a domino effect throughout Central America, and third world countries further extending the arm of Communism and the reach of the Soviet Union. During the same time Castro took control of Cuba, Noriega was in the Peruvian military school. America fearing that these third world military schools would be a breeding ground for future communist leaders, implanted many agents to keep watch over them. One ... Salvador rebels to overthrow their Government. America could not stand for this to happen, and the theory was that One by one the Central American states would fall until the entire area was under the control of Marxist-Leninist regimes backed by the Soviet Union and its Caribbean Proxy, Cuba. (Johnson pg.253) America could not stand for this domino affect to happen and hence Noriega was once again called ...
- 229: The Population Solution
- ... people assume that human numbers will stabilize at some point in the future. Hopefully it will, but not without conditions that will contribute to the solution of the population explosion, conditions which include education, birth control methods and government action. Although not the largest in terms of population size, Kenya has one of the highest rates natural increase in the world. This rapid growth rate, which is predicted to reach 120 ... as a career instead of adding to the population problem. Another form of education that can contribute to the population problem is to educated both men and women on the use of contraceptives or birth control. Even though statistics say that the world is headed towards a disastrously increasing overuse of precious resources because of its increasing population, many still stand against the use of contraceptives and other forms of birth control. Even those educated on the population problem regard birth control as unnecessary and perhaps even undesirable. Individuals, groups and nations who hold such views may do so for military, political, religious or even economic ...
- 230: The Vietnam War
- ... States standpoint. It is known as the Vietnamese Conflict. The conflict was between two different political parties in Vietnam, one of them being North Vietnam and the other being South Vietnam. Each party wanted to control all of Vietnam under their political beliefs. The North wanted the South to unite with them, but the South wanted to break away and start it's own country. But with little compromise the only ... With the election two years away both parties had time to rebuild whatever armed forces or governments they could. The Geneva Conference stated, that the party that won the majority in the election would win control and either reunite the two parts of Vietnam or become politically independent. With support from the United States, the South refused to hold elections of any kind. It was inevitable that if the elections did take place, total control over Vietnam would land in the North or Communist hands(Harrison 54). After the Geneva Conference two political powers controlled all of Vietnam. In the North, Ho Chi Minh was the favorite of the ...
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