The Problem of blindness - Figures and Facts: • As of 1992: Total 32 billion blind people in the world out of which 20 million are in Asia. India also had 20 million blind people out of which only 12 million were classified as blind. • Major cause of blindness being cataract esp. In developing countries accounting for nearly 75% of all cases in Asia. 80% of cataracts are age related (starts with 45 years and increases dramatically after 65 years of age) Cataract as a major cause of blindness
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William Wilberforce was one of Britain’s great social reformers involved in campaigns against slavery‚ the promotion of education‚ Christianity‚ strict morality and animal welfare. He was also an English politician‚ philanthropist‚ and a leader of the movement to stop the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull‚ Yorkshire‚ he began his political career in 1780‚ eventually becoming an independent member of Parliament for Yorkshire (1784-1812). William Wilberforce was born in 1759 and died in
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to this. What do you think of that claim in light of the Mantsios article‚ Ehrenreich article‚ and the People Like Us video we watched in class? The poor is invisible to us just as the Mantsios article states. It is invisible in the sense that many people frame the poor as urban black or Hispanic people that have their own culture that need not to be interfered with. On the other hand what people fail to acknowledge as the Mantsios article states a majority of the nation’s poor people are rural
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companions for millions of people‚ there is one more application that causes debates and conflicting assessments – Instagram. Though it has many opponents‚ Instagram is in fact a useful program helping people develop their creativity and learn about culture. Of course‚ as with any other digital product‚ Instagram can be used totally ineptly. Billions of boring and similar selfies‚ kittens‚ flowers‚ “Converse” sneakers‚ and food photos have become the subject for ridicules. However‚ what Instagram critics
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use the words "in this article." Use the style "Crane argues that the most significant contribution of the Czechs was . . " When writing about history‚ use the past tense. Do not use abbreviations or contractions. Count your "ands." Avoid words like big‚ good‚ bad‚ little‚ and a lot. Also‚ do not use the phrase "throughout history." This is cliché. Titles of texts should be put in italics OR underlined. RUN A SPELL CHECK!!! DUE DATE APRIL 26‚ 2011 Name:___________________ Précis Writing
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Through the Eyes of the Blind in Cathedral by Raymond Carver You can never seem to know what’s going on in another ones life‚ unless you put your feet in there shoes‚ so to judge‚ is simply ignorance. Raymond Carver’s "Cathedral" is a story about how the narrator is uncomfortable with having his wife’s blind friend‚ Robert‚ over. Roger has lost his wife‚ and to cope with her death‚ he planned to visit the narrator’s wife. Without any knowledge whatsoever on how to act in accompany towards a blind man‚
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2008 NCHA stated that stress is number 1 reported health impediment and stress is associated with greater energy consumption that makes college students eat these high in fat food because it gives you overall more energy dense. It also talks about people with inaccurate weight perceptions are more significant to engage in inappropriate weight management
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Education or knowledge could help people make better choices‚ but not all will make those choices. People won’t because they care about the money in their pocket. Some Just don’t care because they won’t have to live through it. They expect younger generations to do something about it so they don’t have to. people do try to change the world‚ and do try very hard to do so‚ but if you want to make a change you have to change yourself. For somebody to change it would or will be really hard because
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In the essay “If Black English Isn’t a Language‚ Then Tell Me‚ What Is?”‚ James Baldwin argues that languages evolve based on the environments in which they are spoken. Baldwin claims that‚ “people evolve a language in order to describe and thus control their circumstances [...] [People from different regions] are not saying‚ and cannot be saying‚ the same things: They each have very different realities to articulate” (1). Essentially‚ people’s environments play a large role in the way they speak
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After reading what Jean Sutton has to say about relationships‚ I think Jean Sutton wouldn’t believe in “love at first sight”. because of the situation of her mother she had her thought on the idea of love and partner‚ because her mother said don’t end up like her had made her believe more on her life in life and never putting everything on a men to support her. Which had Jean Sutton not able to believe on love at first sight‚ but to choice her partner using her brain more than her heart. Sutton
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