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    Female Infanticide

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    Female Infanticide and Foeticide-A crime against god’s will P. Nagesh‚ K. Venkatesh‚ G.V.S. Kishore ‚ D. Mohan kalyan. Abstract— One of the most developed in the 3rd world countries is republic of India. Even as India has witnessed unprecedented economic growth in the last decade the conditions of millions of Indian women and girl children continue to be deplorable .The unbelievable fact is that India stood in 2nd place in female infanticide( very after china)

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    A Divine Heart Attack

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    A Divine Heart Attack -Zaynab Hararah As a native San Franciscan‚ my mission growing up was to find the perfect burger. After sixteen years and three months‚ mission accomplished. I call it; well actually the founder and owner named it -- Burger Meister. Burger Meister serves as my occasional comfort food. Burger Meister is featured at the newly remodeled Westlake Shopping Center in Daly City‚ which is about five minutes from San Francisco State University. After this location

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    eaten by Harpies. Dante Alighieri‚ author of the poem‚ “The Divine Comedy” derives the meaning behind the “forest of suicides” and the “bush-souls” from the influence the Catholic Church played in Florence around the 1300’s. The “forest of suicides can be explained through the Last Judgment‚ and how the sinners punishment compliments their crime. As for the “bush- souls” it reflects Florence’s turn to Christianity‚ and the change from mythological legend to John the Baptist. The Suicides’ punishment

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    “There has not been “an incident in Byzantine history with which the church of St. Sophia is not associated.”1 The Church of the Divine Wisdom has a long and storied history‚ much of it drenched in the blood of those who died fighting over it. On May 28‚ 1453‚ Constantine XI entered Hagia Sophia to pray while the crowning jewel of his empire‚ Constantinople‚ was being raided and burned by Mehmed II‚ a Muslim invader with an extensive army at his back. The emperor prayed at the church before climbing

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    Female Foeticide

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    Female Foeticide in India Submitted by admin on 1 May‚ 2004 - 05:25 • India • IHN 2004.2 May • International Humanist News [pic] Female Foeticide in India By Indu Grewal and J. Kishore Introduction Some of the worst gender ratios‚ indicating gross violation of women’s rights‚ are found in South and East Asian countries such as India and China. The determination of the sex of the foetus by ultrasound scanning‚ amniocentesis‚ and in vitro fertilization has aggravated this situation

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    The Myth of Consumerism

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    and it is our imaginations that religion and myth traditionally played the role of satiating‚ telling stories that have morals to them‚ lessons to be learned. Now consumerism fulfills this role. The consumer ideology serves as the golden rule‚ advertising serves as sermons‚ products serve as our idoltry‚ and just as religion instills faith at an early age‚ so too does consumerism.<br><br>Ellen Weis (qtd. in "Advertising Characters" 1997) speaks from the perspective of one who is an authority on

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    On Different Values of Individualism in Chinese and American Cultures 1. Introduction Everyone‚ every social class and every country have their own unique values. It is the fact that value is the core of cross-culture communication and the differences of culture among countries depend on different values. Value exerts great influence on everyone’s daily life. Scores of people rely on value to obtain knowledge‚ master the basic skills and foster correct world outlook. China and America are two

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    Myths and the Youth

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    To further elaborate on this point‚ take for instance our creation myths. We have at least three different creation myths—The Visayan Creation Myth‚ The Story of Bathala‚ and Malakas at Maganda. These stories established a whole Pantheon of gods like Bathala‚ Maguayan‚ Kaptan‚ Kabunian‚ Diyan Masalanta‚ Galang Kaluluwa‚ etc. These stories may come with different names for the gods because each tribe has a story to tell‚ although the premise of the stories don’t change. Due to the Christian and Islamic

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    Separation of Church and State - The American Myth The first amendment of the American Constitution provides for a pluralist religious society and protection against laws that prohibit religious practices. However‚ numberless Supreme Court cases indicate that there are limits to the free exercise clause and throughout American history‚ religious practices seem to be limited to the acceptance of the practice under accepted social mores. Many religious observances have been prohibited by the courts

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    female mutilation

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    W7000 – WRITING SKILLS My research topic is on Female Circumcision‚ otherwise known as Female Genital Mutilation (FMG). Female Genital Mutilation is a procedure that involves intentional alteration or cutting of female genital organs for non- medical reasons‚ from age infant to 10 years and older depending on the community. Studies have shown that this practice does not have any health benefit to any female‚ but rather it causes damages. FGM practice is recognized as a violation of human rights

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