The consequences of the lack of water By J. C. Cardona 884 million people lack access to safe water supplies; approximately one in eight people. UNICEF/WHO 2008. Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation: Special Focus on Sanitation. 3.575 million People die each year from water-related disease.World Health Organization. 2008. Safer Water‚ Better Health: Costs‚ benefits‚ and sustainability of interventions to protect and promote health. The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through
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Cancer Cells Killed Henrietta Lacks – Then Made Her Immortal (pg. 9) Fact 1: Henrietta Lacks was born Loretta Pleasant on August 1‚ 1920 in Roanoke Virginia‚ later passed on October 4‚ 195 due to cancer. She was sometimes erroneously called Henrietta Lakes‚ Helen Lane or Hennie. She was an African-American woman who was the unwitting source of cells (from her cancerous tumor) which were cultured by George Otto Gey to create the first known human immortal cell line for medical research. This is now
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superwomen‚ and cartoon heroes have been portrayed as escaping death‚ of being immortal. But‚ they have all been fictional characters and figments of imaginations‚ because as we all know‚ no one can live forever. In the book‚ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks‚ Rebecca Skloot introduces us to Henrietta and her life and tells us the story of the immortal HeLa cells. In essence‚ Henrietta is a superwoman‚ a real-life hero who has transcended race‚ advanced medicine‚ and saved millions of lives‚ without even
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Chapter I THE PROBLEM Introduction Maranao is the term used for the people of Lanao‚ a predominantly Muslim region in the Philippines island of Mindanao. They are famous for their artwork‚ sophisticated weaving‚ wood and metal craft‚ and their epic literature. The word Maranao‚ also spelled Maranaw‚ means "People of the Lake‚" referring to the indigenous people who inhabited the lands around Lake Lanao whose principal city is Marawi. The Maranaos are part of the thirteen Moro ethnic groups‚ who
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unfairly in the Hopkins hospital due to that fact she is black. She could have possibly been saved and probably would have if she was white. Her cells were stolen and the Lacks family did not even know about until HeLa cells were on the front pages on the newspapers. I personally think that by the end of the story‚ the Lacks family should have been paid at least‚ at least a fourth of all the money that was made from Henrietta’s cells. My faith would be strongly against how this family had been
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to their death. The relationship that Ophelia shares with her father‚ Polonius‚ is rather dogmatic to say the least. Throughout Hamlet‚ Polonius demonstrates almost absolute control over Ophelia as if she were a tool with the sole purpose of serving Polonius. As a result of a weakness of mind and will caused by a lack of independent thought‚ Ophelia does not oppose Polonius; for instance when Polonius challenges Hamlet’s intentions with Ophelia‚ she can only muster “I do not know‚ my lord‚ what
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In her novel‚ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks‚ author Rebecca Skloot addresses the many variations of ethics by telling the readers about the life of a poor African American Southern tobacco worker living in a time where racism was apparent. In 1951‚ Henrietta was diagnosed with cervical cancer when she was 30 and reseachers had taken her cells without her permission. The major concern that arises in the novel in my opinion is the lack of informed consent and knowledge given to Henrietta
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students’ thoughts are scattered‚ and their minds race from one thing to another. They don’t have the ability to cope up with the lessons quickly because of the thoughts that runs through their minds while studying or while the professors are discussing. Lack of concentration represents some form of conflict between other desires and academic goals. But this circumstance is said to be unavoidable. Concentration means different things to different people. Some students mean that they are unable to stick
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manager asked for a suggestions from the group 1. Provide three example of why a project lack technical feasibility. 2.Provide three example of why a project lack operational feasibility. 3. Provide three example of why a project lack economic feasibility. 4. Provide three example of why a project lack schedule feasibility. 1. a)The company might lack of IT staff to execute the project. b)Lack of capital to buy the suitable equipment or resources to support the system. c)The
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Parental Corporal Punishment In different households across the nation many parents spank‚ whip‚ swat‚ or paddle children in order to punish them for doing wrong or to act as a buffer against unacceptable behavior. These types of actions are acts of corporal punishment. Researchers Abraham Andero and Allen Stewart of Alabama State University define corporal punishment as “a discipline method in which a supervising adult deliberately inflicts pain upon a child in response to a child’s unacceptable
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