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Saturday, September 12th, 2009: 632 words
So in last week blog, I named 3 problems which were wars, global warming, and hunger. Also, I stated that I would be able to do the most with the hunger problem. As I briefly described last week, my plan was to push my organization XUAA (Xavier University Asian Association) to do a community [...]
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Saturday, September 12th, 2009: 1042 words
Last week’s blog was about what we thought were the three major problems that the world was facing even till this day. Those issues were hunger, war, and the current downfall of the economy. Even though two of the three issues are very much not likely to be helped by the students individually, the one [...]
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Saturday, September 12th, 2009: 722 words
The alphabet, which was thought to have been first created by a Semitic people, was first presented in pictographs. Later, the Phoenicians came up with a linear alphabet that would create the basis for the Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic alphabets. But before these were invented, there were others types of writing such as the Egyptian [...]
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Saturday, September 12th, 2009: 185 words
The three problems I addressed in last week’s blog were problems of disease epidemics, poverty, and the lack of equal education in the world. Although I focused on the problem of disease, I think at this point the one problem I could really try to make a difference in is the problem of poverty [...]
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Saturday, September 12th, 2009: 1284 words
Last week, we blogged about the three biggest issues we thought that the world was facing today. Many of global issues that we know exist aren’t small tasks to handle. Most of these issues will involve years of work and new development. Besides those, it will also require the help and cooperation of those [...]
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Friday, September 11th, 2009: 860 words
The alphabet democratizes civilization because it allowed the people to understand. Before the alphabet was invented, the earliest forms of writing were pictographs, logographs, phonetics, grammar, and determinatives. The earliest form of writing was pictographs. This form of writing consists of a picture of what the individual is trying to say. For example, if a [...]
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2009: 1195 words
From the three world problems of media exaggeration, human trafficking, and poverty that I described thoroughly in my previous blog, I believe that the one related to self-esteem and media interpretation of what women should be is one that can surely be changed even on a small scale. In addition I chose to hone in [...]
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Monday, March 9th, 2009: 1279 words
Last week, we had to come up with three problems that negatively affect our world the most. Now, we are called to pick a problem and come up with a solution to that problem, which includes a plan to solve the problem. The problem I want to tackle is education. Education is one of the [...]
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009: 142 words
The project that I plan to work on is focused on Healthcare. I am focused on this field because many people are left with no help when it comes to paying for medical bills. There is an ample amount of help available to people, but many just do not take advantage of it. My plans [...]
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Friday, February 13th, 2009: 507 words
One of the main world problems that I have chosen to talk about is World Hunger. I think it is one of the biggest issues we are all facing today in the world, and it’s facing a lot of problems with it as well. One of the main reasons I chose to talk about world [...]
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009: 1058 words
Of the three problems I posted in last week’s blog, I feel that the one that I have the greatest power to affect is the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Many people feel that there is not much they can do other than just be sure not to get it, but there is so much more that people [...]
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Tuesday, February 10th, 2009: 1127 words
Last week we blogged on what we thought were the 3 biggest problems facing the world. I chose crime, teenage pregnancy, and poverty. Of those 3, I think I can have the greatest impact on poverty. Poverty is a major problem plaguing many parts of the world; however, we Americans tend to ignore it because [...]
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Tuesday, February 10th, 2009: 1110 words
The main world issue I have chosen to address is world hunger. I chose world hunger for my project, because I feel this issue has some relation to my major, which is biology pre-med. World hunger is an issue that involves people’s health and well-being. Millions of people in the world cannot afford to [...]
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Sunday, February 8th, 2009: 294 words
My project plans to target nutrition in the world. Not only will I be doing something to help with malnourished and impoverished people who cannot afford to put food on the table, I will also be working to educate the other unhealthy and overweight side of society.
To target the malnourished side, I want to work [...]
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Sunday, February 8th, 2009: 1063 words
Last week I mentioned the three biggest problems facing the world as the economy, relaxed set of morals in youth, and nutrition. As previously stated, I believe I can have the most impact on the nutrition and health of the world. For my project, I really wanted to find a way to combine both educating [...]
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Sunday, February 8th, 2009: 626 words
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Saturday, February 7th, 2009: 357 words
The major problem that I have decided to address is ignorance about the Islamic religion. I think this is a huge problem in our world today since Islam is the second largest religion in the world. It is also important to learn the true beliefs of this religion because there is so much going on [...]
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Saturday, February 7th, 2009: 356 words
Last week we had to think about three big problems the world is facing today and list them. This week we have to choose one and think of a way to make a difference. Out of the three problems that I listed last week, I think that the underage drinking would be something that I [...]
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Friday, February 6th, 2009: 1574 words
There are many problems occurring in the world today. A main problem that I addressed in last week’s blog is the lack of healthcare insurance. This problem is affecting infants, children, parents, and the elderly. Some actions that can be taken to help solve this problem is to helping to expand the medicaid treatments and [...]
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009: 720 words
In week two’s blog I discussed what I felt was the three biggest problems facing the world. The economy, education, and healthcare are very important issues, and hopefully with America coming to a change they will be resolved. However I have chosen to personally take on the responsibility of helping the educational problems we have [...]
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