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281) Americans In The Eyes Of Iranian Young Generation
Author:
Hedyeh Nasseri
Category:
News and Society
24 years ago: Iran is under the attack of Iraqi troops. The sounds of crying and moaning can be heard from every where. People are running, children are looking to the sky wondering what are that big black birds above their heads, they are trying to understand what is going on to the world of eldest. They have many questions to ask; "Mom, where is my father?! Why I should hurry to go to downstairs while I am playing with my dole?! We are escaping from what? Why those men I have seen in the t...
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282) What Is The Real Legacy of Martin Luther King?
Author:
Arthur L Browning
Category:
News and Society
I have been hearing news coverage of the recent discussion in social and political circles about the real legacy of Martin Luther King. This began even before the MLK holiday. It seemed to be tied in part to the presidential elections as part of the awareness that Barak Obama was actually doing well in the primaries.Whatever the reason for these many allusions to Martin Luther King's importance to America or effects on American Civil Rights, I heard the discussions sadly lacking the...
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283) Are You Part of The Pack? Uniforms in The Workplace
Author:
J Stone
Category:
News and Society
The very word uniform has many meanings. On the one hand it means a set of clothing that members of a particular company or organization wear, like work uniform shirts and trousers or skirts. The other meaning of the word is to remain the same, or not change in anyway. The significance of not changing or not varying is very much apparent if you consider uniforms as articles of clothing. Going as far back as ancient times uniforms were used to demonstrate a sense of solidarity. The Roman Army...
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284) Children And The Potential Harmful Effects Of Television
Author:
Roberto Sedycias
Category:
News and Society
Since the dawn of television, children have found this an enjoyable and interactive pastime. Visual stimulation is preferred by children in comparison to any other media, and current figures report than children watch an average of four hours of television a day. These figures are much larger than they were almost half a century ago, but changes in lifestyle and technological advances make this inevitable. However, many people question how it is affecting the lives of modern children....
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285) Working As A Black Man In Corporate America
Author:
Jack Goode II
Category:
News and Society
Ah... the thrill of being a black man in corporate America. Actually, it's not all that bad, but it sure isn't everything it's cracked up to be. There are some inherent problems, but, sure, there are some benefits too. Not everyone makes you feel as if you are the token of the organization, but, still, some things continue to need addressing. I'd like to explore those issues, good and bad, one by one.Many black men won't even consider a position in corporate America. Why? Well,...
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286) Moments of Time
Author:
Jeannie George
Category:
News and Society
As a Blogger sometimes it is hard to find the right content. So what can you do when you have no idea what to write about? Well, I was at this point and have decided to write about moments of time in my life and how it felt to grow up in a racially challenged area of North Louisiana in a little town called Kelly Louisiana, a little over ten miles from the now infamous town of Jena Louisiana.As a child back in the 1950s, I was taught there were certain things I could not do and place...
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287) Bloody Jewelry Market
Author:
Alexander Maletin
Category:
News and Society
"Do you know that a diamond which you buy was paid by a human life?" This was written on the poster representing the 4-years child with amputated hands. The massive campaign against trade in contraband diamonds has been beginning from such lethal evident propaganda.The human rights organization Global Witness received the grant from the government of the Great Britain for the development of the effective system of tracking of the diamonds arriving in the market from Angola. Then Globa...
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288) What Happened In The UK In 1992?
Author:
Mark Thomas Walters
Category:
News and Society
Breaking 1992 down into the biggest political, sports and entertainment news; here's what happened...The queen had both an expensive and an embarrassing year; early on announcing that she would bow to public pressure and pay income tax (the first time a British monarch had done so for over 50 years) and, at the end of the year, having her Christmas speech leaked to and published in 'The Sun' ahead of the big day. It was also a bad year for Manchester after the IRA exploded two bombs i...
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289) Is it truly Asia or sharia? Lessons from neighboring Malaysia
Author:
Anand Krishna
Category:
News and Society
Several months back I wrote that Malaysia could no longer justify its use of the slogan "Truly Asia". This view is now confirmed by the latest events there.Forget representing Asia, the Malaysian government today is unable even to represent its diverse society in its entirety. The uprising of the Tamil minority is but the tip of the iceberg. Underneath awaits a huge chunk of crystallized dissatisfaction and disappointment, which could result in the disintegration of Malaysian society....
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290) Disability Parking in UK Supermarkets
Author:
Maurice Clarke
Category:
News and Society
Car Parks at supermarkets in the UK are on private land, so the control and allocation is down to the supermarket owners and on site management.Controlling disability parking has to be carefully managed to avoiding offending potentially regular high spending customers, and the stores attempts to support and encourage efficient and proper use of disability parking bays.Each major supermarket chain has their own strategy on how they provide and manage the day to day use of disabi...
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291) Whale Message
Author:
Dennis Siluk Ed.D.
Category:
News and Society
The recent incident with the taking of prisoners (POW's you could call them, since there seems to be a war out there in the high seas), with the Australian group and ship, Oceanic Viking, a group of activists being seized by the Japanese whaling vessel, and said to have kidnapped them (hardly true, if they willingly boarded the ship without permission, it is more like invading on the Australian part, stupidly invading may I add). There is a lot of principles involved here, principles that a...
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292) Multiculturalism, Culturism, Diversity and Dr. Putnam
Author:
John K. Press
Category:
News and Society
Multiculturalism holds that we should celebrate our differences. Culturism suggests that we celebrate our unity. In the history of the world every tribe, nation and group has thought it wise to emphasize their unity. But multiculturalists have the strategy "celebrate diversity" as a radical new idea. Robert Putnam has recently put the two sides to a test.Robert Putnam is the author of the wonderful book Bowling Alone. In this work this Harvard political scientist employs sociolog...
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293) Why Hwang Left North Korea
Author:
Bob Faulkner
Category:
News and Society
Introducing, from North Korea, Hwang Jang Yop, the "architect" of that country's governmental/economic spin-off from Communism known as "Juche". Thomas Belke has dedicated an entire chapter of his book Juche to this man. I give merely a taste of what he said.Who is, and was, this man, and why is he important? He was born in 1925 in what has become the center of the evil results of his work, Hamgyong Bukto, the far northeastern NK state that houses incredible poverty to this d...
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294) Hookah Smoking In Public Places Will Be Prohibited In The UAE
Author:
Iuri Tarabanov
Category:
News and Society
Hookah smoking has been prohibited in public places, including parks and quays, on the territory of one of the UAE administrative units, the emirate Ras al-Khaimah. The hookah will be allowed in the coffee houses that have the corresponding license.Severe measures are caused by the fact that municipal authorities receive many complaints from the population which are indignant with wide circulation of tobacco smoking in their city. The infringer of this prohibition will be punished fin...
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295) How Local Governments Get Away With Taxation Without Representation
Author:
John Dir
Category:
News and Society
Back in colonial times, one of the big contributors to the American Revolution was tied to an event that has come to be called the Boston Tea Party. Surrounding this event was the issue of taxes being levied on tea by the British government. After the Revolution, provisions were made in the United States Constitution that made it illegal to levy taxes on citizens without having appropriate representation in the governmental process associated with establishing the tax.Today, the sne...
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296) Human Rights in the United States
Author:
Fatemeh Azimzadeh
Category:
News and Society
The Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress in compliance with sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA), as amended, and section 504 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. The law provides that the Secretary of State shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, by February 25 "a full and complete report regarding th...
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297) Empowering Patients To Seek For A Second Opinion
Author:
Arnold Cafe
Category:
News and Society
In undergoing medical check up and consultation, patients should learn to ask questions to their doctors about their health because they are in the position and widely recognized to decide for themselves of how to best manage their health. Physicians must be regarded as allies and partners for patients who are seeking treatment or medical help.Patients diagnosed with chronic or terminal illnesses, must ask other opinions in order to validate their first doctor's diagnoses. This is now...
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298) Sir Edmund Hillary Final Summit
Author:
Alastair Harris
Category:
News and Society
It's not often in life we see living legends. Sir Edmund Hillary was one such man. His most obvious achievement was climbing Mount Everest, however this was just the beginning of an amazing life.Hillary had no great advantages coming from no famous family or riches and wealth, born an average pleb in Auckland, New Zealand. He was just an average man who accomplished amazing things. Climbing Everest merely being one of many. He and his Sherpa, Tenzing Norgay were the first to clim...
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299) Life in Ahwazi villages: poverty and poor health
Author:
Reza Washahi
Category:
News and Society
By Reza Washahi
According to the Asreh Karoon paper reports last month, the Ahwaz area of Iran has about 6000 villages. Most of these villages have still got Arabic names with Arab inhabitants.
The Ahwazi village economy is based on agriculture, fishing and husbandry and all based on undeveloped, traditional methods, as the government have deliberately not invested in the Ahwaz area. Keeping people in poverty and darkness is one of the long-term policies of the Iranian government toward A...
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300) The Population Growth of Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley
Author:
Elaine Stewart
Category:
News and Society
With the rate of population growing daily, not many small or decent sized towns, cities, or states are actually quite ready for the anticipated growth explosion in the rapidly arriving New Year. Coachella Valley is one of those towns that is taking it one step at a time, and planning on being prepared for population growth in the Coachella Valley, and how it will impact the current residents. This impact on these residents is what some of the city managers are using as a basis for their pla...
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