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“You’re always one decision away from a totally different life.” - Anonymous. This quote ties in with the women’s rights movement due to the fact that if it weren’t for one meeting in the summer of 1848, women across the world would probably be in the same predicament as they were in early history. The women’s movement matters because women demanded change. Women issues were also left unresolved, and they are finally seeing improvement in the gender equality. Women across the world demanded…

IT-500 Project By Rishabh Ganger Table of Contents Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………………..Page 3 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………Page 4 The Program…………………………………………………………………………………….Page 5 Screenshots Source Code Conclusion References Abstract A text-based adventure game compiled and created using simple Python and additional modules from www.Pygame.com it is sort of inspired by early interactive…

women did for their rights, and abolitionists did for the slaves. The United States brought opportunity to most by giving transportation, economy, and the freedom of speech. Women's rights are what women and some men fight for, the Seneca Falls Convention was a women's rights gathering to give women power and the right to vote. Elizabeth Stanton, one of the women's rights movement's leaders. This would give opportunity to women. The Declaration of Sentiments, written mostly by Stanton, was…

There are very few moments in peoples’ lives where they have the opportunity to do something that may actually affect change. While learning about the Romantic Era, I was introduced to a woman, by the name of Mary Wollstonecraft, who harnessed that rare moment when she wrote her manifesto: A Vindication of the Rights of Women; kick-starting the revolution of women’s rights. Her advocation for women’s rights to education equality lead to what we now know and are capable of today. I felt the most…

Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is losing 1,132 personnel from its workforce through voluntary retirement or to opt out of current financial support, according to an update from International Mission Board (IMB). Ronnie Floyd, SBC president, told the Baptist Press that the new development was "disappointing" to them. "This reset is not regress or retreat. Southern Baptist churches must see this as a fresh calling to reaching the world for Christ. Now is the time to go forward with a clear…

MDMA, Molly or Ecstasy, but legally known as Methlysafrylaminc - these are all the same drug. In 1912 this, now illicit substance, was originally developed by a German pharmaceutical company to control bleeding. Some say that it has medical use, while others completely disagree. In the late 1970’s and early 1980’s MDMA had gained a huge following with psychiatrist saying that the drug “enhanced communication” and “opened insights to patients about their problems. At this point in time it had…

MDMA is a dangerous and illegal drug that has many side effects and unknown dangers. MDMA, otherwise called ecstasy or molly, is a type of hallucinogenic drug that stimulates the brain and induces hallucinations. It is an illegal drug often used in clubs or parties, otherwise known as raves or rave parties. MDMA is taken in pill form, capsule, powder form, or in a gelcap. Ecstasy is MDMA in pill form. Molly is the name of the drug when taken in powder form and is often called “pure ecstasy”,…

“The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions” is a speech by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the purpose of which, was to bring light to the unfair treatment of women, domestically, politically, and socially, as well as to entice both men and women to join the woman’s equal rights movement. In order for the speech to be a success in a male-dominated society Stanton modeled it after the Declaration of Independence, by likening the oppression and mistreatment of women under men, to the oppression and…

self-evident: that all men and women are created equal” (Stanton). Elizabeth was born in New York on November 12, 1815, a time when women were not equal to men. Stanton went on to become a powerful women’s right suffragist who organized the first convention in the United States for women’s rights. Elizabeth died in October 1902, and after her death women finally gained more rights (Sochen). Stanton had hope that one day men would treat women as their equals. Elizabeth shows the characteristic of…

Introduction MDMA. A substance synonymous with rave culture and drug trafficking, but now has a new potential use, as a treatment option for PTSD. This condition, which is caused by one experiencing a traumatizing experience, is faced at one point in life by up to 14 percent (1) of the US population. Although MDMA has been identified to assist psychotherapists involved in PTSD treatment, it remains a controlled substance in the US. Clinical studies were approved by the DEA and FDA last year, but…