National Coming Out Day

All plastic is oil. Most paints and all pesticides are made from oil. Everything from toothpaste to tooth brushes are made from oil and there are seven gallons of oil in every tire. There is absolutely nothing anywhere in any combination that will replace the assembly built by fossil fuels…..nothing at all. Peak oil is probably now very easy to explain; much easier than it was a long time ago. People have felt what $147 a barrel of oil feels like. Essentially, peak oil is like a bell curve, if…

Another mechanism is also the increase of VAT on products to generate revenue for NHI. 4) NHI will be rolled out in three phases. Phase one includes a fund that will be started to fund attainment of providers at the PHC level which includes nurses, community health care workers ect. Phase two includes attaining the health services through the NHI fund and attaining resources…

increased anxiety, stress. Many didn’t know how to cope with this; they just got out of high school, they didn’t know what to do in a harsh situation such as this. That’s why many veterans had PTSD forty years after the war. Fifty-eight thousand Americans were killed in the Vietnam War, but twice as much died after the war from PTSD, suicidal thoughts, depression, and by other psychological problems. Many after coming back from the war couldn’t adjust to the civilian life, and many state that…

definition of overweight is “An adult who has a BMI between 25 and 29.9” (CDC.gov). What is obesity? The definition of obesity is “An adult who has a BMI of 30 or higher” (CDC.gov). What is BMI you may ask? Well a BMI is short for Body Mass Index. To figure out what your BMI is you might want to see a doctor or they have many charts online. Focusing on the teenagers a bit, teenagers who have a higher body fat have a higher BMI. But if your muscular and have the same BMI as an overweight person…

the North the Gettysburg Campaign. Lee wanted to threaten Northern cities, weaken the North’s appetite for war and, especially win a major battle on Northern soil. Maj. Gen. Meade moved the Northern army between Lee and Washington D.C. When Lee found out the Meade was in Pennsylvania, Lee concentrated all of his army around Gettysburg (www.civilwar.org). Most people know that the Battle of Gettysburg was an enormous battle in the U.S at the time. When Lee had the crazy idea to take the fighting…

From feeding the homeless and clothing men, women, and children, to helping find shelters and jobs, the Salvation Army has proven to be a national relief center for communities around the world. As a volunteer feeding the homeless at the Salvation Army, I have been amazed by how many local people are…

ostensibly keep pouring in every day by the hundreds. By examining evidence from, “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King, Jr. “City of Destiny” by Benson Deng and the photograph of…

symptoms include hallucinations, delusions, thought disorders, and movement disorders. Individuals with this disorder can hear voices that others do not hear, believe they are reading minds, controlling thoughts of others, and believe that others are out to harm them. Schizophrenia can cause the people around the individuals suffering from this to…

Domestic Violence Homicides are on the Rise Domestic violence has been a widespread national issue for several years. “Intimate partner violence accounts for 15% of all violent crime” (NCADV. "NATIONAL STATISTICS."). Domestic violence has several different meanings to several different people. Domestic violence is defined as the willingness to intimidate, physically assault, sexually assualt and/or other harmful behavior in order to show power and control over another person (NCADV. “What is…

Thankfully, there are some organizations that go out of their way to help these kids in poverty. Hoping to make a difference and save kids from the unfair fate of poverty. One organization is Save the Children (STC), this organization coaches teachers to be more interactive and prep curriculums that are…