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In what ways do bodily adornments (such as dreadlocks, tattoos, henna, beards...) or bodily practices and dispositions (dress, food taboos) have significance? Discuss by drawing upon a case study of a religious group. Bodily adornments are considered to be a fashion trend which many youth are exposed to as a fashion statement. But that is not the case for the various forms which have a religious definition to them. In this essay, the focus is on Tattoos which are seen by many to have a fashion

The Zika virus outbreak has been a hot topic of discussion lately. Within the past year, news stations all over the United States have been talking about it. The virus has been around since the 1940’s, so why is it just now being talked about worldwide? This is because it has recently spread to the Americas, and the World Health Organization declared the Zika virus as an international public health emergency on February 1st, 2016. “The agency said the emergency is warranted because of how fast the

Every once in a while we come across facts that change our perspective of the world. One such fact is the existence of countries which when put together can probably cover half of the area of some cities from the rest of the large countries around the globe. These countries, like most countries, have their own set of laws, governance, cultures and picturesque locales. 1. Vatican City. Spread across an area of 110 acres, the Vatican City is a country within the city of Rome. With a population of

Augustas Veniukevicius Teacher Mr. Fulmer Modern Global History 10 11 November 2015 Japanese imperialism Before Japanese imperialism, Japan used closed policy. Merchant’s intrusion from Europe and North America, caused changes in international community, and the country arise like aggressive, imperial country. Japan wanted to annex more and more lands, especially in 19th century end, and later it caused five official colonies in Asia. Merchants forced Japan to create relationship with other

Why is the Zika Epidemic Growing More Serious in Brazil? “The Zika police,” which is composed of 220,000 Brazilian soldiers and 46,000 health operatives, are visiting door-to-door in Brazilian towns and cities to educate people about the Zika virus by handing out pamphlets (Rogers, 2016). The Brazilian government has a commitment to eradicate the Zika virus because the Summer Olympics are held in Rio de Janeiro in this August. Ramzy (2016) reports that an estimated 1.5 million Brazilians have been

2012 was the warmest year ever recorded in America and over the last hundred and fifty years the global temperature has increased 1.5 F or .8 C.  Most of this increase in temperature is due to carbon dioxide and other trace gases in the atmosphere. While this might not seem like a big problem for “big” country like Russia or Canada ,it poses a great threat to islands you may vacation on or where you live.  While islands contribute the least CO2 and other gases that cause global warming they are more

to the west including Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea and New Zealand, which arise from continental plates. Other South Pacific islands are either volcanic in origin, like the Polynesian islands or are coral islands like those of Micronesia. Canada’s Pacific islands like the Queen Charlotte Islands, the Juan de Fuca Islands, the small Gulf Islands, and the very large Vancouver Island all arise from the Canadian section of the Pacific continental

in the family of Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus. This virus causes a mild illness similar to dengue. The first case of ZIKV was identified in Uganda in 1947. Cases of this virus were rare until 2007 when a major epidemic happened in Yap Island, Micronesia. Now, epidemics have happened in Polynesia, Easter Island, the Cook Islands, Brazil, and New Caledonia (Ioos et al., 2014). During the first week of infection, the virus is in the blood and can be passed from an infected person to a mosquito. An

Every year there are thousands and millions of sharks dying in the ocean simply, because of a soup? Not a soup that makes you feel or look any younger, nor does it cure a sickness, but because of a delicacy. Sharks are at a high demand mainly in East Asia. Shark Finning is the removal of the shark’s fins while they are still alive and throwing the rest of its body back in the ocean where it takes a painful death. Seeing that sharks are on top of the ecosystem, their population is also decreasing

being paid, to a full year of paid maternity leave. There are only eight countries in the world that do not offer guaranteed paid family leave at the national level. Most of them are classified as low- or middle-income states: Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Suriname, and Tonga. But the with country on the list is among the wealthiest in the world: the United States (Sholar, 2016). The United States has historically been behind the developed and developing countries