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    Introduction In the crusade against HIV/AIDS, the encouragement of disclosure and visibility has been lauded as an effective strategy to boost treatment initiation and adherence. However, the merger between personal and public narratives may produce varying results, including personal gain at the public’s expense and vice versa. I argue that It’s My Life and Burchardt’s article “The self as capital in the narrative economy” illustrate the variability of this imperfect merger. It’s My Life details

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    anti-retroviral treatment which has undergone the correct testing and systems should be made known to the public. Due to the new Medicines Control Amendment Act s5 which permits the Minister of Health to supress findings which she deems counter to current state policies by issuing a restraint on Professors Spies and Maseko, their treatment can now not be published. As counsel for Professors Maseko and Spies, they have standing to

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    evaluate the progress of the vast array of campaigns, which fall under the AAA umbrella. These methods include Web activity, the amount of material distributed, events (number of attendees), and media impressions. The AAA has had an incredible impact by bringing the important message of HIV prevention into the living rooms of all Americans. Notably, a message can resonate with persons of all backgrounds, thereby prompting them to act. Subsequently, these actions or reactions resulting from the message

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    All campaigns, programs or intervention initiatives are dependent on the strength and support of stakeholders. In the absence of such cooperative bonds, the achievement of objectives cannot come to fruition. With that said, “one of the most exciting aspects of AAA is the leadership role prominent national non-profits are taking in reaching their communities with life-saving HIV prevention messages” (CDC, 2013, p. 3). Act Against AIDS achieves such results through their support of the Act Against

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    and disability caused in Australia, disability being the biggest. Disability can restrict a lot of things ranging from work, day to day routine, housework, activities, and sports etc, increasing costs and economic consequences such as medical treatments and physio. In 2011-2012 an estimated 6.1 million people, 28% of the world 's population has arthritis, more than 3.1 million Australians were estimated to be affected by arthritis in 2007-2008(Australias Health Gov,2013). Showing the estimated

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    EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CAMPAIGNS FOR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS IN AUSTRALIA IN THE PERIOD 1965 – 2014 During the period between 1965 and 2014, many campaigns involving Indigenous Australians were held to support their rights. The effectiveness and results of the campaigns from earlier years lead up to how Aboriginal people are treated today. The Freedom Rides was one of the first campaigns to be held within the time period and consisted of a group of university students promoting awareness of poor treatment of Indigenous

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    Dr. Martin Luther King

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    Luther King, Jr. writes this letter as a response to the clergymen, who criticized and impeded the nonviolent campaign led by King in Birmingham. In his long letter, Marin Luther King presents a good deal of rational reasons for why the nonviolent campaign should be done in Southern America. He also demonstrates his unmovable determination to accomplish the goal of this nonviolent campaign. Obviously, King intends to awake the clergymen and other opponents by this touching letter. From the historical

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    Peta Should Be Banned

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    “Sex sells,” is a popular marketing adage which to some may be vulgar, and to others it may be appealing, but are sexually charged images enough to make an advertisement campaign successful? In December 2009, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) partnered with Joanna Krupa to make a semi-nude advertisement campaign entitled ‘Angles for Animals’. The advertisement had the aim of encouraging consumers to adopt their pet instead of buying (Joanna Krupa). While the PETA advertisement is

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    The St. Francis Xavier Secondary School DECA Chapter advocated and fundraised for the leading cause for over 3 million child deaths annually: malnutrition. The campaign, entitled “Mission4Malnutrition (M4M)”, is a not-for-profit campaign which is dedicated to eliminating hunger within impoverished communities internationally. It strives to bring awareness to malnutrition, which can be defined as “the lack of sufficient nutrients which are normally obtained through food.” There are countless consequences

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    hard and this was evident with the lack of action and government involvement under the control of President Hoover. The work done with FDRs New Deal was all but voided by Hoover, and this was expressed in the reading which stated, "Hoover's reluctance to use the federal government to intervene in the economy extended to the provisions of relief" (Odyssey P479). All of this rolled over into the service during World War II and the continuous poor treatment of indiviuals who wanted to fight for a country

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