Social Issues Articles

Culture and Society » Social Issues | By Nick Marion @ Saturday, 30th August 2008 @ 6:27 AM

As you may know the air inside your home is several times more dirty than the outside air. But what many people don't know is what causes this poor indoor air quality. This problem can be caused by several factors: 1. Dust can build on many surfaces and attracts dust mites. No matter where you live you will have some accumulation of dust, however the more rural places tend to have considerably more dust than populated places. Dust mites feed off the dust and multiply according to th... more...

Culture and Society » Social Issues | By john mce @ Thursday, 28th August 2008 @ 2:32 AM

For many people, growing old can be a daunting prospect, what with the thought of loneliness, a growing list of ailments and an inability to help ones self. However, it really needn't be that bad as there a number of help options available depending on your individual circumstances and specific requirements. This article aims to explore the various options and highlight some of the help that is available. For those that maintain a certain amount of independence there are a number of ... more...

Culture and Society » Social Issues | By Nick Marion @ Tuesday, 26th August 2008 @ 2:32 PM

The electrical energy obtained by converting sun light is called solar energy. This conversion is done by using collectors that are placed on the tops of homes or buildings. The collecting of solar energy is done by using solar panels made up of semi-conductive materials. Solar panels are capable of producing enough electricity to power the lights and electrical appliances in the average home after about 6 and 7 hours of collecting sunlight. If the sunlight is direct it may take less time to st... more...

Culture and Society » Social Issues | By john mce @ Friday, 22nd August 2008 @ 7:46 PM

More and more business are talking about 'Corporate social responsibility', it's definitely the buzz word of the moment... but what do they actually mean and is it something we all should be doing? Corporate social responsibility or CSR is a concept where companies consider the interests of society and take responsibility for the impact of their activities on their employees, stakeholders and customers and also the environment. Organizations take steps to improve... more...

Culture and Society » Social Issues | By Shaun Parker @ Wednesday, 20th August 2008 @ 9:35 AM

We all learn through play and that great adventure begins in a healthy and active childhood. It is not as common these days for children to be off gallivanting through woodland thickets, paddling in babbling brooks or playing pooh sticks off bridges. As idyllic as the image is, unsupervised wanderings are a thing of the past with growing urbanisation and increased traffic on the roads. Instead, garden and school play equipment is the playground of adventurous and energetic little tykes. more...

Culture and Society » Social Issues | By Joseph Casciani @ Sunday, 10th August 2008 @ 2:41 PM

As the population of the U.S. ages, we are facing a shortage of trained caregivers to keep up with the demand on the health care system. Problems like dementia and Alzheimer's diease, and chronic medical conditions like diabetes that have co-existing depression, will require an understanding of effective behavioral approaches and the unique needs of the patient. This array of problems will also require training on how to recognize the underlying motivations, resistances, behaviors, and em... more...

Culture and Society » Social Issues | By Nim Aulakh @ Saturday, 9th August 2008 @ 11:52 AM

If you are a driver of any vehicle or any other road user for that matter then the chances are that you have been involved in traffic accidents in one way or another. There are only a few handfuls who are fortunate enough to have never been involved in traffic accidents. The problem of being involved with traffic accidents is that the effects are twofold, the short term effects and the long term effects. Let's take look at the short term effects first of all. The immediate effect of... more...

Culture and Society » Social Issues | By Patricia Stevens @ Friday, 8th August 2008 @ 11:46 PM

PCs can easily be used to our advantage at this time, which is rittled with crime and safety worries. What I'm particularly leaning towrds is the on line database of criminal records. This is fortunately a free service to access for all. Now, at this point you may indeed be wondering why you would ever want to access a website loaded with criminal files and the records of registered sex offenders. Well, it's simply really; to stay informed about who lives in your town or city. More imp... more...

Culture and Society » Social Issues | By Shellaine Enfesta @ Thursday, 7th August 2008 @ 2:41 PM

With the powerful and fast changing internet, the use of online social utility networking sites are more becoming popular as ever. To connect and communicate to classmates, friends, coworkers and the people around you is much easier now. Like quizzing your friends and classmates or your guy friends for fun and personal quiz. Some women would be asking does my guy friend like me quiz. There are so many types quizzing such as teen crush, take fun, personality, Christmas and attract guy quizzes.more...

Culture and Society » Social Issues | By Shellaine Enfesta @ Wednesday, 6th August 2008 @ 3:26 PM

Are you looking for Asians regionally or internationally? Or are you looking for friends, classmates and people from Asian continent or abroad?Their faces are almost always seen on US television channels like CNN and the other cable and television networks. Their physical attributes and features cannot be mistaken for another ethnic background. With the availability of online social utility where you can chat online and interact with friends all over the globe, it is no wonder that you can easil... more...

Culture and Society » Social Issues | By David Hobbs @ Monday, 4th August 2008 @ 7:03 AM

In my memory, the corruption of children has been attributed to everything from books, music, television, movies and the latest scapegoat, video games. At every turn there's some podium-thumping authority figure crying out for the salvation of our youth and the banning of the entertainment source du jour that, they assure us, is turning our children into drug abusing, amoral, Satan worshipers. With all too frequent regularity, people buy the sell. Books are removed from schools, rat... more...

Culture and Society » Social Issues | By Susan Chadwick @ Monday, 4th August 2008 @ 1:20 AM

Health forums have sprung up all over the internet in the last five years. Some are sponsored by drug companies, some by medical provider companies such as WebMD, some are devoted to just a specific illness and some are started by enterprising webmasters hoping to offer a great social networking web site. How can you figure out which health forum would be the one that will actually offer you what you are looking for? First, give serious thought to what you are looking for. Do you have a ... more...

Culture and Society » Social Issues | By Shellaine Enfesta @ Monday, 4th August 2008 @ 12:50 AM

Are you looking for someone or trying to investigate someones disappearance? A free people search can be access through government resources or tools. Even free and instant people search can be performed quite easily online. An online social utility can help you find long lost friend or people through their groupings and communities. Communication and relationships can help with your search. There are so many ways you can use a search tool that is very handy and extremely fast and easy to... more...

Culture and Society » Social Issues | By Art Gib @ Sunday, 3rd August 2008 @ 11:36 AM

If you are injured on the job, one of the best ways to guarantee your family's security and cover your costly medical bills is to take advantage of your employer's worker's compensation insurance. After all, every employer is required, by law, to carry some sort of worker's compensation insurance because it helps protect workers. Unfortunately, getting an insurance agency to deliver on your claims can be a very difficult task. That's why a lot of injured workers turn to ... more...

Culture and Society » Social Issues | By Robert Beckwith @ Saturday, 2nd August 2008 @ 9:34 PM

When thinking about behavioral and clinical health coverage on a state level, the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (NCCBH) uses a simple question and answer tool to help determine the appropriate policy for each state. This tool is intended to help state level agencies as well as health care providers to review and reconfigure state policy appropriately. The tool works to consider state financing and the extent to which a state is providing for the integration of behavioral a... more...

Culture and Society » Social Issues | By Derek Dashwood @ Saturday, 2nd August 2008 @ 1:48 AM

We can and not khan but shall begin and end this oriental discussion with a matter that passed, in it's way, before me and again after this story. And it involves the involuntary reflex action that most experience at sea due to the motion of the bobbin and weaving of the waves in storms. I won that sea sick battle and I want to share with you how. You know why. So more on that, which as I say precedes this series of events in war stricken Berlin weeks later. It does not take much out there ... more...

Culture and Society » Social Issues | By Patricia Cheney @ Friday, 1st August 2008 @ 10:18 AM

Falling in love is wonderful, but it is really the easy part of any lesbian relationship. What takes work and commitment is keeping that relationship going even after the passion fades, which it most likely will over time. Most experts agree that passionate love has a life expectancy of 2 to 4 years. So compatibility and mutual respect become increasingly important as your partnership progresses. Here are some tips to help you along. Most are applicable to any relationship, but lesbians do have ... more...

Culture and Society » Social Issues | By Patrick Omari @ Wednesday, 16th July 2008 @ 10:13 PM

The UK has seen a massive increase in publicised knife crimes in 2008, with so many newspaper front pages covered in stories about the latest victim of another vicious attack. On Sunday 13th July, a 22 year old man was stabbed at Scotland's T in the Park music festival in yet another high-profile case of British knife crime. As knife crime continues to attract more publicity in the UK, the public are looking to the government for answers and solutions. While media attention has incr... more...

Culture and Society » Social Issues | By Derek Dashwood @ Wednesday, 16th July 2008 @ 9:57 PM

It was American antiques personality Henry David Thoreau who was the inspiration to Mahatma Gandhi in his fight to resist English rule. It was the destiny of Gandhi to remove the Jewel from the English Crown. Make your own was fundamental to Gandhi and his followers, who began to make their own clothing, from home made spinning wheels, effort and raw cotton. To be seen in an English made shirt on raw cotton shipped cheap from India, factory made and sold in India, was to show you still fe... more...

Culture and Society » Social Issues | By Gaizka Pujana @ Saturday, 12th July 2008 @ 12:18 AM

The new law enforces a smoking tobacco ban in public spaces such as restaurants, bars, and, yes, coffee shops: Those who smoke the reefer may continue to do so on licensed premises - providing they've not got cigarette in their marijuana. The latest ban has spurred fresh claims Amsterdam's cannabis cafe culture is under threat. It follows on from April 2007 legislation forcing coffee shops to choose between serving alcohol or cannabis. While most coffee shops prefer to serve c... more...