Social Science - 5 September 2006

A- By setting up schools
B-Building a good road system
C-Terracing Farmland
D-Using quinine to treat malaria.

Please help. Will be appreciated.

2006-09-05 15:48:49 · 3 answers · asked by TruSouljaz 1 in Sociology

This phobia seems fake to me. I'm watching a show about it on National Geographic, and the lady smiles and forces herself to cry when she sees a clown. It's so fake.

2006-09-05 15:38:23 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2006-09-05 15:33:57 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

2006-09-05 15:33:44 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sociology

I swear if everyone just listened to that song in the morning, the world would be a better place!!
Have we all lost our minds, do we not see the people in the street anymore?....Marvin Gaye said "whats Goin on"...yet we are not listening....?
This is more of a vent than a question, but i know some people out there are feelin me!!

One Love.... (?)

2006-09-05 15:28:24 · 7 answers · asked by O Jam 3 in Sociology

2006-09-05 15:24:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

Your man comes home one night. He says I have a surprise for you. You say, Okay bring it on!! In walks this hot looking guy. You're like ok honey, what is the surprise? He's like, I want you to do us both, but I want to watch first. First of all you are straight, as in sober, shocked and don't know if this is a test, to see how faithful you are. What, I need to know honestly, what would you do??????????? This is not for the virgins, this is for real women, with lust in her veins! Go girlfriend, is what my friends say. The shy and goody two shoes need not to apply.

2006-09-05 15:21:25 · 10 answers · asked by One Sly Look 3 in Gender Studies

2006-09-05 15:20:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

2006-09-05 15:19:27 · 4 answers · asked by kkj459109 2 in Other - Social Science

2006-09-05 15:17:31 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

2006-09-05 15:15:45 · 13 answers · asked by Jane gingerp 2 in Psychology

North-south problem
(expection of Australia and Nz)
why is that?

2006-09-05 15:10:28 · 6 answers · asked by tenstrike 2 in Economics

Germaine Greer
September 6, 2006

THE world mourns. The world-famous wildlife warrior Steve Irwin has died a hero, doing the thing he loved, filming a sequence for a new TV series.

Irwin was the real Crocodile Dundee, a great Australian, an ambassador for wildlife, a global phenomenon, a superhuman generator of merchandise, books, interactive video games and action figures.

The only creatures he could not dominate were parrots. A parrot once did its best to rip his nose off his face. Parrots are a lot smarter than crocodiles.

What seems to have happened on Batt Reef is that Irwin and a cameraman went off in a little dinghy to see what they could find. What they found were stingrays. You can just imagine Irwin yelling: "Just look at these beauties. Crikey! With those barbs a stingray can kill a horse." (Yes, Steve, but a stingray doesn't want to kill a horse. It eats crustaceans, for God's sake.)

All Australian children know about stingrays. We are now being told that only three people have ever been killed by Australian stingrays. One of them must have been the chap who bought it 60 years ago in Brighton Baths where my school used to go on swimming days.

As a Melbourne boy, Irwin should have had a healthy respect for stingrays, which are actually commoner, and bigger, in southern waters than they are near Port Douglas.

The only time Irwin ever seemed less than lovable to his fans (as distinct from zoologists) was when he went into the Australia Zoo crocodile enclosure with his month-old son in one hand and a dead chicken in the other. For a second you didn't know which one he meant to feed to the crocodile. If the crocodile had been less depressed it might have made the decision for him.

The adoring world was momentarily appalled. They called it child abuse. But that's entertainment at Australia Zoo.

Irwin's response to the sudden outburst of criticism was bizarre. He believed that he had the crocodile under control. But he could have fallen over, suggested an interviewer. He admitted that was possible, but only if a meteor had hit the Earth and caused an earthquake of 6.6 on the Richter scale. That sort of self-delusion is what it takes to be a "real Aussie larrikin".

What Irwin never seemed to understand was that animals need space. The one lesson any conservationist must labour to drive home is that habitat loss is the principal cause of species loss. There was no habitat, no matter how fragile or finely balanced, that Irwin hesitated to barge into, trumpeting his wonder and amazement to the skies. There was not an animal he was not prepared to manhandle. Every creature he brandished at the camera was in distress. Every snake badgered by Irwin was at a huge disadvantage, with only a single possible reaction to its terrifying situation, which was to strike.

In 2004 Irwin was accused of illegally encroaching on the space of penguins, seals and humpback whales in Antarctica, where he was filming a documentary called Ice Breaker. An investigation by the Australian Department of the Environment resulted in no action being taken, which is not surprising seeing that John Howard, the Prime Minister, made sure that Irwin was one of the guests invited to a "gala barbecue" for George Bush a few months before.

Howard is now Irwin's chief mourner, which is only fair, seeing that Irwin announced that Howard is the greatest leader the world has ever seen.

The animal world has finally taken its revenge on Irwin, but probably not before a whole generation of kids in shorts seven sizes too small has learned to shout in the ears of animals with hearing 10 times more acute than theirs, determined to become millionaire animal-loving zoo-owners in their turn.

This is an edited extract of an opinion piece by Germaine Greer in The Guardian.

2006-09-05 15:08:06 · 23 answers · asked by brinlarrr 5 in Gender Studies

hi there, i recently turned 18 june of 2006. whenever since i reached middle school, i've been having problems with my lack of braveness to speak to someone i don't know or someone i don't know well enough. due to this issue, i can't shorten the distance between me and a person so that we will be close enough to develop a friendship.
i figured out one of the reasons is that i am lacking prideness or self-esteem in order to attempt to speak or speak up. the reason for not having enough self-esteem is because i tend to think that i kind of sound funny or unskilled at speaking. i get nervous sometimes when i talk and often times my mind is too blank to think of anything to talk about.

to let you know, i am suffering from loneliness. i feel shame and ugly during lunch when groups of people see me walk by. whenever someone i know greets me, let's say "hi Shukie", i feel so cheered up at the very moment. obviously i am hungry for a social life.

2006-09-05 15:06:00 · 3 answers · asked by Shukie 1 in Sociology

Okay guys real or fake? Which is better?

WHY?!?!

And let's keep the answers PG-13 please!

2006-09-05 15:04:01 · 5 answers · asked by Abnormal 4 in Other - Social Science

sometimes, like right now, i feel like i want to cry for no reason.
does anyone else ever feel this way?

2006-09-05 14:56:30 · 5 answers · asked by little anna 2 in Other - Social Science

you know the whole feeling anxious, breathing a little heavier/faster, lots and lots of worry, maybe a few tears all because you have a lot to clean every day?? sounds weird...

2006-09-05 14:52:43 · 8 answers · asked by fcukriot 3 in Psychology

2006-09-05 14:47:26 · 14 answers · asked by weasel814048 1 in Other - Social Science

im writing an arugmentive paper on how its not a social problem.

2006-09-05 14:41:31 · 11 answers · asked by stupidpixie 1 in Sociology

2006-09-05 14:40:19 · 12 answers · asked by g_day_crystal 1 in Psychology

2006-09-05 14:39:43 · 3 answers · asked by n_alley2000 1 in Economics

2006-09-05 14:39:29 · 3 answers · asked by charlesbrandon23 1 in Economics

2006-09-05 14:25:28 · 7 answers · asked by brad4ever 2 in Economics

We have responsibilities to take care of our elderly parent. When I confront them, they just deny even if they don't make sense or it is obvious. Right now I just ignore, but then they thought I bought what they said.

2006-09-05 14:24:42 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

psychology

2006-09-05 14:23:51 · 9 answers · asked by g_day_crystal 1 in Psychology

If you were in public and a youngster was misbehaving or being just plain annoying, what would you do? (Assuming the parents didn't seem to be taking action.)

2006-09-05 14:18:19 · 6 answers · asked by Abnormal 4 in Sociology

Is this all in my mind?

2006-09-05 14:18:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2006-09-05 14:07:54 · 0 answers · asked by cinncinn95 3 in Other - Social Science

My birthday is coming soon. I'll be 19. I'm just curious to know if anyone else was freaked out by the prospect that they're not really a kid anymore.

As you grow up, you're gradually expected to be more and more of an adult. But I don't feel like an adult.

2006-09-05 14:07:54 · 7 answers · asked by RED MIST! 5 in Psychology

2006-09-05 14:00:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies