We Are a Nation of Zombies
We are a nation of zombies
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But I like this definition better: “A Zombie, in its broadest sense, is a person who has lost his or her sense of self-awareness and identity, and cares only for the destruction (and often consumption) of any human around, no matter what the …
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Table of Contents
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… to forget trying to educate her mother. Ask a Mexican The Spanglish Reconquista The Mexican uses Spanglish to get more Spanish words into the American lexicon, and Univision uses high-definition to get sharper images of chichis onscreen. Greenlight …
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TRANSCRIPT: Bill Haslam's State of the State Address
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The group came up with a multi-year action plan to address three main goals: significantly reducing drug abuse and drug trafficking; curbing violent crime; and cutting the rate of repeat offenders. The plan resulted in legislation last year focused on …
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USTC360 No26 Paul’s story – Our feature story today is about Paul Sanguesa’s remarkable journey of moving on from his past in abusing alcohol and drugs. We have a special guest with us today. This is Peter Lin, a psychologist. So, Peter, according to the National Institute on Drugs, addiction is a chronic brain disease, how does it affect brain function? Peter: That’s a very good question, thank you for asking. I think it’s very important for people to understand that psychological disorder, one of the common one is actually drug addiction or alcohol abuse. The definition of addiction is really dependence, either psychological or physical dependence. And when people depend on something they develop a tolerance and they also have withdrawal symptoms. Statistic show that about 15 percent of our population can actually develop alcohol abuse and about 6 percent can develop drug abuse. So this is a very common problem that we are facing today. Ginger: Having said this, let’s go take a look at Paul’s story. In our next segment, Footprints, we meet Aiqun Mi, who was at one time a heavy – drinker, smoker and gambler before she became a Tzu Chi volunteer. Ms. Mi had felt emptiness in her heart when she lost her parents at a young age. However when she met Master Cheng Yen, the void in her heart went away because Ms. Mi felt that she finally found the long-lost mother she had lost.