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Look at the map and read the passage from "People Observe World AIDS Day!" from When Birds Get Flu and Cows Go Mad! by John DiConsiglio.

People all over the globe are observing World AIDS Day on December 1, 2006. World AIDS Day was established by the World Health Association in 1988. Every December 1, governments, churches, community organizations, and individuals show their support for the fight against the widespread disease of HIV/AIDS. (HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.)

A map listing statistics for adults and children living with H I V and the number of deaths due to H I V.

What central idea do these two sources have in common?

HIV/AIDS is a worldwide epidemic.
World AIDS Day is celebrated worldwide.
Africa has the most HIV/AIDS cases in the world.
Communities around the world are finding cures for HIV/AIDS

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

- "there are several movements that doris lessing was associated with. first of all, communism. she pursued her communist beliefs and included them in her writing, and was also a member of several communist book clubs. she is also strongly associated with feminism, her fight for equality and women's rights.

doris lessing is the kind of writer who has followers, not just readers. they have been engaged to her chiefly because of her involvement in major problems, such as politics and woman-ism."

to convince americans of the importance of others.

it ends with a marriage, but also with prospero giving up his power.

the tempest is a play written by william shakespeare between 1610-1611, it narrates the story of prospero a magician that sets a storm to wreck a ship, this sets the story to kill the king of naples. while it is a romantic style play, it isn´t traditional because of the ending, it end with the marriage and the magician giving up his powers.