Cause and effect of global cancer Cancer is a leading cause of death globally. Three-quarter of cancer deaths occur in developingcountries or the third world (WHO‚ 2010). If current knowledge were put into practice‚ at least one third of cancer cases could be prevented‚ another third could be detected early‚ treated and cured; and suffering could be alleviated through palliative care for patients with advanced cancers. (WHO‚ 2009) In low- and middle-income countries‚ cancer overwhelmingly affects
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Cause and effects of smoking Smoking is one of the main issues that mankind today is confronted with in the world. Smoking is known to have started as early as 1439 A.D. Rodrigo de Jerez was the first ever smoker in Europe‚ and the development of cigars was originated by the Native American people. In the twentieth century‚ cigars were advertised all over the world as a harmless‚ anti-stress product with little or no side effects. Smoking was eventually become widespread all over English-speaking
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Slavery in the New World The beginning of slavery in North America developed in response to the economic demands of means in the New World. The colonies in the New World needed manual laborers to develop the natural resources‚ and for this reason the use of slaves became an important part of society. European Carolinians depended on African labor even more after turning to rice as their cash crop. In fact‚ planters began to import slaves in larger numbers partly because of the West African skill
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When the Europeans arrived in the Americas‚ in 1492‚ they greatly changed the Native American’s way of life. There were four major things the Europeans brought to the Native Americans: disease‚ war‚ technology‚ and Christianity. These‚ among many other things‚ massively effected the lives of most‚ and ultimately all of the Native Americans. The effects of most of these are still being felt today‚ although to a lesser extent. First‚ and most devastating is disease. For thousands of years the people
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be destroyed at an unprecedented rate. As a matter of fact‚ throughout the earlier part of the medieval age‚ Europeans used to live amongst vast areas of forested land. But later‚ they began deforestation at such a high rate that they started to run out of wood for cooking and heating. Also‚ due to the depletion of their natural habitat‚ wild game too began disappearing‚ which the Europeans largely depended upon for their nutritional requirements. Today‚ parallels can clearly be observed in the deforestation
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be destroyed at an unprecedented rate. As a matter of fact‚ throughout the earlier part of the medieval age‚ Europeans used to live amongst vast areas of forested land. But later‚ they began deforestation at such a high rate that they started to run out of wood for cooking and heating. Also‚ due to the depletion of their natural habitat‚ wild game too began disappearing‚ which the Europeans largely depended upon for their nutritional requirements. Today‚ parallels can clearly be observed in the deforestation
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Many species prevalent in England had been added to the cargo to make Australia seem more like home to the settlers. One of the species was Oryctolagus cuniculus‚ commonly known as the European Rabbit or the Common Rabbit. Two types of these rabbits were introduced‚ the domesticated and the wild. The domesticated european rabbit was introduced and raised like other farm animals for meat. The wild rabbits were introduced for sport hunting but were never released into the wild with no supervision or to
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After World War 2‚ the European Empires were too weakened to maintain their domination over their colonies and they had to give them independence. One country had been preparing for this moment and it was the United-States. With the goal of “reaping the spoils of the collapsing European colonial empires” (Gelinas‚ 1998‚ p.3)‚ they founded the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). These institutions were put in place to help the recently designated “underdeveloped countries” which
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their family‚ language and culture. Personally‚ I find it hard to compare this injustice to my life and feel any example would fall short. The only time that comes to mind‚ is when I moved from Australia to Canada‚ trying to re-orientate myself to a new country‚ feeling isolated and homesick. However‚ this situation was brought on by choice‚ I did not lose my identity‚ I could always return home‚ unlike the Aboriginal children portrayed in the Rabbit-Proof
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The Loss of Individuality The peak of a writer’s career should exhibit their most profound works of literature. In the case of Aldous Huxley‚ Brave New World is by far his most renowned novel. Aldous Huxley is a European-born writer who‚ in the midst of his career‚ moved to the United States and settled in California. While in California‚ he began to have visions aided by his usage of hallucinatory drugs. His visions were of a utopian society surviving here on earth. In his literature‚ Huxley wanted
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