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    Today the world is more like a ’global village’ which was coined by the Canadian academic Marshall McLuhan in 1969. It was almost impossible that people from the southern hemisphere knowing what was happening on the other side of the planet before the 20th century. But now people from different countries can keep in touch with weak barriers of geography due to the advanced technology in communications. Without a doubt that the era of globalization is processing. Globalization may be defined as

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    comprehend. Things such as cloning‚ organ donation‚ and pesticides‚ are things that the world may sometimes find useful‚ when in reality‚ it only brings civilization down. "Raising science to the status of godhood carries with it inherit risks that demand careful consideration." Developmental experiments such as cloning have been successful‚ but they bring along with them some very negative results‚ for example‚ in some early experiments in animal cloning some potential dangers

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    Negative effects: The implementation of the local government in 1992 provided the impetus for local government units to assume greater roles and responsibilities in bringing about socio-economic development for their respective constituents. This is in view of the devolution in the provision of basic services such as health‚ social welfare‚ socialized housing‚ agricultural extension‚ tourism development‚ among others‚ from the national to local governments. The devolution of health services of

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    CANNABIS To what extent does research show cannabis is SAFE or DANGEROUS‚ assess its harmful effects and discuss effects of its chronic use on MENTAL FUNCTIONING‚ COGNITION‚ PERSONALITY and MEMORY IMPAIRMENTS‚ does it deserve its status in LAW? INTRODUCTING CANNABIS Kingery‚ Alford & Coggeshall (1999) highlight that cannabis is frequently used by adolescents as the first illicit drug. It is a popular illegal recreational drug‚ which has been upgraded back to Class B since 2009 in the UK. The

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    Consumerism and the Effect on the Environment Tammi Bradbury Consumerism and the Effect on the Environment Consumerism is a concept that was created before the Great Depression‚ which‚ by definition‚ means “the concept that an ever-expanding consumption of goods is advantageous to the economy; the fact or practice of an increasing consumption of goods”. In other words‚ consumerism has meant the transformation of citizens into shoppers. In fact‚ after the tragedy of 9/11‚ we were not asked

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    a form of racism‚ has helped to evolve the world into what it is today‚ whether that be through politics or other sources. Although many people either do not recognize it as a political system‚ or just ignore it as one. If and once racism is recognized as political‚ one is then able to challenge racism in order to make a positive change. It is up to the beneficiaries to make this recognition in order to fight for

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    used wrongly and for revenge instead of information gathering‚ and rarely is accurate information gathered. Additionally‚ torture goes against Eighth Amendment which is a right that all American citizens and foreigners have. Even with all the negative effects of torture and the fact

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    some research of texting and how it will affect a writer’s behavior and grammar. There are definitely a large amount of people who believe that texting in fact‚ does affect a writer’s grammar. In response to those who believe that there is a negative effect are those who side with the idea that texting has a no

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    Technology has become a staple in everyday lives. In today’s world‚ people are consumed by different pieces of technology. However‚ technology influences one group of people more than others‚ and that group is the youth. The youth of today are some of the biggest consumers of electronics. They have grown up and continue to grow in a world at the tips of their fingers. With bigger and better devices being brought out year after year‚ the problem of too much electronics becomes more imperative. Children

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    Negative Effects of Prohibition Liquor was in everyday use. Parents were told by doctors to put alcohol on their finger and rub it on babies’ gums to reduce teething pain. The doctors also prescribed liquor to the elderly to reduce pain and aches. Some bosses paid their workers in alcohol and money (Lieurance). Prohibition broke down the economy and caused lots of problems. From here on‚ the 18th amendment prohibited alcohol to be sold‚ produced‚ or transported. This cut jobs and made people jobless

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