stimulus to industrial investment and economic growth. The first country to industrialise was the United Kingdom during the Industrial Revolution commencing in the eighteenth century. By the end of the 20th century‚ East Asia had become one of the most recently industrialised regions of the world. The Industrial Revolution was a mixed blessing. It had both advantages and disadvantages. Advantages (i) Centre of economic life shifted from the villages to cities and towns where the factories were
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Pros and Cons of TelevisionTelevision is one invention that serves as a type of role model for Americans everywhere. This mechanism is in almost every room in our home and people cant help but turn on the switch to see what is showing. Some only rely on a television as their only source of entertainment and some view it as a way to get the family together. But one thing for certain is that television has some characteristic that draws humans to the screen and most people reflect what they watch
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Do you think indoor tanning can cause skin cancer? Do you think it can harm you? If you do not you will after you read this! Indoor tanning can cause a very deadly skin cancer and many other skin cancers. Statistics show that artificial tanning will lead to skin cancer faster than normal. If you do not get cancer‚ it can still harm your skin‚ or even worse‚ your eyes! Artificial tanning is a way of tanning without being in the sun. People should not tan too much because‚ "The quest for tan contributes
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The question many of us should ask ourselves is why do we need prisons? Are prisons effective in any way? Are prisons causing economic issues? Are prisoners getting proper treatment while incarcerated? According to bureau of prisons (work cited 1) in the United States over 1.8 million inmates were prisoned or put behind bar either in a federal‚ state‚ or county prison as of late 2013. That is a huge number to talk about. And most of them are sentenced to stay over a year or two in prison
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Discuss the pros and cons of implementing a nationwide road pricing scheme The introduction of a nationwide road pricing scheme has been extensively considered in the UK. Early deliberations in the ‘Smeed Report’ implemented road pricing in 1962 using a colour coding system. With computing and telecommunications changes in recent years there is potential for the road pricing scheme‚ which was a component of the labour manifesto in 2005 using satellite navigation to track vehicle activity‚ to be
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PPACA: Improvement or Liability? Introduction In March 2010‚ President Obama and Congress voted and passed one of the most pertinent piece of health care legislation in the past fifty years. This law is identifiable by multiple names such as the Affordable Care Act (ACA)‚ Obamacare‚ and/or the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). No matter the name‚ the purpose of the law was to increase availability to quality health care through affordable health insurance. Furthermore‚ the PPACA
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Introduction Today’s court system has many difficult decisions to make everyday. One of the most controversial decisions is whether or not try certain juveniles as adults or not. On one hand‚ being tried as a minor is considered unconstitutional‚ while on the other side it seems necessary in order to protect society. Some of the factors the court considers when convicting a minor is “age‚ physical and mental maturity‚ past attempts and future potential for rehabilitation‚ harm suffered by the victim
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In business area‚ every product has its life cycle‚ which shows different stages that a product passes through over time and the sales that can be expected at each stage. In this essay‚ attentions will be paid on the different consequences of having a major product at the growth stage. After that‚ I will turn to the pros and cons of our company to sell sugar under the Fair-trade label and then giving my own opinion. According to the product life cycle‚ it is obviously that once a product comes
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An 80‚000 pound semi truck isn’t a sports car. It’s designed to haul freight -- handling is a secondary consideration. This leaves truck drivers with few options in emergency situations. They can hit the brakes and possibly not stop in time‚ or swerve and possibly rollover or jackknife their rigs. In spite of these handicaps‚ some truck drivers depower the brakes on their tractor and rely solely on the trailer brakes for braking action. Why would they risk their lives and safety this way? To save
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Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide Have you ever thought about‚ or know someone who has planned their own funeral? You would have the opportunity to if euthanasia were legal. Euthanasia should be legal because the patient himself and his or her family should be able to decide if they want to end the emotional and physical suffering. Euthanasia is the painless killing to relieve suffering: the act or practice of killing somebody who has an incurable illness or injury‚ or of assisting that person to die
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