Pros: MORE than 1 billion people live in extreme poverty. If targeted effectively‚ foreign aid can make a positive contribution to improving people’s lives‚ reducing inequality and promoting justice. A fundamental principle for effective aid is that it should be focused on reducing poverty and be driven by those whose needs are being addressed. In other words‚ the interests and rights of the poor and marginalized must be at the center of any program. First‚ in humanitarian emergencies‚ lives are
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Everyone has to adjust at some point‚ for it is an extremely important factor of a human’s life. One may need to adapt by relocating due to: Financial issues‚ work or their bodies may even need to adjust because of a sudden spike in their environment´s temperature! For few adapting may be an absolute breeze‚ but as for most... not so much; Many people may feel uncomfortable in a new area or they may just get homesick easily‚ which causes them not to adjust very easily to new things. If somebody
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“Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it…” -Albert Einstein. For some of us the innovative method of hydraulic fracturing in the energy sector is a dream come true. To others‚ it is a nightmare. Often the word ‘fracking’ itself raises a lot of concerns‚ protests‚ and controversies. Environmentalists and the general public who are not aware of the facts and statistics about fracking‚ what’s called the bigger picture‚ often tend to think that fracking is a major concern and its impact on
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Vaccinations have served as an essential component in our medical system for years. Why now are parents refusing to vaccinate their children in the mindset that this decision is actually protecting their child? Based on Susan Ellenberg and Robert T Chen’s article‚ “The Complicated Task of Monitoring Vaccine Safety‚” published by Public Health Reports in 1997 this refusal is due to the scientific evidence that links harmful and life threatening side effects with vaccines. Although‚ controversially
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The presidential election has attracted a massive amount of scrutiny by nearly everyone who has a pulse. Much of this adverse captivation is revolved around Donald Trump‚ the biggest blithering idiot in history‚ the impeccable illustration of Idiocracy. This man has no morals‚ no respect‚ no integrity‚ and at first I was appalled how this piece of scum has advanced so far into the election‚ but then it hit me‚ our nation is a selfish nation‚ the same nation that decides if someone was raped or not
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After the attacks on the United States on September 11‚ 2001‚ many Americans were fearful of what the future held. Enacted as a response to those attacks‚ and as a way to re-instill a sense of security to the nation‚ American legislators worked to pass the USA Patriot Act of 2001. The Patriot Act appropriately made changes to other U.S. laws to combat terrorism‚ however it also established measures that may potentially hinder the rights of those it was designed to protect‚ sparking controversy regarding
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Safety for the Streets On average how many tickets do law enforcement officers issue per day in America? According to “Driving Citation statistics” speeding results in approximately 12000 tickets given to drivers for exceeding the speed limit each day. Speeding in residential areas creates a big issue on many Air Force bases. Because of such behavior‚ everyday activities become unsafe for children. Lacking manpower‚ the Air Force cannot enforce their strict consequences for speeding in the neighborhoods
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Animal testing should no longer be practiced because it is unethical‚ the results can be misleading‚ and alternatives are available. It is widely known animal testing injures and kills many animals each year for the sake of the humans that may use the products. According to preventative medicine/public health specialist Aysha Akhtar‚ worldwide over 15 million animals are used in experimentation and often suffer‚ even though alternatives to animal testing exist. According to ProCon.org‚ “animals
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Overview Cloning is the process of creating an identical replica of an organism. There are three types of cloning; reproductive‚ gene and therapeutic. Reproductive cloning can be used to create an identical copy of an organism that has died or is still alive. Reproductive cloning is when scientists remove a mature somatic cell from a donor animal and place it in an egg cell which has been emptied of its own DNA in its nucleus. The cell is allowed to grow inside a laboratory a little before it
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It seems silly that someone would try and out run a train. However; if you read the news almost everyday someone is killed doing this very thing. 94% of all vehicle/train collisions are caused by risky behavior. I can’t imagine why a driver would risk themselves trying to beat a train. You can’t get there any faster if you are dead. There are safety measures at most if not all railroad crossings and if there isn’t it is common sense to stop at the crossing‚ look both ways then safely proceed
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