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    causes of death‚ new pollution‚ new child laborers‚ new types of abuse‚ etc. The Industrial Revolution was when the world started to urbanize. During this time‚ countries profited because there were now new ways to manufacture something faster and much more efficiently. However‚ the tradeoff was disease‚ child labor‚ pollution‚ and abuse that also happened. The Industrial Revolution weakened countries by boosting country’s welfare at the expense of it’s citizens. Firstly‚ the Industrial Revolution severely

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    Essay: a) Outline explanations of group display in humans (15 marks) b) Criticially evaluate one or more of your explanations of group display in humans (10 marks) Part A Group display of aggression (behaviour with intent to harm) in ancestors has been seen as an adaptive response‚ promoting inter-group harmony and mutual defence. Lynch mobs have been explained by social transition and the need for conformity‚ for example‚ Myrdal (1944) found that black lynchings in the USA were due to fear

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    Olisae Udemadu May 16‚ 2013 Core 2 The early 1900’s were a time of turmoil for farmers in the United States‚ especially in the Great Plains region. After the end of World War I‚ overproduction by farmers resulted in low prices for crops. When farmers first came to the Midwest‚ they farmed as much wheat as they could because of the high prices and demand. Of the ninety-seven acres‚ almost thirty-two million acres were being cultivated. The farmers were careless in their planting of the crop‚ caring

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    Social policy Essay 2000 words The single most important event in the shaping of social policy in the 19th century was the great famine of 1845-1849 (Burke 1987). Discuss the impact of the famine on the Irish Poor Law and on the development of Irish social policy and after the famine. Before the Great Famine hit‚ Ireland was already one the poorest countries in Europe. Income per capita in Britain was over double what it was in Ireland (Ó Gráda‚ 1993). Despite the existence of poor laws in

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    CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF PETER SINGER’S “FAMINE‚ AFFLUENCE AND MORALITY” In his article “Famine‚ Affluence and Morality” Peter Singer gives a seemingly devastating critique of our ordinary ways of thinking about famine relief‚ charity‚ and morality in general. In spite of that very few people have accepted‚ or at any rate acted on‚ the conclusions he reaches. In light of these facts one might say of Singer’s arguments‚ as Hume said of Berkeley’s arguments for immaterialism‚ that “… they admit of no

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    for growing vegetables in a controlled environment‚ their method of disposal has creates unprecedented pollution problem. Plastic has many more uses other than Plastic Bags and Packing material. It is used for manufacturing of protective covers and parts for many machines‚ which should be the preferred utility for plastic. More than a 100 million tones of plastic is produced world-wide each year. Though plastics have opened the way for a plethora of new inventions and devices it

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    “The More Factor”: The Final Frontier – Fact or Fiction In the essay “The More Factor‚” author Laurence Shames honestly presents the backstory of America in desperate need of more. Shames begins with an illustration from the 1880s‚ in which large amounts of land in Texas would be developed into towns with unnecessary accessories. After building the towns‚ most residents would move on‚ but some would stay to appear as current residents for a census to determine the variety of a city. Afterwards

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    to be a solar car‚ the world would have more fuel; Expense would become less; the world would become a better place Firstly‚ solar car does not need a fuel. In the future‚ if people still drive a general car‚ fuel would have no to find and then it would disappear to. Hence‚ solar car will is becoming essential for the future. Moreover‚ you can use money to pay for another thing instead of refilling a fuel. Thus‚ money in a bank will have more and more. Then‚ you can have money to use when the

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    The great depression was a very hard time for many people throughout the United States. Cities all over were hit very hard and many people suffered very deeply. The industry was collapsing and over time less and less stuff was being manufactured‚ the construction business was going into a big decline. Farmers were also having a hard time since most of their crop prices were hit very drastically. Eventually the economy went into a huge depression that left millions of people unemployed and struggling

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    Whether the ability of humans to think will deteriorate by relying on technology is hard to judge and it is up to our understanding of the meaning of thinking. In order to address this issue we must draw a ditinct difference between "normal day" thinking and creative thinking. The statement attempts that dramatic technology progress reduces the ability for humans to think by themselves. Indeed‚ morden technology greatly short circuits the "normal day" thinking‚ such as how to transport‚ communicate

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