From the year 1845 until the early 1850’s‚ Ireland was hit with one of the most devastating travesties: the potato famine. Disease was spread upon Ireland’s main crop‚ the potato‚ which caused Ireland’s agricultural economy to hit rock bottom. It also caused many deaths among the Irish through starvation. To avoid death and start a new life‚ many Irish had to flee to The United States and Canada. Though many died while traveling across the Atlantic‚ thousands made it to land. With no money and no
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Life is a funny place. It seems we go from kindergarten to retirement in the blink of an eye. We have retirement plans that we put in place as soon as we can. We have plans for dinner‚ vacation plans‚ building plans‚ weekend plans‚ landscape plans‚ and we have plans for everything. Why do we plan out everything? We schedule weekend plans for fun because it is important. We schedule dinner plans to meet with friends so we can spend time together. We follow building plans because our homes are
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Extreme global poverty is a problem that affects a large percentage of the world’s population and will continue to spread until serious action is taken against it by the wealthier nations. However‚ the amount of obligation‚ if any‚ that countries feel they have to deal with such a problem is a main source of controversy and one of the reasons why poverty is taking so long to be reduced. This obligation to help others introduces the concept of utilitarianism. In general‚ this idea requires an individual
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From 1983 to 1985‚ a famine in Ethiopia had disastrous consequences. The death toll was much higher than previous famines‚ as over a million had died. Many people blamed this famine on droughts that had been taking place all over Ethiopia’s provinces. This was not the case. The drought did‚ of course‚ contribute but the main reason for the severity of the famine was the government. The government worsened the famine in three ways: promoting Communism and its policies‚ blocking aid‚ and annexing
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Case study: Famine in Somalia July 2011- Feb 2012 In 2011 there was extended drought in the horn of Africa and Somalia was the worse effected. The combination of this drought and the conflict that had been going on for 20 years cause people to leave the country in mass‚ around 3‚000 people a day‚ to get to refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia. Causes Political: Most of southern Somalia is controlled by the al-Shabab Islamist group‚ which refused international aid organisations
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Disappearance of the Anasazi civilization Summary The Anasazi civilization was a wonderment of there time. They were far ahead of any Indian civilization of that time era. They were cliff-dwelling people who where very knowledgeable in architecture‚ astronomy‚ and farming. They had built houses on the sides of cliffs that were more then 5 stories tall with plenty of space and even had religious meeting areas. They had a system for tracking the movement of the sun and the moon and also created
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War and Famine Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines Miguel Huerta San Jose State University Professor Andrea Whitson Nufs 139 War and Famine It is hard to fathom that poverty and malnutrition is still a prominent problem around the world. Especially when there is enough to go around so that everyone has food on their plate‚ but people are still dying from hunger‚ malnutrition‚ and food insecurity. What is even harder to swallow is the fact that famine is a socially
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in-depth research was famine. Nearly 800 million people on the planet suffer from malnutrition and other hunger related illnesses. Famine is a widespread inability to obtain food that often results in death or sickness. The U.N. even declared hunger the “largest humanitarian crisis in history.” I was surprised to learn famine is not an issue centered around a lack of food‚ but rather a lack of access due to a vast array of different causes that we discussed in class. Famine is caused by many different
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the preparation of the 30 hour famine event‚ I had 3 roles. The first role was Juice Collector. I collected juice for the 30 hour famine and made a record about it. Since the beginning of April to the 20th‚ I collected juice and wrote the names of the people who donated and how many juice boxes they brought for the event. In addition‚ I also contributed 21 juices boxes. The second role was poster making. On April 15th‚ I designed a poster advertising the 30 hour famine and all the events that were
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Afonso de Solar Student number: 08753644 Understanding Famine: Famine is usually understood to be a decline in food availability. A sudden‚ sharp reduction in food in any particular geographic locale usually results in widespread hunger and famine. Understanding Somalia’s famine or any famine goes far beyond the traditional generalist statement mentioned above. A complex environment influences Somalia’s current and previous famines. Political instability‚ an undefined economic frame and armed
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