Stephanie Villafranca FTT 450 Professor Shephard 4/30/13 The Negative Effects of Counterfeiting Abstract Counterfeiting is an illegal action. There is a study that provides strong evidence as to why counterfeit items can affect not only the lives of the designers‚ but the everyday consumer. It costs 250 billion dollars a year‚ which causes people to lose their jobs. Its profit margin is larger than any other illegal business. (Crime Inc.‚ 2010). Many people think that counterfeiting only
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many things were accomplished‚ which means that our nation was faced with many positive and negative effects. Some of the positive effects included new opportunities for the common public and former slaves. For example‚ the common public was presented with its first public school system‚ new roads and railroads‚ as well as orphanages for children and institutions for the mentally ill. One of the negative effects of the war was the physically and economically drained south. After the war‚ the south was
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Technology is a wonderful thing. It has enabled us to do things that in the past were unimaginable to do. Technology these days has evolved a lot and it has changed our life for the better and for the worst. When I say for the better I mean that it has made us able to contact our beloved ones that are far away from home‚ made us able to use this technology to save our life when we are in danger‚ etc. But there are some bad things that this technology is doing to us. Since the Smartphones came out
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Negative Effects Of Classism Have you ever been judged by the way you look or act? How about just for your income? Social classes have existed for many centuries‚ whether you are rich or poor‚ there has always been a large group of people who share a similar economic and/or social position. In society‚ citizens are put into classes based upon their income‚ wealth‚ property ownership‚ and job status. When citizens are put into a “class” whether it is high or low‚ it affects their way of life. For
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THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF POPULATION GROWTH Some observers attribute nearly all of the world ’s maladies to excessive population growth. They claim that rapid population growth has at least three adverse effects on human well-being. First‚ it increases poverty--the number of people that are impoverished‚ the proportion of the community that is impoverished‚ and the severity of the impoverishment. Second‚ it increases environmental degradation--the misuse of natural resources--with adverse consequences
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Immigration The Positive Side of Immigration Immigration‚ especially in mass numbers is fueled by a number of reasons. Each event is bound to have positive and negative effects but when the positive effects outweigh the cons‚ the event is good and advantageous. Whatever the push and the pull reasons for immigration are‚ both the immigrants and the country hosting them get to gain. Take for example the great migration of the 19th and 20th century into the
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Urban gathered all Christians in England to declare war against the Muslims which started the first Crusade. There were nine Crusades starting in 1095 and ending in 1099. The Crusades had many effects‚ both positive and negative. The Crusades had many positive impacts on the lands it took place on. One good effect is it lifted Europe out of the Dark Ages‚ they were a time where there was disappearance of life and goods. For instance “The Crusades hastened Europe’s emerge from the so called Dark Ages
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uproar and complete chaos. You feel as if there’s little worth living for because nothing is as it used to be. This is the typical situation of a young boy whose tribe was invaded by European Imperialists. Imperialism in Africa had many negative effects on the natives such as poverty and famine‚ destruction of entire ethnic groups and loss of important culture; it also eventually led to civil war. During the mid 1800’s Africa became a key point of interest for many imperialistic European
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When stereotyping is active amongst groups in society there aren’t too many positive aspects that would be able to be explored. There are many negatives that can be taken away when people begin to stereotype others‚ without truly understanding or knowing who they really are. When people are stereotyped they are considered to be exactly the same as the rest‚ regardless of the facts of who they really are. Stereotyping alone has the ability to separate society as a whole and will most likely lead
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The negative health effects of not getting enough sleep are well-known. Everyone in this world needs sleep because it’s a normal habit for people. But when it comes too much sleep is it a good thing or in other hand. Actual fact it is true a good night’s sleep is essential for health but oversleeping has been linked to a host of medical problems. The amount of sleep you need varies significantly over the course of your lifetime. It depends on your age and activity level as well as your general health
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