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    Introduction Capital Punishment is defined as the legal infliction of the death penalty by the federal system or by the state. Also known as the death penalty‚ this sentencing is the most severe form of corporal punishment as it is irreversible and everlasting. We have all heard of the famous lex talionis of "an eye for an eye" in the Old Testament of the Bible. The view of proponents of the death penalty in reference to the "let the punishment fit the crime" ideal is that‚ in the eyes of many law

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    S. Surgeon General‚ The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ and the National Institute on Drug Abuse) is five or more drinks in a row for men‚ and four or more in a row for women. Drinking levels this high significantly increase the problems the drinkers and for those around them. What is Alcohol Poisoning? Alcohol poisoning occurs when a person drinks a large quantity of alcohol in a short amount of time. The amount of alcohol in the bloodstream is called the blood alcohol concentration

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    Social Problems in India

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    Jobs are there but less skilled workers.. +Sanitation ----abt the sewage cleaners ‚ +no major city in India is known to have a continuous water supply and an estimated 72% of Indians still lack access to improved sanitation facilities. +Health problems - diseases - malaria‚ TB ‚ aids‚ +Superstitious --- IT IMPACTS THE SCIENTIFIC TEMPER +Female foeticide - still prevails in rural and less developed areas +And due the tech and cultural changes the old age people are being sent out of homes

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    ld wi thout a n y ba rr ier s a ll ows c ult ur e s fr om ot he r c ountrie s influen c e the Mala y si a n e spe c iall y th e y o uths. The re a re g ood a nd b a d c ult ur e s. T he socia l problems e me r g e d du e to bad c ult ur e s fr om ot he r c ountrie s. C ult ur e s which w e do no t fe e d int o our own c ult ur a l and r e li g ious v a lues. Most y oun g g e n e ra ti ons c a nnot

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    nicknamed “Paris of the East”. Famous people are originally half Lebanese such as the well known Columbian artist “Shakira”. There are five countries which surround Lebanon which are: Turkey‚ Syria‚ Jordan‚ Cyprus & Palestine (Israel). Several problems started to appear in Lebanon. In 1943-1948 after France got out from Lebanon the Christians took the balance of power in the country while Muslims haven’t much of a power back then‚ this caused some tensions between those two. The tension reached

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    I Mrs. Zewe 20 October‚ 2010 Obesity: To Be or Not To Be? One of the most controversial debates of this generation is on who is the blame for the obesity epidemic. More specifically‚ who is responsible for obesity: the individual who is obese or the government and fast food corporations? In Radley Balko’s essay " What You Eat Is Your Business" and in David Zinczenko’s essay "Don’t Blame the Eater‚" the main ideas that are presented both reflect upon obesity and personal responsibility. The

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    Overpopulation is a condition where an organism’s numbers exceed the carrying capacity of its habitat. In common parlance‚ the term often refers to the relationship between the human population and its environment‚ the Earth.[1] Overpopulation does not depend only on the size or density of the population‚ but on the ratio of population to available sustainable resources. It also depends on the way resources are used and distributed throughout the population If a given environment has a population

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    The fox jumped over the bridge. Driving under the influence of alcohol has affected and devastated countless people’s lives. Driving under the influence is one of the most dangerous situations you can put yourself or someone else into. The evidence against driving while intoxicated is massive and it has left a long trail of broken dreams and lives. If you drink and drive‚ not only do you possibly put yourself at risk‚ but your passengers and pedestrians‚ and other people on the roads. According

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    Obesity: A Complex Problem with a Simple Solution Many people in the United States believe that if it weren’t for fast food restaurants‚ they would not be obese. McDonald’s has been blamed 100% and sued for individual weight problems of Americans. While fast food may be one of the contributors to the obesity epidemic‚ it surely doesn’t stand-alone. Obesity is caused by many factors‚ depression‚ sedentary lifestyle‚ overeating disorders and food choices. Many of those factors are learned and

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    Obesity: An Epidemic Ailments such as cancer‚ emphysema‚ and multiple sclerosis are usually associated with a painful death. However‚ diseases like these are not the exclusive killers of Americans. Many fall prey to a more silent killer‚ but one that should be respected just as much as any other serious physical ailment: obesity. “Obesity is a disease with severe repercussions such as heart disease or stroke. Though largely overlooked in importance‚ it is an epidemic‚ and like other epidemics

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