Contemporary Issues Environmental threats Overpopulation Every 20 minutes‚ the world adds another 3‚500 human lives but loses one or more entire species of animal or plant life - at least 27‚000 species per year. ZGP July 1999 World population growth peaked at about two percent per year in the early 1960s. Latest population figures indicate that the rate of growth has slowed to 1.33 percent annually‚ equivalent to 78 million people a year. UNFPA 1999 The highest world population growth
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Panic Attack Written by: Amarjit Kaur Fundamental of Nursing (Chapter 6) Panic attack is a sudden episode of intense fear that develops for no apparent reason and that triggers severe physical reactions. Panic attacks can be very frightening. When a panic attack occurs‚ the people might think that they are losing control‚ having a heart attack or even dying. People may have only one or two panic attacks in their lifetime‚ but if they have panic attack frequently‚ it could mean that they
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Running head: Heart Attack Heart attack: sudden illness Ridhima Katyal First Aid and CPR (HNES 210) December 6‚ 2008 North Dakota State University A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle itself — the myocardium
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26/11 Mumbai Attacks Terrorism can be found all over the world. Terrorists are from various nationalities. Terrorist have committed several attacks and have caused several people to lose their loved ones. Anyone can be a victim of terrorism. In 2008 Mumbai attacks‚ there were eight more attacks in financial capital of India‚ Mumbai‚ including 26th November 2008. It was one of major attack from the eight attacks in Mumbai. The attacks‚ which widespread global condemnation‚ began on Wednesday
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Transportation systems‚ and Water and wastewater systems. Technological advancement‚ increasing use of the internet‚ coupled with the interdependencies of information technology had and continue to have a direct effect on critical infrastructure attacks. These attacks and threats unfortunately have grown and sophisticated level of cyberattacks
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On september 11th 2001 a series of 4 terrorist attacks by Al-Qaeda occurred killing almost 3000 people and injuring over 6000. This terrorist attack resulted in the destruction of the world trade centre and overwhelming damage to nearby buildings. Many studies and investigations have been performed by social scientists looking into the attack‚ resulting in many different answers and also conspiracies. As displayed in the information provided below‚ anthropologists‚ sociologists and psychologists
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made hundreds of attacks on targets in northwest Pakistan since 2004 using drones (unmanned aerial vehicles) controlled by the American Central Intelligence Agency ’s Special Activities Division.[4] Most of these attacks are on targets in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas along the Afghan border in Northwest Pakistan. These strikes were begun by President George W. Bush and have increased substantially under President Barack Obama.[5] Some media refer to the series of attacks as a "drone war"
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The Communist Threat Communism‚ like all forms of government was designed to benefit the people of the country. Originally communism was established to create economic stability by abolishing private property‚ if your property was sought to be public‚ it would be used as a greater benefit to the economy. There were people that believed in the idea of communism—those who thought that the key to a successful economy was by total government control. Time passed and political power became the greater
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Story: Woolwich Attack On May 22 2013‚ a British Army soldier named Drummer (Private) Lee Rigby of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was killed by two men in Woolwich‚ southeast London. Rigby was off duty whilst walking down Wellington Street at the time of the attack. At first he was run down with a car‚ then the attackers used knives and a cleaver to stab him which resulted in his death. They then dragged him onto the road and waited for police to arrive. Five minutes after the attack‚ armed police
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Discussion and Conclusions Many obstacles to my potential strategy are worth overcoming. Since the brand new policy is to add extra taxes on smoking and fining the smoking companies for their actions‚ then one is able to make sure that people comply or go out of business. A way to overcome the challenges is to have someone from each company represented in Congress (Kottke‚ RN‚ GH‚ & ML.‚ 1988). This may mean making sure that there is someone in government that is passionate about this issue‚
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