Now the concept itself is like a mathematical equation: economic increase plus a safer neighborhood equals a positive reputation. Still‚ there are those who believe the idea of gentrification produces a negative outcome for the community. Despite the cons to gentrification one should strongly take into consideration the positive effect it leaves in a community. The question now is‚ why are there residents against the idea‚ if gentrifying
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around 16‚000 desalination plants in the world (2014). Although a con to this method involves needing a lot of energy‚ the benefit in having these desalination plants is that it gives saline or salt water a better purpose rather than it being an undrinkable source. Also‚ it helps countries that do not have a lot of access of large bodies of freshwater and rainwater‚ such as Saudi Arabia‚ Kuwait‚ and Algeria. The method is now being adapted into the U.S. in order to fix problems such as the recent
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” The con side disagrees however stating that lowering the drinking age would bring about a rise in traffic accidents‚ and encourage young adults to binge drink. My understanding of the pro side is that they feel that lowering the drinking age from twenty-one to eighteen or nineteen would reduce the amount of binge drinkers in college aged students‚ and help teach people to drink responsibly. (Holder‚ 2003) The pro side makes the argument that if the drinking age was lowered young adults would
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womb. It is either done by having an induced abortion or caused by a spontaneous abortion which is also known as a miscarriage. There are people who are pro-life meaning that these people believe that the government has an obligation to preserve all human life‚ regardless of intent‚ viability‚ or quality of life concerns. While the people who are pro-choice believe that individuals have unlimited autonomy with respect to their own reproductive systems as long as they do not breach the autonomy of others
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The use of coal is much bigger than that. Coal is used to create almost half of all electricity generated in the United States. It is inexpensive compared to other energy sources‚ which means lower bills for its consumers. Coal is easily stored‚ transported‚ and controlled in large volumes A variety of industries use coal’s heat and by-products. Separated ingredients of coal (such as methanol and ethylene) are used in making plastics‚ tar‚ synthetic fibers‚ fertilizers‚ and medicines. Coal power
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the use and legalization of marijuana I strongly believe that it should not be legal. Recreational marijuana should not be legalized in Minnesota because of many reasons. Granted there are a few pros to it but the cons are more present in this discussion. The cons of Marijuana surely does outweigh the pros in my opinion. Therefore‚ it should be illegal. First of and foremost there will be less drug use in teenagers‚ secondly‚ it is bad for your physical and mental health. And lastly it would have
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The pros and cons of Ecotourism 1. Introduction Ecotourism is defined as responsible travel to natural areas that protect the environment and improve the welfare of local people (International Ecotourism Society (TIES)‚ 2005). It also follow certain principles such as minimize impact‚ build environmental and cultural respect‚ provide financial benefits to local people (TIES‚ n.d.). Global ecotourism began in 1990‚ and has been growing 20-34% per year‚ especially in 2004‚ ecotourism was growing globally
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protected by the Due Process Clause. The right to die should be an unwritten personal liberty. There are numerous jobs where you are in danger and could die any day and one might say because it’s for a good cause‚ but is not one’s emotional well-being not a good enough cause. The second argument is the government involvement in end of life decisions. A lot of questions that arise are when do we stop doing all that we can do? When do we withhold which therapies and allow nature to take its
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under certain conditions. A "weapon" is defined more broadly in Florida than in Georgia: it includes the firearm‚ the knife and more. One of the main arguments of the pro-guns is that it is because there is not enough weapons that there is violence. As one of the favorite slogans of the National Rifle Association‚ a powerful pro-gun lobby‚ summed up: "How do you stop a dirty guy armed with a gun? With a good guy armed with a gun ". Per firearms supporters‚ if any individual was armed‚ there would
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Social networking websites like MySpace and Facebook are very popular around the world with an average of 270 million members aggregate that mostly consist of teenagers and young adults. The members of MySpace and Facebook create personal profiles to keep in contact with friends‚ to share photos also to share music. MySpace and Facebook have earned millions of dollars however negative publicity since their success has pinpointed the dangers of sexual predators‚ cyber-bullying and even inappropriate
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