October 2‚ 2012 Pro Urbanization “Urbanization is an index of transformation from traditional rural economies to modern industrial one. It is a long term process” (Datta 1). Urbanization is an ongoing process that affects the entire world. The advantages of urbanization outweigh the disadvantages significantly. Some of the good effects include discovery of more innovative and efficient ways of producing merchandise and an increase in technology‚ which in turn broadens job opportunities. It
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Globarization‚ which is known as the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world view‚ products‚ idea and other aspect of culture. This process have effect on the enviroment‚ on political system‚ on economic development and prosperity‚ and human physical well-being in societies around the world. In the aspect of economic development‚ economic globarization is the increasing economic integration and interdependence of national‚ regional and economies across the world
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network allows the latest global events to be aired worldwide and beamed directly to your living room. Examples (from top-left‚ clockwise) include September 11th attack‚ 2004 Tsunami in Indonesia‚ 2008 H1N1 outbreak and 2011 earthquake in Japan. Pros of watching television The positive aspects of watching television include that you have something to talk to friends and relatives about. There are certain programs which are more popular than others and if you watch them you feel included and
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Corporal punishment can be defined as physical punishment that is meted out to someone because they have done something wrong. More often than not corporal punishment involves the use of canes to beat someone. Corporal punishment is normally meted out to children in schools by teachers and at homes by parents or guardians. The advantages of corporal punishment It helps to serve as a deterrent. When children see that someone has been whipped for misbehaving‚ they try not to do similar things
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As a nation‚ the United States has more people in prison than any other country and the burden this places on the resources of our society is immense. Evidence shows incarceration is not always an effective way to achieve a safe society (Tonry) and in an attempt to reduce the sheer number of prisoners‚ other methods of rehabilitation and punishment are sometimes used. The most common methods used are some form of probation or parole. While both probation and parole are alternatives to incarceration
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Thalidomide was a pharmaceutical produced by the German company Chemie Grünenthal that hit the market in 1957. It was intended for use as a sedative and treating morning sickness in pregnant women‚ along with a slew of other uses. Thalidomide was a miracle drug. It was much cheaper than many other sedatives‚ so many people could afford it. Due to the variety of uses‚ it could beneficial to almost everyone. It was advertised as so safe‚ even pregnant women could take it. Thalidomide was quickly made
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countries comparable to the United States tends to stay around 100 prisoners per 100‚000 population. The U.S. rate is 500 prisoners per 100‚000 residents‚ or about 1.6 million prisoners in 2010‚ according to the latest available data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Prison is a place used for internment of convicted criminals. Not including the death penalty‚ a sentence to prison is the harshest punishment inflicted on criminals in the United States. On the federal level‚ imprisonment or incarceration
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violate ethical principles in taking organs when a person who is alive via ventilators or other apparatuses. Since the patient will not necessarily use an organ a surgeon may render the call to remove an organ from such patient therefore‚ distributive justice seems similar to socialism. Appropriating from someone who may be doing fantastic to give to someone who may not be doing so well in order for the greater virtue (Maiese‚ 2013). This type of reasoning can develop a sense of entitlement from some
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The Necessity of ObamaCare in the United States The United States is heavily watched around the world in terms of politics or any other action as it is one of the leading countries of the world. Recently‚ the United States caught the eye of the world in its recent debate of the health care reform. Most commonly referred to as “ObamaCare” the official name is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or for short‚ the Affordable Care Act (ACA). President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010
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death penalty or a life sentence. Jail is also a cruel place that people have to go for making wrong choices; there are many different societal issues in no choirboy such as moral judgment of the death penalty‚ problems in jail and the laws of the justice system. Moral judgment is a difficult thing; so many people can disagree because there is no right or wrong answer. This topic has been a big debate for a while each state has adopted their own way of doing things. The death penalty is illegal
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