Harmful Chemicals in our Environment Over the past century humans have introduced a large number of chemical substances into the environment. Some are the waste from industrial and agricultural processes. Some have been designed as structural materials and others have been designed to perform various functions such as healing the sick or killing pests and weeds. Obviously some chemicals are useful but many are toxic and their harm to the environment and our health far outweighs their benefit to
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The real digital divide Encouraging the spread of mobile phones is the most sensible and effective response to the digital divide It was an idea born in those far-off days of the internet bubble: the worry that as people in the rich world embraced new computing and communications technologies‚ people in the poor world would be left stranded on the wrong side of a “digital divide”. Five years after the technology bubble burst‚ many ideas from the time – that “eyeballs” matter more than profits or
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Is Gaming Harmful? Video and computer games‚ like many popular‚ entertaining and addicting kid activities‚ are looked down on by many parents as time wasters‚ but why?‚ is it because they are harmful?‚ or is it simply because they are spending too much time on them instead of studying. Both have many good arguments‚ but I am going to write about the one in which I feel are most valid. One of the many good points against gaming is that children‚ teenagers and adults alike are losing sleep
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The New Divide Introduction: When change happens‚ does the change happen immediately or does it take generations for people to notice a difference? The change happening in the southern United States after the Civil War was one that would take a time no one expected. Many citizens thought the end of the Civil War would bring people together but the separation of people was still the same. In this paper‚ I will conclude that the divide of former slaves and slave owners was still strong and the slave
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could lead to diverse problems for the animals. On the other hand‚ there are many benefits for not only the animals who live in zoos but also for humans as well. For example‚ zoos help educate society on the various species on the planet. They also offer a better home for endangered animals‚ sick‚ and abused animals. In addition‚ they help humans and animals develop an earthly relationship. In this paper‚ the benefits and hazards to animals that live in zoos will be explored. Zoos are for educational
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Hello‚ “How do you assess the value of all this information you find on the Internet‚ and how can you be sure that it is reliable and credible?” Well there are many ways you can assess the value of information on the internet. You could read through one site and determine if you think this on site is true and current. But not only can it be a waste of time to read through a site and implement the information and suggestions found there‚ only to later find that they were inaccurate‚ but such sites
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DEFINITION OF THE TERM ‘VICTIM’. The word “victim” has its roots in many ancient languages that covered a great distance from northwestern Europe to the southern tip of Asia and yet had a similar linguistic pattern: victima in Latin; and‚ vinak ti in Sanskrit (Webster’s 1971). In the original meaning of the term‚ a victim was a man or animal put to death during a religious ceremony in order to appease some supernatural power or deity. Over centuries‚ the term has picked up additional meanings. Now
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digital divide and its effects’ The term ‘digital divide’ refers to the breach between those who have access to information and communication tools such as the internet and those who do not. It is commonly thought that the digital divide is mainly between the rich and the poor; however there are many other factors that lead to this. These factors are characterized by community‚ ethnic‚ technological and age groups. Therefore‚ this essay will be focusing on the explanation of the digital divide and
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1 The Rural-Urban Divide Cities take up less than two percent of the Earth’s land surface‚ but are home to almost half of theworld’s population and utilize seventy-five percent of the Earth’s resources.In 1998 47 percent of the world’spopulation lived in cities as opposed to 29 percent in 1950.Globalization is leading to increased urbanization.According to the World Bank urban areas in developing countries account for an estimated 60 - 80 percent ofGDP.Urban populations mainly have greater access
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Functionalists view on crime Crime is behaviour that breaks the law. Functionalist explanations‚ like other sociological models such as labelling or conflict theory‚ look at the implications of crime and crime control policies‚ rather than directly attempting to explain the causes of criminal behaviour. However‚ unlike other biological‚ psychological‚ and sociological models that remove blame from offenders by claiming criminals have little free will‚ a functionalist approach favours repression
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