Thesis Statement: The continuous mining in Palawan will cause degradation of the soil‚ denuding of the forests and extinction of animal and plant species thus lowering its’ biodiversity. Biological diversity‚ or biodiversity‚ encompasses the variety and abundance of plants‚ animals‚ and microorganisms as well as the ecosystems and ecological processes to which they belong. (Braatz‚ 1992) The word came from the Latin “bios” which means life and “diversitas” which means variety or differences which
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Health to women is poor after abortion. It is a crime and murdering the innocent. Abortion goes against the law and more. Abortion could lead to mental and emotional health problems. For example it could lead to post abortion syndrome. “Common side effects of post abortion syndrome are thoughts of post abortion syndrome are thoughts of self-harm and suicide‚ increase in dangerous activities‚ depression‚ inability to perform normal self-care activities‚ difficulty sleeping‚ panic disorders‚ eating disorders
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Today many people believe that violent music has aggressive and hostile reactions in children‚ because those who listen to aggressive music often act aggressively too. Brad Bushman‚ Professor of Psychology and Communication Studies at the University of Michigan‚ in his article Media violence and the American public in American Psychologist for 2001 says‚ that ’’measuring such correlation (between agressive music and its consequences in real life) in laboratory studies would clearly be unethical‚
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In The Grand Illusion‚ we see the ultimate breakdown of diplomacy‚ a world war. The movie recounts the struggle of a particular group of people who had to go through those hardships. Locarno’s A Democratic Peace? deals with the problems faced in the late 1920s and early 30s in maintaining the peace that came following WW1. The movie believes that universal solidarity against hardship will eventually open the way to peace whereas Locarno’s paper talks about the inevitability of the breakdown of diplomacy
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Identity Theft It has become a new tradition in my immediate family to take cruises to different places in July. This year was going to be the best for me since we were heading to San Juan‚ Puerto Rico‚ St. Thomas‚ St. Martin and Nassau. We had all our excursions picked out and for once everybody was going to do something that only I wanted to do. We were going to take a walking tour of Old San Juan and see all the forts and cathedrals that were built when San Juan came about‚ but a problem that
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A negative impact of being a twin is that I am very competitive. When my twin sister and I were little‚ we always had competitions over anything from who is the best dancer at dance class to little things like who could make it to the door faster. One of the
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Counter Strike and Grand Theft Auto. As they are often enjoyed by young audiences‚ they have been blamed‚ with little evidence‚ to cause everything from anti-social behaviour and increased levels of violence to school shootings and youth gang activity. Often the individuals who make these claims have never played video games themselves and have natural biases to video games either because of their own past experiences or from lack of knowledge on the subject. In the article Playing at Violence‚ Pacifique
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creation of fat. The directors of Fed Up raise awareness of the many other issues contributing to the extreme weight gain among individuals. Approximately fifty years ago tobacco companies started participating in lobbying to disguise the harmful effects of their product; food corporations‚ particularly those with products
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Aggressive Advertising Advertisements are everywhere‚ traveling by all ways possible‚ infiltrating the privacy that every person holds important to themself and their family. Ads may travel inconspiciously‚ while the final message they deliver through radio‚ tv‚ or billboards‚ is a harmful nuisance‚ and one that may root itself unscrupulously into the unconcious minds of honest people. Companies have taken on such aggressive promotional measures that advertising has become degrading‚ disruptive
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confinement can be defined as torture because it often causes prisoners to lose their mental stability‚ or make their mental state worse. Social interaction is beyond important to humans. Humans are social creatures‚ and it can cause detrimental effects on us if we don’t socialize regularly. Forcing humans to go without this interaction can cause them great mental harm. There are a whole host of psychological consequences that are associated with long-term solitary confinement in Supermax prisons
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