Category: Current Issues
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Food Waste Generation in Malaysia
*Definition of Food Waste* Food waste is a growing global issue that is affecting the health of the environment and population inhabiting the earth. Food waste can be further classified info food loss, unavoidable food waste and avoidable food waste. Food loss and food waste represent a misuse of resources that are used to produce…
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The Harmful Effects of Porn on Women
The pornography industry has rapidly grown from an eight-billion-dollar industry in 1996 to a whopping twelve-billion-dollar industry by 2005 according to adult video news (Bridges et al. 1065). It is quite clear from this statistic pornography has become a social norm Look at the case of Gabe Deem, recounted in CQ researcher, who at the…
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Conflict Diamond Research Essay
The war in other countries is plentiful but few, in particular, have had the US dragged into them. One that is causing major conflict within surrounding countries is the wars and civil unrest in Central Africa. The government in some African countries has been overthrown by warlords and rebels in order to gain power and…
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Amnesty For Illegal Immigrants – Yes or No?
Issue Assignment #2: Should illegal/undocumented immigrants be granted amnesty? Yes, illegal/undocumented immigrants should be granted amnesty. 1. Illegal immigrants allow some business owners to hire them as low wage demanding workers. Some agencies, such as Bear Stearns, believe the estimated number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. is around 20 million. With this many illegal…
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Impact of Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer It was a nice September day when I was fifteen years old. My parents told me they had something serious to tell me. My mind was racing. It could be divorce, but I didn’t think so, my parents are happy together. It could be that we are moving or someone close to me…
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Sprawl vs. Traditional Neighborhoods
Sprawl can be defined as the urbanized areas on the edge of a town or city that have developed as a result of unplanned and unchecked expansion.
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Dangerous Environmentalists
My wife drives a Nissan Altima that gets 32 miles a gallon and I motor around in a Maxima that faithfully achieves 28. My spouse and I habitually recycle our paper, glass and metal county trash and keep it all separate from our town-collected “other garbage.” We conscientiously maintain our property in a neat manner…
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ExpatriConcerns of a Global Company and Human Resources
In this high competitive environment, a multinational company must have global perspective and international knowledge in order to keep competitive advantage.(Babara et al., 1995).So expatriate performance management is very important for the success of multinational enterprises( MNEs).
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Capitalism and Democracy: A New Parting of the Ways
Thirty some years ago Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis asked a provocative question—have democracy and capitalism come to a parting of the ways? Bowles very question was contrary to the mindset of the times. Milton Friedman, whose work has set the agenda for two generations of mainstream economists, had argued that only free market capitalism…
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Politics in Nepal: Political parties, ideological luggage, inter party indiscipline
Nepal has ended its 240+ tryst withy monarchy and entered into a period that will firmly establish the country as the newest Republic of the world. The process is already underway. Like all changes that took place in history this ongoing change has its share of teething problems. Despite doomsday prophets who predict a return…
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The People of the State of California v. Scott Peterson
Scott Peterson now sits in San Quentin State Prison in California. He is there serving a sentence which will ultimately end in death by lethal injection once his appeals run out. He is serving this sentence for murder of his wife, Laci Peterson, and his unborn son, Conner, who he reported missing on Christmas eve,…
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Afghanistan,War,and Children
Afghanistan has been in a continuous state of civil war since the 1970’s. As is known, war affects all aspects of life. The Afghan war has affected billions of people worldwide and quiet possible has had its biggest effect on the children of Afghanistan. About half of the country’s population is under the age of…
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Should Public Transport be Free of Charge
Every one of us probably used public transport once in his lifetime. If it was a train a bur or a subway, we have to pay for it, but is that really necessary? It is a theme, which is often discussed, but I am convinced that if public transport is free we would have a…
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Habitat Destruction Essay
There are many species in the world. The majority of them lived in bodies of water and many are on land. But these living organisms have been threatened and others have been extinct because of habitat change due to shifting climate. Scientific methods have been applied by major scientists to prove that from the last…
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Medical Marijuana
Legalizing Marijuana Is Beneficial Grass, pot, weed, bud, dope, indo, hydro, and good old Mary Jane are just a few of the street terms used for marijuana. Marijuana is defined as a mixture of the flowers, stems, and leaves of the Cannabis Sativa plant. When marijuana is smoked, THC [delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol] the active ingredient in marijuana…
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Intercultural Group Project
COMM 220 – Intercultural Communication Intercultural Group Project Group Field Study This assignment is a group presentation to the class on a field study experience of a different culture. I reserve the right to lower the grade of any individual who does not participate equally in his/her group efforts.
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Trauma Of Nature
When the sorrow strikes the door of heart, life seems restless with no glimpse of hope. Tears becomes dry in the ocean of eyes. Faces give no reaction. pain is what is left in the end, yet we live we die this is life but WHY?.. A supernatural force what we called as God has…
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Euthanasia: Moral and Ethical
Euthanasia is the termination of life. There are different types of euthanasia. Active euthanasia is the death of a person through a direct action, in response to a request from that person. Involuntary euthanasia is the killing of a person who has not explicitly requested aid in dying (Robinson). So the question comes up, is…
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The Stimulus Plan; American Recovery and Investment Act 2009
The Stimulus Package, or the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, is a way to help the economy by putting money into the people’s hand and let them spend on whatever they want. But is it really a good and necessary plan and is this the right time for it? Do the American people…
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Legalization of Marijuana
Though some people may abuse the drug, marijuana should be legalized because of the benefits the drug offers to many others. There are medical benefits to marijuana use such as for cancer patients, people infected with AIDS, multiple sclerosis, and epileptics. The physical effects of marijuana use are relatively harmless. The government could make a…
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Are Uniforms a Good Way to Improve Student Discipline and Motivation?
I believe that if the children in a school have to wear uniforms then the child would be forced to focus more on their studies more then what the other students got as new clothes for Christmas or a birthday. There are several parents that can’t afford to buy their children new clothes so that…
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Drunk Driving
Imagine being in a bar with a few of your good friends. Everyone is drinking and having a good time. Your are going to leave and go home, but you friends won’t let you because they know the dangers of driving after having a few drinks. Instead they ca ll a cab to give you…
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Global Warming – Where do you stand?
Global warming is becoming a bigger issue every day. There are, however, many ways to look at this situation. One way you could look at it is that, “human activity is accelerating climate change,” according to many scientists. Another way to look at it, as some scientists say, is that “while global warming is occurring,…
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Illegal Immigration – Current Issues
When a person takes the time to ask an illegal immigrant why he or she came to America in the first place, the most frequent answer you will get is they need a job to support their vastly large families.