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    Ishmael: My Soldier

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    even become a kid who start violence like shooting and killing. As he gain trust as time goes every boys he meet is his new family. As story goes on he moved to New York to live with his uncle. From many violent experiences taught us about the consequences and aftereffects. Some intended things he did is that joining army to survive since his family is killed by the

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    The consequence of this process was that there was a lopsided development process in North America. The increasing capital mobility and the investments in the United States in the South of the Border were met with repressive efforts limiting the cross-border movements of the Mexicans. However, despite this limitation in mobility the establishment of NAFTA had led to an increase in the number of Mexicans seeking employment in the United States. The signing of the treaty also saw collective firms under

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    The Consequences of Believing in an Absolute Future In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury creates a futuristic society filled with ignorant and apathetic members. They believe that nothing affects them, especially with the current technology and government keeping them safe from all negativity. Beatty’s words represent this ideology when he says, "everyone nowadays knows, absolutely is certain, that nothing will ever happen to them" (Bradbury, 263). The quotation depicts the flawed mindset of Montag’s

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    In abortion, there are many points to agree on. From why should it happen to who has the right of choice to say whether the baby should live or die. In some situations I agree that pro choice people have a point, for example, if a poor young girl is raped and becomes pregnant due to the event, I understand you would want to get rid of the baby because it will bring back terrible memories . I also understand if a woman does not want the baby because it comes with a mental disorder , like a type of

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    Worldwide there is an underlying issue within search engines and social media. This issue is becoming evident as the number of people retrieving their news through Google and Facebook increases. Personalisation through searches is evolving to only show the consumer what they want to see not what they need to see. Online Organiser and Author of ‘The Filter Bubble’, Eli Pariser argues in his TED Talk about the unreliability of not being exposed to information that could broaden our worldwide view and

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    environment, but it does suggest that it’s not too late to do something about it. Causes and effects of climate change What causes climate change (also known as global warming)? And what are the effects of climate change? Learn the human impact and consequences of climate change for the environment, and our lives. The planet is warming, from North Pole to South Pole. Since 1906, the global average surface temperature has increased between 1.1 and 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit (0.6 to 0.9 degrees Celsius)–even

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    large audience. Campaign organizers may wish to consider the time of day this PSA is aired and designate peak commute times where the targeted population may be more likely to hear this campaign message on the radio. Unintended Responses to Campaign and Issues Overlooked An unintended responses to this campaign is the concern that healthcare providers have regarding the CDC and SIPC guidelines the possibility that these policies could lead to medication shortages and increased medication costs for

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    Impact of Prohibition in The Great Gatsby

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    Restaurant businesses began to fail due to the ban on alcohol, and many had to close their doors. Also the ban caused many different breweries, bars, and saloon to close causing thousands to lose their source of income (Unintended Consequences). The consequences of shutting down all of the alcohol is not felt in America’s economy today which has made an even larger bounce back since the sale of alcohol became illegal. Even with the sale of alcohol illegal, speakeasies started to pop

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    However, people do not think of the consequences. How will the government fund these jobs? The government will either raise taxes on the people or create inflation. This shows the meaning behind Bastiat’s phrase. People neglect to see the consequences of creating new jobs through public works. The public only sees the benefit of creating jobs for the community. According to CBS News, “[The Broken Window Fallacy is] a wonderful example of unintended consequences that applies not only to businesses

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    drug dependencies, new cases of sexually-transmitted diseases, other unintended health problems, mutually-assured destruction and much more. The point here is not that we would have been better off without these inventions. Rather, we should come to terms that our creations can have unintended or unforeseen consequences” (Lin, n.d., p. 1). Lin’s point goes across the board for all technologies, there will be unforeseen consequences, some will be good and some will certainly be perceived as bad. As

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