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Aneesh Mysore

Should Stores Sell Violent Video Games to Minors? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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should video sell stores

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  • The law would impose $1,000 fines on stores that sell violent video games to people under 18.
  • Some of the Grimm’s fairy tales are quite grim,” he added. “Are you going to ban them, too?”
Dillon Patel

How Do Humans Cause Global Warming? | A Cooler Climate - 0 views

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humans global warming

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  • Driving your car
  • Buying your suburban home
  • Eating supermarket meat
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  • tremendous amounts of fossil fuels.
  • storing carbon for thousands, possibly millions of years.
  • When your car burns them, that carbon is instantly released as carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
  • cleared of existing trees and plants that were actively storing carbon.
  • they stopped storing carbon and released all the carbon they had accumulated over tens or even hundreds of years.
  • use of enormous fossil fuel-powered machines in the production,
  • produce methane, a major greenhouse gas.
  • beef, lamb or goat meat,
  • that animal agriculture is responsible for 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions,
  • Is Human-Caused Warming Dangerous?
  • short answer is “yes
  • Much concern exists within the scientific community about global warming, the main cause of which is an accumulation of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
  • Dillon Patel on 14 Nov 10
     
    The three most significant ways that humans cause Global Warming and other useful information.
Harshil Asnani

Fast food - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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wikipedia fast food

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  • Outlets may be stands or kiosks, which may provide no shelter or seating,
  • Many petrol/gas stations have convenience stores which sell pre-packaged sandwiches
  • Street vendors and concessions
Bhavya Puri

Shark fin soup alters an ecosystem - Page 2 - CNN - 0 views

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ecosystem soup fin shark finning

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  • Shark finning is not illegal. Taiwan has no law against fins taken from international waters coming into its ports. However, Taiwan does have what it calls a "plan of action" that requires the bodies of the sharks the fins came from to be accounted for and not dumped into the sea.
  • but identifying them and monitoring them and having a regulated fishery is virtually impossible."
  • Taiwan is not alone. Shark finning thrives off weak regulations around the world and only a few countries demand that sharks arrive in port with fins attached.
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  • The fin is one of the most expensive pound-for-pound item from the sea. And the beauty about the fin is that it's very compact ... it doesn't take up your hull and you can make a lot of money from it,"
  • ins can sell for $500 per pound, according to WildAid, which is campaigning for a global ban on shark finning.In recent years, Cocos Island has become another battleground in the fight to save the shark. Ads by GoogleShark Breaching and DivesGreat White Shark Breaching and Cage Diving Trips Gansbaai www.sharkdivingunlimited.com<<<123>>> We recommend You might like: Push begins to halt Pacific shark finning - CNN CNN.comSharks endangered by a bowl of soup CNN OpinionShark researchers study oil impact CNN USMan saves Australian woman during shark attack CNN World onmousedo
Dillon Patel

How Do Humans Cause Global Warming? - Planetsave.com: climate change and environmental ... - 0 views

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humans global warming main cause

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  • main cause of global warming.
  • our species create huge problems that are beyond the ability of other animals to create
  • Humans cause global warming
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  • our unique ability to capture and use energy from stored energy sources.
  • Even your basic needs are dependent on fossil fuels.
  • if humans didn’t have the ability to exploit dense energy sources such as coal, oil, and natural gas.
  • their discovery transformed the face of the earth and the nature of humans.
  • the human population has grown by more than five times
  • person uses more energy than ever.
  • This energy comes largely from fossil fuels, the use of which is a direct cause of global warming.
  • we want to decrease global warming, then the amount of carbon released each year by humans must be drastically reduced.
  • the we
  • althy (that means you!) Increasing population among the poor
  • Americans consume 300 – 600 times as much as people in very poor nations, in some cases.
  • many of whom aspire to live “better” lives, to consume like wealthy people.
  • From this it becomes clear why humans are the main cause of global warming.
  • Dillon Patel on 14 Nov 10
     
    The main cause of global warming, the human species, us.
Ben Walters

When Escape Seems Just a Mouse-Click Away - washingtonpost.com - 0 views

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Korea Stress Addiction Games Entertainment Psychology Teens School Pressure

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  • "I guess I knew I was becoming addicted, but I couldn't stop myself," Kim recalled from a clinic where he was undergoing counseling. "I stopped changing my clothes. I didn't go out. And I began to see myself as the character in my games."
  • Last month, the government -- which opened a treatment center in 2002 -- launched a game addiction hotline. Hundreds of private hospitals and psychiatric clinics have opened units to treat the problem.
  • An estimated 2.4 percent of the population from 9 to 39 are believed to be suffering from game addiction, according to a government-funded survey. Another 10.2 percent were found to be "borderline cases" at risk of addiction -- defined as an obsession with playing electronic games to the point of sleep deprivation, disruption of daily life and a loosening grip on reality. Such feelings are typically coupled with depression and a sense of withdrawal when not playing, counselors say.
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  • The situation has grown so acute that 10 South Koreans -- mostly teenagers and people in their twenties -- died in 2005 from game addiction-related causes, up from only two known deaths from 2001 to 2004, according to government officials. Most of the deaths were attributed to a disruption in blood circulation caused by sitting in a single, cramped position for too long -- a problem known as "economy class syndrome," a reference to sitting in an airplane's smallest seats on long flights.
  • In one instance, a 28-year-old man died in the central city of Taegu last year after reportedly playing an online computer game for 50 hours with few breaks. He finally collapsed in a "PC baang " -- one of the tens of thousands of Internet game cafes that have become as common as convenience stores across South Korea. Users can pop in to these small, smoky dens -- with walls covered in gothic game posters -- for about $1 an hour, day or night.
  • "Game addiction has become one of our newest societal ills," said Son Yeongi, president of the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity, which offers government-funded counseling. "Gaming itself is not the problem. Like anything, this is about excessive use."
  • Experts are seeing more cases of game addiction in many industrialized nations -- particularly the United States and Japan. But sociologists and psychiatrists have identified South Korea as the epicenter of the problem.
  • That is in part because young people here suffer from acute stress as they face educational pressures said to far exceed those endured by their peers in other countries. It is not uncommon, for instance, for South Korean students to be forced by their parents into four to five hours of daily after-school tutoring. With drug abuse and teenage sex considered rare in the socially conservative country, escape through electronic games can be a hugely attractive outlet.
  • At the same time, South Korea boasts an unparalleled gaming culture. In 2000 in Seoul, the capital, South Koreans inaugurated the World Cyber Games -- a sort of gaming Olympics that now draws players from 67 nations. Professional South Korean gamers can earn more than $100,000 a year in domestic and international competitions.
Ingrid Sande

Legal drinking age - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • The National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 states that revenue will be withheld from states that allow the purchase of alcohol by anyone under the age of 21. Prior to the effective date of that Act, the drinking age varied from state to state. Some states do not allow those under the legal drinking age to be present in liquor stores or in bars (usually, the difference between a bar and a restaurant is whether food is being served). Contrary to popular belief, since the act went into law, few states specifically prohibit minors and young adults from consuming alcohol in private settings. As of January 1, 2007, 14 states and the District of Columbia ban underage consumption outright, 19 states do not specifically ban underage consumption, and an additional 17 states have family member and/or location exceptions to their underage consumption laws. Federal law explicitly provides for religious, medical, employment and private club possession exceptions; as of 2005, 31 states have family member and/or location exceptions to their underage possession laws. However, non-alcoholic beer in many (but not all) states, such as Idaho, Texas, and Maryland, is considered legal for minors (those under the age of 21).[14] By a judge's ruling, South Carolina appears to allow the possession and consumption of alcohol by those 18 to 20 years of age,[15] though a circuit court judge said otherwise.
golan elzur

Law Bans Cosmetics Tests on Animals - Almost | Features | PETA.org.uk - 0 views

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animals ban cosmetics

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  • The Bad Points The Cosmetics Directive has loopholes and exceptions which mean that some animal testing can still be performed, and ingredients which are tested on animals can still make their way into products on store shelves in the UK. These loopholes include the following: Certain kinds of animal tests will still be allowed until 2013. Animal tests could still be used for ingredients to ensure that they meet other requirements, such as the requirements of other laws (for example, to determine if the ingredients could cause damage to the environment) or laws abroad.
  • The Good Points The ban means that fewer cosmetics tests using animals will be performed in Europe and that non-EU companies hoping to export their products to Europe will have to change their ways too. What's really exciting about the ban is that its deadline has helped advance the development of humane testing methods, such as the cruelty-free skin-irritation test which PETA helped fund. These humane tests can also be used for some drugs and other chemicals – so everyone's a winner. In addition, the ban is an important step forward because it makes the point that animals shouldn't be used for trivial purposes.
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