1. Causes of air pollution
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Emissions from industries and manufacturing activities
-There are long tubes
(called chimneys) erected high into the air, with lots of smoke and fumes
coming out of it. Waste incinerators, manufacturing industries and power plants
emit high levels of carbon monoxide, organic compounds, and chemicals into the
air. This happens almost everywhere that people live. Petroleum refineries also
release lots of hydrocarbons into the air.
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Burning Fossil Fuels
-After the industrial age,
transportation has become a key part of our lives. Cars and heavy duty trucks,
trains, shipping vessels and air planes all burn lots of fossil fuels to work.
Emissions from automobile engines contain both primary and secondary
pollutants.
-Fumes from car exhaust
contain dangerous gases such as carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen,
hydrocarbons and particulates. On their own, they cause great harm to people
who breathe them. Additionally, they react with environmental gases to create
further toxic gases.
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Household and Farming Chemicals
-Crop dusting, fumigating
homes, household cleaning products or painting supplies, over the counter
insect/pest killers, fertiliser dust emit harmful chemicals into the air and
cause pollution.
2.
Advantages
of using the Internet
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Assortment of Information
-Lots of information of
different kinds is kept on the web server on the Net. This means that millions web sites include
various data in the shape of images and text.
On every subject of the planet information can be easily collected by
you. For this function, special sites, called search engines can be found on
the Internet to search data of each and every subject of the planet.
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On line Medical Guidance
-Several web sites will
also be on the Web to obtain details about various conditions. You are able to consult with a cell of
on-line physicians to obtain guidance about any medical problem. In addition, lots of material can also be on
the Web for research in medical industry.
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Looking for Jobs
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Communication
-keep in touch with other through
Internet all over the world
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Information
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On line Training
-Several web sites of
different colleges offer lessons and classes on different subjects or
subjects. You may also obtain these
classes or lessons in your personal computer.
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Advertisement
3. Effect of Gambling
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Impact on Families
-The most common problem is
the loss of money. Savings, property or belongings may suddenly be lost. This
kind of money crisis makes the family feel scared, angry and betrayed.
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Emotional Problems and Isolation
-Family members may feel
ashamed, hurt, afraid, angry, confused and distrustful. These feelings make it
harder to solve problems.
-Many partners do not want
to be emotionally or physically close with the person who has hurt them.
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Physical and Mental Health
-Anxiety, depression and
stress-related problems such as poor sleep, ulcers, bowel problems, headaches
and muscle pains.
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Burnout
-One member may try to keep
things in control by taking on more tasks. This can lead to burnout.
-Family members often focus
on the person with gambling problems, and forget to take care of themselves or
to have fun.
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Impact on Children
-Children can feel forgotten,
depressed and angry and they may believe they caused the problem.
-Children take care of
younger brothers or sisters, or try to support their parent. This
responsibility causes children stress.
-Children may also believe
they must take sides between their parents. They may stop trusting a parent who
makes promises he or she doesn’t keep.
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Physical and Emotional Abuse
-Family violence is more
common when families are in crisis.
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Anxiety and Depression
-This can make sleeping,
thinking and solving problems more difficult.
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Suicide Risk
-The people most likely to
attempt suicide are those who also have a mental health problem (such as
depression) or who use alcohol or other drugs. People who have threatened
suicide or hurt themselves in the past are also more at risk.
4. Importance of being frugal
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Frugality inspires an attitude of gratitude and contentment
-Frugal living makes you
appreciate what you have and helps you to realise that you are blessed to have
it, even if it’s not the newest luxury what-not. This makes for a far more
content life, rather than a life spent straining and whining for the latest
thing.
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You gain a better perspective on what “enough” really is
-Frugal living teaches you
that “enough” is not the newest luxury car, but a functional car (or no car at
all, if you live in an area where that’s possible). “Enough” is not the latest
gadget, but a loving family and food on the table. It helps you realise that
you probably have “enough” and that there are a lot of people who don’t.
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You’re teaching the next generation.
-If you model a frugal
lifestyle for your kids, chances are they’ll go on to live a more frugal
lifestyle and teach their kids the same. You can’t beat giving your kids a head
start on good money management skills at a young age.
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You become more creative
-Making do with what you
have and reducing spending requires you to more creative to get the most out of
what you have.
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It teaches the art of compromise
-Frugal people learn that
you can’t always have everything you want, but you can have some of what you
want. The daily compromise between buying store brand ketchup and name brand,
or between buying a new bedspread and mending the old one, all so you can have
more money for something else, teaches us how to compromise to get more of what
we really want.
5. Reasons for learning a
foreign language
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Brain Fitness
-Recent medical studies
bring attention to the positive effects learning a foreign language has on the
health of the human brain. Studies by York University of Alzheimer's patients
demonstrated that those who were bilingual had a significant delay in the onset
of the disease compared to their monolingual counterparts. Other studies
concerning the health of monolingual and bilingual patients' brains showed that
the effects of dementia were less advanced in bilingual patients even though
their brains showed more brain damage as a result of the disease.
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Job Preservation
-Knowledge of a foreign
language is equally useful for maintaining employment, particularly in
industries where companies look to relocate business or expand into other
markets. This is because downsized or outsourced employees who speak the
language of the country where the company plans to relocate can gain an
advantage in the race to be appointed to a post in the new location. Knowledge
of the language of the region where your company is expanding into new markets
can make you indispensable to the success of the business as you bridge the
cultural gap between the two locations.
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Family Ties and Networks
-Knowing a foreign language
can help keep your extended family intact while also expanding your network of
contacts. For example, if your family came to the United States during World
War II from Germany, you may also have family members who remained in Germany
and others who migrated to places like Argentina and Chile; therefore knowing
Spanish and German will help you stay in contact with those family members and
will also be useful in conducting any genealogical research about your
ancestry. On social networking sites, members speak many languages and live all
over the globe; knowing another language permits you to reach people who would
not necessarily be in your network due to the difference in language. This
enlarges the geographical scope of your relationships and enables you to expand
your business and personal contacts.
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Additional Compensation
-Some employers are willing
to offer additional compensation to employees who have verifiable foreign
language competency, particularly if such languages are in high demand like
Arabic, Urdu or Farsi. For example, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's
Language Services Section is dedicated to providing linguists across the law
enforcement community to offer translation and other language services. The FBI
has developed a special program -- Foreign Language Incentive Pay -- that
awards additional compensation to employees who have certified foreign language
proficiency in critical foreign languages.
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