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    Self Portrait According to the Meriam-Webster dictionary website, liberal education can be defined as, “education based on the liberal arts and intended to bring about the improvement, discipline, or free development of the mind or spirit” (2016). Throughout IS 101, deeper insight of what that definition truly means and the characteristics of being liberally educated were discussed and talked about. The IS 101 Reader was the main source of this information and was supplemented by a few other…

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    #Harmful effects of soft drinks _Bubbly and sugary, soft drinks are appealing to your eyes, refreshing to drink, and easy on your pockets but they come at a cost - from obesity to poor bone health to cancer, soft drinks can take a toll on your health._ Be it a mix for your favorite booze or a quick fix for your kid's birthday party, soft drinks come in handy. But remember, apart from lacking in nutrition, the sugary drinks are full of unhealthy ingredients and more importantly, they may not…

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    Charles Maslow created the Hierarchy of Needs, which is a pyramid composing of five different sorts of needs. The highest form of needs is reaching full potential, which is the narrowest form of needs, and then branches out to the most basic needs. Those basic needs include, food, water, and sex. Food and water are a given, for they sustain life. Sex at the simplest level is used to populate the world, but over time its purpose has been for pleasure. Since then, companies have used values such…

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    Born and raise in the world of technology, I sure can say a lot has changed. We went from big screen computers, which were so heavy I couldn’t move it when I was 7, to our tablets which is a 7 year old modern toy. Technology has it’s ups and downs and us as humans have to know which to approve and which to ignore. In his recent book, Modern Romance, standup comedian Aziz Ansari talks about how the culture of finding love has change dramatically. He interviews thousands of people, old and…

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    The ability to express and perceive emotion serves an important role for human functioning in everyday environments. It can, for example, allow us to detect danger or respond to a person in need. A full understanding of how emotion influences behaviour has yet to be realized. Recent literature has demonstrated that exposure to emotionally arousing stimuli can alter the perceptual mechanisms of participants. The present experiments attempted to expand this research to examine cross-modal vision…

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    activists and citizens in America are often claiming space in American landscapes and defying racism all in one movement. Ordinary street names bring history into a tangible and familiar way for many Americans. Sociologists Robin Wagner-Pacifici and Barry Schwartz stated, “Memorial devices are not self-created; they are conceived and built by those who wish to bring to consciousness the events and people that others are more inclined to forget.” People want to memorialize marginalized groups…

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    Science Behind Addiction

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    often Bautista 7 performed by surgeon Dr Walton Freemen. When someone receives a lobotomy, the surgeon either drills tiny holes into the head and cuts nerve endings or pokes an icepick through the eye and swirls it around to disable the frontal lobe(Schwartz). One famous lobotomy treatment was on John F. Kennedy’s sister Rosemary Kennedy. The surgery left her with the capabilities of a child(Gordon). These “treatments” were very unsuccessful usually with patients ending up worse than how they…

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    Trader Joes Case Study

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    In just such a move, Trader Joe’s phased out singleingredient products (such as spinach and garlic) from China. “Our customers have voiced their concerns about products from this region and we have listened,” the company said in a statement, noting that items would be replaced with “products from other regions until our customers feel as confident as we do about the quality and safety of Chinese products.”19 Conversely, discontinued items may be brought back if customers are vocal enough,…

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    American Consumer Culture

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    Consumer goods and services, by far, are the largest component of the American GDP. In 2012, consumption accounted for almost 70% of our GDP (Slavin 201). A consumer culture refers to a culture that actively engages in consumption. Most developed countries have fairly strong consumer cultures. Consumption is simply a way of life in America. When America became a country, it was primarily an agricultural economy. 90% of the population lived on a farm (Slavin 2). Almost everything that was needed…

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    Servant Leadership and Benevolent Organisation: Abstract Introduction Benevolent Organisation has recently become a significant topic of interest amongst the organisational researchers who are exploring and creating environment of human progress and compassion (Karakas,F.Sarigllu,E,2012).Organisations are considered making rooms for emotions, meaning, spirituality and community which were viewed only as a rational system (Ashmos and Duchon,2000). Around the world, the leaders are contributing…

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