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    Throughout history, numerous societies have dealt with many struggles and conflicts. Global pandemics and climate change are just two of these struggles that society still deals with today. History, particularly the historic backgrounds of ancient, medieval, and modern times, can educate people on solutions to these problems. First, Jared Diamond explains how climate change influences lifestyles of the ancient Maori and medieval Greenland Norse. Second, Richard A. Muller addresses the dangers of…

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    Bottled Water

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    Drinking water is essential to any lifestyle; a substance that humans cannot live a healthy life without. The water bottle business is an 11-billion-dollar industry, one needs to question why it is such a successful industry when one can drink similar water in the comfort of their own home. As best told by Charles Fishman, author of the Big Thirst, “the ownership and control of water is invisible” (Fishman 8). My relationship with water hasn’t always been a positive one, there was always a…

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    Consumer Culture

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    Consumer culture can be broadly defined as a culture where social status, values, and activities are centered on the consumption of goods and services. In other words, in consumer culture, a large part of what we do, what we value and how we are defined focuses on our consumption of stuff, therefore the term material culture. ( Lury C.) Consumerism dominates human cultures. The term has various meanings mainly referring to consumers purchasing practices Its negative meaning refers to the system…

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    Social Security is one of very few domestic programs that have been both federally created and federally funded and are administered exclusively from Washington. It is a rare case of highly successful public policy that has been both popular and effective since its inception in 1935. Its main function is to pay cash benefits to those who have reached retirement age or suffered the death of a spouse and mainly seeks to provide an essential financial safety net beneath private savings. While…

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    the better advancements occurred later on. Furthermore, at the time of 1760 to 1830 the environmental degradation did outweigh the advancements made to technology and industry. The industrial revolution was constantly creating copious amounts of emissions, one being sulfur dioxides. When sulfur dioxides combine with water, they create what is known as acid rain. When acid rain occurs, it creates devastating effects on agriculture and the environment, burning through the plants themselves. This…

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    Introduction: An electric toothbrush is a toothbrush that makes rapid automatic bristle motions, either back-and-forth oscillation or rotation-oscillation , to provide oral cleaning service, removal dental plaque from the surface of teeth. Electric toothbrush generally powered by rechargeable battery or disposable battery. The functional unit for the electric toothbrush is 3 years per use where 2 times per day. The functional unit for the replaceable brush head is 3 months per use. We will…

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    tool used by global companies to reduce waste within a manufacturing system so it increases the customer overall values. Finally, the Goup is an active member of Europe Spirits through it contributes in the technical committee to calculate the CO2 emissions, so in the future years the spirit sector will be able to produce based on the environmental…

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    INTRODUCTION Marks and Spencer,sees CSR as an obligation of organisations in respect to their relationship with the communityin which they operate.the point is that,over a number of years ,they have regularly invested 1% or more of their pre-tax profits in the form of cash,employee time and gifts in the kind of charitable causes.they are also willing to support the efforts of their own staff who are involved in charitable causes. Perhaps,Marks and Spencer have found a way in which the social…

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    Executive Summary We investigate the effect of transactional and transformational leadership on followers and how each motivate individuals to commit to the enterprise goals and objectives. This report gives insight into the difference between transformational and transactional leadership drawing from case study evidence. The report concludes that although their core concepts are different, they share similar aspects and are most effective when used the right circumstances and context.…

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    well as the income inequality in other to ascertain their economic stability. Figure 3; Illustration: The GDP per capita PPP in Ireland is expected to be 52500.00 USD by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts’ expectations. Source: Trading Economics (2016). The data illustrates the relationship between the GDP and PPP which shows the purchasing power is there and a gradual growth is seen. This will be of immense benefits to Hero Bikes because…

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