the cash crop they had been searching for. Tobacco exports climbed exponentially when the first cargo of Virginia-grown tobacco arrived in England and land became the most valuable commodity the New World had to offer. As the supply grew‚ the price per pound plummeted. Now fully dependent on this crop‚ the only solution was to grow even more‚ pushing exports over the limit. This new lifestyle became characteristic of the Southern settlements and tobacco would play a very central role in the development
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2) EPEAT registered EPEAT is a system which intends to help purchasers select‚ compare and evaluate electronic products on the basis of their environmental attributes. Rating of computers in categories of Gold‚ Silver and Bronze depends on the number of 51 environmental criteria they meet pertaining to energy conservation‚ product longevity‚ corporate performance‚ end-of-life management and elimination of sensitive materials.23 baseline criteria’s have to be meet for a product to be rated Bronze
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Assess the contribution of Marxism to our understanding of society [33 marks] Marxism is a macro/structural approach to society‚ meaning that it looks at the large-scale societal structure for answers about how society works and operates. They believe that structure is categorised into two kinds of structure; the infrastructure and the superstructure. They believe the infrastructure is made up of the economic base and is made up of the social relations between the producers and who owns the means
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How I feel about teen Tobacco use in America By: Mariah Yourczek Tobacco in my opinion is one of the deadliest things for you. It can cause permanent damage to your lunges and most of the time it causes cancer. A lot of people lose their lives early in life because of tobacco use. People lose lots of years off their life because of smoking cigarettes. In the past couple decades most teens try some sort of tobacco at a young age. And most end up getting addicted at such a young age. Tobacco
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Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry in the United States. Prior to his invention‚ farming cotton required hundreds of man-hours to separate the cottonseed from the raw cotton fibers. Working by hand‚ a slave was only able to clean about a pound of cotton a day. Simple seed-removing devices had been around for centuries‚ however‚ Eli Whitney’s invention automated and industrialized the seed separation process. A single slave using this machine could generate
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Cigarettes Should be Made Illegal Tobacco has been in America for nearly 8000 years. It started being cultivated and used for pleasure around 2000 years ago. (Cancer Council) People have been using it for a very long time. That means that the past 2000 years‚ it has been causing hundreds-of-thousands of deaths. Tobacco is widely known for its cancer-causing ways. The assumption could be made that people would stray away from it. The reality is that people constantly use tobacco products. In 2006‚ consumers
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How valuable is sociological knowledge in contributing to our understanding of contemporary health issues? Sociological knowledge assists understanding of how social issues impact on health and illness experiences in society (Barry & Yuill 2008‚ pp.5-10). In this context‚ sociological issues will refer to case study number one‚ about Ernie. By focussing on sociological imagination‚ this essay will illustrate how private troubles can be viewed as public issues. This will be followed by a discussion
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Quality Management in Service Industries Part 1. Introduction In present time‚ there is a worldwide trend that service industry occupies a dominant position in the economy in the majority of developed countries and areas. Without a doubt‚ major changes in government policy and business transactions have a significant influence on the flourish of services industry. However‚ nowadays the increased value of services also brings big pressure on marketers to implement different strategies
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Knowledge Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry Introduction The study of Knowledge Management is a process that has been researched for centuries by western philosophers and traditional theorists‚ however it is only until recently that knowledge management has been the main focus for many organisations. Many have said that it was the publishing of Karl Wiig’s‚ “knowledge management foundations” (1993)‚ that sparked the huge interest in knowledge management and nearly two decades on KM is
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issues/concepts impact on human resource management in organizations. Prepare and write up a term paper based on the issue/concept listed against your name‚ using the following guiding questions: • (a) Review the various definitions of the issue/concept • (b) Provide theoretical explanation(s) of the issue/concept • (c) Critically evaluate the major successes and challenges in the o application of the issue/concept in human resource management in the industry/sector relevant to your specialization
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