King Corn The industrialization of corn and other crops has caused more harm than good. A lot of this has been pushed along by government programs and food companies looking to make a quicker profit‚ at the cost of the health of their customers. Corn is no longer corn. Covered in chemicals‚ inedible until processed‚ the production of high fructose corn syrup‚ the loss of small family farms‚ it’s damage to the environment‚ and its use as cattle feed are a few of the reasons this new era of corn needs
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Environment and Planning A 2004‚ volume 36‚ pages 2227 ^ 2256 DOI:10.1068/a3759 Shared‚ competitive‚ and comparative advantages: a competence-based view of industrial-district competitiveness ¨ ¨ Cesar Camison Department of Business Administration and Marketing‚ Universitat Jaume I‚ Campus Riu Sec. ¨ 12071 Castellon‚ Spain; e-mail: camison@emp.uji.es Received 26 February 2004; in revised form 29 April 2004 Abstract. The author’s aim is to construct and validate empirically a theoretical
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wealthy country in this politically competitive era. However‚ the extent of a ruler’s control was not their only concern. Many monarchs throughout Europe took great initiative to consolidate and increase their power‚ building absolute monarchies in which they held absolute power. The pursuit of political absolutism frequently stemmed from past conflict involving the various monarchs and included practices such as increasing the authority and control over the nobility‚ building standing armies‚ and
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and drinks we buy in the store‚ you find that 99% of them contain “high fructose corn syrup”‚ which is basically pure sugar. This means that the food industry is feeding a nationwide sugar addiction that is leading to a huge diabetes epidemic. It’s also interesting that the US government gives multibillion-dollar subsidies to the agribusiness corporations that grow and sell corn that ends up as high fructose corn syrup. Don’t you think our government should be working to protect our health‚ instead
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tough decision to make. I think George should continue to look for another corn supplier that sells quality corn at a reasonable rate. George can also find out who supplys their competitior Abco Snack Food corn and try to get the corn for the same price. George can ship the grain outside the United States to make a profit‚ but I believe that is a wrong choice. George knows the corn is contaminated so he should not sell the corn to anyone even if it is legal to ship the grain internationally. Hurting
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Comparative Societies While most U.S. sociologists are interested in what is going on in their own country‚ many of us are also interested in cross-national phenomena. Consider chapter ten in your textbook which focuses on the many facets of globalization. Cross-national scholars examine a wide array of issues such as democracy‚ corruption‚ economic systems‚ poverty‚ human rights‚ labor‚ social movements‚ and the rise and fall of nations to name just a few important topics. The assignment that
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Growing Economies‚ Rising Problems Global groups struggle with fast rise of poor nations‚ putting conflict on the horizon Uri Dadush‚ William Shaw YaleGlobal‚ 23 June 2011 WASHINGTON: The rise of developing countries is transforming the global economy. Whereas for the bulk of the world’s population economic stagnation has been the rule over millennia‚ today’s economic growth is unprecedented. More countries – and people – are achieving rapid income growth than ever before‚ and developing countries
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INTRODUCTION Internet is the most trending and most widely used in today’s generation‚ either it is used for communication‚ used for sharing files and documents‚ for making new acquaintances‚ or just for own enjoyment. People can also use the internet when they want to socialize with others‚ when they want to share what’s on their mind and the on goings of their lives‚ when they want to know what the trending topics like news and scandals‚ or when they want to post some pranks or scum other people
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Comparative Report The English Language and Linguistic(ELL) and the English Literatures(ENGL) are both the major academic discipline areas in the Faculty of Arts. These two disciplines could be found in the Language Center‚ at the University of Wollongong. Numerous similarities and differences between them could be exposed though they are situated within the same faculty. This report is going to research these two different areas in order to apply some comparison and contrast among them. The
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Table 3. Minerals of wheat flour and banana peels (mg/kg) Samples Potassium mg/kg Calcium mg/kg Sodium mg/kg Iron mg/kg Manganese mg/kg Zinc mg/kg Phosphorus mg/kg Wheat flour(72%) 427 238 151 38.03 5.72 3.19 784 Banana peels 16303 3321 440 1217 54.73 1.97 641 The result of mineral content of wheat flour and banana peels is tabulated in table (3) that shows the concentration of phosphorus in wheat flour was the highest (784mg/kg) followed by potassium
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