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    Statistical Journal of the United Nations ECE 19 (2002) 65–78 IOS Press 65 Industrial and consumption waste. How to meet the indicator needs. Experiences from Finland Simo Vahvelainen Statistics Finland‚ Environment and Energy‚ PB 6A‚ FIN-OOO22 Statistics Finland‚ Finland Tel.: +358 9 1734 3457; Fax: +358 9 1734 2465; E-mail: simo.vahvelainen@stat.fi Abstract. Statistics Finland has compiled waste statistics since the mid-1980s. The data material included administrative registers‚ surveys

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    for Victoria Konstantinova Vernon certifies that this is the approved version of the following dissertation: Household Economies of Scale‚ Food Consumption and Intra-Household Allocation of Time Committee: Li Gan‚ Supervisor Daniel Hamermesh Richard Dusansky Douglas Dacy Hong Yan Household Economies of Scale‚ Food Consumption and Intra-Household Allocation of Time by Victoria Konstantinova Vernon‚ dipl.; M.A. Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School

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    The Negative effects of sugar consumption Have you ever feel worry that eating sugar will damage your health‚ but you keep eating it anyway? It would be fair to assume almost everyone on the planet loves sugar and sweet foods. Most people know to limit their intake of processed sugar‚ however‚ what most people do not know that chemical reaction of sugar in the body acts as a poison. You feel down or drained? You think a quick sweet or pudding or chocolate will give you a boost? Well yeah

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    Ryan Charlie New School for Social Research Draft: 12/16/2013 II The Role of Museums in Utility-Enhancing Consumption and Relatedly an Empirical Study of Museums in the USA1 II.1 Introduction II.1.1 Introduction to Research and Method II.1.2 Introduction to Economics of Museums II.1.3 Consumption and “The Finer Things in Life” II.2 Relevant Issues in the Political Economy of Art Museums

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    Cultural Anthropology 11/21/11 “Supermarket Food Consumption Study” On Wednesday November 16‚ 2011 at approximately 3:33pm I visited Pathmark and asked to speak to the produce manager whose name was John. I asked him if he could explain the process of how apples are picked‚ and transported from the orchard to the local supermarket. John‚ the produce manager‚ stated that the apple picking business is a long process to get the apples from the farms to the supermarkets. He said that the first

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    Alcohol consumption should be banned A dizzying array of research suggests alcohol can have both good and bad effects‚ but making sense of such studies all comes down to preaching about the evil effects of alcohol and the substantial impact on our health. Alcohol is more than just an ordinary beverage. Alcohol’s consequences weigh more than any of its positives. This debate points out few of the reasons as to why alcohol should be banned. Firstly‚ alcohol should be illegal because it is just

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    technologies. The fruit is consumed for nourishment while the brand is consumed for an array of endless individual technological objectives. However‚ in our American consumer culture‚ we are constantly influenced by the need to hyper-consume. The hyper-consumption mentality can be justly explained by Karl Marx’s application of Commodity Fetishism‚which is; “participants in commodity production and exchange experience and come to understand their social relations as relations between the products of their

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    Cell Phones and Media Consumption INTRODUCTION In today’s society‚ the prolific use of cell phones has become so commonplace we barely realize how often we (and the people around us) are on our phones. Our culture has become accustomed to the widespread use and accessibility of cellphones‚ and we fail to realize the effect it has on people and society as a whole. The overuse and abuse of cell phones‚ specifically text messaging among high school and college students is cause for concern. Nowadays

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    Nicholas Leung May 2012 The Reality of Fast Food Consumption Introduction When was the last time you had fast food just because it was so easy‚ filling‚ convenient and inexpensive? Fast foods restaurants provide foods that are quick‚ cheap‚ and easy alternatives to home cooked meals‚ that do not provide table service‚ and tend to be high in saturated fat‚ salt‚ calories while containing little nutrients (Gaskell). Sometimes we eat food from restaurant chains such as McDonalds‚ Kentucky Fried

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    Francione and Nicolette Hahn Niman interrupted and insulted each other. Gary was the passionate voice of people who believe that the killing and using of animals for food should be abolished. Contrarily‚ Nicolette attempted to explain how the consumption of animals is a necessary part of the cycle of nutrients. Through their insults and habits of interrupting I quickly became wary of the program‚ however‚ one point made by both sides stuck with me. People say that the next big war will be fought

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