The video “The True Costs Of Growing Soy in Southern America”‚ and this week’s reading “A Land in Flames”‚ show the damage on local communities and land from growing soy. In South America‚ forests are destroyed and people are relocated in order to make farms to grow soy that is then sent to Europe to feed animals. The video shows an indigenous community in Paraguay being interviewed‚ and to them deforestation is nothing but an invasion that takes away their necessities. In just Paraguay‚ almost three
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Wealth Distribution In the reading assigned: “The Dangerous Consequences of Growing Inequality” the idea of wealth distribution is discussed. The reading speaks on how the decline of leisure time among the ninety-nine percent is steadily increasing. The statistics state that wages are lower for the working class than ever before while the income for the one percent upper-class increase exponentially. One example used by the other was the illustration of the ten individuals playing musical chairs
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Growing up in Southern Louisiana‚ I was raised in a “weird” way. I was taught to call all adults ma’am and sir when I was speaking to them‚ and “ya’ll” happens to be a regular word in my vocabulary. Loving the bayou‚ and being polite to everyone who earned it‚ is what I guess people call weird here in Colorado. I spent most of my life in Louisiana. It’s my home.Everything about that place reminds me why I love it so much‚ most the people‚ the food‚ and pretty much everything except the weather.
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Blood Brothers The play “Blood Brothers” was written by a music enthusiast Liverpudlian called Willy Russell. It is set in central Liverpool between the 1950’s and the 1980’s. Around this time is when Margret Thatcher was elected to be the first and only woman Prime Minister of England. Many people did not agree with the way she ran things as she believed that there was no such thing as society and equality therefore everyone was an individual. The play is about a set of twins who were separated
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Report: Financial Position and Performance of Ted Baker PLC – 2010 to 2013 The following document analyses the financial performance and position of Ted Baker Plc over the last four fiscal years (2010 to 2013) using ratio analysis. The Appendix provided shows the balance sheet‚ income statement and calculated and graphical representation of the ratio analysis. Overview of 2010-2013 Results: Profitability: The company has shown good profitability over the years and has been a top performer in
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Summary for UPS’s Values‚ Mission‚ and Strategy Generally speaking‚ this article is about the UPS’s company culture. It is divided into three sections. The first section is what they believe and what they persist in. They claim that they believe in teamwork and pursuit of excellence. Furthermore‚ they also point out that they are interest in long-term prosperity as well as innovation. The second section is focus on their goals. They set goals from 4 aspects‚ which are expanding global business
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industry. In the baker market‚ there are three giant producers‚ Allied Bakeries (Kingsmill) (a division of Associated British Foods)‚ Premier Foods (Hovis) (formerly British Bakeries) and Warburtons‚ produce bread for a nationwide market. These bakers are of a similar size and between them account for about 74 percent of the market by value. On the other hand‚ the market share of the small and medium sized bakers are only 5.4%. So‚ are the large oligopolistic bakers and the small bakers catering
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students. We believe that students getting a later start in school will improve overall student performance and comprehension when it comes to academics and extracurricular. Our school aims to start at around 8:30 AM‚ giving students more time to wake up comfortably and have a good night’s sleep‚ even for students who live farther away. According to an article written by Finley Edwards‚ “Do Schools Begin too Early?”‚ school starting times greatly affects the student’s overall performance and mental
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In her article "Carving up the Amazon" (Nature 3/22/2014)‚ Barbara Fraser descripes the effects of road construction and deforestation in the Amazon and on a global scale. Fraser states that rainforest destruction began in the 1970s. Since then‚ the road network has extended year by year. The forest must be cut down and the roads offer a way to penetrate the forest and destroy large parts of it. This causes changes in the remaining forest. One of the consequences of the construction of roads is
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Having grown up in a single parent home with two sisters who did not complete high school‚ made the pressure for me to succeed unimaginable. The constant reminder of achieving greatness has stuck with me since I was eight years old. Throughout middle school I was top of my class‚ in high school I graduated cum laude with a 4.4 GPA and currently in my 1st year of college I am top of my intermediate/college algebra class‚ I scored the highest grade out of all 5 of my psychology teachers classes‚ and
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