We are all made of corn. Take a strand of your hair. A recent study proved that if you are like the average American consumer today‚ your hair is 69% made of corn carbon. This is in contrast to the 5% of corn carbon that is in the hair of Europeans. Americans use more corn in their diet than anyone else‚ and the corn content of the American diet is partially responsible for our country’s widespread obesity and the prevalence of diabetes. America’s over-production of corn has serious consequences
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having major effects on our economy‚ beginning with the employer to the employee and to the related businesses. We are not only losing Australian owned businesses to foreign investment‚ but our unemployment rates increase and the market for our Australian “brand” is declining. This is why it is imperative that all Australian consumers support Australian businesses at every opportunity. The profits made by these businesses are generally used to improve the business‚ employ more staff‚ improve working
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Modern science and technology have changed our lives in many dramatic ways. Airplanes‚ automobiles‚ communications satellites‚ computers‚ plastics‚ and television are only a few of the scientific and technological inventions that have transformed human life. Research by nuclear physicists has led to the development of nuclear energy as a source of power. Agricultural scientists have developed better varieties of plants and highly effective fertilizers. The development of antibiotics and other new
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Work to live‚ Don’t live to work By Will Brady This is my response to a QCS(Queensland Core Skills) test. When we walked into the test room we had no idea what we were supposed to write about. We were give the theme of ‘Time’‚ for which we were given a stimulus sheet and 2 hours to write whatever we could. I came up with this. These days‚ most of us spend three quarters of our lives‚ working. And what is all of this work for? To save money so that when we retire‚ and were old and crippled‚
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and relating it with my reaction paper on leaders being born or made. I’m talking about Captain America and Iron Man. What about them? Captain America was a hero in the past. He joined the military. Because of his diminutive size‚ he wasn’t given much attention in the army. In other words‚ he was a nobody until he was asked to be part of the experiment. From a small soldier to a buffy one‚ he has become a man of power and strength. He has become Captain America! On the other hand‚ Tony Sparks‚ commonly
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something with our lives. Unfortunately‚ most of has have learned to suppress that desire so much that we’re not even aware of it anymore. We fill our lives with so many activities that there’s just no time anymore to do something meaningful and there are good reasons for doing this. The first is that we often don’t even know what we’re supposed to do with our lives. While we have a clear idea as children we often get discouraged because what we desire to pursue doesn’t go well with what our parents
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Leaders Are Made By: Dwayne Mathis 4/3/2014 Leadership and Organizational Behavior MGMT 591 Professor Joel Bunkowske‚ Instructor The question was asked in our class discussion this week‚ “Are leaders born or made?” This is one of the most often asked questions about leadership. People have varying opinions on this subject. My opinion is that leaders are made. To lead people effectively is a very complex undertaking. No one is born with the necessary tools to
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Swindle‚ more responsible in using science Global warming is turning 38! The idea of global warming has been brought up and continuously discussed 38 years ago since the publication of a journal article Are we on the brink of a pronounced global warming?‚ yet after 38 years‚ debates of global warming has extended to the movie industry. An Inconvenient Truth and The Great Global Warming Swindle holds conflicting opinions towards the existence of global warming‚ however‚ since science must contains
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legacies we still look upon today are engineering‚ architecture‚ and religion. All of which we see everyday in our modern lives. The romans made huge innovations to the ancient world in engineering such as indoor plumbing ‚ as well as in architecture like the outstanding famous roman buildings such as the colosseum. The romans also made famous the religion of christianity. Ancient Rome has lead the way for future innovations as well‚ such as the Golden Gate Bridge‚ public bathrooms‚ and a religion
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Technologies such as Facebook‚ Youtube‚ mobile phones and smart phones are just a few of the new technologies and applications being used every day by our generation to communicate. I am going to be looking at what some of these communication technologies are and how they affect our daily lives and finally answer the question if we the youthful generation of today would not be able to function without these communication technologies. First how would we define communication technologies? Information
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