Former US vice-president Al Gore has hit out at company bosses and fund managers for damaging the environment by focusing on short-term goals. Speaking at the National Association of Pensions Funds’ annual investment conference in Edinburgh‚ Gore warned that companies’ obsession with meeting short-term profit targets rather than taking a longer term view‚ was hampering work to combat climate change. Goals Goal-setting ideally involves establishing specific‚ measurable‚ attainable‚ realistic
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Effects of Bullying Last Longer Than High School Most people look back at high school and think of the great experiences they have had‚ and the memories they will hold forever‚ but thoughts varied whether someone was in the popular crowd or an underdog. A bully may look back on high school and embrace the memory‚ remembering the power‚ strength and greatness they felt‚ but the power does not last forever. The bully victim‚ someone who is bullied then turns to bully others‚ faces greater problems
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INTRODUCTION HTC Corporation‚ formerly High Tech Computer Corporation‚ is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of smartphones founded in 1997. The company initially made smartphones based primarily on Microsoft ’s Windows Mobile software‚ but in 2009 it began to shift its focus away from Windows Mobile devices to devices based on the Android operating system. HTC is also a member of the Open Handset Alliance‚ a group of handset manufacturers and mobile network operators dedicated to the advancement of the
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of diabetes may be due to genetics‚ obesity‚ physical inactivity‚ and hormonal diseases‚ along with the foods you consume. Diabetes can have many long-term effects on someone’s body. Three that are the most important are the effects it has on a person’s eyes‚ heart‚ and kidneys. The least horrific effect that diabetes has on an individual is the effect it has on someone’s eyes. Diabetes can cause vision loss‚ glaucoma‚ and blindness. Researches show that increased sugar in blood vessels‚ such as
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Bullying has become a tidal wave of epic proportions. Although once considered a rite of passage‚ parents‚ educators‚ and community leaders now see bullying as a devastating form of abuse that can have long-term effects on both youthful victims and older individuals. We are now realizing the long-term effect bullying has not only the victim and/or offender but on our society as a whole. What the justice system once consider a normal part of juvenile behavior‚ starting in their early childhood‚ and continuing
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(Hall). Bullying as any form of verbal‚ physical‚ written‚ or electronic expressed act causing physical‚ psychological or emotional hurt to the victim. It can take any form‚ but the negative long term effects on mental health can be very severe if not managed early (Gulf news). Bullying can have a lasting effect on a person’s mental health; a new study finds that children who were bullied frequently when they were 8 years old were more likely to develop a psychiatric disorder that needed treatment
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ABSTRACT Bullying is defined as intimidating or inflicting deliberate harm that is continuous and creates an inequality of control. Bullying is often considered an initiation‚ and is mistakenly so. The journal article Long-term Effects of Bullying by Dieter Wolke and Suzet Tanya Lereya covers the major risk factors for ones mental and physical health‚ as well as the adjustment into adult life. This behavior has been discounted by health professionals in the past‚ but needs to be recognized as a
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With regards to alcohol has many long term effects. The bloodstream transports blood all over the body. As soon as alcohol is consumed‚ it goes into the bloodstream and spreads throughout the body. It can affect the bones; it was said in‚ “Effects of Heavy Drinking‚” that alcohol can make arthritis more painful by inflaming the joints that are affected. Another example of liquor affecting the bones is gout which is another form of arthritis that harms the foot. The consumption of alcohol makes this
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allies during World War 2 the only issue the super power’s shared was their “commitment to defeating the Axis power (America A Concise History 731). The issue between the two quickly escalated and spread to the rest of the world. The third world was a term used for “developing or ex-colonial nations in Asia‚ Latin America‚ Africa‚ and the Middle East” (America A Concise History 751). The United States primary goal was to stop the spread of communism in certain countries. Although the Soviet Union and
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Did you know that for every cigarette you smoke you can lose eleven minutes off your life? Smoking can not only leave you with long term affects you may not be able to get rid of but it will leave you poor and maybe dead. Mankind first came in touch with tobacco approximately eighteen thousand years ago‚ when migrant Asiatic people first intersected the Bering Strait and extended across the continents today known as the Americas‚ where tobacco is native (Gately ‚2001). Mayan Indians of Mexico
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