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- 1401: Fossil Fuels And Alternative Energy Sources
- ... atmosphere (EPA 1). Carbon dioxide along with many other gases are building up in the Earth s atmosphere which, traps heat and is causing the Earth s temperature to increase (EPA 1). Since the industrial revolution the snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere and floating ice in the Arctic Ocean have decreased due to global warming. This melt-off has also caused the world s sea level to rise over four ... Renewables are Ready: People Creating Renewable Energy Sournces. White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing Co. 1995. Environmental Protection Agency. Global Warming. Http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/climate/index.html Information Plus. The Enviroment: A Revolution in Attitudes. Wylie, TX. 1994. Oil Supplies Are We Really Running Out? Http://www.ap.org.edu/oilsup.htm
- 1402: Introduction
- ... harsh disagreements with the government. Why after all did Pepsi enter again, facing a country with such strongly adverse feelings towards foreign companies – which is rooted in Indians history of colonialistic times when the British, French and Portuguese were extracting the country‘s recources ‚‘its wealth‘ without returning noticeable benefits to its economy. Moreover they feared that national companies would not be able to compete with foreign investors and as a ... standpoint, government restriction on FDI are quite easy to understand. As mentioned already in question 1) Indien‘s approach toward forein companies is deeply rooted in its wounds of history of colonialist times by British, French and Portuguese, which ruthlessly extracted the country‘s resources without returning anything to the benefits of Indians economy. These past experiences consequently resulted in governments tight restrctions of FDI. At the same time when Pepsi ...
- 1403: Food Processing
- ... the search for a better mechanism of food preservation, and it was he who offered 12,000-franc pieces to the person who devised a safe and dependable food-preservation process. The winner was a French chemist named Nicolas Appert. He observed that food heated in sealed containers was preserved as long as the container remained unopened or the seal did not leak. This became the turning point in food preservation ... major breakthrough in the world of science had arisen; the discovery of the X-ray by German physicist Wilhelm von Roetengen. This technological advancement, along with the soon to be discovered concept of radioactivity by French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel, became the focus of attention for many scientifically based studies. Of most importance, to the field of food preservation, these two discoveries began the now controversial process of food irradiation. Food ...
- 1404: Kerouac
- ... explain how Jack Kerouac, the founder and most important member of the Beat movement, was influenced by the rapidly changing culture of the 1950 s, as well as, how Kerouac ignited a social and literal revolution in America, from which the Beatniks and Hippies emerged. All of Kerouac s books drew public attention due to Kerouac s originality and new style of writing. Kerouac s originality and unique style of writing ... act it out without thought or concern. The Beatniks later evolved into the Hippies, and created a whole new nation through music, art, literature, and social behavior. Jack Kerouac and the Beatniks created a cultural revolution which changed America forever. During the 1960 s most critics did not consider Kerouac to be a great writer, and did not like the message he had to convey. They thought Kerouac s subject matter ...
- 1405: European Studies
- ... the farmer, they were a nuisance for consumers. Monetary Compensatory Amounts (MCAs) were used in the 1970Æs when devaluations by France and revaluations by Germany made Green Money redundant. MCAs operated as levies on the French exports and subsidies on French imports. The reverse was applied to Germany. (7) MCAs, while allowing Community trade to continue even though common pricing was never established, had more disadvantages than advantages. They allowed the real level of prices to ...
- 1406: United States and Imperialism
- ... affairs during the turn of the century. After the United States imposed the Wilson-German Tariff, Cuba, depending on imports heavily, fell in to a deep economic crisis. This caused the Cubans to launch a revolution in 1895. Though the Spanish government did provide modified reconcentration and promised some autonomy for Cuba. President McKinley was a known imperialist that wanted independence of Cuba achieved without an U.S. war if possible. Though the revolution seemed to have no end, so the U.S. set the battleship Maine to demonstrate U.S. concern and protection for Americans in Cuba. After its explosion, the U.S. declared war on Spain. The ...
- 1407: International Business - Coca~
- ... harsh disagreements with the government. Why after all did Pepsi enter again, facing a country with such strongly adverse feelings towards foreign companies which is rooted in Indians history of colonialistic times when the British, French and Portuguese were extracting the country s recources its wealth without returning noticeable benefits to its economy. Moreover they feared that national companies would not be able to compete with foreign investors and as a ... standpoint, government restriction on FDI are quite easy to understand. As mentioned already in question 1) Indien s approach toward forein companies is deeply rooted in its wounds of history of colonialist times by British, French and Portuguese, which ruthlessly extracted the country s resources without returning anything to the benefits of Indians economy. These past experiences consequently resulted in governments tight restrctions of FDI. At the same time when Pepsi ...
- 1408: The Increasing Application of Scientific Management Principles Of Work Organisations To Services Is, Despite Its Limitations, Inevitable and Irreversible
- ... they believed that faster work would put them out of a job and because hourly or daily wages destroyed individual incentive. Taylor believed that in order to discourage, and indeed halt, this ‘soldiering' a ‘ mental revolution' was required. He believed this could be achieved via four vital principles: (1) the development of the best work method, via systematic observation, measurement and analysis; (2) the scientific selection and development of workers; (3 ... reducing staff training, thereby reducing costs. This is especially useful in hotels whereby high turnover of labour often results in high staff training costs. From such an example it can be seen that the ‘technological revolution' has greatly aided, and indeed encourages, the application of scientific management in the service sector implying that such management is inevitable. Turning to the ‘irreversibility' aspect of the statement the motives of wanting to reverse ...
- 1409: Historical Background To "Animal Farm"
- ... change their ways. In other words, peaceful progess toward equality and socia justice was impossible. The only way to establish justice, he said, was for t workers to overthrow the capitalists by means of violent revolution. He urged workers around the world to revolt against their rulers. "Workers of the worl unite!" he wrote. "You have nothing to lose but your chains." Another thing Marx taught was that organized religion, the ... neglecting the count badly. Making conditions even more miserable for the people were the hardships the First World War and a particularly cold winter. By 1917, the Russian people were desperate enough to accept a revolution. fact, they got two for the price of one, the first in March when the Tsar was deposed and a provisional government was set up. Then in November a political called the Bolsheviks led a ...
- 1410: The Weapons of War
- ... could also have flanges, or sharp diamond edges, on the end. Maces such as these were used to slice through an adversary's armor or skin rather than pierce it. The Italian mace and Gothic French mace were examples of this type and was used during the High Renaissance. Highly dangerous and lethal, the mace was not only a symbol of rank, but a brutally efficient weapon in the hand of ... any other axe in previous times. Without doubt, they were an extremely effective instrument of death. Specially designed hammers were also used in combat during the Renaissance. The war hammer, or "martel de fer" in French, was a one of the more common weapons of the time. It had a heavier blunt side used to crush bones and a spiked side that was used to penetrate armor. It was extremely effective ...
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