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Chocolate History And The Growing Of Cocoa
Number of Words: 376 / Number of Pages: 2
... the Spanish Conquistador Don Hernan Cortes, who first realised the commercial value of the beans. He brought cocoa beans back to Spain in 1528 and very gradually the custom of drinking chocolate spread across Europe reaching England in the 1650s.
The London Chocolate Houses became the fashionable meeting places for the elite of London society to savour this new luxury beverage.
The heavy import duties which had made chocolate a luxury that only the wealthy could enjoy were reduced in 1853. Chocolate and cocoa became within the reach of the wider population and a number of manufacturers of coc ...
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Computer Ethics
Number of Words: 2328 / Number of Pages: 9
... make it a dangerous tool. Computer technologies with reliable error detection and recording capabilities, permit the invasion of a supposedly secure environment to occur on a grand scale and go undetected withought any suspicion . Furthermore, computer and communications technology permits the invasion of a persons' privacy. Two forces threaten privacy: one, the growth of information technology with its enhanced capacity for surveillance, communication, computation, storage and retrieval and two, the more dangerous threat, the increased value of information in decision making. Information has b ...
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Tourism
Number of Words: 585 / Number of Pages: 3
... That is, if you really want to be rich, you can be, as long as you're not afraid of working hard. So, people obviously like being tourists, and the even more obvious reasons for that can be the need for something different to occur in ones life, not always being stuck in the same old tracks, over and over again. Or, that we need to relax, which you apparently can't do at home, only abroad. One classic reason for is of course that it is a social benefit; You'll get a lot of attention from people back home both before and after the journey, which indeed can be just as much, if not more of a pleas ...
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The Difference Between A Club
Number of Words: 376 / Number of Pages: 2
... form of a gang is a club. Americans generally view clubs as character building leadership opportunities; whereas, individuals typecast into gangs are persecuted as criminals. Clubs are formed with constructive goals in mind, such as making it easier for its members to find parts for a particular brand of automobile. Socioeconomic class, academic achievement, or perceived roles in society for its members all play a part in the preferential treatment given to a group which a society deems a club rather than a gang. For instance, parts of the public anticipated that motorcycle riders would cause a m ...
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The Canadian Personality
Number of Words: 710 / Number of Pages: 3
... bears. In fact, our country has a vast amount of temperate wilderness, grand provincial parks and even a rainforest in the west. We have all the animals mentioned in the story, but do we talk about them? It seems that all most Canadians do is complain. Complain about the economy, the government, the USA. Anything that can be found that is wrong with our country, we talk about. That sets us apart from the others, most countries talk about their achievements, not their defeats. The USA brags about their strong and mighty army, we whine about our tiny armed forces. The Swiss talk of their gre ...
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Honesty
Number of Words: 674 / Number of Pages: 3
... example of un-honorable actions of parents, rubbing off on their children. About 99% of the population in this book, were uncaring robots. They would turn their best friend into the “thought police” at the drop of a hat.
They don’t think for themselves, and therefore are robots. The children of 1984, were even worse because they would turn their own parents into the “thought police”, with no sense of shame, and they actually felt proud about their actions. This is a perfect example of the unmoral actions of the parents rubbing off on their children. This could be the fate of our country if we do ...
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Psychopathology Assignment - M
Number of Words: 626 / Number of Pages: 3
... to kill himself.
My cousin was diagnosed as having a chemical imbalance in his brain and suffering from manic depression. In order to help him the doctors advised him to stay in Tara, a psychiatric clinic, for a few months with therapy and medication providing him with the help he needed. All my family has been able to do is provide the much needed support, love and encouragement as the nature of my cousins “madness” are feelings of worthlessness, hopefulness and helplessness as well as a destroyed self-esteem. This was my first experience with a so- called “madness”.
It is ...
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The Road Ahead By Bill Gates
Number of Words: 1009 / Number of Pages: 4
... Since almost all information in the future will be digital, conventional communication devices will be altered. As soon as the cost of communication drops and it is combined with other technological advances, Bill Gates predicts that the results of this interactive information will be like the effects of electricity. He also predicts that the house of the future will have one wire running into and out of it that will carry television, phone, or news information that will be sent to the appropriate device.
In his book Gates attempts to tell the history of the computer industry, but i ...
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Vegans
Number of Words: 900 / Number of Pages: 4
... to practice veganism, it is not sufficient to simply avoid specific foods and products; it is necessary to actively participate in beneficial selfless action as well. Omitting animal products from one's life is a passive action; it does not necessitate asserting oneself, it merely involves avoidance. In order to actually implement and realize Ahimsa, we must engage the "dynamic" part of "dynamic harmlessness." Therefore, to fully apply the vegan ethic, not only are compelled to do the least harm, they are obliged to do the most good. (Marcus pars. 1-2)
Observing people who attempt to convert to ...
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Disposable Diapers
Number of Words: 9414 / Number of Pages: 35
... are turning away from because they are not biodegradable.
Given this gap in the market, Bio-Diapers has been developed to provide ecology-minded consumers with an environmentally safe disposable diaper. This new line of biodegradable will feature all the elements that are popular among users of , but will include that added benefit -- biodegradability. The revolutionary new advancement in the disposable diaper market will attract consumers who are concerned about the environment as well as those consumers using cloth diapers and diaper services because the currently on the market are non-degrad ...
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