Who would have imagined it? After years on top‚ Nike suddenly looks like a world-class marathoner who‚ in midrace‚ questions whether he’s got what it takes to keep on running. Nike’s symptoms of distress: a global glut of shoes‚ flat sales in key markets‚ and declining profits. Moreover‚ the global brand champ that captured its own winning corporate mindset with the "Just do it" ad slogan has a new pitch‚ "I can"--to which investors seem to be retorting‚ "No‚ you can’t." Losing faith‚ they have knocked
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AIR POLLUTION IN THE PHILIPPINES Guides and Tips Home / Blog / Air Pollution in the Philippines Air pollution is a common and frequent problem nowadays. When you are on your way to work‚ you pass by your neighbors’ backyard where he is currently burning their garbage from yesterday‚ then you come across a smoke-belching public utility vehicle‚ then a guy beside you lighted a cigarette and started suffocating you with second-hand smoke. You cannot always depend on your handkerchief on covering
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Soils of the tropical savannas The soils of the tropical savannas‚ along with the distinctive wet/dry climate‚ are a major determinant of vegetation in the region‚ and of potential land uses. Soil is an outcome of five broad factors: parent material‚ climate‚ relief/slope‚ time and organisms. | Infertile soils Given the variations in all of these in the savannas it is no surprise that there are many different soil types in evidence in northern Australia. Generally speaking the combination of these
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British Airways Plc Annual Report and Accounts Year ended 31 December 2012 Company registration number: 1777777 This page has been intentionally left blank Contents Officers and professional advisers 1 Business review and Directors’ report Business review Management review Financial review Internal controls and risk management Directors’ report 2 5 8 12 Directors’ responsibilities statement in relation to the financial statements 14 Independent auditors’ report 15
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Philippine education is patterned after the American system‚ with English as the medium of instruction. Schools are classified into public (government) or private (non-government). The general pattern of formal education follows four stages: Pre-primary level (nursery‚ kindergarten and preparatory) offered in most private schools; six years of primary education‚ followed by four years of secondary education. College education usually takes four‚ sometimes five and in some cases as in medical
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I will never have children. How could I bring a child into a world where most of the food we eat is full of chemicals whose names most people cannot pronounce and companies can sell cigarettes and liquor which kill the equivalent of a small country every year. Three hundred thousand people die every year in the United States due to obesity related diseases caused by the consumption of convenience food. Cigarettes and alcohol together kill more people every year than non-alcohol related traffic accidents
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Running head: Status of Women Minority Status of Women Minority Status of Women Women are a minority because they are identifiable‚ have limited access to power‚ often are treated negatively and have a collective consciousness. Gender studies have enabled us to realize that from the minute a baby is born‚ they are put on a different path because of their gender. They are socialized differently‚ have different social experiences‚ they are expected to have different reactions and orientations
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Response #2: Celebrity Status Within Celebrity Status (Kurzman et al)‚ the authors imagined a Weberian analysis of celebrity as a status group. This analysis is carried out in two ways. First‚ they examine Max Weber’s approach to the relationship between status group and capitalism and second‚ they introduce the celebrity system‚ four aspects of the Weberian concept of status‚ and then compare and contrast modern-status groups to pre-modern-status groups. To begin‚ Weber defined status as a group characteristic
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economy. ()d do each of the above. ()e do only (a) and (b) of the above. Answer: Question Status: Previous Edition )2 Financial markets and institutions ()f involve the movement of huge flows of money. ()g affect the location of businesses. ()h affect the types of goods and services produced in an economy. ()i do each of the above. ()j do only (a) and (c) of the above. Answer: Question Status: Previous Edition )3 Money‚ financial institutions‚ and financial markets in the United States
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What moral status does the human embryo have? The moral status of the embryo is a controversial and complex issue. The main viewpoints are outlined below. 1. The embryo has full moral status from fertilization onwards Either the embryo is viewed as a person whilst it is still an embryo‚ or it is seen as a potential person. The criteria for ‘personhood’ are notoriously unclear; different people define what makes a person in different ways. Arguments for this view Arguments against this view
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