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FAT TAXES IN THE UNITED STATES INTRODUCTION Hi everyone. So today I'm going to talk about an article I found in the Economist. The article is called "Waist banned", and deals with a possible enforcement of a junk food tax in the United States. This kind of tax is also known as a Pigouvian tax, Pigou being a 20th century economist. First I'm going to introduce you to the concept of Pigouvian taxes, second we'll talk about its underlying rationale, third we'll try to wonder whether a fat

Philosophy The Matrix and Its Relations to Plato’s and Descartes’ Philosophy “Have you ever had a dream that you’re so sure that it’s real? What if I you were able to wake up from that dream, how would you know the difference between that dream world and the real world?” (Morpheus, The Matrix). Morpheus poses this question when introducing Neo to the matrix. Morpheus’ question immediately addresses the issue of reality that is concerned by Plato and Descartes. The allegory of the cave by Plato

Nowadays, the students’ habits are more and more developing and we hear more and more about it on television and in our entourage. Subjects that seem to be the most important are first of all the alcohol consumption because it’s emerging in grad schools and causes a lot of problem. Students have different ways to react face to alcohol; furthermore, they don’t always realize consequences it could have. Then, we use to think that young people are aware of precautions they have to take with sexuality

merchandising retailer headquartered in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest retailer in the world measured by revenues (after Wal-Mart and Carrefour) and the second-largest measured by profits (after Wal-Mart). It has stores in 14 countries across Asia, Europe and North America and it is the leader in the UK (where it has a market share of around 30%). It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Brief history: * 1919 -> Jack Cohen founded

Career women and identity crisis in Wendy Wasserstein's Third Index Intro.................................................................................................3 Thesis: “Professor Laurie Jameson has become the very thing she wanted to fight” ….................................4 Context.......................................................................................4 Feminism.................................................................

Bill Bryson : The bird has flown . An extract from « Notes from a big country . written/published in 1998 Writer/author : an American-born novelist /best-selling author ( Iowa , 1951) Books deal with comparing life in the USA/UK/Australia Mostly autobiogrphical works /non-fictional/fictitious A personnal exprerience : a first-hand testimony/a witness Studying the faults/failings/shortcomings of the society he lives in on either side of the Atlantic . a satirist : writing satirical/satires : making

Introduction The first thing is to understand what the communication is. The basis of communication is the interaction between people. Communicate, it means to speak for and to listen. To speak for it’s: to formulate affirmatives sentences in the purpose to give information and to ask questions to obtain information or to check the information. To listen it’s: to be quiet when the interlocutor speaks, to try to understand what the interlocutor says, to observe the body language. There

in India Pizza Hut is the most preferred fast food restaurant. There is many restaurants implanted in every great town of the country since 1996 when the first restaurant was opened. We will see in this case study why Pizza hut is so popular, and how this company manage to conquest India. Mc Donalds {draw:frame} McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving nearly 47 million customers daily. At one time it was the largest global restaurant

written and performed by the band KISS and called Detroit Rock City. KISS is an american band created in 1973 by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons in New York City. KISS is regarded as one of the greatest rock band and also as the precursor of glam rock. The band is very popular because of their makeup, their costumes, stage effects and the long tongue of Gene Simmons. The band KISS has sold 19 million albums in the U.S. and more than 100 million worldwide. The group consists of Paul Stanley (vocals

never lost sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way." ~Gloria Gaither~ "The guardian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down upon us." ~Jean Paul Richter~ "A friendly look, a kindly smile, one good act, and life's worthwhile!" "Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life." ~Thomas Jefferson~ "You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you