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    Roman civilization owed much of its sustained success to progressive engineering achievements. Even today it is remembered through its great buildings such as the Colosseum and Pantheon and the many aqueducts strewn over the empire's territory. While the Romans did not invent the techniques used, they refined and reinvented them to make use of them in grand and effective ways, defining the technology of their era. Although our reading states "the indubitably Roman invention of concrete." (Kamm

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    looked at, Costco was ranked number 4. Costco gives their consumers a small amount of choices in products compared with most grocery stores. One example of this is their 360 count Advil. If they sold different sizes of the same product, almost no one would buy the 360-count bottle. By only selling the 360-count bottle in stores, it is predicted that only one in 10 customers will not but the product (Weitzner, The Costco Craze: Inside the Warehouse Giant). Costco does this so that customers have

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    Target has finally admitted its mistake in the transgender bathroom policy issue, but only said it was wrong to announce its long-held policy to the public via a blog post. Insiders told The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that Target CEO Brian Cornell said he was frustrated over the way their transgender bathroom policy was publicized because he would not have approved it. He also admitted to the staff that the company did not assess the risk entailed by the move and now it is too late for them to reverse

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    Abortion in Zambia has been legal since 1972, and the abortion law is one of the most liberal in sub-Saharan Africa. However, more than 40 years later, women continue to procure unsafe abortions; approximately 97% of all abortions are unsafe in Africa (Sedgh et al., 2012). In Zambia, this number is lower but still significant, where an estimated 70% of abortions are unsafe, and unsafe abortion accounts for approximately 30% of all maternal deaths (Leone et al., 2016; Cresswell et al., 2016). The

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    March Of Dimes Summary

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    Publix Campaign, having raised in $7.1 Million in comparison with $6.3 million last year that guaranteed to the 3 out of 4 campaign to exceed their budgets and meet their stretch goals. Praising outstanding job done by Publix, she mentioned that only in Palm Beach County Publix raised $358,000 and urged members of the Board to thank Publix associates when they visit Publix Stores. She said that the budget for the Palm Beach –East Central Market is $3.5 million and it includes Palm Beach and Treasure

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    which revolutionized how the world watches its entertainment. At the time of launch, Net-Flix was using the strategy of unlimited exchange of movies with the customer’s subscription, and they have not settled on their signature name and look. By 2004, Netflix settle into its signature look and still using the slogan no late fees- “EVER!” (Business-insider, 2016). In 2007, Netflix introduced streaming into the roster of services that it offered, it was not until 2009 they presented the “happy family

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    to open a new account, or misuse of personal information for a fraudulent purpose”. It is estimated that on average; 12.1 million US households experience identity theft annually, which it about 7% of the population. The average financial loss per incident is $5,130 and 64.1% of those reported identity thefts are solely credit card based. This equals to an annual 7.7 million people having their credit card number stolen costing them 41.3 billion dollars. Needless to say there is a major opportunity

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    Celebrities In America

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    Nearly all aspects of society are influenced by others. Celebrities, mainly those who have wealth or influence, not only decide what is “in” or “out” regarding mainstream society but oftentimes, their reach spans into government and the economy. Since the appointment of Donald Trump as President of the United States, and his subsequent cabinet choices, there has been a rise in the visible political participation of the wealthy. Where once their control took the form of financial support of a campaign

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    the law firm which had previously represented her car accident case resulting in her injuries. During all this, she also meets a new neighbour, George, a motorcyclists who wants to take Erin out on a date. Erin is surprised to find medical records in one of the real estate files regarding Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) which is very

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    Cancer remains a major disease in the United States and causes a burden not just to individuals but also to the society in general. It was estimated more than 1.6 million new cases will be diagnosed in the United States in 2016, and approximately 600,000 patients will succumb to cancer1. Through the effort of screening (mammography for breast cancer, colonoscopy for colon cancer, to name a few) some cancers can now be detected early on when local resection is still feasible. However, many cancers

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