Family matters and social responsibilities become secondary worries to his/her primary concern for existence, which is drinking (Stephens, 2007). ... Adhering to abstinence, according to AA, is ultimately linked to the kind of social network surrounding the recovering alcoholic. If the patient has an increased social network in both quality and size, and if the network is altogether supportive, it is possible to achieve the goal of abstaining from alcohol use (Borkman, Kaskutas, &ump; Owen 2007). ... " Therefore, the German example can be applied to other nations where social drinking is...

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IMPORTANCE IN THE SOCIETY Reaping the benefits for the economy The benefits from the widespread adoption of telecommuting are threefold: • the elimination of the tremendous waste involved in congestion, the effects of commuting, and pollution • the improvements in productivity which promote competitiveness and growth • the development of a high-skill workforce which is ahead of the field in working and trading over electronic networks. ...

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Around the world, unemployment or the threat of it remains one of the main challenges to long-term social sustainability. Indeed, the experience of recent years has underscored social sustainability as key to longer-term competitiveness, and thus to sustainable growth. ... More recently, in order to better place the discussion of competitiveness in the societal and environmental context, the World Economic Forum has begun exploring the complex relationship between competitiveness and sustainability as measured by its social and environmental dimension. ...

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Except for a few social deviants, neither Africans nor Europeans would enslave members of their own societies, but in the early modern period, Africans had a somewhat narrower conception of who was eligible for enslavement than had Europeans. ... The slave trade was thus a product of differing constructions of social identity and the ocean-going technology that brought Atlantic societies into sudden contact with each other. ... Because Amerindians died in large numbers, and insufficient numbers of Europeans were prepared to cross the Atlantic, the form that this demand took was shaped by con...

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The importance of securing natural energy resources is taking center stage in the European Union's (EU) future plans. Turkey, a candidate for a full membership to EU, is located close to 70% of the world's oil and gas reserves. Due to it's proximity to these important resources, Turkey is in a perfect position to host a large pipeline (Nabucco Gas Pipeline) that will carry gas from the Caspian Sea to the Middle East. This would give all the countries involved a necessary alternative to the Russian supply routes - and it would become the fourth most dynamic energy corridor for Eu...

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Any cost benefit analysis would start from a recognition that globalisation has indeed improved economic efficiency and it has provided enhanced individual liberty for many; but in its failure to ensure social justice on a global scale, it also inhibits liberty for many more. ... It argues that globalisation is undermining the ability of governments to provide a legitimate social bond between governors and the governed. It is a problem that affects not only developing countries but developed ones as well, if indeed not more so given the more advanced state of the national social bond. I...

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In addition, Religion has been a major force in the shaping of Roman history, politically as much as socially. ... We also learned that France is home to the Ariane space rocket and Airbus Industries, and the boasts the world's most extensive high-speed train network. ...

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The first category includes such details as the economic, political and social condition in the countries of emigration. ... Our study of immigration to Britain is wide-ranging and complex, and our findings and conclusions bear directly on Britain political immigration and policy issues about economic and social Our aims are to: Know the first arrivals in Britain towards history of immigration to Britain. ... Assess the role of social and political intervention in achieving to set up laws for immigration and the issues that followed. ... The greatest distance between two points is 568km (60...

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