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New Risks Begin to Surface
New Risks Begin to Surface COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 29 December 2004 - The devastating tsunamis that struck south Asia on December 26 have left over 21,700 dead and thousands of children, women and men missing in Sri Lanka, one of nine countries that were affected by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and its aftereffects. More than 700,000 people have been displaced from their homes. These survivors face an array of dangers -- disease, lack of clean
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New Schools for Quality Education
New Schools for Quality Education A local issue in the community of Los Angeles is the necessity of building new schools to relieve overcrowded classrooms and to improve the quality of education. The funds that the schools receive from the board of education vary from one district to another. The schools should have more after-school programs to help the parents with their children’s education. In addition, the schools should have educational programs to help the
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New Social Movements: Changing America one Step at a Time
New Social Movements: Changing America One Step at a Time Politicians and government officials in the United States are supposed to represent the voices in society that strive to better economic, social, and environmental conditions. We have elected representatives that are chosen to present the desires of individuals, groups, and organizations that fight for a just cause. These officials are not using their political power to the full extent to make a difference within society.
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New York City - a Diverse Area
New York City is a diverse area. It contains hundreds of different tracts with one different from the other. I am going to be comparing Hunter's tract, which is 120 with my tract, which is 721. After comparing these two tracts, I am going to compare them both to the entire city of New York. The pace where I live in is Forest Hills, Queens. NYC contains Demographic Characteristics such as total population. In
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New York Subways
They call it the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The MTA New York City Transit is the largest public transportation system in the world with 470 reported passenger station, plus 230 miles of routes translating into 660 miles of revenue track, and a total of 842 miles including non-revenue trackage. It runs 24 hours a day and all year long and is one of the most notable transit systems in the world because of such running hours.
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New Zealand Politics 1984 -1993
On July 6 1984, the fourth Labour government were elected into parliament after defeating the National party in a snap election. 1984 can be regarded as a major turning point in New Zealand political history in the sense that significant political changes affected the whole of the New Zealand society, economy and political structure. New Zealand government’s experimented with radical Neoliberal policy programmes to achieve economic and social progress during this period. The essay
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Newark Gentrification
GENTRIFICATION IN “BRICK CITY” ***N E W A R K*** Originally, the term gentrification was invented to describe the residential movement of middle-class people into the low-income areas of London. (Zukin, 131). I understand gentrification to be a plan that focuses on developing urban renewal plans and projects to help uplift and restore low-income urban areas. This is all done in hopes to attract wealthier residents in order to boost the economy of the neighborhood
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Newark, New Jersey's Education Crisis
"I am just so concerned, our kids aren't punks. Our kids aren't wise guys. They're the kids who come from single parents, lots of them on welfare, and every one of them can be college material. Isn't it our job to protect them? If we don't have these schools, what's going to happen to them?"(Newark’s School Choices Grow Bleaker, par. 17) These are the agonizing questions asked by Newark, New Jersey’s Our Lady of Good
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Newburg to Phoenix
Newburg to Phoenix I left Newburg, New York in the Spring of 2000 to begin a new life in Phoenix, Arizona. I thought about all the new and wonderful things that were waiting for me in Phoenix, and I couldn't hide my anxiety as packed up my things and said my good-byes. I was experiencing bad times in Newburg and my finances were depleted. I had to ride the 'Dog' to Phoenix and the three
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News
I can remember watching the news coverage of several different hurricanes during my lifetime, so I know that the coverage starts with what is going on and happening as the events unfold, even after the hurricane has left the area. So it is no surprise that the same was done with Hurricane Katrina. But one thing that I did not realize until now is how news stations use a hurricane, or any other disaster, and
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News Article
In sickness and in health, many boomers turn to their close friends, not family, to get the support they need. Twenty years ago, when writer Trisha Arlin bought a two-bedroom co-op in Brooklyn, N.Y., she didn't know that some of her neighbors would become as close as family. At first they helped each other out with little things like plant watering and pet sitting. But then, when Debbie and her husband, Wrolf, who lived in
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News Review
I decided on this article titled “At two year colleges, student eager but unready.” This article explains that an overwhelming percentage, nearly half of the 14.7 million undergraduate students attending two and four year institutions, don’t receive their sought after degrees, due to deficiency in basic subjects; such as math and English. The article goes on to reiterate the fact that high schools aren’t preparing students for the pressure and expectations college professors have
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Newspapers online: Why Information Will No Longer Be Free
Newspapers online: why information will no longer be free. (Spotlight). Columbia Journalism Review - January 1, 2003 Michael Scherer Word count: 824. citation details ________________________________________ The old broadcast model for online journalism, with free words and blinking banner ads, is heading the way of bankable stock options and the office foosball table. Stung by a growing drift of readers and advertisers to the Internet, newspaper executives are betting on a bevy of online experiments designed
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Newstart
Topic Nutrition, exercise, water, sunshine, temperance, air, rest and trust are integral components in an approach to a holistic lifestyle. Explain why these eight principles can be of benefit to someone who wishes to pursue a holistic lifestyle. Essay Adopting a healthy lifestyle is a personal choice. For that reason, making the right choices in regards to what we eat, how much exercise we do, how much water we drink and whether we are getting
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Ney York Times Article
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER Tom Daschle called Cheney’s stance “unfortunate.” “The American people have a right to know what the facts are,” Daschle said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “I think the administration needs to open up, to be willing to be forthcoming with all the information regarding these circumstances.” At issue are meetings Cheney or members of his energy task force held with officials of energy firms, including the now-collapsed Enron Corp., while the
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Ngo Contribution in the Development of Country: Bangladesh
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: INTRODUCTION Bangladesh has a strong tradition of private philanthropic initiatives for humanistic and voluntary works for people's welfare. Many schools, colleges, hospitals and other voluntary initiatives for public service have their origin in the philanthropic values of caring and sharing. It is with the same spirit of caring and sharing that after the Liberation War in 1971 many dedicated individuals took initiatives for people's welfare, at the beginning in the form of
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Nhl Lockout
The rookie salary cap was gutted when teams took advantage of a loophole, adding lucrative "bonus" payments on top of the "maximum" base salary. It began in 1997, when the Boston Bruins gave two rookies, Joe Thornton and Sergei Samsonov, the maximum salary allowed under the rookie cap. But those contracts also had bonus clauses that would roughly triple the base salary if certain criteria - such as statistical benchmarks - were met. From then
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Nicked and Dimed
Author Info: Barbara Ehrenreich 1941- Barbara Ehrenreich is that rarest of breeds, a 21st century American who still clings to the tenets of Socialism. At the suggestion of Lewis Lapham, editor of Harper's, she decided to try to see how folks moving from welfare to work might be faring and if she could survive on the minimal income provided by a series of low level jobs. Allowing herself a small amount of startup money, she
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Nickel and Dimed
Nickel and Dimed is a classic example of research that shows what a vast number of Americans do to get by each day in the United States. I have read the book before in another class and it is very informative, telling a story that most Americans do not know. On average, I would assume that most people of the middle and upper class America do not know what those who are less fortunate do
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Nickel and Dimed
Is America truly the land of endless opportunities? People from all over the world come to the US in high hopes of becoming rich with minimal efforts. Sadly, this is not the case. After reading Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich, I have a new outlook on individuals struggling to get by on low wage paying jobs in America. Barbara travels to Florida, Maine, and Minnesota to "investigate" life as low wage worker. She plays
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Nickel and Dimed
Bartleby, the Scrivener was a most interesting story. The characters were very interesting to the intuitive reader. The narrator is an interesting man who is difficult to completely understand. The narrator's thoughts seem unclear even to himself. The narrator seems to have a sincere wish to help Bartleby in whatever way he can. His sincerity, though, is questionable. Every time the narrator tries to assist Bartleby, he seems to do it only to gratify
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Nietzsche’s Superman
Though when most people think of superheroes they think of the type with super powers, the original idea of the ‘superman’ was developed by Friedrich Nietzsche in the 1800s. The ubermensch (literally overman in German) never had extra-ordinary powers and wasn’t developed as the protector of man. Instead, the superman is a person who has overcome all the flaws of mankind and is essentially ‘perfect.’ This idea, though it was thought of as an
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Nigeria - a Stable Nation
NIGERIA a stable nation As most governments do struggle when changing over into a new form of government, with hope to better its people, Nigeria is no exception. After 16 years of military dictatorship, three republics, many riots and protests, and about seven coups and/or overthrows, the new Federal Republic of Nigeria adopted a new constitution in 1999, and held honest, fair civilian elections (for the first time in almost two decades) to hopefully ease
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Nigeria and Us Women and Development
Women as a group make up an enormous portion of the world’s population. Thus the development of women, the changes implemented that affect them both positively and negatively are integral in study the world. Introduction to the field of women and development can be traced back to the 1950’s post World War II., specifically the period of reconstruction. Due to focus on external issues rather than internal issues, programs like the United States Marshall
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Night Mother
In Paul Auster's remarkable ''City of Glass,'' the ostensible mystery drives from the book's odd and often strangely humorous working of the detective novel genre. The real mystery, however, is one of confused character identity, the descent of a writer into a laby-rinth in which fact and fiction become increasingly difficult to separate. The city of the title is New York, the only truly constant character in the book, and it is the fate of
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Nike
Nike Welche strategischen Entscheidungen sind typisch fьr die verschiedenen Phasen des Marketings? Was unterscheidet Nike von seinen Konkurrenten? Wo sehen Sie in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart die Stдrken und Schwдchen bei Nike-Marketing? Als Student an der University of Oregon stand Phil Knight 1958 im Leichtathletikteam der Universitдt. Genauso wie sein Trainer Bill Bowerman war er unzufrieden mit den klobigen amerikanischen Laufschuhen. 1962 grьndetet Knight „Blue Ribbon Sports“ mit dem Ziel, leichtere und komfortablere Sportschuhe herzustellen. Zwei
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Nike
Prison inmates, are some of the most maladjusted people in society. Most of the inmates have had too little discipline or too much, come from broken homes, and have no self-esteem. They are very insecure and are at war with themselves as well as with society (Bonnie Szumski 20 America's Prisons: Opposing Viewpoints (4th edition) 1985). Most inmates did not learn moral values or learn to follow everyday norms. Also, when most lawbreakers are labeled
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Nike
Nike is a company that has thoroughly embedded itself into the psyche of people around the world. It's a company that started with humble origins from selling footwear in the basement to becoming the behemoth in the athletic industry. Bill Bowerman, University of Oregon track & field coach, and Phil Knight, middle-distance runner under Bowerman co-founded Nike. Nike was first established as Blue Ribbon Sports in 1964 as a partnership and the name Nike was
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Nike and Child Labor
Nike has been accused of using child labor in the production of its soccer balls and shoes for Nike in Pakistan. While Pakistan has laws against child labor, the government has taken very little action to terminate it. It is said that only a boycott by the United States and other nations will have any impact on child-based industries. In addition, the U.S constitution states that child labor is an illegal and inhumane practice
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Nike Equality Commercial
Nike’s Equality Commercial: Nike is using its voice to take a stand for equality, something that the world has gotten away from for years. This commercial is trying to motivate people from all over the world to take action in their communities. Nothing negative is being portrayed in the one minute and thirty-second long flick. Everyone that spoke during the commercial came off calm and collect. Racial and gender inequality is the company’s main focus,
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