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  • Hinduism

    Hinduism

    The sacred scriptures of Hinduism are the Vedas, the scriptures of the Aryans. Veda means Knowledge and the scriptures are described as sruti or 'heard' by the sages or revealed to them. There are four, the Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda, and Atharva Veda. They are mostly collections of liturgies for priests during sacrificial rites. The earliest is the Rig Veda, a collection of sacred hymns dating from about 1500 BC. The foundation of

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Drug Legalization by Seth Sprague

    Drug Legalization by Seth Sprague

    Page 1. I think that society should permit the use of drugs for recreational purposes. After all, over twenty years of troop sweeps, police actions and military rhetoric, the evidence is all around us. The war on drugs has flopped. It has been more then ineffective and has actually made things worse. We as American citizens have to wake up and realize that there will never be a "drug free" utopia that we have been

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: July
  • Tesco Case Study

    Tesco Case Study

    Tesco-a Case Study by Article 13 As part of their ongoing programme Article13, the leading corporate social responsibility experts, have released a Case Study of Tesco. Below is a synopsis of the Case Study, which can be accessed in full at www.article13.com. Who are they? Tesco is a leading retailer, operating 2,291 stores around the world and employing 296,000 people. It has grown from a purely UK operation, developing international markets in Ireland, Central Europe

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    Essay Length: 385 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Artur
  • Leadership

    Leadership

    Table of Contents I. Introduction………………………………………………………………………Page 1. What is Leadership……………………………………………………………… 3 2. Principles of Leadership………………………………………………………... 4 3. A Peek at "Cultural Books Publishing"…………………………………………. 5 4. The Main Target for Doing this Research………………………………………. 5 II. Body………………………………………………………………………………Page 1. How is leadership applied in "Cultural Books Publishing"……………………. 6 2. A Brief Comparison between my Father and the Perfect Leader…...…………. 7 III. Conclusion………………………………………………………………....……Page 1. What Should my Dad Improve to Become a Better Leader………………………8 2. References………………………………………………………………………...9 3 Good leaders

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    Essay Length: 1,598 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Southwest Airlines: How one Airline Positions Itself in a Competitive Market

    Southwest Airlines: How one Airline Positions Itself in a Competitive Market

    Business Essentials-Unit 4 April 17, 2004 Southwest Airlines: How One Airline Positions Itself in a Competitive Market Southwest Airlines is a different kind of airline. It has positioned itself in this manner from inception in 1971. It has defined both its internal and external customers and is committed to them as a business. More importantly, this company has taken on the concept of keeping its employees happy and it will have good outcomes. This

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Hitler, Fact or Fiction; Effects of Labels

    Hitler, Fact or Fiction; Effects of Labels

    Many historical events and “facts” are given by the media, through texts, such as articles, movies and documentaries. Whilst the media claims they are representing media the best they can, every time history is retold, it discloses more and more discrepancies. To a point where it is not longer history being told, but rather a story; one such story, is the story of Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler was a powerful German leader and commander of

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Christian Martrydom - Opinion

    Christian Martrydom - Opinion

    Christian Martyrdom Martyrdom, the cause of death usually for a cause or for one’s religious views, can be viewed in two different lights. One, it can be regarded as one of the most noble of all human endeavors. An individual so devoted to a cause that they are willing to give up their life for it, it is an amazing concept. Or, it can be viewed as a reckless, foolish decision. Martyrdom is an extreme

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Yan
  • Circus-Circus Summary

    Circus-Circus Summary

    Circus-Circus was an unprofitable business and a small time casino when William Bennett and William Pennington purchased it in 1974 for $50,000. With a new marketing program in place and a stock offering in October of 1983, the company was rejuvenated. What it has become is a hotel/casino that is targeted mainly towards middle income gamblers as well as family oriented vacationers, but has not strayed away from the high rollers that are found in

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    Essay Length: 620 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Geography Features

    Geography Features

    GEOGRAPHY FEATURES INTRODUCTION The length of India from north to south is about 1,900 miles from east to west is about 1830 miles. The Indian peninsula forms a rough triangle framed on the north by the world’s highest mountains, the Himalayas, and on the east, south and west by oceans. India consists of fertile river plains and high plateaus. Several major rivers such as Ganges, Brahmaputra and Indus flow through India. Landforms The Himalayas

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Edward
  • Fascism and Communism

    Fascism and Communism

    . Fascism and Communism are two different forms of government that were very similar. Fascism is a 20th century form of nationalistic, militaristic, totalitarian dictatorship that seeks to create a feasible society through strict regimentation of national and individual lives. Communism is type of government in which there is no private property and the government controls the entire economy. Communism tries to satisfy the basic needs of society by sharing work and benefits. Both theories

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    Essay Length: 585 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Yan
  • The Black Arts Movement

    The Black Arts Movement

    BAM! The Black Arts Movement The amazing era of the Black Arts Movement developed the concept of an influential and artistic blackness that created controversial but significant organizations such as the Black Panther Party. The Black Arts Movement called for “an explicit connection between art and politics” (Smith). This movement created the most prevalent era in black art history by taking stereotypes and racism and turning it into artistic value. This connection between black art

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Bred
  • Factors That Lead to War

    Factors That Lead to War

    A war is started to settle an arousal of disputes over matters of territory, sovereignty, resource and ideology when no peaceful solution is available, utilized, or searched. By the word territory, we are pointing to the land which nations possess, and sovereignty refers to the authority power of the leaders of each country. Resource is the materials of which a country is able to produce with the availability of certain goods, while ideology is the

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: regina
  • A Chance Meeting

    A Chance Meeting

    It was a warm summer day when his life turned upside down. He and some friends had been enjoying some delicious pizza you could only find at privately owned Italian restaurants. They took advantage of the luxurious warmth and sat on the front patio where they could watch people pass by on the busy Bloor Street. But soon the sunshine was cast aside, and as with most hot humid days the bright blue sky was

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Top
  • Human Behaviour and Psychology

    Human Behaviour and Psychology

    PSYCHOLOGICAL HUMAN BEHAVIOR Psychology is the very important perspective for human nature. It is very much important for the individual environment. “Psychology is very much a product of the Western tradition. Whereas a new psychology of the year 2000 contains both the eastern as well as the Western tradition”(Frey, 04/06). Psychologists call a person’s self concepts it includes what a person perceives from the person’s self-concept attitudes. It’s related to Psyche means the integrate part

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Emily Dickenson

    Emily Dickenson

    Hello, my name is Emily Elizabeth Dickinson. I was born in Amherst Massachusetts in 1830. I was not very close with my mother and father. I had an older brother Austin who was kind of bossy, and a younger sister, Lavinia who was very protective of me because I was shy as a child. I attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary which was an institution of higher education in South Hadely. I only stayed at this

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Top
  • Does Synesthesia Undermine Representationalism?

    Does Synesthesia Undermine Representationalism?

    Does synesthesia undermine representationalism?1 Torin Alter talter@ua.edu [Draft: please treat as such. For Pysche symposium on Gregg Rosenberg’s A Place for Consciousness: Probing the Deep Structure of the Natural World (OUP, 2004)] Does synesthesia undermine representationalism? Gregg Rosenberg (2004) argues that it does. On his view, synesthesia illustrates how phenomenal properties can vary independently of representational properties. So, for example, he argues that sound/color synesthetic experiences show that visual experiences do not always represent spatial

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Anna
  • Feudalism

    Feudalism

    Feudalism was the foundation of the European government. The structure of feudalism was incredibly unbalanced, which was the main reason for its downfall. When the Roman Empire fell, it left many wealthy landowners spread throughout the European countries. For every wealthy landowner there were many poorer. They decided therefore to commend themselves to landlords, surrendering to a lord in return for safety and the right to farm the properties. This was the beginning of the

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    Essay Length: 455 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Steve
  • Task Management

    Task Management

    Task Management Graphics and Tables not included Task 1 There is no standard definition of an Information System Requirement. A requirement is a property that is essential for an IT system to perform its functions. Requirements vary in intent and in the kinds of properties they represent. They can be functions, constraints, or other properties that must be provided, met, or satisfied so needs are filled for the system’s intended users (Roger Abbott 1986). Information

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Top
  • Assessing Delta Air Lines Corporate Culture

    Assessing Delta Air Lines Corporate Culture

    Assessing Delta Air Lines Corporate Culture This paper will discuss the corporate culture of Delta Air Lines, Inc. The team agreed that assessing Delta’s corporate culture would definitely be a learning experience. Delta Air Lines, Inc. provides air transportation for passengers and freight throughout the United States and around the world. As of February 1, 2006, Delta (including its wholly owned subsidiaries, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. and Comair, Inc.) serves 244 domestic cities in 46

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Edward
  • Ibm and the Two Thomas J. Watsons

    Ibm and the Two Thomas J. Watsons

    IBM and the Two Thomas J. Watsons 1920-1950. Thomas J Watson Sr 1950-1971. Thomas J Watson Jr IBM industry leader in mid 1990s, even after serious problems during the 1980s Private companies were reluctant to invest in computer R&D. DOD financed most of the necessary R&D. This allowed the U.S. to take the lead in IT. Two historical developments: tons of data to be filed, sorted and analyzed. Larger role that defense-related industries and US

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Monika
  • Dabahwallahs of Mumbai (a)

    Dabahwallahs of Mumbai (a)

    DABAHWALLAHS OF MUMBAI (A) Case study Questions: Please read the case thoroughly and answer the following questions: 1. Explain in detail the types of Business logic (Business Rules) the Dabahwallas follow in their business. i.e., the cost of the business, cost of delivery, total cost of a dabbah for the client, delivery times etc. (Note: Business logic most probably will remain similar but the associated cost/charges may differ over the years.) Need for Infrastructure Resources

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Yan
  • Compare and Contrast the Part That the City or State (polis) Plays in Antigone and Oedipus the King.

    Compare and Contrast the Part That the City or State (polis) Plays in Antigone and Oedipus the King.

    Compare and contrast the part that the city or state (polis) plays in Antigone and Oedipus The King. Antigone is a play about the tension caused when two individuals have conflicting claims regarding law. In this case, the moral superiority of the laws of the city, represented by Creon, and the laws of the gods, represented bt Antigone. In contrast, Oedipus The King is driven by the tensions within Oedipus himself. That play both begins

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mikki
  • ‘only God Has the Right to Interfere with Our Genes' Do You Agree?

    ‘only God Has the Right to Interfere with Our Genes' Do You Agree?

    The word gene comes from the word for ‘origin’ in Greek. Genes are sections of DNA that determine the structure of a protein. They are the foundation of all life on earth. They form and decide the characteristics of every living creature and the genes that exist today are there because they have been successfully reproduced in the past. The DNA that determines the person that we grow into is created from half of each

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    Essay Length: 1,346 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Aaron Burr

    Aaron Burr

    It was a cold morning in Newark, NJ, on the 16th of February 16 when my good friend Aaron Burr, Jr. was born. My family lived next door to the Burr residence and became very friendly with the Reverend Aaron Burr, Sr and his wife Esther. Aaron and I attended Princeton University where we originally studied theology, but later gave up it began the study of law in Litchfield, Connecticut. Our studies were put on

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Lago's Plan

    Lago's Plan

    The play begins with Rodrigo reprimanding Iago for not doing his job. Rodrigo is paying Iago to pursue Desdemona for him, and he has just learned that she has eloped with Othello. Iago reassures Rodrigo that the plan will eventually work because he himself is motivated to bring Othello down; Othello promoted Michael Cassio to lieutenant rather than Iago, and Iago believes that he was more deserving of the promotion. Iago starts his plan by

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: regina