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  • World War II in Europe - Divergence of German States

    World War II in Europe - Divergence of German States

    Background After the end of World War II in Europe, what territorially remained of pre-1945 Germany had been divided into four occupation zones (thanks to the Yalta Conference), each one controlled by one of the four occupying Allied powers: the Americans, British, French and Soviets. The old capital of of the Allied Control Council, was itself similarly subdivided into four zones. Although the intent was for the occupying powers to govern Germany together inside the

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    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Rumspringa - the Amish Ritual

    Rumspringa - the Amish Ritual

    Rumspringa: An Amish Ritual Introduction: In the Amish religion, there lies a pivotal tradition for many of its adolescent followers. There are a number of Americans whom are likely to have never heard of this rite; as it is practiced by a small demographic, consisting of roughly 200,000 people . Their tradition, referred to as the Pennsylvania-German term “Rumspringa”, can best be explained by the word’s translation. With “rum-”, translating in English to “around”, and

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    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Definition Description of Central Processing Unit

    Definition Description of Central Processing Unit

    A Central Processing Unit (CPU) is a chip, containing a microprocessor, at the heart of most every modern computing electronic. A microprocessor is a small integrated circuit or chip, comprised of silicon and transistors, which interprets electrical impulses, performs operations on the electrical impulses, and sends the impulses to another device. The transistors are simple switches that turn on and off, allowing the electrical impulses through when on or ‘open’. Microprocessors are very small.

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    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Mikki
  • United Airlines

    United Airlines

    Facts of the Case Industry The first successful flight was conducted by the Wright brothers' in 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This would come to be known as the beginning of the aviation industry. In the beginning, the public was slow to embrace airplane travel due to the fact that they believed it to be too dangerous. This outlook of the industry lasted until the United States became involved in World War I. After

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Steve
  • 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
  • Seperation of Church & State

    Seperation of Church & State

    Our nation has been founded on many strong principles, and beliefs. Although, the most controversial question never fails to arise when the matter of separation of church and state comes up. Were both God and Christianity part of what this nation was founded on or was the basis and structure of this great nation completely separate from God and Christianity? Articles have argued over the matter of the separation of church and state being either

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Janna
  • The Current State of the Voice over Ip Marketplace for Enterprise-Class Deployments - 2005

    The Current State of the Voice over Ip Marketplace for Enterprise-Class Deployments - 2005

    The Current State of the Voice over IP Marketplace for Enterprise-Class Deployments August, 2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS ANALYSIS 2 AVAYA CORPORATE 4 AVAYA COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER 5 MEETING EXCHANGE 6 EXTENSION TO CELLULAR 7 SUPPORT FOR SIP 8 SIP CONVERGED COMMUNICATIONS 8 SIP TRUNKING 9 AVAYA SEAMLESS COMMUNICATIONS 10 CONCLUSION 11 Analysis At the onset of writing this paper, I intended to research and analyze the relevant companies and associated product offerings in the Voice Over

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    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Separation of Church and State in the European Union

    Separation of Church and State in the European Union

    Separation of Church and State in the European Union The European Union, the intergovernmental organization between 25 European nations, faces many challenges concerning where it will go, how it will develop, and how and when it will expand. As its work continues and further develops, the Member States take many steps to be more united and uniform. Such developments are the birth of the Euro as the EU�s monetary unit and the abolition of borders

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    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Outline on the United Farmworker Association

    Outline on the United Farmworker Association

    How did the United Farmworkers association (UFW) succeed in creating a social movement founded on the plight of the farmworker that revolutionized the way an entire people now live in this country? I. Thesis and Intro A. The farmworkers’ movement became the catalyst for a revolution in the way Mexicans would live and work in the United States due to the success of the UFW and the motivation it inspired. B. There were three main

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    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Janna
  • State Farm Insurance Companies

    State Farm Insurance Companies

    State Farm Insurance Companies headquartered in Bloomington Illinois, the firm includes a mutual company as opposed to a stock company. Thus stock threats analysis, competitive analysis organizational structure their dreams The company's mission statement incorporates its advertising theme that and relationships mutual trust integrity and financial the insurance industry and we will become the sub-sectors of the financial services sector in which thesubsidiaries non-medical health insurance health care services provided by non-medical professionals Additionally

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    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Bred
  • Organization of American States

    Organization of American States

    Organization of American States The Organization of American States (OAS) brings together the countries of Western Hemisphere to strengthen cooperation and to advance common interests. It is the region’s premier forum for multilateral dialogue and concerted action. The OAS helps in many different ways to make changes around the world. Actually the OAS is having a meeting in Ft. Lauderdale (Florida) and some of their actions are showing their interest to defend democracy and human

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Kevin
  • End of a 20 Year Experiment - Why Saturn and the United Autoworkers Agreement Failed

    End of a 20 Year Experiment - Why Saturn and the United Autoworkers Agreement Failed

    End of a 20 year experiment: Why Saturn and the United Autoworkers Agreement Failed The General (GM) Motor Saturn-United Auto Workers (UAW) agreement evolved from GMs desire to build a small, affordable, and efficient vehicle. The purpose of this paper is to explore the opposition to the agreement and the circumstances of events that will explain why the Saturn-UAW agreement failed. The unique labor relations agreement was basically the result of two chief negotiators, Don

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: David
  • Church and State

    Church and State

    The Catholic Church, while she is militant on earth, is compelled to wage an incessant conflict, both for the preservation of the purity of her doctrines and for her own liberty in proclaiming them. The political disputes are a part and a consequence of the dogmatic controversy, and the mission of the Church resides in both alike. All modern history is filled with this double contest; on the one hand with her successive victories over

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Ira 2: America as a one-Party State

    Ira 2: America as a one-Party State

    INTRODUCTION: Our current period of single-party dominance is the key topic of Robert Kuttner in his article “America as a One-Party State”. He lists three reasons that America could become a nation where the dominant party rules, primarily in the House of Representatives. He then states that “the internal workings” of major legislation has radically changed. The most drastic of these changes occurring since the induction of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas in

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Mike
  • New York State Accounting Code of Ethics

    New York State Accounting Code of Ethics

    New York State Accounting Code of Ethics Contemporary Business Law 1 Monica G. Bradshaw June 1, 2004 New York State Accounting Code of Ethics Introduction The accounting system is constantly changing. During these changes, it is important for accountants to adhere to the high ethical standards that they have always lived by. Adhering to the high ethical standards is an accountant?s obligation to the public, the profession, and themselves. An accountant?s ethical conduct usually

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Solar Power (coppin State)

    Solar Power (coppin State)

    With the current BGE prices going up people are trying to less expensive ways to provide energy to their homes. Also with all of the air pollution being caused by oil burning “eco-savvy” consumers are trying to find a way to heat their homes with out contaminating the quality of air. All of these problems could be eliminated if there was a magical source of free energy. Well there is a source of free energy

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: Bred
  • Hr Management in United

    Hr Management in United

    Mal Mart, Inc., day care kids is a mid-sized business, mindful of best practices within the early childhood community, compliant with applicable laws and regulations, and in concert with the culture of its individual clients, establishes appropriate rules, monitors for compliance, communicates effectively with both parents and employers, and attracts and maintains professional staff members who are licensed/certified and who consistently provide both developmental education and individual attention to the children in their care. Our

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Victor
  • Analytical View of Garbage Collection in Solid State Media File Systems

    Analytical View of Garbage Collection in Solid State Media File Systems

    Analytical View of Garbage Collection in Solid State Media File Systems Nilay Khandelwal and Veni Taneja (Thesis written under the course Operating Systems) Department of Computer Science & Engineering Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, India nilay.khandelwal@gmail.com, venitaneja@gmail.com 1.0 Overview Solid State media’s such as flash memory are non-volatile computer memory that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. These are specific types of EEPROM’s that are erased and programmed in large blocks. Flash memory is non-volatile,

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • United Nations as a Failure

    United Nations as a Failure

    UNITED NATIONS 1. BIRTH: The seed of the idea for a new postwar organisation was planted by President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the Atlantic Charter of August 14,1941.On January 1,1942 with the united states now in the war, twenty six nations subscribed to a Declaration by United Nations that reaffirmed the principles of the Atlantic Charter. This declaration established the United Nations military alliance, to which twenty one other nations

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Fatih
  • The Barbour Scholarships: Striving for Better Education, or Just a Tool for Assimilation?

    The Barbour Scholarships: Striving for Better Education, or Just a Tool for Assimilation?

    The Barbour Scholarships: Striving for Better Education, or Just a Tool for Assimilation? United States foreign policy has continually posed a controversial and changing issue. In the early twentieth century, Congress enacted multiple immigration regulation acts, including the Johnson Reed Act in 1924, which restricted immigration from China, Japan and India in response to American citizens’ uncertainties and resentment towards minorities. As more minorities diversified the nation and began to prosper, white Americans feared the

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Mike
  • Amish

    Amish

    Kyle Taylor Contemporary Issues 3rd Period Mrs. Powers 19 December 2006 The Amish The Amish religion contains a lot of beliefs, rules, and ways of life. It all started back to the date 1693. The founder of the Amish religion was Jacob Amman. The current countries that practice this religion are the United States and parts of Canada. The most populated Amish areas are located in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana. A big part of the

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: regina
  • United Parcel Service : Information Technology

    United Parcel Service : Information Technology

    Information Technology United Parcel Service Incorporated was formerly known as United Parcel Service of America. The principal activities of the group are express carrier, package delivery and provision of specialized transportation and logistics services. The primary business of the group is the time-definite delivery of packages and documents throughout the United States and other countries. They have increased their mission from a company striving for excellence in the small package delivery industry to a company

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Does Mood State Change Risk Taking Tendency in Older Adults?

    Does Mood State Change Risk Taking Tendency in Older Adults?

    Citation: Chou, K., Ho, Andy H. Y., Lee, Tatia M. C., (2007). Does Mood State Change Risk Taking Tendency in Older Adults? Journal of Psychology and Aging, 22(2), 310-318. Introduction Everyday, copious amounts of individuals are placed in a variety of moods ranging from happy to sad, to ecstatic, to severely depressed, and a plethora of other emotions. Because of our fluctuating emotional states, it is sometimes difficult for people to make fully competent decisions,

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    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: regina
  • A Patriarchal World - Assimilation

    A Patriarchal World - Assimilation

    A Patriarchal World --Assimilation A Patriarchal World John Bodnar says it well when he suggests that the center of everyday life was to be found in the family-household. It was here that past values and present realities were reconciled, examined on an intelligible scale, evaluated and mediated. This assertion implies that the immigrant family-household is the vehicle of assimilation. I will take this assertion a step further and examine more specifically the powerful role of

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    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Steve
  • Japan’s Current State and Recommendations

    Japan’s Current State and Recommendations

    Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 CURRENT STATE OF ECONOMY 2 CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS 3 POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS 4 GROUP APPENDIX 6 Executive Summary Current State • Japan has been showing positive growth since 2002 demonstrated by an average 2% rise in GDP every year. • Exports and business investments form a large part of the GDP growth with key export nations as US and China. • Japan has a high gross debt standing at 147% of its

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    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Bred

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