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  • The Culture of the Umuofia Society Before the Colonial

    The Culture of the Umuofia Society Before the Colonial

    The culture of the Umuofia society before the colonial infiltration, may be hard to understand but we are forced by Achebe to realize it has traditions and customs that make it work. Although, looking at it from our Judaeo-Christian point of view we may be appalled by some of their practices. We also have to realize that they have strengths. Things Fall apart is the idea of balance and interdependence, earth and sky, individual and

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    Submitted: February 18, 2009 By: Edward
  • Economic Analysis of Hawaii

    Economic Analysis of Hawaii

    Economic Analysis of Hawaii Hawaii, with an area of 28,313 sq. km (10,932 sq. mi.), is the 43rd largest state in the U.S.; 6.9% of the land is owned by the federal government. It consists mainly of the Hawaiian Islands, eight main islands and 124 islets, reefs, and shoals. The major islands in order of size are Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, Nihau, and Kahoolawe. Population growth has increased by 80,000 persons over the

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    Submitted: March 4, 2009 By: David
  • Wal-Mart Economics

    Wal-Mart Economics

    Sam Walton, a leader with an innovative vision, started his own company and made it into the leader in discount retailing that it is today. Through his savvy, and sometimes unusual, business practices, he and his associates led the company forward for thirty years. Today, four years after his death, the company is still growing steadily. Wal-Mart executives continue to rely on many of the traditional goals and philosophies that Sam's legacy left behind, while

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    Essay Length: 3,329 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: March 4, 2009 By: David
  • Economic Impact of a Sports Facility

    Economic Impact of a Sports Facility

    Feasibility Study Before a facility's economic impact can be determined, a feasibility study should be done to excite the community members about the facility. The purpose of a feasibility study is to "provide research information about the community, special interest groups, and its use as a decision making tool in the community" (Farmer, Montgomery, Ammon, Jr. 12). In essence, this study is done to assure the community that building a sports facility is right for

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    Submitted: March 11, 2009 By: Bred
  • Economic Conditions

    Economic Conditions

    To analyze an economy, certain statistics can be used to predict the economy's future. This is important because it helps prepare people for prosperity or hard times. Certain indicators can be used to determine the future of aggregate demand and others can be used to determine aggregate supply. Using eight aggregate demand indicators and four aggregate supply indicators we developed a prediction for the economy in the near future. Changes in aggregate demand are reflected

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    Submitted: March 11, 2009 By: Bred
  • Economics

    Economics

    MY ECONOMIC CAKE I can not wait to finish college and begin baking my economic cake. Everyday you here about someone making it big in the stock market, some one winning the lotto jackpot or some idiot cleaning out some other idiot in court. There is only one thing that those people have that I want, and it's money. I've learned at a very early age the value of the "all mighty buck". I grew

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    Essay Length: 1,672 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 11, 2009 By: Bred
  • Economics

    Economics

    The North America market is one of the richest in the world. Measured in terms of GDP, it is the equivalent of Western Europe. But with a somewhat smaller population, GDP per capita in North America, Canada, Mexico and the U.S., is around 12 percent higher than in Western Europe. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which came into effect January 1, 1994, sets out the schedule for tariff elimination for members.. As a

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    Submitted: March 11, 2009 By: July
  • The Economic Impact of the Olympic Games

    The Economic Impact of the Olympic Games

    The Economic Impact of the Olympic Games With the Olympic games being held in Sydney this year, I wondered if perhaps the performance of the economy was being affected in part by the fiscal stimulus provided by Olympic construction in Sydney and other parts of the country. Australia's economy has been performing well recently, suggesting that there might be some effect. Over the last five years, growth in Australia's gross domestic product has averaged 4.35%,

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    Submitted: March 11, 2009 By: July
  • The Economic Impact of the Olympic Games

    The Economic Impact of the Olympic Games

    The Economic Impact of the Olympic Games With the Olympic games being held in Sydney this year, I wondered if perhaps the performance of the economy was being affected in part by the fiscal stimulus provided by Olympic construction in Sydney and other parts of the country. Australia's economy has been performing well recently, suggesting that there might be some effect. Over the last five years, growth in Australia's gross domestic product has averaged 4.35%,

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    Submitted: March 11, 2009 By: July
  • Were Economic Factors Primarily Responsible for Nineteenth-Century British Imperialism?

    Were Economic Factors Primarily Responsible for Nineteenth-Century British Imperialism?

    Were Economic Factors Primarily Responsible for Nineteenth-Century British Imperialism? In society today the almighty dollar is what motivates most people's actions. However, there are other reasons that can promote a change within a system such as morals, religious beliefs, values, and ethics. During the nineteenth century, society was not much different from that of the present day as the economy remains one of the most important parts of the country. This is evident in the

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    Submitted: March 16, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Foreign Affairs - a Closer Look at Us Policies and How They Affect the Developing World

    Foreign Affairs - a Closer Look at Us Policies and How They Affect the Developing World

    Foreign Affairs: A Closer Look at U.S. Policies and How They Affect the Developing World PSC- 410 Political Economy November 15, 2001 With the beginning of a seemingly endless war on terrorism, and a shaky United States economy, now hardly seems the time to examine our general policy towards all other nations, and developing nations in particular. The wreckage of the World Trade Center is still smoldering, and our troops are marching on Kabul as

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    Submitted: March 19, 2009 By: Edward
  • Social, Political and Economic Effects of Wwi

    Social, Political and Economic Effects of Wwi

    Social, Political and Economic Effects of WWI "Everywhere in the world was heard the sound of things breaking." Advanced European societies could not support long wars or so many thought prior to World War I. They were right in a way. The societies could not support a long war unchanged. The First World War left no aspect of European civilization untouched as pre-war governments were transformed to fight total war. The war metamorphed Europe socially,

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    Essay Length: 2,164 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: March 23, 2009 By: Top
  • Colonial America Book Notes

    Colonial America Book Notes

    Colonial America BookNotes John Putnam Demos (1937-) A Little Commonwealth: Family Life in Plymouth Colony NY: Oxford UP, 1970. xvi + 201 p. Ill.: 15 photos (btw. 108-09). Appendix: demographic tables (191-94). Bibliographical footnotes, index (195-201). ISBN: 0195128907 (1999 ed.) Thesis: "A familie is a little Church, and a little commonwealth, at least a lively representation thereof, whereby triall may be made of such as are fit for any place of authoritie, or of subjection

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    Submitted: April 13, 2009 By: Janna
  • An Analysis of the Meanings of Seneca Falls

    An Analysis of the Meanings of Seneca Falls

    While being born in the modern times, no woman knows what it was like to have a status less than a man's. It is hard to envision what struggles many women had to go through in order to get the rights to be considered equal. In the essay The Meanings of Seneca Falls, 1848-1998, Gerda Lerner recalls the events surrounding the great women's movement. Among the several women that stand out in the movement, Elizabeth

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    Submitted: July 15, 2009 By: Vika
  • The Development of Slavery in America

    The Development of Slavery in America

    Slavery was the main resource used in the Chesapeake tobacco plantations. The conditions in the Chesapeake region were difficult, which lead to malnutrition, disease, and even death. Slaves were a cheap and an abundant resource, which could be easily replaced at any time. The Chesapeake region's tobacco industries grew and flourished on the intolerable and inhumane acts of slavery. Chesapeake colonies of Virginia and Maryland were settled in the early 17th century. It was a

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    Essay Length: 1,270 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: July 15, 2009 By: Vika
  • The Lost Roanoke Colony

    The Lost Roanoke Colony

    Jamestown is thought by most of our general population to be the first colony in the New World. This is only half true. Jamestown is considered our first successful colony, however it was not our first attempt at a colony. There were a few attempts to colonize the New World before Jamestown and one in particular that is found to be interesting is Roanoke also known as the Lost Colony. It received this name due

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    Submitted: July 15, 2009 By: regina
  • The Three Colonial Regions

    The Three Colonial Regions

    In British North America, three colonial regions appeared in the different geographical areas; New England, the Middle colonies, and the Southern colonies. Although these colonies were founded by the English, different agricultural and industrial oppurtunities and immigrancy led to a distinctive economy, religion, and social order between the sectional differences of the American colonies before 10. Each region had its own type of houses, crops, churches, and values but the things keeping them together was

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    Essay Length: 484 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Bred
  • Brief Historical Development and Contributions of Chemistry for Modern Civilization

    Brief Historical Development and Contributions of Chemistry for Modern Civilization

    Brief Historical Development and Contributions of Chemistry for Modern Civilization Introduction: As defined by Oxford Dictionary, Chemistry is the scientific study of the structure of substances, how they react when combined or in contact with one another and how they behave under different conditions . In other words, Chemistry is the study of the materials and substances of the world in which we live. The materials, which make up the earth, sea and air, are

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    Essay Length: 847 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Evaluation of the Relationship Between Social Involvement and Economic Performance

    Evaluation of the Relationship Between Social Involvement and Economic Performance

    Businesses engaged in social involvement incur costs as a result of their activities, so it is only natural to determine if there is a financial justification for the investment, beyond the moral and ethical. Though many studies have been conducted, the only conclusion defined as “meaningful” by our textbook is that there is little evidence that a business’s social involvement is detrimental to its long term economic performance. Some businesses do engage in socially responsible

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: July
  • Personal Development Plan

    Personal Development Plan

    1. Introduction This paper seeks to prepare a personal development plan in my objective to become a leader in an organization. I will analyze the requirements of the targeted job in relation to my inventory of skills including my strengths and weaknesses in relation to the requirement of a goal in mind for which I am willing to know my deficiencies in terms of skills. I will therefore have to make an action plan on

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    Essay Length: 2,452 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Mike
  • Economic - Japanese Recession

    Economic - Japanese Recession

    Thomas Paine Thomas Paine For many years Thomas Paine was the epitome of American histories greatest drawback. In American history there is always that one detail that doesn’t make it into popular curriculum. Whether it be the point of view from the loosing side of a war, to the secret dalliances of a popular politician, to the truth of a times social opinion- the American student is taught only so much. The most proper, popular

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Wendy
  • The Economics of the Clean Air Act

    The Economics of the Clean Air Act

    The Economics of The Clean Air Act Air is a part of all of our lives. Without clean air, nothing we know of can exist. The debate over clean air, it's regulations, their teammates and opposition, and the economic factors coming into play into this ever-more recognizable problem is a widespread and ever more controversial one. Like a long countdown to eventual disaster, the pollution effecting our world has no doubt made increasingly more impact

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Jack
  • Calculate Real Gdp Economics

    Calculate Real Gdp Economics

    Calculate real GDP for 2004 and 2005 using 2004 prices. In 2004, there were 110 compact discs sold at $18.00, and 200 tennis racquets sold at $90.00. The nominal gross domestic product (110 compact discs * $18.00 compact disc’s pricing for 2004) + (200 tennis racquets * $90.00 tennis racquets pricing for 2004) = 1,980 + 18,000 = $19,980 gross domestic product for 2004 using 2004 prices. The real gross domestic product for 2004 is

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Systems Development Life Cycles: Private to Public Sector

    Systems Development Life Cycles: Private to Public Sector

    Systems Development Life Cycles: Private to Public Sector University of Phoenix CIS/319 Assignment #1 Introduction: The Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is defined by dictionary.com as “Any logical process used by a systems analyst to develop an information system, including requirements, validation, training, and user ownership.” However this definition significantly simplifies the process involved in obtaining an ‘end’ product. The SDLC is so complicated that it can be compared to that of the development of

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Vika
  • Web Application Development

    Web Application Development

    Introduction to Web Application Development Web Technology The growth of the World-Wide Web (WWW or simply Web) today is simply phenomenal. Each day, thousands more people gain access to the Internet (upwards of 6 million users at recent estimates). Easy retrieval of electronic information in conjunction with the multimedia capabilities of Web browsers (like Mosaic or Netscape) is what started this explosion. This document will provide some basic information behind some of this technology used

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Venidikt

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