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Rock Climbing In America National Parks
1,263 words
Before me spreads an ocean of grey. The granite
wall looms above me and calls in its silent voice
for me to go on, higher. Focus. My hand reaches
out, seeking the depths of the crack before me. I
make a fist and weight my body on this new hold,
first testing it, then trusting it. I reach out
with my other arm and clip my safety line to the
bolted belay station. A wave of tension flows from
my arms and brain as I breath deeply, and I relax
for the first time since my feet left the ground.
Finally...
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Weighted Score Strategic Factors
1,151 words
The initial demand for Visor was strong and the
company was overwhelmed with the order fulfillment
process. In the summer of 2000, Handspring went
public with an initial public offering price of $
20 per share (Hunger & Wheelen, 2004, Case 11,
p. 11 - 7). A few months later, its stock price
soared to $ 95 per share. As a result, Handspring
gained tremendous prestige in the PDA arena
throughout 2000 and the beginning of 2001.
Unfortunately, Handspring was soon confronted with
steep competitio...
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Western Style Western Culture
855 words
Meiji Period, also known as Meiji restoration, was
a turning point for Japan as it created equality
amongst all Japanese people. The new Japanese
government (after the failure of the Tokugawa
government) successfully broke down the boundaries
between the social classes, established human
rights such as the religious freedom, and took all
the land that belonged to the former feudal lords
(daimyo) and returned it to the government. With
an effort to expand to acquire Western skills in
all fields o...
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Concept Of Time Railroad Industry
465 words
The farming economy was greatly helped by the
expansion of the railroad system. The railroad
became one of the main and most efficient ways to
transport farmers produce. This was especially
helpful to farms in remote locations. The expanded
railroad system enabled farmers to produce more
crops because of the greater potential shipping
locations that became available. This also made
products such as corn and grain available to
locations that the crop wasn't produced in. It
made things that used t...
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Kim Il Sung Kim Jong Il
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... tradition with the founding of the Yuan and Ch
" ing Dynasties. In understanding this legacy and
showing how it may be seen in the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea, it may become easier
to understand why the country continues to
survive, despite evidence supporting its collapse.
To do this, it is necessary to view history and
present not in the negative, but in a manner
becoming the great tradition of dynasties. As
China once saw itself as the center of the world,
North Korea now sees i...
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Blaise Pascal Straight Line
799 words
The French mathematician, theologian, physicist
and man-of-letters, Blaise Pascal is a
mathematician who has a reputation that rests more
on what he might have done rather than what he
might have actually done. Pascal has devoted a
considerable amount of his life towards the
devotion of religious exercise. Blaise Pascal was
born in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne. Which is now
known as Clermont-Ferrand, on June 19, 1623. And
he died in Paris on Aug. 19, 1662. Pascal was the
son of the president of th...
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Wealth Of Nations Eighteenth Century
702 words
The British were the first European country to
understand the importance of the maritime trade
and naval power. After the loss in the Hundred
Years War the foreign policy of Britain switched
from Europe-oriented to the colonies-oriented. To
accumulate the enormous amount of resources the
British needed to rely on their trade network.
Thus they made diplomatic and trade agreements
with whomever possible. Having in face of Ottoman
empire the trade partner and the potential ally
the English had the...
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Rupert Murdoch News Corporation
610 words
The Key Strategic Environmental, International and
Competitive Issues In order to examine the News
Corporation activity, it is very important to have
the understanding of all strategic environmental,
international and competitive issues affecting the
corporation and the economy it operated is. The
most efficient way to identify the key strategic
environmental factors is to conduct a P. E. S. T.
E. L. analysis. So, the key strategic factors are
as follows. The News Corporation is associated
with ...
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Point Of Sale Wal Mart
747 words
Kmart Net sales in fiscal 2001 where $ 997; this
is a decrease from $ 1, 114 net sales of 2000. The
decrease is the result of lower net earnings,
excluding non-comparable items, partially offset
by a decrease in inventory and an increase in
accounts payable. Investing activities was $ 1,
1501 in 2001 compared to $ 1, 144 in 2000. The
increase in cash used for investing activities was
due to higher capital expenditures for the
conversion an expansion of Kmart stores to Kmart
Super centers, expans...
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Failure Of The Crusader States
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Within the course of that paper, I will explore
one of the most interesting religious and military
phenomena of the worlds history the Crusades, or
Holy Wars. The common knowledge about the Crusades
and Crusaders mostly is presented from the
Christian point of view, where the Arabic world is
viewed as evil and wrong, and the Crusaders are
shown as the noble knights fighting for the just
cause. However, the interpretation of the Crusades
certainly depends on a lot of factors, and the
representati...
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Point Of View Commercial Success
871 words
Chinese Marketplace The successes of McDonald's
and KFC in China prove, once and for all, that the
Western style of life appeals to the ordinary
Chinese people more and more. Therefore, it would
be only logical to expect a commercial success, on
the part of Starbucks, once it decides to expand
into China. But let us analyse this issue more
closely. Up until nineties, the biggest threat to
the Western business in China, was being
considered the fact that this country's form of
government, still r...
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Robinson Crusoe Castle Of My Skin
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Robinson Crusoe/Castle of my Skin At first, it
appears that there is no much in common between
Daniels Dafoe's Robinson Crusoe and George
Lamming's In the Castle of my Skin. However, if we
examine these two books more closely, it will
appear that they both revolve around the same
theme a civilizing mission of White man and its
different effects. We need to keep in mind that
Robinson Crusoe was written in 18 th century, when
there was no political-correctness, which allowed
European writers and s...
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Contemporary Forms Of Globalization Technological And Social Historical
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Book Title: Globalization: A Very Short
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author. Publisher: Oxford University Press. Place
of Publication: Oxford. Publication Year: 2003.
Page Number: 17 a Chapter 2 Is globalization a new
phenomenon? If we asked an ordinary person on the
streets of London, New York, Bangkok, or Rio de
Janeiro about the essence of globalization, the
answer would probably involve some reference to
growing forms of political and economic
interdependence fuelled by ne...
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Control System Home Depot
989 words
College: Lecturer: Course: Date: Controlling and
planning Outline of contents Contents Page
Abstract 3 Introduction 3 Power centralization in
home depot 3 Reason for power centralization 4
Planning and implementation of the control system
5 Abstract This paper describes the concepts of
controlling and planning, and expounds their
significance using the backdrop of a major
business move in a major company. The paper also
discusses the interrelationship between the two
concepts. Introduction In bu...
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Fast Food Restaurant Social Events
746 words
This essay will discuss the proposal of opening a
fast-food restaurant nearby the university campus.
Background: the absence of fast-food restaurant
nearby the university, which is aimed at students
as the main customer target, can be viewed as a
possibility of opening one. The prospects of
future development and generating a decent amount
of revenue for further expansion of services are
quite promising in our case. Statement of the
problem: students are very busy people who not
only devote thei...
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British Industrialism 1780 1850 10 4 Part 1
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British industrialism 1780 - 1850 10. 4. 10. Prior
to the actual industrialization term that appeared
in the 1780 in Britain one should remember that
this country had to experience a lengthy process
of wealth accumulation and productivity
improvement. The British industrialization
contributed to the drastic improvement in
lifestyles of a great number of people as well as
the creation of the working class that could
afford to exist solely on labor, without having to
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Mandate Of Heaven Han Dynasty
749 words
What factors have contributed to Chinas political
and cultural unity Confucians never gave up the
idea that the aim of political power and activity
is the fulfillment of individuals and the welfare
of society. To achieve these ends, Confucians
resorted to the supreme authority of Heaven with
theological implications. In the Sung era, the
concept of the Mandate of Heaven was rationalized
to a greater extent than before, being transformed
into the innate voice of conscience, the very
nature of hum...
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Tang Dynasty Territorial Expansion
602 words
China Tang Dynasty China is one of the most
ancient countries of world civilization with 4000
year-history. Every history reflects the life,
customs and traditions of people that create it.
Comparing of different historical events belonging
to the same nation gives an opportunity to trace
the historical events, the development of
civilization. It this work we will examine China
Tang Dynasty and the reasons of its success. Tang
Dynasty (? ? pinyin: tang chao) (June 18, 618 June
4, 907 AD) is know...
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Spanish American War First Century
688 words
Book Review of Uncle Sams War of 1898 and origins
of globalization In his book Uncle Sams War of
1898 and origins of globalization, the professor
of history at the University of Louisiana, Thomas
Schoonover discusses the controversy f traditional
assertion in regards t the rts f globalization.
Thomas Schoonover has written a number of books on
the history of geo-political formation of the
modern world as it took place in the years between
1880 - 1930, and in this book he continues to
examine thi...
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Costa Rica Indigenous Tribes
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Costa Rican: Population Changes And Deforestation
Essay, Costa Rican: Population Changes And
Deforestation Costa Rican: population changes and
deforestation Costa Rica has two major forest
types that currently cover almost half of the
countries life zones, tropical moist and tropical
wet. Originally Costa Rica was covered by a 99. 8
% natural forest and by 1977 was reduced to just
31 %. Most of this deforestation had occurred
since the 1950? s (Hartshorn, et al. 1982). A
study done by the Center...
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