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Term Papers on Miscellaneous
Transportation And Community D
Number of words: 680 - Number of pages: 3.... segregation, and social disruption.
All communities have not received the same benefits from transportation advancements and investments. Some of the governmental policies in housing, land use, environment, and transportation may have even contributed to and exacerbated social inequities. Some communities accrue benefits from transportation development projects, while other communities bear a disproportionate burden and pay cost in diminished health. Generally, benefits are more dispersed, while costs or burdens are more localized. Having a multi-lane free .....
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Economincs
Number of words: 709 - Number of pages: 3.... cost of living, it also causes the dismissal of hardworking people who are happy with their current income. When the firing axe starts to fall, seniority often determines who goes and who
stays. The more a single employee costs a business an hour, the fewer
employees the business can afford to employee an hour. This results in the dismissal of employees to compensate for a raise in labor costs, which
creates a smaller staff, which results in slipshod service. Although most
reasonable people would rather pay more for better service, the plain fact of the .....
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Shock Treatment - Nike Adverti
Number of words: 771 - Number of pages: 3.... physical trauma while participating in their sport of choice. The spot is filmed in black-and-white, accented by a haunting rendition of the song “You Are So Beautiful To Me,” and featuring close-ups of injuries suffered by both elite and so-called “everyday” athletes. It closes with the “Just Do It” message followed by the Nike Swoosh.
Nike’s point of the commercial is that athletes at all levels of competition at one time or another feel the pain of injury. For some, damage can be severe to the point of disfiguremen .....
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The Discovery Of Pottery On An Archaelogical Site
Number of words: 1649 - Number of pages: 6.... anything else.
This therefore makes the study of pottery one of two parts. Firstly, the
physical study of pottery, which will be dealt with in the first part of
this essay, and secondly the study of the cultural insight pottery gives
enabling archaeologists to understand the society from which it came.
Perhaps the most obvious way of analysing pottery is by the naked eye but
its obviousness should not detract from its importance. By observing the
physical attributes of any artefact a great deal can be told of its
manufacture as well as its manufacturer. Th .....
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The Blackfoot Indians
Number of words: 2338 - Number of pages: 9.... Blackfoot(Siksika), the Piegan(Pikuni), and
the Blood(Kainah). The tribes differed little in their speech, but were
politically independent. Blackfoot population varied, but was less affected by
the arrival of the white man than some tribes due to their location. "In 1855,
there were approximately 2,400 Northern Blackfoot, 2,000 Blood, and 3,200 Piegan.
The total population of Blackfoot varied as follows: 15,000(1780), 9,000(1801),
7,600(1855), and 4,600(1932)" ( ). The decline of population was
most likely due to the white man's diseases .....
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How To Rejuvenate A Mature Bus
Number of words: 2365 - Number of pages: 9.... stagnant. As a result, they went onto research in new accounting systems raising the profile of internal accounting systems by use of financial and non-financial measures although their work was seen as controversial by Drury but is now considered of key importance to manufacturing industries aiming to become world class. This essay aims to discuss the ways in which new management accounting techniques can bring life into mature businesses, in particular those using non-financial measures.
Most companies still use the same cost accounting and management control .....
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Business And Society
Number of words: 2504 - Number of pages: 10.... They must have dedication to do what is right. The values of an organization are manifested on what a leader does.
· Creative Ability. Leaders must be positive. Always looking for possibilities, not perfection. This means that they must be open to different ways of doing things.
· Communication. A good leader is in constant communication with his or her people. He or she makes the rounds and knows what’s going on. Telling his people everything he can about what he knows and doesn’t know.
· Risk Taking. It is essential to be open to possibilities, and to que .....
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The Absurd And Camus
Number of words: 346 - Number of pages: 2.... presumed code of conduct for human beings, nor any explanation of life's meaning. We are simply thrown into this world and the outcome is death, pure and simple. There is only life before and nothing beyond. And yet, this absence of explanation is not, in itself, the idea of the Absurd.
"What is absurd is the confrontation between the sense of the irrational and the overwhelming desire for clarity which resounds in the depths of man."
The Absurd is thus a pointless quest for meaning in a universe devoid of purpose. It is a totally human foible and, once again .....
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