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  • Of Mice and Men Alternate

    Of Mice and Men Alternate

    I walked into the barn and over to the pups. "Dang it, Lenny" I said aloud, "He took his pup and left his hat." I stooped to pick up the brown hat but paused when I saw Curley's wife's magenta shoe partially buried in the hay. I pushed straw aside; next to the shoe was Lenny's small pup, motionless. My mouth dropped in amazement. The pup wasn't the only dead thing in the barn. Curley's

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    Essay Length: 360 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 19, 2010 By: Victor
  • Fascism - Alternative Approach

    Fascism - Alternative Approach

    Fascism. The name of this movement alone provokes thoughts of hate, racism and evil throughout all modern western civilizations. Never before has one word created such a cultural taboo for nearly two generations. As a people, we immediately think of Fascism as Hitler's methodical destruction of nearly six million Jews during World War II, but as a movement, there is so much more to be learned. It is the aim of this paper to accurately

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    Essay Length: 510 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 23, 2010 By: Jack
  • Geothermal Energy

    Geothermal Energy

    GEOTHERMAL ENERGY Geothermal energy is one of the oldest sources of energy. It is simply using and reusing (reusable energy) heat from the inside of the earth. Most of the geothermal energy comes from magma, molten or partially molten rock. Which is why most geothermal resources come from regions where there are active volcanoes. Hot springs, geysers, pools of boiling mud, and fumaroles are the most easily exploited sources. The ancient Romans used hot springs

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    Essay Length: 320 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: Jack
  • Source of All the Things Seen in the World

    Source of All the Things Seen in the World

    People see different objects everyday which they interpret differently from each other. These could be things that are everyday objects that could be seen or rare objects. These objects are then interpreted the way it is seen or the point of perspective the viewer has while seeing this object. The sun is a way that helps people see these objects. The sun as it is a source of light and energy that we take advantage

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    Essay Length: 616 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: February 25, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Business Source Elite - Confronting Academic Dishonesty in the Accounting Classroom: A Cultural Experience?

    Business Source Elite - Confronting Academic Dishonesty in the Accounting Classroom: A Cultural Experience?

    Business Source Elite: Confronting Academic Dishonesty in the Accounting Classroom: A Cultural Experience? Brad Kerr Bus 170 Feb. 14/06 During a masters program accounting class, the professor noticed a recent Asian immigrant attempting to cheat on the exam by leaning over and asking a student what she had for a certain question. He couldn’t believe it, and nobody else seemed to notice it, as well, who would cheat in a masters accounting class. The

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    Essay Length: 435 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 27, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Analyzing Sources

    Analyzing Sources

    Axia College Material Appendix B Analyzing Sources Step 1 Article #1 – Supporting Viewpoints Turner, J. & Reid, S. (2002)., Munchausen’s Syndrome, The Lancet, 346-349. Article #2 – Supporting Viewpoints Eaton, James S. (2006). Playing Sick? Untangling the Web of Munchausen Syndrome, Munchausen by Proxy, Malingering, and Factitious Disorder., The American Journal of Psychiatry, 334-335. Article #3 – Differing Viewpoints Unable to find. Article #4 – Differing Viewpoints Unable to find. Step 2 Facts that

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    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Artur
  • Imperialism: “things Fall Apart” Compared to Primary Sources

    Imperialism: “things Fall Apart” Compared to Primary Sources

    Imperialism: “Things Fall Apart” Compared to Primary Sources Imperialism is the act of a larger more powerful country taking over a smaller weaker country. Imperialism was very evident in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Africa, an up and coming country was a gargantuan country and just waiting to be taken over. At one point in time the entire continent was taken over by imperialist nations. The novel “Things Fall Apart” written by Chinua Achebe tells

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    Essay Length: 1,256 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 2, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Alternative Dispute

    Alternative Dispute

    For my business dispute article summary review paper I have chosen Sun Microsystems versus Azul Systems. The battle between Sun Microsystems and Azul is about Start-up, a new software program, Stephen DeWitt, a former Sun Microsystems employee and now chief executive of Azul stole trade secrets, violated his non-compete agreement with Sun Microsystems, and recruited key Sun Microsystems employees to work for Azul. Sun also alleges Azul violated six of its patents. In March, Azul,

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    Essay Length: 819 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: regina
  • Alternatives to Prison

    Alternatives to Prison

    Prisons, facilities maintained for confining people convicted of committing crimes, were used to rehabilitate offenders while keeping them isolated from the community. The Quakers built the first prison in 1790 in order to seclude criminal offenders from society to think about their wrongdoing and to seek forgiveness in a kind, and spiritual environment. (Inciardi 497) Currently, there are three types of prisons within the Federal, State, and County governments. These are categorized by the degree

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    Essay Length: 1,753 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: March 5, 2010 By: David
  • Solar Energy

    Solar Energy

    Our world has been in existence for billions of years and throughout all those years we have used the sun for basic energy needs. So why not be able to harness that energy and use it to power things like our homes or our cars? Many scientist have been developing alternate forms of energy called “Green Energy.” Green power is the solution to creating a cleaner, sustainable energy system. Renewable energy--power from the sun,

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    Essay Length: 2,784 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Mike
  • Was the Christian Savior the Messiah or Is There an Alternate History?

    Was the Christian Savior the Messiah or Is There an Alternate History?

    Was the Christian Savior the Messiah or is there an Alternate History? Jesus Christ! God damn it! Both are common phrases whispered to ones self or shouted aloud to the masses by both believers and unbelievers. Day after day people turn to religion and God to find answers and to seek help with there problems or for other various reasons. People turn to religion to try and make sense of a world that can often

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    Essay Length: 2,140 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: March 8, 2010 By: Bred
  • Xto and Devon Energy Comparison

    Xto and Devon Energy Comparison

    XTO Energy and Devon Energy Milestone #3 Tom Bolger David Huckabay Anthony Johnson Andy Leach XTO ENERGY INC. Company Background XTO Energy Inc. is a premier domestic natural gas and oil producer engaged in the acquisition, exploitation and development of quality, long-lived gas and oil properties. The Company, whose predecessor companies were established in 1986, completed its initial public offering in May 1993. Its properties and activities are concentrated in Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas,

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    Essay Length: 5,063 Words / 21 Pages
    Submitted: March 8, 2010 By: Mike
  • Sources of Islamic Terrorism

    Sources of Islamic Terrorism

    Since I have only a textbook knowledge of Islam, I have to rely on other scholars and researchers for any insight into whatever connection there may be between Islam and Islamic terrorism. While terrorism - even in the form of suicide attacks - is not an Islamic phenomenon by definition, it cannot be ignored that the lion’s share of terrorist acts and the most devastating of them in recent years have been perpetrated in the

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    Essay Length: 1,137 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 8, 2010 By: Mike
  • Energy Resources

    Energy Resources

    Energy Resources What is Energy? Energy is the ability to do work. Forms of Energy: Energy can be found in a number of different forms. It can be; 1. Chemical Energy, 2. Electrical Energy, 3. Heat (Thermal Energy), 4. Light (Radiant Energy), 5. Mechanical Energy, 6. Nuclear Energy. 7. Wind Energy. 8. Ocean Energy (Tidal, Wave and OCT) 9. Gee Thermal Energy 10. Biomass Energy. 11. Fossil Fuel Energy 12. Hydro Thermal Energy 13. etc.

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    Submitted: March 9, 2010 By: Steve
  • Halfway Houses: And Other Prison Alternatives

    Halfway Houses: And Other Prison Alternatives

    Halfway Houses: And Other Prison Alternatives For as long as there have been people, there have been violations of societal norms. With these violations comes the question, how do we solve these problems or violations? There have been many attempts to solve these problems, for example, in many cases from the beginning of time retribution has been the answer. Another form of punishment was eventually invented that would isolate offenders from the rest of the

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    Essay Length: 3,164 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: March 9, 2010 By: Mike
  • Nuclear Energy Is Not the Energy of the Future

    Nuclear Energy Is Not the Energy of the Future

    Nuclear Energy Is Not the Energy of the Future According to Australian-born physician and antinuclear activist Helen Caldicott, the nuclear industry is waging a misleading propaganda campaign to portray nuclear power as a panacea for environmental and energy crises. In the following viewpoint, Caldicott contends that nuclear energy is actually not emission-free, not safe, and not fossil-fuel-free. She also maintains that nuclear power plants are vulnerable to terrorist attack, with potentially catastrophic consequences over and

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    Essay Length: 1,627 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 10, 2010 By: Jack
  • Energy Efficient Housing

    Energy Efficient Housing

    Energy Efficient Building Windows Energy efficient windows have multiple layers of glass. The reason for this is because the more layers of glass you have the better it insulates the house. Three or four layers of glass are one of the best because you have more airspace in between layers. A smaller airspace doesn't insulate the building as well as a thicker airspace would. The thickest an airspace should be is 1 inch because any

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    Essay Length: 3,541 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: March 13, 2010 By: Top
  • Mitigation Strategies and Solutions: Energy Conservation

    Mitigation Strategies and Solutions: Energy Conservation

    Energy Conservation 1 Energy conservation is the reduction or elimination of unnecessary energy use and waste. This practice may result in increase human comfort, personal security, national security, environmental value, and financial capital. There are many activities that people can do to conserve energy and help not only themselves, but also the environment and everyone around them. Conserving energy is important because most of our current energy sources are not renewable. When using renewable resources

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    Essay Length: 2,203 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: March 14, 2010 By: Jack
  • Lester Electronics Financing Alternative Benchmarking

    Lester Electronics Financing Alternative Benchmarking

    Issues Connected to Corporate Finance The first concern that Lester should consider is checking whether or not they have enough financial capacity to carry out the merger with Shang-wa. The financial managers of Lester need to evaluate the company’s cash flows to know if they have enough money to either buy Shang-wa with existing equity or to finance the purchase using debt. Through this evaluation process, Lester also needs to assess the timing of cash

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    Essay Length: 1,231 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 14, 2010 By: Max
  • As a Local Citizen: Alternatives to Economic Globalization

    As a Local Citizen: Alternatives to Economic Globalization

    Due to a conflict in my schedule, I was not able to stay and listen to the presentation last week, so I decided to concentrate on the book that we were assigned to buy and read because I feel as though we have not talked collectively about the ideas presented in the written work. As I was browsing the chapters and reading the titles and subtitles, I came across a section that listed actions one

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    Essay Length: 558 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 15, 2010 By: July
  • Hydroelectric Power: The World's Established Renewable Energy Resource

    Hydroelectric Power: The World's Established Renewable Energy Resource

    Hydroelectric power: The World's Established Renewable Energy Resource For over a century, hydroelectric power has been used to generate electricity from falling water. The capacity to produce this energy is dependent on both the available flow and the height from which it falls. Hydroelectric dams create height for the water to fall and provide storage. In general, the higher the dam, the more potential energy is available. Building up behind a high dam, water accumulates

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    Essay Length: 1,351 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 16, 2010 By: Jack
  • Random Orgo Study Guide from Different Sources online

    Random Orgo Study Guide from Different Sources online

    Conjugated Dienes: Introduction & Nomenclature Compounds containing more than one double bond are said to be conjugated if they possess a series of adjacent sp2 centers. In a compound such as this, the adjacent p-orbitals overlap to form a continuous p-system, as seen in the graphic below. Polyenes are named as are simple alkenes, using the multipliers di-, tri-, etc. to indicate the number of double bonds and numbers to show their positions. As with

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    Essay Length: 3,106 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: March 17, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution

    Alternative Dispute Resolution

    Practice of Alternative Dispute Resolution Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is the way to go when trying to resolve matters in a quick and inexpensive manner. ADR is the method to resolve civil disputes without going to trial. In ADR, parties meet with a neutral professional trained in handling disputes. With the guidance of the neutral party, also known as the mediator, they talk with each other about the problems that caused the dispute and find

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    Essay Length: 852 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Janna
  • Tradition and Alternate Health Services

    Tradition and Alternate Health Services

    Lower back pain is a common musculoskeletal symptom that may be either acute or chronic. It may be caused by a variety of diseases and disorders that affect the lumbar spine. Low back pain is a symptom that affects 80% of the general population at some point in life, with enough brutality to cause absence from work. It is the second most common reason for visits to primary care doctors. Pain in the lower back

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    Essay Length: 974 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: Top
  • Gillette Energy Drain : The Acquisition of Duracell

    Gillette Energy Drain : The Acquisition of Duracell

    Industry: Portable power industry in the US The acquisition of Duracell was seen as many as a smart move. Analyst, shareholders, executives, had high expectations with this merger. Unfortunately, this acquisition created several problems for Gillette since their main goal of profit maximization was not being accomplished. Main issues: • Should Gillette divest Duracell? • Is Gillette using the appropriate strategies to deal with the big and small competitors? • Stock prices are decreasing considerably

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    Essay Length: 1,738 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: regina

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