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- 6441: Night Rider
- ... the TV room. Because I wasn't sure that is was emanating from the now dreaded machine I decided to investigate the noise carrying some sort of weapon. Not having, or wanting to have, a gun or any other kind of firearm, I grabbed the only evil looking item available. My wife's hair dryer. Passing the kitchen I noticed that is was exactly 1:00 am. I prayed that their ...
- 6442: Nature Vs. Nurture 2
- ... economic standing and self esteem of those around the child will set the way that the child will learn to behave in a situation. Social referencing plays a part of how the child learns to control his behavior, by mimicking those around him. Personality Nature: Personalities can be a strong part of the genetic make up of the child. Traits of the parents are passed on in the term of goodness ...
- 6443: Nature 2
- ... s awful pull. In addition to the gulls, there are the floating birds sitting calmly on the chilly waters. The multi-colored ducks seem to be purposeless, drifting around the piers allowing the waves to control their direction. Now and then, however, a duck may plunge it's head into the icy water to reach for a chilly meal in the murky depths. The geese, much larger and much more distinguished ...
- 6444: Thin Clients
- ... to smack it out of the park. When it comes to total cost of ownership for desktop computing services, thin-client computing is a bottom-line winner. Yes users will have to five up some control of their desktops. Any yes, administrators will need to learn a new approach to application deployment. But the payback is so clear; thin clients arrival is almost inevitable. What about $500 PCs, you ask? Why ...
- 6445: Monasticism And Intellectual L
- ... married. In 910, Duke William of Aquataine wanted to do something to correct this problem. He founded the abbey of Cluny, which was an independent monastery. Cluny was kept independent from any kind of secular control. It sought to bring back the ideals of the original monasteries. This came to be known as the Cluniac movement. With the new relative stability in the church, cathedral schools developed. These were schools attached ...
- 6446: To Speed Or Not To Speed
- The popular movie, "Top Gun" coined a phrase that reads "I feel the need, the need for speed." Many drivers today would agree with that phrase. Speeding is one of the most common ways that people break the law. When ...
- 6447: Microsoft The Company
- ... Antitrust Act prohibits any form of monopolizing tactics, which is now thought to be used be Microsoft (Case 1). In fact, the Sherman Antitrust Act states that it is only prohibited for a company to control the supply and demand of products, in order to increase the prices of their own goods. In other words, lowering the supply of a product, intentionally, is the only illegality stated in the Sherman Antitrust ...
- 6448: Mergers
- ... day business operations. As the company gets bigger, one find oneself having to manage unrelated businesses, losing strategic focus, dealing with agency costs, administrative costs, having unbalanced capacities, and ultimately one has a lack of control. Big companies treat consumers different by than those of a small, competitive business. Big companies try to take over and exploit the economy of the host nation by paying low wages to workers, by exporting ...
- 6449: Marijuana 3
- ... Some studies show that when people have smoked large amounts of marijuana for years, the drug takes its toll on mental functions. Heavy or daily use of marijuana affects the parts of the brain that control memory, attention, and learning. A working short-term memory is needed to learn and perform tasks that call for more than one or two steps. Smoking marijuana causes some changes in the brain that are ...
- 6450: Mccormick Place
- ... 1967. At approximately 2:00 AM, a fire broke out in an exhibit booth at the north end of the hall. The five alarm fire raged until 9:30 AM when it was brought under control. On forth of Chicago's fire department fought the blaze. Sub-zero temperatures froze many fire hydrants limiting the amount of water that could be accessed firefighters. A night watchman Kenneth Goodman passed away in ...
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