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The Treaty of Waitangi: origins and historical context

Treaty of Waitangi is the founding document of New Zealand. The name "Waitangi" refers to the place where it was officially signed - on the Bay of Islands - on the 6th of February 1840.

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Water shortage and conflicts in the Middle East

Even before food, two elements are vital for the survival of an individual, and for life on a planet to exist: air and water.

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Understanding Chinese culture for Western business leaders in China

China has recently entered the global competition and has thrown open the doors to business by outsiders.

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Mutual funds and hedge funds across America, Europe, and Asia

Mutual funds and hedge funds are part of a class of securities known as collective investment schemes. The basic premise of these schemes is that they allow investors the ability to invest in many different securities by purchasing just one. Each fund is essentially a financial intermediary.

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Rural and small-town policing in twenty-first century America

Although the literature on rural crime and justice is comparatively sparse, it is evident that rural environments are distinct from urban environments in ways that affect policing, crime, and public policy.

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Jewish women's responses to persecution in Nazi Germany

Of the many books that have been written since World War II about Nazi Germany and the "final solution," some of the most insightful and emotional stories have been individual accounts by people who were trapped in what must have seemed a never ending and surreal nightmare; like Ann Frank, whose…

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AirTran Airways: financial risk and investment prospects in discount aviation

Air Tran Airways is a high-growth, high-leverage company operating in the discount airline industry.

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Workplace stress resolution strategies in legal services firms

The scenario in this work is one in which the researcher will be considered a manager in a prominent law firm and develop a business plan to overcome stress in the workplace using project management, operations management and information management.

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Securitization, mortgage lending, and the 2008 financial crisis

The objective of this work is to examine securitization and how it is currently used in the banking industry with a focus on real estate and the current problems banks are facing recently regarding mortgages and how that banks lend easy money to anyone and then are unable to recover the money.

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Is standardized testing a valid tool for measuring student academic success?

Definition and examples of standardized tests. Standardized testing is an examination conducted with a set of clearly drafted questions that are highly researched for quality. The outcome of standardized tests can be relied upon to judge the quality of knowledge acquired by a student.

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