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The Crusades: religious wars, economic motives, and European modernization

In 1095 Pope Urban II announced the First Crusade. The actual reasons for the Crusades -- the series of religiously sanctioned military campaigns waged from 1095 to 1291 AD in the Middle East -- remain controversial.

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Societal values and institutional barriers to technology management in developing countries

Technology management arrangements of developing countries vary from those of first world ones. The requirement for skill in these states is not growing from within, but somewhat cropping up from new wares imported from first world countries.

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Byzantine Empire's grand strategy and military continuity in the Eastern Roman world

The Byzantine Empire denotes the east of the Roman Empire after a political, cultural, and religious schism in the fourth century AD. Byzantium itself, located in a strategic area between the Adriatic and Black seas, was a major trading port founded by Greek traders.

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Media stereotypes of Puerto Rican immigrants in postwar America

Puerto Rican migrant as coming to America in order to become part of the welfare system; participate in the drug underworld; and to espouse the use of violence on the streets has been popularized by the media.

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My internship in the Risk Finance Department at Standard Chartered First Bank

I worked in the Standard Chartered First Bank in Seoul, Korea. At the bank's headquarters, I worked in the Risk Finance Department. The Standard Chartered first Bank began its existence in the year 1929 as Chosun Savings Bank. In 1930, it introduced the first installment deposit product in Korea.

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NASA budget cuts and their impact on safety culture

When one does tend to think of the NASA space program, perhaps the thought of the proud 1969 Apollo Moon landing are conjured along with the success that NASA subsequently had with the Voyager spacecraft mission that has so far been on track with regard to the predicted trajectory of its mission…

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Fire department disaster response lessons from 9-11 and Hurricane Katrina

The abstract provides a general overview of what the paper will be discussing. The section will introduce the topic of the paper and dealing initially with the history of fire and the fire service.

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HIV/AIDS, homelessness, and race in Orange County, California

Orange County, California, located south of Los Angeles, is not widely known as a place of cultural diversity. Southern Californians often think of life south of 'the Orange Curtain' as consisting of theme parks (e.g.

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Risk assessment of Walmart Stores Inc. using NIST methodology

Risk Assessment at the Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

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Human decision-making and artificial intelligence coexistence

Artificial intelligence is everywhere. The technology has been used in nearly every industry, in every nation on the globe to help create, maintain, and propagate order, productivity, and efficiency.

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