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Place-based learning at the King Ranch in Texas

Of the many locations in Texas that provide a wonderful opportunity for place-based education, the most educationally diverse may be the King Ranch in Kingsville, Texas. A visit to the King Ranch gives a student a unique opportunity to study several different topics.

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Statistical forecasting of housing prices in Orange County, California

The property chosen for predicting its selling price using statistical analysis techniques including multiple regression, correlation analysis, and factor analysis is shown to the right. The property is located at 2834 N. Danbury Street in Orange, California.

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Consumer confidence and recovery in the Saudi Arabian stock market

Measuring Consumer Confidence in the Saudi Stock Market? The Saudi Arabian stock market is heavily dependent upon oil as a key to its survival. From 2001 to 2006 the Saudi stock market experiences incredible growth. In the last part of 2005 the price of oil outpaces the Stock Index.

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Profit Impact of Marketing Strategy: assessment and competitive advantage

As a thirty-four-year-old manager for a glass coatings firm, it is difficult to be unaware of the presence of the theory of Profit Impact of Marketing Strategy or (PIMS), a way of assessing and thus gaining and competitive advantage within any given indstury -- but particularly manufacturing…

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Assumption of risk and product liability in business law

Product liability and assumption of risk are important concepts in business law. In most cases, when a company manufactures or sells a product, it is assumed that the product is free from any special risks or dangers for the purchaser.

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Borat's influence on Kazakhstan's culture and international identity

Borat may have genuinely if not inadvertently "make benefit glorious nation of Kazakhstan." Although initial publicity for the former Soviet nation seemed negative, the enormous popularity of the Borat character and feature film has lent a cult mystique to Kazakh culture.

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Richard Allestree's Government of the Tongue: speech, sin, and spiritual consequences

Government of the Tongue, Richard Allestree discusses the use of speech and how it impacts mankind's spiritual relationship with God. Allestree begins with a discussion of the use of speech. Next, Allestree details how people abuse speech. Afterwards, Allestree talks about atheistical discourse.

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The Make Poverty History movement and Millennium Development Goals

For more than fifty years now, it has been recognized that the nations of the world are divided between the "haves" and the "have nots."

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The Colon family's immigration and disillusionment in New York City

The Colon family came from the Dominican Republic, immigrated to the United States, and found it was not a land of opportunity but a land of broken dreams. Life was hard in New York City, but it was even harder in the Dominican Republic, as the children see when they return for a visit.

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Government protections for human trafficking victims under federal law

This paper reviews the rights and protection that a state and federal government official provides to citizens that have been the subject of human trafficking crimes.

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