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Rocky Mountain Bicycles and Apple: sponsorship and brand loyalty strategies

Q1) In 2007 Rocky Mountain Bicycles signed on as the bike sponsor for the Tran Rockies Challenge. (http://www.bikes.com/news/articles.aspx?lang=en&id=199) (Rocky Mountain Bicycles replaced the former sponsor DeVinci Bicycles from Quebec.

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Fire's effects on shortleaf pine forest ecosystems

Forest fires have become a daily event in the United States, whether those fires are prescribed or wildland fires. However, the effects of those fires are often overlooked or misjudged, due to the rapid regrowth of vegetation and to the variations of effect on different species of tree life.

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Duck's model of relationship dissolution and its four phases

Few events in life are able to cause more suffering, misery, and distress than the loss or dissolution of a cherished relationship. This loss can be one of the most traumatic experiences that life could present (Simpson, J., 1987). Divorce rates in the U.S.

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Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: requirements and implementation

Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 is also known as Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 and is most commonly called SOX or Sarbox.

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Astrocytomas: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment advances

Brain tumor is one of the most lethal forms of cancers with more than 13,000 deaths every year in the United States.

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Reading disabilities in Arab students attending non-Arabic schools

Reading disabilities pose one of the greatest threats to a child's learning, since all other subjects become reliant on comprehension as education progresses.

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Canada's conscription crisis and national division during World War I

World War I, known at the time as the Great War, was a major challenge to countries caught up in the conflict. The war involved a massive mobilization of manpower on a scale not seen before, and getting enough men into the military was a difficult proposition for many countries.

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Coping with miscarriage and stillbirth: addressing grief and dispelling myths

Sadly, miscarriages occur in approximately one out of four pregnancies. Of the 4.4 million confirmed pregnancies in the U.S. each year, over 500,000 end in miscarriage and 26,000 are stillbirths.

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Dawkins' meme theory and cultural evolution in education reform

This article argues for the viewpoint that Head-Start-type early education is not only non-productive, but can actually lead to detriments to children's development as they enter formal school.

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VMware and desktop virtualization: organizational benefits and implementation

In recent years, there has been rapid growth as it relates to computer technology and the software and hardware available to consumers. VMware is one of the technologies that have grown in popularity over the last few years.

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