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Muhammad Ali Pasha's reforms and modernization of Egypt

By the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the purely archaic and oriental structure of earlier Ottoman society had disappeared; its final period was described in the eighteen twenties by the Englishman Lane, in his classic Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians.

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Biblical angels: nature, purposes, and scriptural evidence

Angels of the Lord Chapter 3: Angels Angels have been used by God to accomplish his purposes and to assist his people throughout history both recorded and unrecorded history. Angels are mentioned 273 times in the scripture and in 33 of the 66 books of the Bible.

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Arbitration in the international energy sector over five decades

This paper will examine the role of arbitration in the international energy sector over the past 50 years. Discussion is organized around the five decades leading up to the current state of affairs in the international energy sector.

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Comparing democratic legitimacy in the European Union and World Trade Organization

European Union a state, or what else distinguishes it from other International Organizations The primary question concerning global organizations as a medium of global governance relates towards the quantity and excellence of this governance within an era where we now have an overdeveloped global…

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Intergovernmentalism and supranationality in European Union integration

The beginning of the European Union was with the coalition of six nations (namely France, Germany, Italia, Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg) who entered into a treaty back in the year 1951 to determine the ECU Coal and Steel Community.

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Property management proposal for Saddle Creek Condominium Association

Residents experience a richer community life when information is free-flowing, timely, and interesting. In addition, residents must be kept informed of maintenance programs that may entail a measure of inconvenience, and of any severe weather advisory and warnings.

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Internet gambling: industry structure, regulation, and social impacts

Online gambling is a large and growing industry. Estimates from an industry consulting group indicate that as many as 2,000 firms worldwide are involved in offering a number of different types of online gambling, resulting in an estimated $25.4 billion in winnings and as much as twenty times that…

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Training needs analysis practices in Saudi Arabian private firms

Training needs analysis (TNA) is defined by Mabey and Salman (1995:158) as a "process of collecting data which allows an organization to identify and compare its actual level with its desired level of performance." The authors also indicate that this performance could be interpreted as meaning the…

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How would alternative energy sources transform daily life in the United States?

Imagine that you could travel in time, much like Doc Brown and Marty McFly in the movie Back to the Future. Suppose you traveled back to 1955 with the Doc and Marty and asked a resident of 1955 what the year 2011 would be like. Would he predict hybrid cars, or flying cars?

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Green building guidelines and standards in New York City

The department of Federal Environmental Executive defines green building like this: Elevating the competence by which the built structures consume energy, equipment and water along with decreasing the adverse effects on health of human beings including the surroundings by improved structure,…

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