What brings us together under one belief‚ may also divide us under extremism. Religious diversity has been the cause of war‚ hate‚ and crime all throughout history. Nothing brings people together like sharing mutual passion for what they believe in. Similarly‚ it can tear even the strongest nations apart. At a time when most of us like to believe we are more tolerant than generations before‚ hate crimes and religious related incidents are actually on the rise in many places. This hate is often
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It’s hard to go anywhere nowadays‚ without being confronted by a man or women‚ in raggedy clothes‚ looking for money‚ shelter‚ a job or food. It becomes more and more common to see these people holding up signs that read‚ “Homeless. Will work for food”. They are wandering urban communities‚ cities‚ busy intersections and basically anywhere in the United States looking for anything that may pose to their advantage. Homelessness is not a newly emerging problem here in the U.S.‚ and as the years go
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description of index numbers for application in generic index computation software modules 1 Photis Stavropoulos1‚ Georges Pongas2‚ Spyros Liapis1‚ George Petrakos1‚ Tonia Ieromnimon1 Agilis S.A. Statistics and Informatics‚ e-mail: Photis.Stavropoulos@agilis-sa.gr‚ Spyros.Liapis@agilis-sa.gr‚ George.Petrakos@agilis-sa.gr‚ Tonia.Ieromnimon@agilis-sa.gr 2 EUROSTAT‚ e-mail: Georges.Pongas@ec.europa.eu Abstract The aim of this paper is to present a scheme for the description of index numbers in a standardized
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According to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service‚ in 2011there we around 29‚900 known gangs and roughly 782‚500 members. “Gangs are responsible for an average of 48 percent of violent crime in most jurisdictions and up to 90 percent in several others‚ according to NGIC analysis” (FBI‚ 2011‚ p.9). Gang violence explained by the following articles by Bellair and McNulty‚ Horowitz‚ and Shirazi show that gang violence plays a role in negating the positive neighborhood activities. While also
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Rediff.com » Business » How poverty in India can be eliminated How poverty in India can be eliminated June 29‚ 2007 13:06 IST Share this Ask Users Write a Comment What is the cost of eliminating poverty and hunger in India [ Images ]? That of course depends on the extent of poverty‚ which has been mired in academic debate about the measurement of poverty. <IMG SRC="http://imads.rediff.com/0/OasDefault/Coke_WC_Spons_180x150/coke_bck.gif" WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=250 BORDER=0>
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1. The summary of Geert Hofstede The text refers to the study of culture in the environment of organization. Especially how culturally different participant can make an constructive and efficient intercultural dialogue. At the beginning of the publication Geert Hofstede points attention to the example which shows how different cultural background influences our way of thinking and acting. Moreover‚ autor deals with the notion of culture and its connection to the mental programming. He describes
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step index fiber It is an optical fiber which has a core of constant refractive index.there are two types of step index fibers:single mode si and multi mode si fiber single mode step index fiber has only one mode of EM propagation (HE11) an has a core diameter of about 8-12 Um. and multi mode si has many mode of propagation and has a core of diameter of about 50 Um which allow many no of modes through it. single mode step index has an adv of lower inter modal dispersion as there is only
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I am writing to you about the concern of immigration. I believe that people should have the right to enter and leave the country whenever they want to unless you know for sure know that the person is doing suspicious things. Immigration has become a major issue in this country because there have been many different terrorists bombing places and many people have also died. Immigration improves economic growth and many unique individuals that have skills decide to come to America because they are
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The Inaba text describes the phenomenon of "therapeutic index." Addiction to barbiturates can be critical in terms of lethality as measured by the therapeutic index. Describe how this phenomenon might lead to an accidental overdose. Why is this factor more critical with barbiturates than with other classes of depressant drugs? Barbiturates are nonselective central nervous system (CNS) depressants‚ capable of producing all degrees of depression from mild sedation and hypnosis to general anesthesia
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different cultures. Geert Hofstede is one of the most popular names in this field. He did several studies about the subject and wrote books to explain his findings. His most famous one is the IBM study‚ held in more than 50 countries around the world. As a result of the IBM study‚ Hofstede came up with five cultural dimensions that can be used to assess each countries culture; power distance‚ uncertainty avoidance‚ long-term orientation‚ individualism‚ and masculinity index. In our presentation‚
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