GLOBAL CROSSING LTD. Entity Background Global Crossing is a telecommunications company providing computer networking services worldwide. It was founded in 1997 by Gary Winnick‚ Abbot L. Brown‚ David L. Lee and Barry Porter through Pacific Capital Group. It is said that Global Crossing was the first global communications provider with IPv6 natively deployed in both its private and public backbone networks. It raised about $400 million on its initial public stock offering. Global Crossing was
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Creative Story: The Chronic Swamp Murders One day while Joe and Jill Hemp were walking through Chronic swamp they came across a trail of blood in the water. They followed the trail until it stopped at a dead body. The body was of a man who was wearing a camouflage outfit. They immediately ran back to their house‚ which was not far from the murder site and called the police. Their house was located right on the edge of the swamp. When the police got there they roped off the whole area so they
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Assignment A: “Crossing” by Mark Slouka “Crossing” is a short story written by Mark Slouka. It takes up the themes about the relationship between father and son and the situation of a divorced family. These themes are being dealt with‚ when the father and his son are going on the same ritually camping trip‚ that he went on with his own father. In the story the reader are being introduced to a father and his son. The father is taking his son on a camping trip as an attempt to trying to connect
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24 October 2007 Desperation The movie‚ Night Crossing portrays an East German family about the year of 1978. This was right after they stopped allowing East Germans to travel freely back and forth East and West Germany. This is just one more of the acts furthering the restrictions placed on East Germans. Others included requesting visas to leave the East and being constantly in fear that a spy would report them to the SS for being “unpatriotic” when found even speaking about other ideas‚ or
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Crossing the Atlantic: The Story of an Indian Immigrant I had always been a good child. No matter how much work I had‚ I did it. Even if I had two hours of homework‚ you could count on me to help you. Now that I am an adult‚ I realize what a wonderful childhood I had. I went to a great private school with the best teachers and students. I even had the privilege of having my very own textbooks. Those who weren’t as lucky‚ had textbooks destroyed by students who had them before they were even born
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The meaning of "Crossing the Bar" is about dying and meeting God when you arrive in Heaven. I believe that in the poem the Pilot was capitalized to represent God‚ and being able to be greeted by him when he dies. In lines eleven and twelve when he says "And may there be no sadness of farewell / When I embark;" you could tell that the speaker was accepting his death‚ and did not want anyone to be saddened by him leaving. The tone of this poem is sad since the speaker is dying‚ but it is also
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Crossing Cultures- How does Parvana explore aspects of different culture? Texts often give us an insight into aspects of different cultures. The novel Parvana by Deborah Ellis explores various facets of the Afghani culture. One of the prominent features of this text is the impact of war. In addition‚ Ellis looks into the treatment of women in Afghanistan. Another point that is examined in the text is the Afghani food and clothing. To illustrate these aspects‚ the author has used a large range of
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The Okefenokee Swamp is certainly an interesting and intriguing place to learn about regardless of how you see it‚ but the reality and facts of the swamp can be interpreted to give different perspectives and meanings of the place. This is evident in the two unique and stylistically different passages describing the Okefenokee Swamp. In passage one‚ the style of the writing is for the most part‚ factual. Passage one focuses on providing the un-tinted facts about the swamp without trying to incur any
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precautions that should be followed when interacting with railroad crossings. The number one rule is to always use caution when approaching and crossing railroads. It is important when you first arrive at a railroad crossing to always slow down and pay attention to your surroundings. If you come to a stop at a railroad crossing you must be at least 15 feet from the nearest rail‚ and if you intend to park near a railroad crossing‚ you must be at least 50 feet from it. It is extremely important to
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Railroad Crossings are an important part of driving. If one does not know how to use them correctly‚ they could have very bad consequences. To start off‚ we need to know railroad signs. Advance warning signs are posted before you reach the crossing and tell you to slow down‚ look‚ listen‚ and be prepared to stop at the crossing ahead. There are also pavement markings with an “X” or and “RR” warning you that a crossing is ahead. Many railroad crossings have flashing lights to warn you that a train
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