METROPOLITAN AREAS James M. Dahlhamer &Melvin J. D’Souza 1995 Determinants of Business Disaster Preparedness in Two U.S. Metropolitan Areas James M. Dahlhamer Melvin J. D’Souza Disaster Research Center Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice University of Delaware Newark‚ Delaware 19716 USA Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North Central Sociological Association‚ Pittsburgh‚ PA‚ April 21-23‚ 1995 The authors wish to thank Dr. Joanne M. Nigg and Dr. Kathleen J. Tierney
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contributed to shaping this country; however‚ James Watson stands out as a truly important contributor. James Watson stands is an influential to shaping molecular biology because of his discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA‚ intelligence‚ and ability to adapt to different scientific fields. James Dewey Watson is the son of Jean Mitchell and James D. Watson. James Watson was born on April 6th in 1928. (James) Watson was born in Chicago‚ Illinois. (James) As a young child Watson read the World
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Sanford J. Ungar: Defender of the Liberal Arts William Butler Yeats is accredited with once saying “Education is not the filling of a pail‚ but the lighting of a fire.” It seems this idiom no longer rings true; today’s preferred education encompasses the regurgitation of technical jargon in the hopes of finding a job. People now deem Liberal Arts degree worthless; it’s too expensive and impractical in today’s job market. The sciences and career colleges are where the jobs lie. In the battle over
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JAMES TOBIN AND MODERN MONETARY THEORY by Robert W. Dimand CHOPE Working Paper No. 2014-05 February 2014 JAMES TOBIN AND MODERN MONETARY THEORY Robert W. Dimand Department of Economics Brock University 500 Glenridge Avenue St
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Centro were in breach of their duties when they signed off on the misleading financial statements. In 2007 the ASIC commenced legal proceedings against former directors and officers of James Hardie Industries Limited. In 2001 the company approved a foundation that would be used to compensate victims of asbestos. James Hardie announced that the foundation would have enough funds to cover legitimate claims. The company had taken advice from PricewaterhouseCoopers based on 50 years of claims from victims
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This paper focuses on the actions of Charles J. Antonucci‚ Sr.‚ who contributed greatly to the failing of The Park Avenue Bank in New York. Unless otherwise noted‚ the facts of this case were learned in whole and in part from the complaint filed against Antonucci by Ricardo Velez‚ the Director of the Criminal Investigations Bureau of the New York State Banking Department. The Park Avenue Bank‚ so named because its headquarters were located at 460 Park Avenue in New York City‚ was founded in 1987
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J. Diamond’s Collapse: Harappa Throughout the course of history‚ major complex civilizations have always found themselves in a state of decline‚ and possibly even collapse. In “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed” Jared Diamond lays out the questions and issues and issues at the foundation of his theory on the collapse of societies. Diamond uses five factors that could contribute to the collapse of a society: damage that people in inadvertently inflict on the environment‚ climate-change
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The Author J.G. Jackson wrote an interesting book on the Pagan origins of the Christian religion. The author set out to discredit or reveal the Pagan background of the Christian religion and also the similarities to other religions before Christ ever existed. Jackson wrote this book to show others that many of the modern rituals seen today came from other religions long before Christ ever existed using many sources from books including the Bible to show holes in the Christian history. The book
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7-Eleven is a international convenience stores that operated by Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd‚ which in turn is owned by Seven & I Holdings Co. of Japan. 7-Eleven was founded by J. C. Thompson in 1927 as The Southland Ice Company in Dallas‚ Texas‚ and been take over by the Japanese company in 1991. (7eleven.com.my‚ 2010) 7-Eleven are selling franchise and license to entrepreneur to expand its business in lower cost and shorter period of time‚ it also the first franchisor in the local market to
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TRADE-OFFS The concept of trade-offs is a basic principle in economics that arises from the idea that resources are scarce. As a general principle‚ trade-off analysis shows that for a given set of resources and technology‚ to obtain more of a desirable outcome of a system‚ less of another desirable outcome is obtained (Stoorvogel et al.‚ 2004a). Although there can be win–win outcomes in two dimensions‚ even such a win–win must come at the expense of some other desired attribute. This concept is
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