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    What caused the American Civil War? It is amazing that even today‚ nearly 150 years after the Civil War started‚ there is passionate debate regarding the "cause" of the Civil War. Consider this: It is a fact that when the armies for the North and South were first formed‚ only a small minority of the soldiers on either side would have declared that the reason they joined the army was to fight either "for" or "against" slavery. However‚ equally true is the statement: "Had there been no slavery‚ there

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    Civil Engineering

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    Civil engineering is not too hard because you have different position‚ different branches. When you start going to school‚ to take 2 or 3 classes for each branch‚ and when you graduate‚ you can tell which one you enjoy the most‚ but basically with that degree‚ you can do so many things. Engineering is very practical‚ and it’s different every day. At the beginning‚ you will learn‚ but after that‚ it’s all about solving problems. Every day‚ you do something different‚ like different problems‚ different

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    which you most definitely need a degree from education you received while in college. No high school drop out will be able to hold a position in engineering with out their bachelor degree. Mechanical engineering is a v... Continue Reading Civil Engineer Civil engineering is one of

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    ASSESSMENT 1 Overview You are to create your own scenario that relates to a civil matter in which you would issue a claim in the Magistrates Court. In this simulation imagine that you currently work at GarLing Lawyers at Mt Gravatt. (we used this fictitious firm to do your practical tasks in class). You therefore need to consider the following: * taking initial instructions from the plaintiff client; * confirming monetary jurisdiction of the court; * confirming the geographical jurisdiction

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    Civil aviation is one of two major categories of flying‚ representing all non-military aviation‚ both private and commercial. Most of the countries in the world are members of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and work together to establish common standards and recommended practices for civil aviation through that agency. Civil aviation includes two major categories: * Scheduled air transport‚ including all passenger and cargo flights operating on regularly scheduled routes;

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    ◀ Cinema Comprehensive index starts in volume 5‚ page 2667. Civil Service Examinations Kējǔ ​ 举 科 The civil service examination system‚ a method of recruiting civil officials based on merit rather than family or political connections‚ played an especially central role in Chinese social and intellectual life from 650 to 1905. Passing the rigorous exams‚ which were based on classical literature and philosophy‚ conferred a highly sought-after status‚ and a rich literati culture in imperial

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    EXECUTION OF DECREES OR ORDERS: Execution is the process of realizing the fruits of the judgment by enforcing the decree against the unsuccessful party through any one or more of various modes of execution as prescribed by law. The successful party is called a decree holder or judgment creditor while an unsuccessful party is called a judgment debtor. A decree is executed by the court which passes it or by court which the decree is sent by former execution. The court that passes the decree is entitled

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    Civil War

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    THE CIVIL WAR:WHY DID TEXANS FIGHT? THE CIVIL WAR WAS A SAD TIME FOR TEXANS AND AMERICANS‚ AS IT DIVIDED THE COUNTRY INTO TWO OPPOSING SIDES.BETWEEN 1861 AND 1865‚ 75‚000 TEXANS WENT TO WAR.WHAT WERE THE REASONS TEXAS FOUGHT FOR THE SOUTH IN THE CIVIL WAR.TEXANS WENT TO WAR STATES’ RIGHTS‚TO DEFEND THE STATE THEY LOVE AND TO PERSERVE SLAVERY. ONE REASON TEXANS FOUGHT FOR THE SOUTH IN THE CIVIL WAR WAS FOR STATES’ RIGHTS.THE TEXAS STATE GASETTE EDITORAIL‚ IT SUPPORTS THE RIGHT OF SECESSION

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    Civil Engineering

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    CIVIL ENGINEERING (CIV) Spring 2013 Civil Engineering (CIV) Major in Civil Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering‚ College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Chairperson: Fu-Pen Chiang Undergraduate Program Director: Harold Walker Undergraduate Secretary: Augusta Kuhn Office: Heavy Engineering 250C Phone: (631) 632-8315 Email: harold.walker@stonybrook.edu Fax: (631) 632-8544 Web address: http://me.eng.sunysb.edu/civil Civil Engineering (CIV) The Bachelor of Engineering in Civil

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    The Civil War

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    Katelin Foster 9/30/12 Period 5 US History The Civil War The Civil War was a fight between the Southern states and the Northern states. It began in 1861 and ended in 1865. The northerners referred to this war as the war to preserve the Union because that became the main goal of the Civil War. Slavery was one of the causes of the war‚ but in the end Lincoln’s goal became preserving the union. When Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin in 1783‚ cotton then became very profitable. Many farmers

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