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    ------------------------------------------------- Cybersquatting: The International rules applying to legislation on Internet domain name. Introduction The universe of brands was strongly impacted for soon 15 years by the development of the Internet‚ through the emergence of domain names. In the international scale‚ a principle governs the registration of domain names: it is about the rule of the "first come‚ first served". A domain name is attributed to the one who makes the first the request

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    Slums: India Mumbai Slum

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    billion by 2030.[3] The term has traditionally referred to housing areas that were once relatively affluent but which deteriorated as the original dwellers moved on to newer and better parts of the city‚ but has come to include the vast informal settlements found in cities in the developing world.[4] Although their characteristics vary between geographic regions‚ they are usually inhabited by the very poor or socially disadvantaged. Slum buildings vary from simple shacks to permanent and well-maintained

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    Portugal has a rich musical culture‚ with roots that go back to Provencal troubadours‚ followed by ballads and the fado‚ and as of late‚ incorporating the rhythms of Portugal’s former West African colonies. Each of these elements are stll alive in current Portuguese music like the French Provencal influence in the folk music played at festivals in the northern part of the country‚ as well as the rock and jazz most prevalent in the larger cities. An additional element is added by a wealth of singer-songwriters

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    Our Savage Neighbors

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    group of Quakers from England to Pennsylvania for freedom of religion for themselves and others. Silver describes the immigration of Irish and German settlers who came for religious freedom or financial reasons. They came for free land and became squatters on land owned by Penn and spread out to land claimed by the Indians. Silver describes the chaos between the different nationalities‚ the religious groups and the Indians. Although a few men tried to bring unity to provide support and protection‚

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    Zimbabwean Imperialism

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    Zimbabwe‚ formerly Southern Rhodesia has a unique colonial history. Phase one of it colonialism was conducted by a British charter company‚ and then British rule was consolidated by a settler economy regime‚ with an extremely racially marginalising rule. Southern Rhodesia experienced both regimes of mineral exploitation‚ and of direct rule under settler economies‚ without the direct involvement of the British government. This essay will outline its colonial progression till the 1940s‚ and analyse

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    Moral Poverty In "What is Poverty?" Theodore Dalrymple argues that the poverty in England is not economic‚ it is moral and spiritual. In the text "The City by the Sea" by Shiva Naipaul discusses the poverty in Bombay and its economic and moral connections. Theodore Dalrymple also argues that the poverty his situation in England is worse than poverty in Third World countries. I agree with Dalrymple’s first thesis‚ but in Naipaul’s essay the life conditions are more miserable than England. That’s

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    Democracy‚ governance and development: A conceptual framework BY MARION NECHESA MAYENDE ADM NO: Paper Presented to The School of Business and Public Management Of Mount Kenya University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the degree of Master of Development Studies November 2012 Definition of terms Democracy is a system of running organizations‚ businesses and groups in which each member is untitled to vote and take part in decision. Government is

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    Renewable Energy Projects Cut down use of fossil fuels Small scale projects – solar panel‚ turbines Bio fuels More expensive than fossil fuels Tree Planting Acts as carbon sink Benefits not felt for at least 10 years Energy Efficient Most effective way Remodel factories – optimum use of energy Greener power stations Recycling Green transport – hybrid technology Rising temps More droughts Melting glaciers Water stress experienced by 40% of population Applied at all scales

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    With reference to examples‚ assess the degree to which the level of economic development of a country affects planning and management in urban areas. Planning and management needs to happen in all countries over the world because no matter how different the level of development between countries the problems will be same in urban areas. These problems that need to be planned and managed in the urban areas of the city are becoming increasingly significant due to the fact that there has been a hug

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    Transportation was a viable avenue for England to rid itself of criminals. Many individuals and complete families where transported‚ first‚ to the American colonies and then to Australia and its surrounding islands of Van Diemen’s Land. Through this type of punishment the United Kingdom hoped to rid itself of variants and to begin colonization of a new colony in a distant land in hopes of further expanding the empire. By expanding the empire through transportation these convicts brought with them

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