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Why Did Webvan Fail
Louis R. Borders and his associates launched Webvan in the San Francisco Bay area on June 2, 1999 with the assistance of more than $122 million in initial funding from blue-chip companies such as CBS and Knight Ridder and backing from prominent venture companies such a...
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Physician Assisted Suide
In today's society, one of the most controversial issues is physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill. Many people feel that it is wrong for people, regardless of their health condition, to ask their health care provider to end their life; while others fee...
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The Serial Killer
Serial Killers are the group of people who kill, kill and kill over a longer period of time without being caught or stopped. Unlike mass murderers, who may kill many people at one time - majority of the time because of circumstantial behavior - Serial Killers are a diffe...
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War And Media
Blood flows freely from the fresh wounds on the childs chest, as ill equipped doctors rush to save the fleeting life of an innocent. Dabbing the wounds and suturing them as best as possible, the medics pray that time is on their side. The child convulses with the intolera...
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Poverty and Welfare
What were the major changes that took place in attitudes to poverty and welfare between 1834 and 1914?
There were many changes in attitudes to poverty and welfare between 1834 and 1914. The beginning of this period saw the industrial revolution, which changed the ways...
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Sports And Drugs
It is an ethical question whether or not athletes should take drugs to enhance their performance in sports today. While athletes who take drugs to enhance their performance find them to be beneficial, the drugs they are taking can actually be very dangerous to their heal...
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The Sports Card And Memorablia Market
The sports card and memorabilia market is as lucrative as ever in our culture today. The number of sports card and memorabilia stores, however, has never recovered since the backlash of the late 1980s and early 1990s. My business plan is to open ED...
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The Things We Choose Not To See
The topic of violence is a recurrent theme in the media today. We all see it on the nightly news where we find out about the latest homicide or act of violence among the people who live in the lower class areas of Philadelphia. However, as many of us are...
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Language Skill And Job Market
Have you ever thought of those huge benefits that the knowledge of many different languages earns you in todays globalized market sector? Not yet! Then you better start learning new languages and possess good communicative skills in all those that you learn ...
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Medicine
THE OVER USE OF PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC MEDICATIONS
Since the beginning of our existence, people have been faced with psychological disorders. As with most of human ailments we at first did not know how to cope or fix them. In the beginning, people with psychological disorders, thou...
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Climate
This paper looks at the controversial issue of climatic change. In particular, it develops the question of if and why earths climate is changing? The roles of man, naturally occurring trends, and earths cycles are considered, and an outlook for what can be expected in the near...
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The Next Big Thing
In the article The Next Big Thing? the future of business computing is addressed. Computers have changed the face of business forever. Nowadays, every company has a website that is better than its competitors with mire features than ever before. The problem brough...
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Alternative Fuel
Petroleum will not be a source of fuel for much longer. What are we going to do when it runs out? I will explain alternative sources for fuel or energy for vehicles that are already in use or that have been proposed. With each source I will discuss the pros and then the c...
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Are Humans Rational?
Are humans rational? The human species has well developed cognitive abilities compared to animals. These can be remarkable like language and many other communication systems. Our visual system provides us with excellent vital information for the environment. Besides, ...
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Gladiatorial Rituals
Gladiatorial contests hold a central place in our perception of Roman behavior. They were also a big influence on how Romans themselves ordered their lives. Attending the games was one of the practices that went with being a Roman. The Etruscans who introduced this ty...
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Lost Momentum
Momentum was founded by Delma Iles in 1982. She is well known through out the state of Florida, and has been awarded many different merits. Shes an M.F.A. recipient from New York University, in Dance. She came to Florida aspiring to change, or add to the growing world of...
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Hypertension
Description: Hypertension is considered the most common cardiovascular problem in the U.S. today. Approximately 50 million people have hypertension that requires monitoring or treatment, or both. Hypertension
The condition is usually detected in people aged 30 to 50 years;...
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Anheuser Busch
Anheuser Busch is involved in marketing their products around the world. To narrow this broad topic only the segments in the United States will be assessed. There are four main segments of beer drinkers, and Anheuser Busch is heavily involved in all four markets.
The ...
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Palestinian Social Movement
And all the stages of the disaster
On the olive tree in the courtyard of my house.
In order to understand the origin, development and current status of the contemporary movement for reconciliation within Israel, we must first take a look at the historica...
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Insurance
Many people are concerned about rising health care costs. In reaction to this, some individuals and companies are gravitating
toward the assumed lower prices of Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) health plans. HMOs spend billions of dollars
each year advertising their low c...
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Ride To This
Music Business Question 1. The music publishing industry at a glance would seem to be those who print sheet music, method books, lead sheets, and all of the texts or notated music that musicians (and those aspiring to be musicians) use. Years ago, this was what most music pub...
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Intelligent Chip Technology
Frank Riso of Symbol Technologies offered an overview of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems and their applications in handling product data. The technology works by using RF signals to capture data from a tag, which is then relayed by the tag reader ...
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The Legalization Of Euthanasia: Why The Right To Choose Is R
1601 days
Date: 10/07/15 21:11 in : Social_Issues
The Legalization Of Euthanasia: Why The Right To Choose Is Right
Euthanasia is an issue that is commonly debated, mostly from a religious aspect, but ones religion should not take away ones right to die. Euthanasia should be legalized not because religious affiliations approve, but b...
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XBox Vs. [email protected]: The Battle For The Best Gaming Console
1609 days
Date: 09/29/15 20:17 in : Technology
XBox Vs. [email protected]: The Battle For The Best Gaming Console
Ever since gaming consoles have been created, there have always been huge debates on which is best, but none have been compared more than the latest two consoles: the XBox, which is created by Microsoft, and the PlayStation2, created b...
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Property Rights
Property rights are resources under legal ownership of a party which entitles that party to complete ownership of the resource. According to Richard Posner, within this right exists the notion of exclusivity from which no other party may intrude despite economic or social ...
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