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    I found the exercise that we did on the quad to be rather interesting. At the end of the exercise, I found myself towards the front of the class. Seeing how far behind some of my classmates were perplexed me, because my family and I were never handed anything in life, always working for every success (or failure) we have encountered since our time in the United States. Did these opportunities arise because of where we came from and the color of our skin? Perhaps so, perhaps not. To begin, I will

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    A marketing audit is a systematic approach to examining existing products and services for strengths and weaknesses. It often focuses on the Ps of marketing including product, price, place, and promotion along with other elements. The purpose of the marketing audit is to appraise the organization 's current status and provide recommendations for future action. Darlene Weingand (1999) adapted Philip Kotler 's definition of a marketing audit. It 's "a comprehensive, systematic, independent, periodic

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    The South China Tiger, or other wise known as the Chinese, The Amoy or Xiamen Tiger, was known to roam the temperate forests of southeast China. It is thought that the South China Tiger is the original tiger that all other tiger subspecies are evolved from. Pygmy slow lorises are nocturnal and arboreal animals,which means that they are mainly only active during the nighttime and sleep at night. They do most of their foraging and hunting in the trees at night. François' monkeys are Old World monkeys

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    Who were the Molly Maguires? Did they really exist? These are questions asked by many people today. Some historians wonder if the Molly Maguires really did bring their secret society from England to the United States, or if the incidents blamed on them were just random accidents on which officials needed to place a blame. We may never actually know...      There are many ideas about how the “Molly Maguires” got their name. One of the most popular is that Molly was a poor

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    New Zealand’s forests are one of its greatest natural resources, holding significant financial, physical, and spiritual value (DOC, 2013). These forests provide a significant trading resource (Perry, Oren, & Hart, 2008), directly influence soil and flora quality (West, 2006), and contribute to the cultural health of Maori by enhancing their whakapapa (or ‘Connection’ with the land) (Gallagher & Te Atawhai o te Ao, 2011). This resource, however, is under threat through poor management (Levack, Poole

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    Environment Satire It has come to my attention that our nation is in the middle of earthweek. At a time when we all stop, as Americans, and take a look at all of the great accomplishments we have made that we could have possibly overlooked while running around with our busy schedules. We recognize our efforts to create powerful industries and production plants that produce endless chemical compounds and new materials. The discovery and use of fossil fuels, of which has fed our automobiles and

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    pattern for all the three regions. The highest rainfall values of 1580mm (NR), 1365mm (UER) and 1543mm (UWR) were recorded in 1991, 1999 and 1963, respectively. The lowest rainfall values of 695mm (NR), 671mm (UER) and 524mm (UWR) were recorded in 1992, 1977 and 1986, respectively. The mean annual rainfall values were 1082.5mm (NR), 990.8mm (UER) and 1035.4mm (UWR) as shown in table II. In spite of the seemingly high rainfall amount recorded in NR over the period, the region showed the highest variability

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    Global Warming Global warming has been a conversation holder for the past decade or so. Years ago people believed that global warming was a myth, and was not going to happen. Now for the third year in a row temperatures are becoming warmer and warmer. Scientists are becoming more alert to the steady pace of earth's temperatures rising. In the article “Earth Sets a Temperature Record for the Third Straight Year” by Justin Gillis, he explains that earth is casually becoming warmer every single year

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    Words are powerful. When the average person in North America hears the term ‘first world’ or the phrase ‘first world problems’ it’s merely a way of classifying our world, and is not that deep. For many, ‘first world’ refers to countries that are advance and are leading the rest of the world such as Canada and the US. Conversely, many people would refer to many countries in Africa as ‘third world.’ ‘First world problems’ is an expression people from the first world nations use to complain about nonsensical

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    Mapuche Research Paper

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    Mapuche (People of the Land) The Mapuche originated in southern Chile. The name Mapuche has the meaning of people of the land. Their land is there’s and no one can take it away. The Mapuche is one of the biggest groups that there is even today. Some have went to the city but most have just stayed in the outer parts and kept going with their traditions. The Mapuche people date back to 500 BC. Today they still exist; there make up ten percent of the population in Chile which is more than 1,000,000

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