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    Privatization of American Prisons

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    Introduction: In America today, there is a trend in corrections of taking the duty of running prisons out of the hands of state and federal authorities and contracting it out to private organizations. Along with the drift to privatization is a plethora of research pertaining to the subject taking many different approaches to analyzing the effectiveness. The majority of research focuses on one of three areas. The first questioning whether or not it is cost effective to make the switch. The second

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    the age group of 3 to 10 years. Pricing * Pantaloons immense popularity stemmed from the fact that it sold branded garments at affordable prices. * The price of the private labels was 20 -25 % lower compared to that of the branded ones. * In mens wear retailer earn margin between 55% and 60 % on private labels while in womens wear it was between 48%-50%. Distribution * Pantaloons were located at up-market, accessible and high- footfall. * Pantaloons also entered into

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    This limits the scope of potential investors to sophisticated individual investors, hedge funds, private equity firms, vulture funds, and certain investment banks. The majority of distressed debt is bought by these institutional investors because they have the resources, expertise, and sophisticated risk management systems to assess the risk of these

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    Factual Background/ Summary This negotiation, which occurred in 2005, was regarding the sale of Neiman Marcus Group (Neiman) and joint corporate agency comprising of 2 large private equity firms namely Texas Pacific Group (TPG) and Warburg Pincus (Warburg). It is potent to note that at the time of the said acquisition, Neiman was at the height it’s industry (refered as the “crown jewel”) , i.e its managerial team was held in high esteem, their stocks were at an optimum level, their financial health

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    Competitive Asset Analysis The appraisal of Whole Foods Markets competitive resources and capabilities yields a clear explanation as to why their currently known as the industry leader of organic foods sales. Those assets discussed separately below will help guide future strategic recommendations. Resource - Tangible Assets: • Financial: WFM has amassed nearly $900 million in cash & cash equilivents. With liquid assets of such magnitude, WFM is in a unique position to enhance it’s growth. • Physical

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    The Dark Net With Tor

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    This paper will be looking at The Dark Net. Some people associate the Dark Net with TOR. It has become a topic that has been getting more interest from people and many still do not know about it. The Dark Net is a type of internet that is separate to the internet that we all use. It will discuss issues with anonymity, confidentiality, illegal activity of Tor and its concentration on provision of technically anonymous services as well as where it is going in the future Introduction Darknet systems

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    School Uniforms Sarah Chaudhry SOC 1020-090 University of Utah Fall 2015   Abstract: Unfortunately, public school has become less about education and more about being fashion forward. As a society, there is definitely a higher tendency for people to judge a person’s entire personality solely on what and how they are dressed. The desire to have the latest trending clothes is in far greater demand than to have the highest grades. As a result many issues such as vandalism, bullying, sexual harassment

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    child, but many parents are starting to question modern days public and private school systems. Nowadays, there are many educational options for students. Homeschooling is an increasingly popular alternative to public and private schools. Homeschooling has many advantages and disadvantages, but homeschooling is an option for students to benefit themselves individually. Reasons for homeschooling, over attending public or private school, vary greatly. Teyle Carbajal, a homeschooled student in Midland

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    Can School Reform Succeed Without Addressing Poverty? Education reform, the goal of changing public education for the better, has been an idea in the minds of officials and parents since the 1800’s. There have been many effortful attempts to create effective school reform, however, many of them do not address major social issues such as poverty which must be dealt with. Although many reforms have changed our country, none have brought the amount of change necessary to make our schools fit to fairly

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    Students who attend private school benefit from the exposure to extracurricular activities. A typical feature of private schools is the provision of special programs in the field of art, music , drama and sports. In 2002, Deasy, concluded that taking up any form of art improves conditional reasoning and spatial reasoning. It also aids in problem solving refines creativity in terms of spontaneity, originality, sequencing theory, ideas and results. The adoption of art has also been known to motivate

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