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Amd Athlon Joint Venture
1,440 words
International Production Facilities 6 Problematic
Issues & Their Solutions 9 Appendix C Foreign
Subsidiaries 13 Advanced Micro Devices (AMD),
founded May 1 st, 1969 and headquartered in
Sunnyvale, California, is one of the largest
manufacturers of integrated circuits in the world.
Founded originally by Jerry Sanders and seven
others in a single room in 1969 with only $ 100,
000, AMD now employs approximately 13, 000 people
worldwide and has annual revenues in excess of $
2. 4 billion. In 1978, A...
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Correctional Facilities Deter Crime
1,331 words
Privatization in corrections is a trend that is
assuming increasing significance. Pratt and Maahs,
characterizing privatization in corrections as a
growth industry go on to note: Rooted primarily in
the political and economic context of the 1980 s.
The movement to privatize public services has
received increasing support in response to
taxpayer demands that government provide more
services with fewer resources. Advocates of
correctional privatization often argue from a
public choice theoretical ...
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Mac Os Word Processors
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Report into possible application package solutions
A request by A. T. Press, to investigate the
changes in their current ordering system has
induced me to present to you this report. This
report will feature a comparison on how the
requirements of the problem can be met with the
facilities of a variety of types of application
software packages. It will also feature a suitable
type of application software package to provide a
solution to the problem. Furthermore it will
contain an application pac...
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Undue Hardship Reasonable Accommodation
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THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS Barriers to employment, transportation,
public accommodations, public services, and
telecommunications have imposed staggering
economic and social costs on American society and
have undermined our well-intentioned efforts to
educate, rehabilitate, and employ individuals with
disabilities. By breaking down these barriers, the
Americans with Disabilities Act will enable
society to benefit from the skills and talents of
individuals with disa...
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Puget Sound Heavy Metals
572 words
Industry's Toxic Chemical Water Pollution
Shipyards, oil refineries, and pulp and paper
mills put the health of Puget Sound at risk by not
fully meeting their responsibility to control the
toxic chemical pollution they generate, according
to a detailed report by People For Puget Sound
based on the environmental records of 31
facilities. We prepared the report as the result
of an eight-month study of the permit system that
regulates industrial toxic discharges into
waterways. Some facilities are ...
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Blacks And Whites Whites And Blacks
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"Whites were there because they chose to be;
blacks were there because they had no choice. "
(p. 158) This quote, from the essay written by
Howard N. Rabinowitz, encompasses many, if not all
of the ideas that go along with racial
segregation. It is a well-known fact that racial
segregation did create a separate and subordinate
status for blacks, however, seeing as how at the
turn of the century the integration of blacks and
whites was a seemingly unrealistic idea,
segregation could be seen as so...
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Title Health Care Insurance In Saudi Part 1
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Title: Health Care & Health Insurance in Saudi
Arabia [Date] Health Care & Health Insurance in
Saudi Arabia Introduction The government of Saudi
Arabia has a national health care system in place
through which it provides excellent health care
service to its citizens. What is most noteworthy
is the fact that these public health care services
are free or cost very little to its citizens, they
are also provided in the same manner to
expatriates living there. Except for specialized
treatment, health...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Centers For Disease Control
1,656 words
AIDS in Prisons With infectious diseases such as
hepatitis, HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted
diseases (STDs) so prevalent in correctional
settings, it is appropriate and timely that the
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) presented a
workshop on the issue. "Infectious Disease in
Corrections: A Centers for Disease Control
Perspective" was moderated by Rob Lyerla, an
epidemiologist for CDC's National Center for
Infectious Diseases. (Cass 34). In the past 20
years, the jail people in the United Stat...
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Pitt County Automotive Plant Closing And Global Economy
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Pitt County automotive plant closing and global
economy The closing of Pitt County automotive
plant in 2004 is just one of many examples that
define economical trends in America these days.
The TRW Automotive, which is based in Michigan,
has laid off 150 of its workers, after an
announcement that it will relocate these jobs
elsewhere. The reason upon company based its
decision, can be explained in purely economical
terms but not in terms of lack of professionalism
on part of its workers. Apparen...
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Long Term Care Nursing Homes
2,866 words
The Economics of Aging: Your Future is in Your
Hands A nursing home is more often than not
confused with retirement homes, which are two
different entities. A nursing home is one that
provides its residents with nursing care by
trained professionals, rendering their services to
individuals with certain illnesses and
disabilities. These facilities, however, are
almost always perceived to cater to senior
individuals only. There are certain facilities
that cater to younger individuals, who have spe...
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Taking Into Consideration Competitive Advantages
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Calgary Marriott Hotel Property Analysis. Marriott
Hotels physical appearance conveys the message of
credibility and high quality service, the hotel
looks like a glass and concrete monument to the
architectural genius, with main emphases made on
functionality and customer service. The exterior
of the hotel is superb, at night the Calgary
Marriott hotel, located at the very heart of the
downtown, appears to be one of the most
magnificent buildings in the area. Although some
harsh critics might su...
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Substance Abuse Treatment Boot Camps
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With the ever rising prison population in this
country, something has to be done rehabilitate
criminals rather than just lock them up. Many feel
that the new prisons, boot camps are the answer
(Champion 1990). I will give a brief overview of
boot camp institutions, specifically, about the
operation and structure of these, the cost
involved with both juvenile and adult facilities,
and how effective they really are with regard to
recidivism. Boot camps or shock incarceration
programs, as they are ...
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Internet Service Providers Developing Countries
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Communications Technology: Global Information
Infrastructure Essay, Research Communications
Technology: Global Information Infrastructure
Introduction We are in the midst of a global
information revolution driven by the convergence
and proliferation of information and communication
technologies. The telecommunications sector is
changing at warp speed, driven by technological
innovation that results in new equipment and
services, and also by new entrants and alliances
between companies with exper...
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Puerto Rico Dominican Republic
4,653 words
Comparative Analysis Between Puerto Rico And
RupublicaComparative Analysis Between Puerto Rico
And Republic Dominicana The first economic
evaluation for this class was on the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico. In keeping with the Caribbean
theme, the country that was selected for
comparison was the Dominican Republic. The
policies that will be examined are privatization
policies and corporate acquisition / merger
policies in the two nations. In order to provide a
quality analysis of the two countries ...
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Nuclear Waste Waste Disposal
2,656 words
The General Problem The generation of energy from
nuclear fuel reactors has been a highly
controversial issue for the better part of the
last century. At one point in the 1960 s, nuclear
power was thought to be the energy source of the
future because it was considered cleaner than
carbon or coal, and much more efficient. After
incidents such as the near fatal meltdown at Three
Mile Island and the disastrous incident at
Chernobyl, many people have been vehemently
opposed to nuclear fuel generated...
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Expert Systems Artificial Intelligence
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INDEX + What are Expert Systems? + The
relationship between Expert systems and Artificial
Intelligence. + Structure of Expert Systems. +
Designing an Expert System. + Building Expert
Systems. + Knowledge Engineering. + Tools, Shells
and Skeletons. + Software and Hardware
considerations in Expert Systems. + What are the
uses of Expert Systems. + Advantages and
Disadvantages of Expert Systems. + How Expert
Systems work (Examples of Expert Systems). + The
Importance and future of Expert Systems. + ...
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Soviet Union Currency Exchange
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There is evidence of Finland being inhabited as
early as 10. 000 years ago. Those inhabitant's
main occupation was hunting and fishing. They came
to Finland by different routes through Karelia and
over the sea from the west and the south. There
are many language groups: the Finnish, the Finnish
Swedish (coastal area, the? land islands), the
Lapps (Lapland) and the Romany. There are two
official languages in Finland Finnish and Swedish.
At present the population amounts to a little over
5 million...
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Medical Attention Safety Precautions
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RESEARCH REPORT Aquiles Perez March 19, 2001: SGY
2000 NUMBER OF WORDS: 1. SUMMARY OF MAIN THEMES:
The Internet has become a great convenience to
many people. The services and opportunities that
are offered are incredible, and it has definitely
made our lives a lot less stressful. People have
the freedom to use the services that are in the
Internet. Schools, public libraries and other
facilities provide Internet service to people with
low income that cannot afford a computer, so they
can be give...
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Juvenile Offenders Adult Prisons
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Prison populations have been on the raise since
the early 1970 s. Today we incarcerate over 2
million men, women and juveniles in the various
correctional facilities around the country. These
facilities can range from local jails or detention
facilities to the new so called Superman prisons.
Conditions can also vary across the spectrum for
these different correctional institutions. Each
type of inmate has his or her own challenges when
faced with incarceration. Many factors play into
determining...
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Long Term Debt Third World Countries
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Nike, a Brief Historical Perspective The Nike
Corporation really got its start in 1957 when Bill
Bowerman and Phil Knight met at the University of
Oregon. Bowerman was the technical innovator and
Knight the driving force behind the marketing of
an entirely new kind of athletic shoe. In 1962,
with the help of the Onitsuka Tiger Shoe Company
in Japan, Knight and Bowerman began the process of
marketing athletic shoes under the Nike name. The
initial marketing effort was simple in its scope.
Knight ...
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