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The Antitrust Case Against Microsoft
424 wordsThe Anti-Trust Case Against Microsoft By Corporate Watch writing this article "Microsoft: One World Operating System" (web). A battle is raging in the United States Courts with the Microsoft Corporation. The federal government maintains that Microsoft's monopolistic practices are harmful to United States citizens creating higher prices and potentially downgrading software quality and should be stopped while Microsoft and its supporters claim that they are not breaking any laws and are just doing...
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Peer To Peer Type Of Network
1,169 words... eld's that can interfere with the transmission of data on the network. When we installed the cabling, tie straps were used to allow for the securing of cables to avoid unwanted or unexpected disconnects. As we connected each cable, we labeled it at both ends. This helps the network administrator in troubleshooting and isolating any future problems. The CAT 5 UTP cabling will be run through the ceiling plenum and down the wall through 1 conduit to a mounting box with an RJ- 45 faceplate with ...
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Federal Reserve Banks Federal Reserve System
1,377 wordsII. Federal Reserve System-Overview 5 III. History of the Federal Reserve Act and Amendments to 8 VI. Monetary Policy and Effects of on the Economy 12 Why do a report on the Federal Reserve System? This is a question I went over in my head while making a decision on the type of report to do, and what I wanted to learn more about and why. Over the past few years I have realized the impact that the Federal Government has on our economy, yet I never knew enough about the subject to understand why. ...
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Ski Resorts National Parks
1,283 wordsWelcome to Banff The battle over Urban Development in Banff National Park Banff National Park is the most highly developed national park in the world. It is in complete disarray and has been overcome by development. Wildlife habitat has been destroyed by the ski hills, the Trans-Canada Highway, the CP railway, the Banff tonite and by many "wreck-reationists" that use the park as their playground. The September 16 th 1997 decision by Federal Heritage Minister Sheila Copp's to deny approval of the...
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Dell Computer Corp Dell Computers
1,229 wordsDell Computer Corp. was founded in 1984 by Michael S. Dell. Four years later in 1988, Dell became a publicly traded company with 3. 5 million shares at $ 8. 50 each. Four more years later, Dell was ranked in the Fortune 500 roster with Michael Dell as the youngest CEO to be ranked on this list. In 1996 Dells stock raises to about $ 100 per share pre-split. One year later this number is multiplied by 10 and stock is up to a startling $ 1000 a share pre-split. Date Event Per-Share Price Presplit S...
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Supreme Court Slave Ship
1,787 wordsIn January 1839, fifty-three African natives were kidnapped from eastern Africa and sold into the Spanish slave trade. They were then placed aboard a Spanish slave ship bound for Havana, Cuba. Once in Havana, the Africans were classified as native Cuban slaves and purchased at auction by two Spaniards, Don Jose Ruiz and Don Pedro Montez. The two planned to move the slaves to another part of Cuba. The slaves were shackled and loaded aboard the cargo ship Amistad (Spanish for "friendship") for the...
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Federal Emergency Relief Labor Relations Act
1,405 wordsDuring the 1930 's, America witnessed a breakdown of the Democratic and free enterprise system as the United States fell into the worst Depression in history. The effects of the depression were being felt everywhere in the United States. In 1933, sixteen million people were unemployed. Americans wanted and needed a change. They proved this by electing Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. This was the beginning of a new period in time for Americans, as Roosevelt would introduce his course of action wit...
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Russian Federation Communist Regime
2,106 wordsIntroduction The fall of the Communist regime in the Soviet Union was more than a political event. The powerful interaction and fusion between politics and economics that characterized the state socialist system created a situation that was unique for the successor states of the Soviet Union. The penetration of the Communist regime into every facet of life left the Russian people with little democratic traditions. Russia faces the seemingly impracticable task of economic liberalization and democ...
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Industrial Recovery Act Franklin D Roosevelt
1,640 wordsThe New Deal picked people up when the Great Depression sent them down. It restored faith in the American people. The New Deal helped bring businesses and unemployment from out of the cellar. It got the economy back on its feet after it looked like nothing could help. All this was possible because of one man. Why did they put so much faith into one person? Even though the New Deal was a great success, why did they expect this one person to save them? You can't put your future into the hands of o...
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House Of Representatives Federal Government
514 wordsTo reform abortion in the United States IN THE U. S. HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES Ms. Blank/Representative introduced the following bill that was referred to the committee on public healthcare and welfare. To initiate an abortion bill that would allow women the choice to decide the fate of their unborn child. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives 2. In the United States in Congress Assembled 4. This act may be cited as the "Abortion Freedom Act of 2000 " 6. (1) To give a wo...
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Jim Crow Laws Civil Rights Act
2,810 wordsAmerican segregation was a bitter part of American history. Even worse, though, are the securing reasons for the need of segregation and the defense of the institution. I will be discussing the method in which segregation came into existence in America and how the populace advocated such a policy. The issue of segregation in America deals mostly with the idea of superiority and inferiority between the black, or African, and white, or Caucasian, races. There is a long history on what eventually b...
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Marijuana Prohibition Marijuana Smokers
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Searches And Seizures Fourth Amendment
761 wordsIn 1787, the fathers of our country met at the Philadelphia Convention to ratify the document that would soon be known as The Constitution of the United States of America. This Constitution was to be the supreme law of the land. Our Constitution was set up in order to form a more perfect union, and to give the people under its provision certain unalienable rights. Among the rights granted to the people are: the right to free speech, the right to keep and bear arms, and the right of the people to...
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Law Enforcement Officers Phone Companies
1,495 words... her). One main concern of the government and the phone companies is that these new laws don't slow the rapid development and launching of the new services and technologies that are continuing to benefit and revolutionize our society (Edwards and Boucher). The telephone industry does realize that there will be more and more problems for law enforcement interception. These problems are being posed by the new technologies and the competitiveness of the telephone market today (Edwards and Bouche...
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Civil Rights Act 14 Th Amendment
1,093 wordsThe Civil Rights Act of 1875 was an effort of the Post-Civil War Congresses to enforce civil rights throughout the United States. It was a part of the Reconstructionists to eliminate racial discrimination throughout the United States and this Act was one form to attempt to accomplish this. They took the authority to pass this Act from Section 5 of the 14 th Amendment. They interpreted that section to allow the Congress the power to define as well as enforce the rights established by the 14 th Am...
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United States Constitution United States Government
1,458 wordsI believe that the United States Constitution does not truly reflect a federalist system. In fact, I believe that the federalist system, in which states have considerable power to exercise, was all but abolished by the United States Constitution. In answering this question, American Government, by Peter Wolf, gives a few examples of what Federalism meant back in the late 1700 s, and why, during the framing of the Constitution, there was a big debate between federalists and anti-federalists. That...
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Telling The Truth Immanuel Kant
5,428 words... ngs. Three of the executives written testimonies discuss the proposed settlement the companies negotiated with the states' attorneys general. The details of this settlement are provided in the section that follows; however the principle issue in this posture is that it is strikingly different than the one used in the 1994 testimonies. Mr. Bible was the first chief executive called in the case, during the sixth week of testimony in the Warren E. Burger Federal Building. The following excerpts...
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Andrew Jackson Democratic Presidency
599 wordsIn my opinion, Jacksons Presidency was not democratic. It was mostly the reign of the King Andrew I. Democracy is the government by the people where the people choose their leaders who favor them. In democracy equal political, social rights are practiced. Jacksons presidency was nothing like democracy. Democracy was just the title of the government given to Jacksons presidency. Jackson was more like King Andrew I, because Jacksons presidency was not less than a dictatorship. Cruel things were ha...
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Supreme Court Ruled Native Americans
921 wordsAndrew Jackson and his supporters have been criticized for upholding the principles of majority rule and the supremacy of the federal government inconsistently and unfairly. The validity of this statement varies in the cases of the recharter of the Bank, the nullification controversy, and the removal of the Native Americans. In the case of the recharter of the bank, the statement is not valid. He did uphold the principles of the majority rule and not of the supremacy of the government. The bank ...
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Legal Issues And Arguments Regarding Abortion
2,484 wordsNathaniel Hawthorne wrote about adultery in The Scarlet Letter, but the "A" word these days is abortion. People often break off friendships, ostracize each other, and are intolerant of others having different opinions on this subject. This is sad, because we can all learn from each other. The rest of this abortion essay is divided into two parts. First is a general discussion mentioning some legal issues. Then the legal issues will be discussed in more detail. Be aware that some of the following...
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