The destruction of New York's World Trade Center near Wall Street shook the world financial markets after the incident of stocks dropped, oil prices surged, and money flooded into Treasury bonds. ... The markets in the USA was closed for a couple days after the incident, bond markets had risen strongly, and equity markets have basically collapsed quickly". After the four-day shutdown of the market, the Federal Reserve had a interest rate cut that provided only a marginal lift for Wall Street before trading began. ...

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Many of them now wish they had been able to save up more money before entering college or even had taken a year off for numerous reasons. ... First of all, high school students should take a year off before entering college to better prepare themselves for the various challenges associated with growing up and adulthood. ... However, students who take a year off before entering college are able to improve their financial situations. ... Many students head off to college thinking they may want to pursue a certain vocation and end up changing their mind soon after starting classes. ... In fact, a...

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Mayer was told " National Socialism was a revulsion by my friends against parliamentary politics, parliamentary debate, parliamentary government-against all the higgling and haggling of the parties and the splinter parties, their coalitions, their confusions, and their conniving- (Remak 23) The selection reveals the desire of Germans to overthrow the government that had betrayed them so many times before and ultimately, in their minds, lost the war for Germany. ... Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi party's propaganda expert, promoted the Nazi idea of nationalism as being "The Common Interest Bef...

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If the offender agreed to enter the study, they were given a date to be interviewed, two months after the start of their probation. ... The probationer would ask about the criminal activities the year before arrest, using a monthly calendar to help establish better time frames. ... The second interview was given six months after the first, eight months after initial start of probation. ... Finally, all of the information was gathered from the interviews and the PO's reports and the researchers put together charts showing the history of the offender's criminal activity, starting a ...

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We need to think of everything before making the decision of having an abortion. ... Another combination of feelings women experience after an abortion are shame and anger. ... There is no law to inform the women of the risks before the abortion. ... Dana Dovitch in her book "Your Guide to Spiritual Recovery After an Abortion". ... So take care, think before you act and thank you!...

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On the april 20th, 2012 Allison Baden-Clay was reported missing by Queensland Federal police, after her husband, gerard contacted police. 10 days after her disappearance a body so badly decomposed was found in a creek by two kayakers just several kilometers from the baden-clay home. After countless hours of interviews and overwhelming evidence, the Queensland Federal police charged gerard with murder of his wife Allison. ... From the police investigations, it was clear to see gerard made detailed plans before and after Alison's disappearance and death. ... Other examples brought up in the...

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After ten minutes at this level, the athletes were presented with 20 minutes of problem-solving tasks. ... The band was placed on the athlete each evening at 5:00 pm and taken off after the maximal test in the afternoon. ... After all tests were completed the data was compiled and analyzed. ... The athletes were asked if they felt a decrease in ability 12 hours and then also 30 minutes after sexual intercourse and how they felt 12 hours and then also 30 minutes after sexual intercourse. ... Each individual performed the test twice, once 12 hours after having sexual intercourse and again one w...

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A not so well known fact about Lincoln is that before his presidency is he was not a very well known or loved politician before being president and even then he was not very well liked by many. ... After the debate of the Kansas-Nebraska Act Lincoln ran for the senate against Stephen Douglas. ... Shortly before his inauguration seven states broke away from the Union forming the Confederacy. ... Some of the volunteer troops he called for were even before before a declaration of war and Lincoln also spent two million dollars on war material, without congressional approval. ... After learning mor...

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Before the slave trade, there were many different African religions that were being practiced at the time. ... Even after people were sold into slavery, they kept the traditions and practices of their religion alive through folk tales and songs. This created a sort of religious presence in Europe that had never been seen before. ... After many years of war and fighting, the Haitian people were finally free and today they are free to practice a nationally recognized religion. ... Even slaves that were Christian before being sold into slavery had not completely abandoned their African roots i...

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If only Shakespeare had been born in the time of T.V. perhaps it would have rotted his mind before he got the chance to write this truly tasteless play that mine and countless other generations will no doubt be force to read. ... First of all the first act of betrayal comes in the beginning when the classically blonde character of Desdemona betrays her father to marry Othello, after all "if thou hast eyes to see. ... At any rate this frankly shows one of the points at which a character chooses to betray the people they are close to, after all it says it in the overly dramatic, and poorly thoug...

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Ironically, the blind prophet Teiresias becomes such an exasperation to Oedipus, "I did not know you were about to speak folly; else it would have been long before I sent for you to my house. (1st encounter). ... Soon after Oedipus' "greeting of Teiresias with such gallant frivolity, a reader of the work questions Oedipus' true motives concerning Teiresias. Oedipus, in very quick fashion, turns on Teiresias revealing a deep animosity for Teiresias' talents "I did not know you were about to speak folly; else it would have been long before I sent for you to my house. ... Oedipus l...

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For example, after every 3 absences, a doctor note should be provided. The problem with this action is that the subject may realize he or she may get away with two requests before the subject has to act. Therefore, the behavior tends to not change until right before the preset number. Fixed interval is applying the reinforcement after a specific amount of time. ... A variable ratio refers to applying reinforcement after a variable number or responses. ...

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For example, after every 3 absences, a doctor note should be provided. The problem with this action is that the subject may realize he or she may get away with two requests before the subject has to act. Therefore, the behavior tends to not change until right before the preset number. Fixed interval is applying the reinforcement after a specific amount of time. ... A variable ratio refers to applying reinforcement after a variable number or responses. ...

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It was the summer after senior year and I was incredibly hyped up after finishing the last book I read in high school which was none other than Jon Krakauer's "Into The Wild," and I was thirsty for an adventure. Before reading the book, I already has a profound love for nature but after reading the inspiring story, I found myself experiencing this outlandish fantasy to be like Chris McCandless and wanting to escape society by any means necessary. ... Of course I had no plan for us to stay in the cabin the whole week so after settling in for the first day, we decided to begin a three day ...

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In William Shakespeare's "Hamlet," the task of avenging his late father is bestowed upon Hamlet after learning his uncle is the one who pours poison in King Hamlet's ear. ... After hearing the Ghost's claims about how Claudius murdered his father, Hamlet decides to step back and gather some more information before taking action. ... This would be considered sound judgment in that he wants to know for certain whether or not Claudius killed his father before avenging the death, leading him to construct a plan. ... Up until this point he has not shown this level of rashness and wo...

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After all, the rules before were governed by statue and common law; they were extremely complicated which lead to injustice and clearly, reform was essential. ... However after it, the position of both parties is fairer than ever before. It could be argued that after the introduction of the 1995 Act the criticism is no longer justified. After all, it has been discussed already how significant the reform has been. ... More specifically, the statue applies only to all leases on or after 1 January 1996 therefore, leases granted before are governed by old law. ...

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Jeffersonian Republicans were generally characterized as "strict" constructionists because of their exact and technical interpretation of the Constitution before the election of 1800. ... Had the Jeffersonian party followed the ideals that they had before 1800, such an Act would not have been supported because of the fact that the constitution did not specifically give the government such power. ... The Federalists, after 1800, seemed to go against their own "loose" interpretation of the Constitution because of the acts that they opposed after 1800. ... Before 1800, the Fe...

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Before I continue onto the next historic period in time, I also wanted to state that there is a major belief that religion was modified by whites to cater to their own beliefs which brings up one of the most controversial questions, "Is God black?... This question is brought up due to religious practices that were in place before the creation of the slave trade. ... After the revolution period, true equality was never obtained in the United States. ... After looking at the Pew Survey one of the most interesting religious trends that I came to really think about is the trend of people inc...

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This method prevents the possibility of bad decisions being made, seeing as decisions are reviewed by multiple people before it becomes a law. ... This shows that the Canadian society believes that the common council must be in agreement of the imposition of a law before it is passed, like the quote stated. ... Duffy was a senator whose misuse of power came to light after he was accused of bribery. ... Simon was unlawfully imprisoned for 5 years after confessing unknowingly, to the assault charges which he couldn't understand due to his low mental intellect. ... Given the facts stated ab...

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After the 9/11 attacks, the United States along side with its allies decided to hunt down those responsible for this aggression, and also destroy the bases and network of al-Qaeda and thus defeat terrorism in the world, installing democracy in both Iraq and Afghanistan. ... In spite of all these expenditures and all the casualties lost in this war, it's sad to say that there hasn't been any meaningful change as the US expected before the war. ... Nevertheless the US hasn't reached their goal of establishing peace and stability as predicted before the conflict. ... Also, before ...

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To this end, the Sacred Truce was formed King Iphitos of Elis re-established the games in the 9th century, he was exasperated with the wars destroying Greece so he created a Sacred Truce (the ekecheiria ) to ensure that just before and after the Olympics everyone was safe and had the peace of mind to participate or attend the games. ... The truce lasted a month before the games and a month after the Games thus allowing athletes and spectators to travel safety to and from Olympia by land or sea. ... All competitors had to arrive in Elis one month before the games for pre-games. ...

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The world had made a commitment after the Holocaust that genocide would never happen again, but there were three other large scale genocides that occurred after this commitment. The world just needs to figure out when state sovereignty will only go so far before they need to act. ... After World War Two the Genocide Convention was held among the United Nations. ... The international community needs to better communicate on the Genocide Convention on how many lives have to be lost before the mass murders can be considered genocide. ... The United States needs to be devoted to the protection fro...

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Before 1982, Canada's constitution was the British North America Act. ... The Provincial Premiers questioned the legality of the decision and brought it before the Supreme Court. ... After this point Trudeau tried to gain the consent of the provinces before moving forward. ...

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Huck and Jim endured only a few days of stressful living after they had left the town with the Duke and the King before their raft was docked and they had left the river and stepped onto a land of infinite moral dilemmas waiting to attack Huck's conscience. Soon after they land, the Duke sells Jim to a nearby farm, and forces Huck to confront his primary moral dilemma. ... After days of preparation, they accomplish their task but are soon all brought back to the farm by a doctor who was taking care of Tom. ... Before Huck ventures out onto the river he lives in several different lifestyle...

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To make things even worse management decided to lay-off some people just before Christmas shutdown to save some money by not paying holiday and as well they targeted older employees. After this incident the morale of rest of the employees went down. Everybody was not working with the same dedication as before. ... That after giving to the company twenty or more years they were given ½ hour to pack theirs personal staff and leave the company. ... But before the company can start implementing any retention program Human Resources department has to hire smart. ...

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