After this round of quantitative easing, interest rates decreased from 6.3% to 5.2%. ... Treasuries per month, resulting in a total planned expenditure of $600 billion for the easing period. ... This was done so that the market would be flooded with shot-term treasuries causing the interest rates on those securities to increase, and when they would buy the long-term securities the long-term interest rates would fall. ... The ECB introduced long term refinancing operations (LTROs) with 6-, 12-, and 13-month maturity dates. ... In December of 2009, the Bank announced a new measure that would su...

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If you rate accidents by total miles flown, long international flights receive an unfair advantage as they carry more miles per one takeoff and landing. ... It's clear that regional airlines are no longer just the turbo prop narrow body fuselage planes of yesteryear. ... Ease and Convenience There are 91 U.S. ... Ease and convenience are two of the great reasons that regional carriers are seeing tremendous growth. ... So what you end up receiving with a regional carrier are all the eases and conveniences of the major airlines coupled with the boarding ease, plane side baggage check, e...

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" This is intriguing for a number of reasons: there is no supply chain required, there is no need for a team of researchers and developers, and no pesky lawmaking bodies to navigate. ... The rightsholder can either acknowledge that there is indeed no copyright infringement taking place, or sue for violation of copyright. ... Justin Pearce and Steven Schwartz write about a more observable technical problem: "The long lead times and capital expenditures associated with conventional manufacturing of consumer goods can be virtually eliminated with 3D printing.... Business owners and/or c...

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" This is intriguing for a number of reasons: there is no supply chain required, there is no need for a team of researchers and developers, and no pesky lawmaking bodies to navigate. ... The rightsholder can either acknowledge that there is indeed no copyright infringement taking place, or sue for violation of copyright. ... Justin Pearce and Steven Schwartz write about a more observable technical problem: "The long lead times and capital expenditures associated with conventional manufacturing of consumer goods can be virtually eliminated with 3D printing.... Business owners and/or c...

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She longed to reach out and hug her husband and son sitting ever vigilant on either side of her bed. How she wished she could do something to ease their suffering as well as her own. ... A major concern is that if physician-assisted suicide is legalized it would be abused by family as a way to dispose of undesirable members, or by depressed patients who may have a curable illness but who simply no longer wish to live. ... Palliative care is used to ease the physical and mental pain associated with terminal illness (Foley 293; Byock 116). ... Not only does hospice provide the terminally ill ...

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Unstructured travel has become as important as structured travel as the ease and speed of modern transport means there are very few constraints on what the modern tourist can do. ... There was no other transport mode that could compete with them for long distance travel. ... But today the Aeroplane dominates for this kind of long distance travel although ferries are still the dominant means for certain shorter distance journeys. ... Allowing middle to long distance travel at high speeds, and a flexibility that contrasts to the timetabled nature of rail transport. ...

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During the American Revolution when imports were no longer given to the colonies, the hemp fiber became an essential material in their production of clothing (Richardson 41). ... There is no evidence of the people of the colonies eating or smoking the plant due to the fact that those cool climates lessened the psycho-active material (Stwertka 16). ... Long before marijuana was even known to most of the American Society, hostility towards it became evident within the next two decades because of reports that offensive minorities were using the drug; Mexicans in the Southwest, Hindus in San Franc...

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The psychological aspect of a brand makes a promise to consumers that it offers something of an advantage to you when you buy it, it could be power or ease of life. ... A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can buy you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner of the street is drinking. ... By doing this the product reinforces the originality of the product a reminder that the product has been around for a long time. ...

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It is obvious that significant improvements have been made in the way that the criminal justice system deals with Blacks during the history of the United States. Blacks have not always been afforded a right to trial, not to mention a fair one. Additionally, for years, Blacks were unable to serve on juries, clearly affecting the way both Blacks and whites were tried. Much of this improvement has been achieved through various court decisions, and other improvements have been made through federal and state legislatures. Despite these facts, the development of the legal system with regard to race ...

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The ten points are not assembled in any order, as there was no ranking system associated with the relative importance of the points. 1. ... Many people are in roles that have no bearing on their life interests, so while they may be exceptionally good at their jobs, there is no anchor to that position. ... A structured approach may be time limiting, however the wrong employee can do more harm than having no-one performing the role. ... Some of these leadership styles are considered to be negative' styles of the long run (coercive and pacesetting), however there are times when they mus...

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No complications have been associated with swallowing the M2A capsule. ... The M2A capsule provides many benefits and advantages, especially since no side effects have been reported by all of the performed clinical trails. ...

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This was evident in the ease with which they corralled the British troops into the cities of Mafeking on the 13th of October, Kimberley on the 14th, and Ladysmith on the 1st of November. ... The siege of Kimberley, approximately two hundred miles to the south west of Mafeking, was had with similar ease. ... There was no smoke from the discharge of the weapon and the accuracy was infinitely better than that of the black powder rifles of just a few decades prior. ...

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Their acceptance has been fueled by their ease of use and desktop synching capabilities that provide users on the go access to personal information, such as schedules, phone numbers, and to-do-lists. ... Today, PDAs are no longer just devices for personal scheduling. ... The Dilemma of PDA Security The primary attributes of the PDA, portability, ease of use, and wireless capabilities, are also what turn them into the proverbial "two-edged sword". ...

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This makes it much more easier for the customer to shop as they are feeling more at ease that their queries will be answered accordingly but also justifies the need to no longer go into the store. ... Further the company does not offer franchising due to which its profits are far much greater, as there are no middlemen for any cuts. 1.1 Vision & Mission Statement The vision that net-a-porter first began with which has carried the company through its great success was To make the world a more stylish place. ... She has already developed love, trust and loyalty to the brands that she is purcha...

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Furthermore, this year's featuring hall of fame class, which consisted of some of the game's best, had no electees due to their connection to the "steroid " era. ... The rewards are monetarily limitless in a sport like baseball where there is no salary cap. ... And as fans, we openly root for this type of behavior as long as it can help our favorite team to victory. ... Amphetamines and other strong hallucinogen drugs have long been rampant in baseball with Dock Ellis famously known for pitching a no-hitter while under the influence of LSD. ... By permitting the usage of steroids in ...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have long documented the difficulties veterans face returning to the United States post deployment. ... In relation to the Gulf War for example, the VA engages in the presumption that unexplainable medical symptoms that exist for 6 months or longer are the result of Gulf War deployment and Gulf War Illness without regard to cause (U.S. ... No new information identifying the specifics of malingering was indicated. ... For study two "we found no significant differences between simulation groups on any scales" (Elahi et al., 2007, p. 334). ... Un...

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One of the obviously fundamental aspects of poetry is the language used and the literary devices employed, and Rosetti's poetry is certainly no exception to this. ... They are described as being in "an open field" and "sporting at ease and courting in full view." ... The pleading tone of the speaker is complemented by her use of alliteration in line 2: "Sing no sad songs for me". ... These three aspects of nature which shall no longer be a reality for her, underline her intimation that she shall be irrevocably absent from all which is so real for her presently. ... The speaker's refe...

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Currently there are no international laws banning nuclear weapons, but there are restrictions on testing these weapons. ... They may have bad relations with some of the member states at the convention, this raises a problem, there is no possible way to make states comply with terms that in fact other countries have set down, it seems that for arms control to create stability each country has to take the guidelines and restrictions that arms control carries it cannot be forced or compromised. ... For instance, adhering would ease international pressures spearheaded by the United States, Great B...

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People could now participate in Mass with relative ease as they were actually able to hear it in their own language for the first time. ... If a Catholic person wanted to marry a non-Catholic person in a Catholic Church, then the non-Catholic would be forced to convert to Catholicism or else there would be no wedding in a Catholic Church between the two and hence the union would not be sanctioned by God. ...

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Marlow eventually gets the parts he needs to repair his ship, and he and the manager set out with a few agents (whom Marlow calls pilgrims because of their strange habit of carrying long, wooden staves wherever they go) and a crew of cannibals on a long, difficult voyage up the river. ... Not long after, Marlow and his companions arrive at Kurtz's Inner Station, expecting to find him dead, but a half-crazed Russian trader, who meets them as they come ashore, assures them that everything is fine and informs them that he is the one who left the wood. ... At the same time, while he is highly...

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Not long after young Tom - who was called "Al" in his earliest years - learned to talk, he began pleading with people he met to give him their explanation of how everything worked. ... It wasn't long before Tom developed a strong interest in world history and English literature. ... Because he was so disillusioned by the fact that Newton's sensational theories were written in classical aristocratic terms that were "unnecessarily confusing to the average person," Tom overreacted and readily developed a life-long disrespect for high level mathematics. ... Not long thereafter, he starte...

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After playing the video games the doctors had the students simulate a punishment of an opponent by having them give their opponent a noise blast that lasted as long as the student pushed the button down. The students that played the violent video game punished their opponents with the noise blast for a longer amount of time then the students who didn't play the violent video game did. ... The study showed some variance as to what age the parents felt their children should be allowed to play these video games, but the majority showed that it should be no earlier then thirteen.... There has...

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The two thousand mile border between the United States and Mexico between Brownsville, Texas and San Diego, California has long been a turbulent area due to the way the federal government of the United States has chosen to enforce immigration laws. During the early 1900s and in times of economic growth when workers were needed, Mexican workers were welcomed across the border with relative ease. ...

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High levels of drinking among adolescents are particularly troubling given recent evidence that, in contrast to long-held assumptions, a tremendous amount of structural and functional brain development takes place during the teenage years (Geidd et al., 1999; for review see Spear, 2000;2002). ... While it is possible to offer a rough beginning and a rough end, there are simply no absolute boundaries. ... As you can see, there is simply no fixed age range to define the boundaries of adolescence. ... It is tempting to conclude that adolescent brain development must simply be an extension of c...

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While this theory is of historical interest, there exists no empirical support for the greater sex drive of the male, nor is there any reason to expect the male sex drive to vary from one culture to another. ... Whiting discovered that societies dependent on root and tree crops (presumably low protein societies) are more likely to have a long postpartum sex taboo, and there did seem to be a statistical association between the presence of this taboo and a preference for polygyny. While men may seek other sexual relationships during the period of a long postpartum taboo, it is not clear why poly...

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