Since the beginning of the second intifada in 2000 until the first half of 2002 there was an unprecedented wave of suicide bombing inside Israel and a military offensive by the Israeli Defense Forces. ... Since the beginning of the period before mentioned until the end of the first continuous segment of the "Security Fence" in the north of West Bank in first half of 2003, 73 Palestinian suicide bombings were carried out from the West Bank, killing 293 Israelis and injuring over 1,900. In contrast, after the completion of the first continuous segment of the barrier through the end...

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The term 'wrong' cannot be applied universally, because it is argued that because morality is relative to ones culture, there are no objective moral standards. Consequently, if the actions of those responsible were culturally approved, then it may even be the case such an act was morally right. ... But from a relativistic point of view there is no more reason to be tolerant than intolerant, and neither stance is objectively morally better than the other'6. ... They claim that because there is no compelling reason to treat moral disagreements any differently to normal disagreeme...

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Kant continues by explaining that if one were to sit down and fail to "concept", or find representation of an object without experiencing its faculties, then that knowledge falls under empiricism, or experiences through our senses. ... Kant agreed with Hegel for the most part in that empirical knowledge was important, but Kant stood his ground that without the universal absolutes of a priori, there is no knowledge or experience. ... Kierkegaard believes that the paradox lies within faith itself, arguing that if there is faith weren't above universal, then Abraham had already lo...

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I think that this movie is very precise and detailed because it looks as if it would closely resemble what sixteenth century England would look like physically, with the close proximity of the buildings, no sewage disposal except for out of a window, and the clothing that an actual Englishman would where back then. ... This movie creates an extraordinary theatrical performance of "Romeo and Juliet", because all of the parts of the play are played by men, there are no elaborate scene changes except for those created by the narrator in the imagination of the audience, and the deep and profound l...

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Why then, by the end of the decade, had the tide of democratic process receded, and how had Japan's conservative and authoritarian elements reined back power from the hands of the people? ... As well as civilian obstacles to the effectiveness of the elected parliament, there was also the fact that the military had no obligation or accountability to it. ... Criticism of the lower house often stemmed from the fact that it was quick to cooperate with and bend to the will of non-party elites10, and it is true that there was no shortage of political scandals to undermine public confidence in ...

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Pollard, stating that exports were the only reliable figure for international comparison at the time, also notes a "clear dip" during the 1880s and 1890s but says that there was an "equally clear recovery" thereafter. ... He speculates that if the investment rate had been similar to that of Germany, then a 25% increase in consumption per head would have been possible by 1911. ... He claims that there was no reason why British technical and scientific education should have remained negligible, in a period when a wealth of rich amateur scientists and privately endowed research laboratories o...

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These studies were not aimed actually at sportsmen but they would come out of WW2 and were trying to combat hypoxia. ... When the sporting world recognized the effectiveness of transfusions is open to debate, and some papers discovered that there were some runners which profited from blood transfusions but no details were given specially with the identity of the athletes involved or the nature of the transfusions. But there is some confusion regarding this claim, without the evidence there was no way to prove there was any activity regarding blood transfusions. ... But it also contains second...

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The second independent variable was stereotype threat condition: threat vs. no threat. ... After participants were informed that they would take a verbal or math test (although, none was actually given) and then were manipulated across the stereotype threat variable. In the stereotype threat variable, half of the participants were told that either the math or verbal test was indicative of ability (threat level) and half were told that gender differences did not influence test results in the past (no-threat level). The participants were given 4 minutes to look over sample test questions, and th...

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Animal rights laws that were passed fifty years ago no longer adhere to modern scientific research as it applies to the sentience of animal species and the treatment of animals with the rights that they are entitled to, much like man is legally entitled to rights and liberties. ... It is premised on the idea that animals shall be treated well, and consideration shall be given to the instinctive behavior and natural needs of these animals, so that there is no risk of causing them unnecessary suffering (Tomaselli). ... Rather than focusing on rights for cats and dogs, [there should be a focus] ...

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Through a rather impartial social order, slaves filled no vital and unique economic niche, and there was relatively easy socializing between the races, free and enslaved, among the laboring classes. ... Fortunately, masters were conditioned by English custom to provide food and shelter for their servants, thus slaves were adequately supplied necessities. ... Between 1620-1670 people of African descent never accounted for more then 5 percent of the population, people of various races existed together during the charter generation; thus, the rigid social distinctions that segregated people on t...

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If a non-democratic regime performs these functions then why should we not consider it legitimate? ... However, if such offences were committed on a large scale in a non-democratic country there still remains the threat of popular unrest and revolution which helps to keep the regime in check. ... In a particular area or society (say, the Middle East) where there has been no historical basis for the growth of liberal, individualistic values it seems wrong to lay our values as a standard by which to judge their system and call it wrong. ... There is no need to rely on the benevolence or nous of ...

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In other words, it is the ability to transfer information instantly from one point to another with no time delay. ... The myth basically states that between two twin siblings, there is an invisible connection between them; meaning that if one of the twins were to be in trouble or in a state of danger, the other twin would instinctively, sense or feel when the other twin is in that state of stress or danger all because of that invisible connection in between. ... If one of the prize wheels were to be spun and it so happened to land on a red panel, than no matter what happens, the other prize wh...

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A fictitious example of this would be for a cinema complex to intentionally sell a number of tickets to a movie screening that exceeds the available number of seats in that screening and then offer disgruntled customers a ticket to another less popular movie that may not be selling too well. ... Most customers (those who arrived at the cinema early) got the seat they paid for, the cinema complex made their profit and only the minority of customers were forced to watch a less popular movie so it is evident that the greatest number were afforded the greatest happiness. Whilst pondering t...

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American revolutionaries saw the freedom of language as a natural right, and how property can be claimed and then others can acknowledge that ownership as an aid in equality/inequality. ... The French felt that intuitions were corrupting the nature of man, and believed that starting over without them would be most effective in restoring order within the country. Rousseau argued that man and government were both good in nature, but were corrupted and made cruel by institutions, and that there would be no liberty without a good government protecting it. ... Although the ideas were utilized to ...

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Agamemnon chose to fight in the battle because he wanted his family and his home to be safe because if he did not go over there to fight in the battle then eventually the other side they were fight would had made their way over to his side to fight them and he did not want to take that risk because of his family and the people he had to look out for while they were there. Agamemnon had more of a chance to realize why he actually was a hero other than his daughter Cassandra because he did not really do anything but got mad at him for going to the battle not knowing that the battle could probabl...

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Without HUMINT, there would be a lack in knowing what the true capabilities of the enemy are, what egress routes the enemy takes to either evade or regroup, where ambush positions are located and other vital information in knowing and understanding the enemy. No other intelligence discipline has saved more American and Coalition Forces lives than HUMINT. If there were no HUMINT, then the military would be less effective on the battlefield in every conflict where HUMINT was actually utilized in some form or fashion....

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During this time period most individuals owned few and basic pieces of clothing that were durable, of high quality and often reusable. ... Regarding the consumer aspect there is a lack of information and understanding of how clothing items are created and how cheap prices result in high costs in terms of social and environmental capital. ... In the words of Victor Yung, Chairman of Li&Fung;, Hong Kong's main suppliers to American and European brands, "We might decide to buy yarn from Korean producers but have it woven and dyed in Taiwan the Japanese have the best zippers and buttons...

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There is a plethora of empirical evidence that there are negative implications for the mother, child and the community when an adolescent becomes pregnant. These implications include physical complication which adolescents are more likely to experience than mothers who are older at the time of their pregnancy these include; anemia, hypertension, unsafe abortion, postpartum depression, and maternal death, the implications for the child may include lower birth weight, premature birth and adverse developmental outcomes, although there has been no finite causal relationship (Dillard, Frank, Noll, ...

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Although it may seem like these accounting scandals happen all the time, people fail to realize there are huge laws set in place to prevent these type of scandals from happening. ... Investigations found that Enron had around 3,000 different SPE's that they used and were never included in their financial statements. The company would also sell their bad (not profiting or old) assets to the SPE's to get them off their balance sheet and record a gain and then would turn around and hide all their losses under the SPE's name instead of their own (Buckstein). ... As if that wasn'...

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Once the target market is specified then the needs of that target market must be taken in to consideration. ... There are various approaches when it comes to applying positioning strategies on your product/service, these strategies can be applied depending on some important factors such as identifying your customer and analyzing it's needs, as discussed above you determine your target market and then research in to its preferences and needs. ... But from the very beginning Blackberry was designed and positioned to cater to the executive and corporate consumer, it had no touch screen eleme...

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The annual mean temperature is 25 ∘C, ranging during the year from 23 to 27 ∘C, and the average relative humidity is 80% There are 11,142,600 inhabitants of Cuba, with a density of a little more than 100 inhabitants/km. ... In order to assess the environmental progress experienced by Cuba, we must first look at its environmental history, then at its environmental state at present, after which we will extrapolate the reasons for this literal turn around. ... Many of the problems that arose from this industrialization effort were especially visible in the agricultural sector...

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"# There are several problems with the validity of this argument. ... If Charalambous is suggesting that the past should be adhered to because of a general aversion to change, then he is suggesting that reform is unnecessary. ... Secondly, there is a focal misunderstanding within Charalambous" statement concerning the issue of marriage. ... If a either spouse in a heterosexual marriage were infertile or sterile, would that mean that their marriage were somehow inferior in terms of validity and strength? ... In that case, the options of all forms of birth control between married couples wou...

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Then the actors: since it was not possible to use any more competent ex stars that represented "heroes of propaganda"" during fascism, directors started using non-professional actors. Finally, there is the language: dialects suddenly emerged in films, and most of them were characterised by a plurilingualism such as German, Italian, or English. ... Directors were no longer interested in individual stories of the bourgeoisie, but in common sequences focused both on partisan heroism and in social problems, such as the contrast of political parties, the inflation and the increasing unemployment. ...

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It is no surprise then that the study of the most marginalized group to date, black enslaved women, had little to no influence in informing historical perspectives on slavery for many years. ... Since women were distinctively valued by slaveholders for their reproductive capacities, childcare and childbearing were inevitable responsibilities of the the female slave. ... "In an age when women's diseases were still shrouded in mystery, getting the maximum amount of work from [slave] women of childbearing age while remaining confident that no damage was done to her reproductive organs w...

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However, the Protestant governments that then emerged used their powers in "religious bitterness"1 to strengthen their power. ... I saw no shooting at the troops. ... This interpretation was supported by the explicitly biased findings of the report which found that "there was no general breakdown in army discipline"8, this to nationalists showed the British judicial system as corrupt and rather than ending distrust for loyalist institutions it instead deepens this distrust. ... The Saville inquiry then spent years collecting witness statements including those from the army...

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