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September 11th Attacks and Tourism Effects

the attacks did not only affect tourism, they affected exports, Hong Kongs major source of revenue (Lyn, 2001). After mainland Chi...

Handicapped Individuals and Recreational Activities

are all potentially disabled" (pp. S8). The point he goes on to make is that the vast majority of disabled people were not born wi...

Plato's Republic and Five Essay Questions

self-destruction. Socrates proposes many people in the simple city would not be satisfied forever with a simple way of life (Pla...

Toy Helicopters' Marketing

resources to support the product while not attaching the entire future of the business on a single product. "All products h...

Tutorial on Medical Training Improvements

Oftentimes, when a patient arrived at the clinic for their appointment, they were told that their charts could not be found and th...

Kerouac, Auster, and Whitman A Conversation

A five page fictitious conversation among these three authors is developed and considers the similarities and differences of such ...

A Latin Jazz Exploration

In ten pages the history of Latin jazz is presented with a discussion of locations such as New York City and important musicians s...

Peloponnesian War Defeat of Athens in 404 B.C.

turned into tribute to Athens" (Greer, 1977, p. 74). Many neighboring city states were appalled by Athens avarice and abuse of po...

Early Urban America and the Impact of Railroads

The absolute neglect with which this matter was handled is most unpleasant and an excellent example of the animosity and resentmen...

Long Beach, California's Department of Health and Human Services

who is responsible to whom (Department of Health and Human Services, About, 1998). Each Bureau has an overall manager who reports ...

Romantic Era Poetry of John Keats

sort of heroic quest, or the heroic person trapped and confined by societys dictates or the citys walls. This is evident in ...

Preventing Sexually Transmitted Diseases Program

teens living in non-institutionalized group situations at the time of the 1990 census (US Census Bureau). Figures from the 2000 C...

E-Commerce, Tax Revenues and Physical Stores

Internet sales would result in decreased sales at traditional brick-and-mortar stores (1999). That seems to make logical sense if ...

American Urban Politics and the Federalist System

as partnerships related to: "fundamental human dignity; issues that do not recognize borders; and issues where major financial res...

2002 Winter Olympics' Pairs Skating Controversy

In five pages this paper examines the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics of 2002 and discusses the pairs figure skating vote fixing sc...

San Antonio< Texas

CLIMATE AND AREA San Antonios climate is considered to be a "modified sub-tropical climate" (Westover, 2002, PG) with approximate...

Antibiotic Resistance Treatment Through Placebos and Vancomycin

as the last hope when trying to cure a bacterial disease" (Introduction to Vancomycin: a history, 2002). Like most antibiotics,...

Prague and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

way, Mozart helped crystallize and clarify the performing arts for the residents of this city. The purpose of this paper will be t...

Atomic Bomb and Decision Making

"To achieve the desired goals or maximize utility, an actor must choose among certain alternatives" (Model Theory, 2002). The alt...

Communication Structure and Global Management

especially important in Istanbul where a woman is thought to be less important than a man, although in some business environments ...

New York and Hosting the 2012 Summer Olympics

in Colorado Springs lobbying for New York City (Brennan, 2002). Olympian Bob Beamon, who broke the long-jump record in the 1969 G...

Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Political Balance of Power

itself. As such the only information available to this writer is the summaries, as well as knowledge retained through the year due...

Joh Kuo Wei Tchen's New York Before Chinatown

historical documents. Finally, and tragically, Tchen chronicles the turn of the tide toward resentment, fear and mistrust toward t...

Corruption and George Washington Plunkitt

places of Assemblyman, Alderman, Police Magistrate and County Supervisor and drew three salaries at once -- a record unexampled in...

Income Segregation and Urban Development

are not desirable, and therefore, the demand for the property in this area is limited only to those that cannot afford any better....

Paris During the Eighteenth Century and London During the Nineteenth Century

(Burns, 1969, p. 566). This worldview came to full flower in the eighteenth century with the philosophical movement known as the E...

NYC Health Club Proposal, The Six Moons Gym

the body to do it in style. Indeed, people of all ages, socioeconomic levels, and of both genders are flocking to health clubs to ...

San Francisco's Development and the Impact of the Gold Rush of 1849

In sixteen pages this paper discusses the short and long term effects of the 1849 gold rush on the city of San Francisco. Twenty ...

Sumer's Economic Contributions

their conquerors. History By 3000 B.C. a flourishing urban civilization existed. Sumerian civilization was predominantly agricult...

Amsterdam and Its Culture

In five pages this city in the Netherlands is culturally examined in terms of its lifestyle, family structure, history, climate, l...