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    test your Internet data communications speed. You can find a good one at Speakeasy (www.speakeasy.net/speedtest). (If that site is no longer active‚ perform a search for "What is my Internet speed?" to find another speed-testing site. Use it.) a. While connected to your university’s network‚ go to Speakeasy and test your speed against servers in Seattle‚ New York City‚ and Atlanta. Compute your average upload and download speeds. Compare your speed to the speeds listed in Figure 6-11. b. Go home‚

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    Speed limits are placed everywhere amongst roads to secure each drivers safety. Near schools‚ school zones speed limits are placed‚ and active during the times that the school is open. These school zone speed limits are extended within a mile away from the school. Speed limits are much lower than average speed limits‚ so the children going and coming from school are safe. Once you go over the speed limit provided in a school zone‚ you put a child’s life in danger. During school hours many children

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    Tyranny of the Billable Hour

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    problems with time based billing‚ how these problems can be addressed‚ and ultimately whether the billable hour system should be brought to an end. II. PROBLEMS WITH TIME BASED BILLING The billable hour system provides a poor measure of the value a lawyers’ work to the client. It nonetheless provides an excellent measure of the value of a lawyer’s work to the owners of a firm‚ as billable hours provide a single‚ clear output measure that can interpret employee performance in market values with

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    Story Of An Hour Essay

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    In Woman’s World Weekly International Magazine‚ the Story of an Hour‚ a short story by the feminist Kate Chopin‚ written in 1894‚ has again made a monumental impact in today’s global society. This renowned piece has just been republished‚ written to support women’s plight today to achieve the same rights as men and to also gain an equitable status in society. Women in developed nations‚ although they have made great progress recognize that more work needs to be done. However‚ in underdeveloped nations

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    The 11th Hour Analysis

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    The documentary film‚ the 11th Hour was written and directed by Leila Conners Petersen and Nadia Conners.  The film was produced by Chuck Castleberry‚ Brian Gerber‚ Conners Petersen and Leonardo DiCaprio. It was narrated by DiCaprio. The film uses the metaphor‚ the 11th hour as an indication that time is almost up for the sustainability of human life on the earth if we do make some drastic changes and make them quickly. The film explains how global warming and the attack on our ecosystems began

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    Shifting School Hours

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    improve the students learning abilities because most parents not be able to take their children to school due to their work and will make extracurricular activities harder to practice in the afternoon because they may need light. Many parents’ jobs doesn’t start until seven o’clock to eight o’clock in the morning which would be inconvenient for the students’ ride to get to school. “Shifting school start times to a later hour presents difficulties for parents who may no longer

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    within a woman herself. Kate Chopin‘s short story‚ “The Story of an Hour”‚ focus on a woman’s dilemma near the turn of the 19th century. Contradicting the “normal” or sad assumption of death‚ “The Story of an Hour” illustrates the significance of death representing freedom. The Story narrates about an hour of Louise Mallard’s life‚ as she tries to understand‚ and deal with her feelings of her husbands death. In "The Story of an Hour"‚ Chopin suggests that in certain situations‚ the death of a loved

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    The effect of Speed Limits on Road Traffic Accidents Summary An experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of speed limits on road traffic accidents. The investigation took place in Sweden during the summers of 1961 and 1962 and lasted for 92 days in each summer. For part of the 92 days general speed limits of 90km/hr or 100km/hr were imposed‚ for the rest of the time they were not. The number of

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    Story Of An Hour Women

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    “Angel in the House”‚ which is the idea that women should be devoted to her husband and family‚ marriage laws reform‚ and property rights. American writer Kate Chopin wrote the short story “The Story of an Hour”exposing the harsh reality of marriage for women during the 19th century. “The Story of an Hour” is short story about a married young woman named Louise Mallard who has been told that her husband

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    Ms Dalloway and the Hours

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    The movie “The Hours” is extremely thought provoking and tells an adapted story about Woolf and Mrs. Dalloway in a very interesting way. It is not a movie that copies the novel Mrs. Dalloway‚ but takes it’s themes and pushes the boundaries further to create new ideas that are more updated with its time. The storyline is a bit twisted from that of Mrs. Dalloway with Clarissa’s life being too coincidental with the characters’ names from Mrs. Dalloway‚ making lots of references to the actual novel

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