The Smith-Lever Act established Cooperative Extension in 1914‚ developing a partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and land-grant universities. The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) plays an essential role in the land-grant extension service by providing leadership and appropriate funding for programs. The Cooperative Extension service has made significant contributions to American agriculture in the United States. This nationwide educational network has
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Some go there to see something that they are interested in. Some go there to study the artworks. Some might go there just to kill time. Because not everyone is a specialist on artworks‚ sometimes there are some explanations for artworks. The controversy about the explanations on the artworks is that for many people‚ it may give us biased point of view to look at the artworks. Those explanations‚ however‚ should be put together with artworks in museums because they can provide us culture‚ background
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| Kaplan University | Graduate School of Business and Management | Brand Extension Marketing Plan | | Thomas N. Bailey | GB530 | 5/31/2011 | Solid State Drive by Western Digital Corporation 1.0 Executive Summary Western Digital Corporation (WDC) is the second largest computer hard disk drive (HDD) and solid state drive (SSD) manufacturer in the world for internal‚ external‚ portable and shared storage applications. WDC also pursues opportunities in the many new roles for digital
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Globalisation or ‘Glocalisation’? Networks‚ Territories and Rescaling Erik Swyngedouw University of Oxford Abstract This paper argues that the alleged process of globalisation should be recast as a process of ‘glocalisation’. ‘Glocalisation’ refers to the twin process whereby‚ firstly‚ institutional/regulatory arrangements shift from the national scale both upwards to supra-national or global scales and downwards to the scale of the individual body or to local‚ urban or regional configurations and
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Diaoyu Dao‚ an Inherent Territory of China BEIJING - The State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China on Tuesday published a white paper on Diaoyu Dao‚ an inherent territory of China. Following is the full text of the white paper: Diaoyu Dao‚ an Inherent Territory of China (September 2012) State Council Information Office The People’s Republic of China Contents Foreword I. Diaoyu Dao is China’s Inherent Territory II. Japan Grabbed Diaoyu Dao from China III. Backroom
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Controversy of Medication Lynnette Sharrer AED/222 June 12‚ 2011 Professor Miller Sellner A highly controversial issue that impacts society is the overmedication for children diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and EDB (Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities). A major concern of overmedicating for ADHD is that there may be a significant over-identification of students with this disorder. The rapid growth of the OHI category over the past decade (a growth of almost
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were still sacrifices. When did people stop using animal sacrifices for God? The Dead Sea Scrolls were controversial since they were first created‚ but the controversy increased dramatically in the late 80s and early 90s. The controversy can be traced in numeral publications‚ and even though some television documentaries. Much of the controversy is from the lack of reading the scrolls‚ because they still have yet to be published. Many books have claimed that the scrolls describe Christianity at its
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Human Life Extension The paper named Living Forever: The Ethical Implications of Human Life Extension by Brad Patridge published in the year of 2009 discusses human life extension and its implications. It entails that breakthroughs in modern biotechnology has allowed sceintists to develop scientific methods capable of enhancing abstract matters such as the longevity of one’s life. The paper also emphasizes that‚ though appealing‚ life extension raises many different arguments over its validity
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How have Western views of knowledge changed over time? Throughout history‚ cultures have held disparate views on the nature of knowledge. Epistemology‚ the branch of philosophy that focuses on basic questions such as: “What is knowledge? How do we know what we know?”‚ lies at the heart of these views. In Western culture‚ the answers to these basic questions have changed markedly over time. Throughout history‚ this evolution in philosophy has been inextricably linked to science and religion.
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Marijuana’s Controversy The controversy marijuana has had within the federal state‚ of whether or not it should be legalized throughout The United States has been an uphill battle for several years. Major concerns surrounding the legalization process are beginning to rise. These concerns include‚ effects on adolescents‚ financial disputes‚ and long term health problems. Due to the fact that half of the country has some form of legalization‚ it is inevitable that marijuana will be legal throughout
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