Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2009 University of Wisconsin La-Crosse La-Crosse‚ Wisconsin April 16 - 18‚ 2009 Prison Culture‚ Education‚ and Recidivism Rates Caleb L. Fry and Lauren T. Rios Department of Anthropology Lake Tahoe Community College One College Drive South Lake Tahoe‚ California 96150 USA Faculty Advisor: Daryl G. Frazetti Abstract Given the number of inmates in the prison system and the high level of recidivism‚ it is important to seek out possible solutions to this growing problem.
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doctors told her she would have to have a cesarean because of her age. The doctors said she was expecting a boy. To everyone’s surprise the doctor was wrong. “When I saw them put on her pink cap‚ I said yes‚ it’s my girl‚” said Jimenez. She named her Crystal. When she looked at her daughter she kept remembering the
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INTRODUCTION IEEE 802.11 is the de facto standard for WLANs. It specifies both the medium access control (MAC) and the physical (PHY) layers for WLANs. The MAC layer operates on top of one of several physical layers. Medium access is performed using Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance. However‚ simple CSMA is susceptible to the hidden node problem‚ especially in so called ad hoc networks where a node may communicate directly with every other node in range or using intermediate
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____________________________________________________________ __________________ Overview In mid-December‚ the Hansen’s Natural Corporation’s (HNC) Monster Energy sector awarded the communications firm Peak Advertising an opportunity to plan a comprehensive awareness media campaign. The plan that Peak Advertising is developing will provide HNC with a semi-broad‚ comprehensive‚ cost-effective media strategy along with additional strategies for extending and multiplying the penetration of the media
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Biking One of the most appealing qualities of Stanley is its never-ending trail system. You could stay in Stanley for a month and still not ride every trail the area has to offer. (Insert trail image) A trail worth taking the family to is Elk Meadows Loop. There is a great beach on the side of the lake for the kids to play on‚ located right next to the parking spaces. Finding it from Stanley: Drive four miles west of Stanley on State Highway 21 until you reach the Stanley Lake Access Road‚
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the TCP variants (Tahoe‚ Reno‚ NewReno and Vegas) based on congestion‚ queuing and fairness. We carefully choose scenarios to investigate the throughput‚ intra- and inter-protocol fairness of these TCP variants. We argue through analysis that TCP Vegas‚ with its better bandwidth estimation scheme‚ uses the network resources more efficiently and fairly than other TCP variants. Simulation results are given that support the results of the analysis. Key Words — TCP Tahoe‚ Reno‚ NewReno‚ Vegas
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received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. He graduated from Salinas High School in 1919 and went from there to Stanford University where he stayed for five years until 1925‚ and left without a degree. He met his first wife‚ Carol Henning‚ in Tahoe city‚ California. He moved to California after he failed to publish his work as a writer in New York City. During most of the Great Depression and his marriage with Carol‚ he lived in a cottage owned by his father in Pacific Grove‚ California. In 1940
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Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures‚ 4e (Barringer/Ireland) Chapter 1 Introduction to Entrepreneurship Study Guide 1) According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2010 survey‚ about ________ of adults in the United States are either starting a business or are running a business that has been in existence for less than 3 1/2 years. -7.6% 2) Which of the following statements regarding business success (or failure) rates is correct? -After Four years‚ 50 percent
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William Harrah saw an opportunity to expand the business so‚ he brought a dingy casino on the southern shore of Lake Tahoe in 1955.Later in 1959‚ he relocated the casino across the highway to create the world’s largest single structure devoted to gambling. Next‚ Harrah’s constructed the highest building in Reno‚ a 24-story hotel across the street from his casino. With high growth in Lake Tahoe‚ he opened an 18-story hotel in Lake
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General Motors Corp.‚ the world ’s largest automaker‚ has been the global industry sales leader for 75 years. Founded in 1908‚ GM today employs about 327‚000 people around the world. With global headquarters in Detroit‚ GM manufactures its cars and trucks in 33 countries. In 2005‚ 9.17 million GM cars and trucks were sold globally under the following brands: Buick‚ Cadillac‚ Chevrolet‚ GMC‚ GM Daewoo‚ Holden‚ HUMMER‚ Opel‚ Pontiac‚ Saab‚ Saturn and Vauxhall. GM operates one of the world ’s leading
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