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    CIVIL‚ ENVIRONMENTAL AND GEOMATIC ENGINEERING Systems‚ Society and Sustainability The global challenge of sustainable development requires solutions and mindsets that bridge traditional divisions between nature and culture‚ and the technical and social sciences. Sustainable development requires that engineers and other professionals are able to include social and ecological considerations alongside technical and economic requirements in managing projects and infrastructure. This course outlines

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    Myth is from the Greek word mythos‚ or story. Yet it’s not just any story‚ for it is a special or sacred story‚ as in how the world was created‚ who the gods are‚ why a grove is sacred‚ why a trickster gets the last laugh‚ or why a hero triumphed with volition and divine assistance. “Myth is about the unknown; it is about that for which initially we have no words. Myth therefore looks into the heart of the great silence‚” wrote Karen Armstrong (2005‚ p. 4). In the modern world‚ myth lives and‚ in

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    Startwood Strategy

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    STARWOOD STRATEGY FRITS VAN PAASSCHEN // CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ©2012 STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE‚ INC. | Proprietary & Confidential 75 FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS These presentations contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities regulations. These forwardlooking statements generally can be identified by phrases such as Starwood or its management “believes‚” “expects‚” “anticipates‚” “foresees‚” “forecasts‚” “estimates” or other words or phrases of

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    SCADA Vulnerabilities and Electric Power Industry Abstract Electricity is an essential element of life in the United States. It is crucial to manufacturing‚ business companies‚ residences‚ and certain methods of shipping. A deficiency in electricity can not only cause trouble‚ but also financial loss due to reduced business and manufacturing production. This paper will look at the basic concepts of SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems‚ their vulnerabilities in regards

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    Water Resources

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    Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful. Uses of water include agricultural‚ industrial‚ household‚ recreational and environmental activities. Virtually all of these human uses require fresh water. 97% of the water on the Earth is salt water. However‚ only three percent is fresh water; slightly over two thirds of this is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps.[1] The remaining unfrozen freshwater is found mainly as groundwater‚ with only a small fraction present

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    South America

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    Introduction The continent of South America has about one-eighth of the Earth’s land surface‚ situated between latitudes 12°N-55°S and longitudes 80°-35°W; no other continent has a greater latitudinal span. Eighty percent of its land mass is within the tropical zone‚ yet it extends into the subantarctic. The extensive zones of temperate and cold climates in the vicinity of the Equator‚ in the Andes‚ are unique. The land area of about 17‚519‚900-17‚529‚250 km² is under the jurisdiction of 13 countries

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    Joseph Bateman Essay

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    Bateman 1 CONFLICT IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON: A STUDY OF POLITICAL PROTEST IN BAGUA © 2010 By Joseph Bateman A thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for completion of the Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies Croft Institute for International Studies Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College University of Mississippi University‚ Mississippi Spring 2010 Bateman 2 Table of Contents Chapter One Introduction ...................................................

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    Tqm in Starwood

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    Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide In partial fulfilment Of the requirements in Total Quality Management 12 October‚ 2010 I. INTRODUCTION Being one of the of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world‚ Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide‚ Inc. already has nearly 1000 properties in some 100 countries and approximately 145‚000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood Hotels and Resorts is a fully integrated owner‚ operator and franchisor of hotels and resorts

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    Couchusurfing

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    Annals of Tourism Research‚ Vol. 43‚ pp. 210–230‚ 2013 0160-7383/$ - see front matter Ó 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Printed in Great Britain www.elsevier.com/locate/atoures http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2013.08.001 SOCIAL NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES AND THE MORAL ECONOMY OF ALTERNATIVE TOURISM: THE CASE OF COUCHSURFING.ORG Jennie Germann Molz Department of Sociology and Anthropology‚ College of the Holy Cross‚ USA Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine the role social

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    Gap Sample Project Paper

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    BUSN 427 GLOBAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS DeVry University Global Business Group E Project: Gap‚ Inc. going to Peru Prepared by: February 20‚ 2011 Table of Contents ------------------------------------------------- Module Page I. Cover Page 1 II. Table of Contents 2 III. Executive Summary 3 Module 1: IDENTIFYING GLOBAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 4-7 Module 2: ANALYZING INTERNATIONAL COMPETITORS 8-10 Module 3: ASSESSING THE ECONOMIC-GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENT 11-13 Module 4:

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