FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Windows 2000 FreeBSD Linux Windows 2000 Reliability FreeBSD is extremely robust. There are numerous testimonials of active servers with uptimes measured in years. The new Soft Updates1 file system optimizes disk I/O for high performance‚ yet still ensures reliability for transaction based applications‚ such as databases. Linux is well known for its reliability. Servers often stay up for years. However‚ disk I/O is non-synchronous by default‚ which is less reliable for
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w w w e tr .X m eP UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level and GCE Advanced Level e ap .c rs om MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2009 question paper for the guidance of teachers 9708 ECONOMICS 9708/22 Paper 22 (Data Response and Essay – Core)‚ maximum raw mark 40 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates‚ to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award
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Table of Contents Abstract 3 Part 1 - Literature Review 4 1.1. Equity definitions 4 1.2. Measurements of inequality 4 Part 2 - Situation of Income Inequality in Vietnam in the period from 2000 to 2010 7 2.1. Situation 7 2.1.1. Income distribution among 5 quintiles 7 2.1.2. Income distribution between rural area and urban area 9 2.1.3. Income Distribution among 8 regions of Vietnam: 10 2.1.4. GINI coeffiecent 11 2.2. Consequences – the measurement of “40” 12 Part 3:
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The New Deal Essay‚ Research Paper New Deal Essay Some people argue that theforward thinking policies of the New Deal did not radically alter U.S business‚but instead conserved and protected it. This statement is extremely valid. Roosevelt developed his New Deal policies to help to bolster Americaneconomy not to reshape the capitalistic economy that America had adoptedhundreds of years ago. Rooseveltbelieved‚ however‚ in very active government interaction and in some casesintervention with big
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In economics‚ there are many fallacies that exist. In relation to economics‚ a fallacy is a policy or theory that can be misleading if based on faulty reasoning yet is still accepted by many as fact. Economists attempt to use information based on statistics and facts in order to hypothesize relevant theories. Due to the fact that economists and others that are involved in making decisions on economic policies are human‚ human error can occur. As a result‚ policies put in place that seemed logical
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Introduction The US Presidential Election of 2000 featured George W. Bush and Al Gore. It will go down in history as one of the most closest elections¡¦ in US history. It also goes down as one of the most controversial. The final decision was based on just a few hundred votes in Florida. The controversy began when the media prematurely declared the winner twice based solely on exit polls. They finally conceded that the Florida count was just too close to predict. It would take a month before
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The two kinds of industries that tend to be better performers in the medium to long term are the industries involving Brewery and Computer Systems. The Brewery industry tends to have negative total returns in the short term and then ultimately does better in the long run. The reason is due to the regulations in the beer industry‚ the various styles of beer choices provided by various breweries and demand from individuals‚ since beer tends to have a flat consumption and price rate (Hoovers.com‚ 2011)
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Wal-Mart and Vlasic Pickles are companies that are in the Retail Industry. The Retail Industry consists of the sale of goods and services from individuals or businesses to the final consumers. Retailers are part of an integrated system called the supply chain. A retailer purchases goods or products in large quantities from manufacturers directly or through a wholesaler‚ and then sells smaller quantities to the consumer for a profit. Retailing can be done in either fixed locations like stores or
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Case 1-1: E-Centives‚ Inc‚ - Raising Capital in Switzerland On October 3‚ 2000‚ E-Centives‚ incorporated in the United States‚ made an initial public offering on the Swiss Stock Exchange’s New Market. The company raised approximately US $ 40 million. The E-Centives offering circular stated that no offers or sales of the company’s common stock would be made in the United States‚ and that there would be no public market for the common stock in the United States after the offering. THE SWISS EXCHANGES’S
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The New Deal that aimed to provide support for Americans included and excluded many different catergories of people. Benefits of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 only helped property-owning farmers‚ while tenants and sharecroppers continued to suffer. In a letter to Secretatry of Labor Frances Perkins in 1937‚ ordinary Americans state: “Why should they [the landowners] get more when they don’t pay their white and black slaves more” (Foner‚ VOF‚ 159). The letter also describes the inadaquate
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