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    >cases State Farm: Dangerous Intersections >Abstract State Farm‚ the nation’s largest auto insurer‚ distributed a list of the 10 most dangerous intersections in the United States based on crashes resulting in claims by its policyholders. What started as a study to reduce risk turned into an ongoing study that directs a major public relations effort: State Farm provides funds for communities to further research their dangerous intersections and initiate improvements based on the research. This

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    Grade: E-3 Date: 20130224 Section: MT/UT Book Title: A Message to Garcia Author: Elbert Hubbard Why I Chose This Book: I Chose “A Message to Garcia” because Cpl Reeser recommended it to be a good book about leadership and how not just a Marine but an individual should act. Give A Brief Description About The Book: The Author behind this book wanted people to understand what it really means to be independent and to be a great leader. In this book he gives a perfect example of both these characteristics

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    OLD BOOKS ARE DANGEROUS? It was November 29‚ 2011‚ Tuesday‚ around quarter to nine‚ I was in the Department of Languages‚ looking out of the window‚ when I saw a youth pulling a wheelbarrow. I looked intently at its content and I saw they were books. I knew what’s going on! The library was once again throwing away old books which it labeled as “condemned”. CONDEMNED! What a description?! The books were condemned in such a way that they would be discarded and burned without the knowledge of many

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    State anxiety refers to the moment-to-moment experience of anxiety that varies in strength and fluctuates over time (MacIntyre‚ 1999). It is consciously perceived feelings at a particular moment in time (Speilberger‚ 1983). MacIntyre (1999) suggests the usefulness of discussing trait and situation specific anxieties‚ which can be used to inspect the character of a person who will most likely experience state anxiety. This allows the expectation of negative consequences of anxiety arousal‚ such as

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    1. The status of women in the United States throughout history has grown significantly. Throughout history women had fewer legal rights and career opportunities than. Women were seen to be just wives and mothers and take care of the homes while the husbands worked. Women did not have a say in having jobs‚ voting‚ or even attending college. It appears that a lot of things began to change around the 19th and 20th century. For example in the beginning of

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    The Aim of the Criminal Law is Not Merely to Punish Offenders by Imposing a Custodial Sentence In the world that we live in‚ law is very important‚ as it is a set of rules that dictates our society ’s conduct towards politics‚ economy and society. Certain institutions such as the Police‚ Courts and Prisons impose these rules. As Sir John Salmond would describe it as ’The Body of principles recognized and applied by the state in the administration of justice. ’ 1 Each country has their set of rules

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    In today’s complex society‚ people of the developed countries are still fighting for their basic rights such as better healthcare‚ proper education and a sound source of income. Because the governments of the underdeveloped countries are struggling to improve the living standards of their people‚ I believe that contributions by richer nations should be more in this regard. Firstly‚ in the field of healthcare‚ developed countries can support undeveloped countries in many ways.

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    How does Bill Bryson use humour to entertain his reader? ‘Notes from a Small Island’‚ written by Bill Bryson is a reflective travel journal comparing Bryon’s past views and opinions of Britain‚ his expectations and thus the reality of what he discovers it to have become. Bryson uses satire‚ humour‚ irony and sarcasm to generate a pace and lucid flow within his writing‚ and for the reader this can be thoroughly captivating and entertaining. Immediately as the book opens‚ Bryson establishes an informal

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    Alain Le Quernec’s Persian Cry Majid Abbasi* * IGDS and AGI Member and Neshan Magazine’s editor-in-chief ‘Un Cri Persan‚’ which has a double meaning in French‚ was the name of the exhibition held for the first time in 2002 by Alain Le Quernec in the University of Grenoble‚ Échirolles displaying the works of 15 Iranian graphic designers belonging to three generations‚ although the number of works and participant designers increased each time. Le Quernec has undoubtedly played the most prominent

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