working systems and 3 backups‚ that relay information regarding craft position and velocity to users (Colborn‚ 1992). First initiated as a program by the US Department of Defense through their Navstar system‚ GPS was deployed and fully operational in 1994 and speculations of the utility of this system immediately came into view in a number of industries. At the time of its deployment‚ one third of the $100 million contracts for GPS were set aside for civilian applications. It is not surprising‚ then
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settlement. In 1985‚ an out of court settlement‚ between the Vietnam Veterans and the chemical manufactures‚ created a fund for Agent Orange side effect sufferers (Agent Orange Lawsuits). However‚ the $180 million settlement fund was completely depleted by 1994‚ by only paying out just 50‚000 of the 2.4 million peoples exposed and potentially suffering Agent Orange side effects. Since the settlement fund required that there must be Agent Orange side effects shown and "total disability"
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Children are often identified as disabled because of poor achievement due to environmental disadvantage or ethnic‚ linguistic‚ or racial difference (Artiles & Trent‚ 1994). African-Americans are nearly three times as likely to be identified intellectually and nearly two times likely to be identified as emotionally disturbed as their peers (Berney‚ 2014). According to Zhang‚ Dalun‚ Katsiyannis‚ Ju & Roberts (2012)‚
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it may take a child as much as up to their entire age to accept that parent as a parent. For example if they are 4 years old‚ he or she may not accept the stepparent until 8 years old (Susan Gamache‚ 1994). Not to say they do not regard them or think fondly of them‚ they just need to bond. Gamache (1994) suggests to use the first year as a bonding time just as you do when you have a baby. For Children 12 and over‚ chances are they will not ever accept the step as a parent figure because in the teens
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The Soviets sent the first satellite‚ sputnik‚ into space in 1957 using soviet superiority in the space as a crude threat against the American people due to lack of understanding and constant provoking between the democrats and the communist (David‚ 1994). The historical and political conditions of the cold war era were that the American Truman Doctrine of Containment was meant to keep a lid on soviet military adventurism spank a third world war and a nuclear exchange. On the other hand‚ the United
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Ridgefield would be offset by: the proceeds from selling the replaced shortwood equipment + recovery of the on-site wood inventories at Ridgefield According to Exhibit 1: Net sale: (1994) $ 14.96 billion 32% (1995) $19.79 billion (1995) $2.52 billion Operating profit: (1994) $ 1.06 billion 136% Net income: (1994) $ 0.35 billion 223% Total asset: (1995) $ 24 billion (1995) $1.15 billion Security analyst asked from industry‚ by increased dividend or through stock- buyback programs return
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541). This systems approach views the behavior and problems in context‚ focusing on problems arising because of the interaction of the systems rather than on problems within a person. This aligns with best practice found in Kelley’s (1994) search of the literature‚ noting that problem-focused approaches are more useful for refugee populations than are uncovering therapies. This approach focuses intervention of systemic and interpersonal factors rather than intrapsychic factors and is
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suspicious of self-interest and incentives and often oppose the use of incentives to motivate managers‚ employees‚ public servants‚ or the public itself. I address here some of these issues regarding human nature and organizations raised by Michael Brennan (1994) in “Incentives‚ Rationality‚ and Society.” I analyze the meaning and role of incentives in the logic of choice and argue that it is inconceivable that purposeful actions can be viewed as anything other than responses to incentives. Money is not always
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Jacob ’s treatment‚ as described by the New York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally disabled (1994). The class was further asked to comment on the major issues for each of the three perspectives. The agencies‚ family and review board were to be included. This student will begin with a fourth perspective; that of Mr. Gordon. In the Matter of Jacob Gordon (1994)‚ is the story of the last eight years of a psychiatrically disabled man ’s life. Mr. Gordon appeared to vacillate
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Apartheid was developed after World War II by the Afrikaner- dominated National Party. By definition Apartheid is a system of racial segregation. The National Party (NP) governments enforced Apartheid‚ through legislation‚ in South Africa from 1948 to 1994. This new legislation classified inhabitants into four racial groups: black‚ white‚ coloured and Indian. (The Indian and coloured groups were further divided into several sub-classifications.) Through the Apartheid policy‚ “the government segregated
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