major changes. For instance‚ the website FreeGIS.org currently lists 330 GIS related projects. Besides the advent of new software projects and the growth of established projects‚ a new organisation known as the OSGeo Foundation has been established to offer a point of contact. This paper will give an overview on existing free and open source desktop GIS projects. To further the understanding of the open source software development we give a brief explanation of associated terms and introduce
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Marketing Strategy of Mercedes-Benz - December 7th‚ 2010 Mercedes-Benz (German pronunciation: [mɛʁˈtseːdəs ˈbɛnts]) is a German manufacturer of automobiles‚ buses‚ coaches‚ and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is currently a division of its parent company‚ Daimler AG (formerly DaimlerChrysler AG‚ formerly Daimler-Benz). Mercedes-Benz has its origins in Karl Benz’s creation of the first petrol-powered car‚ the Benz Patent Motorwagen‚ patented in January 1886‚[1] and by Gottlieb Daimler and engineer Wilhelm
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Answers to Questions 1. Is it desirable for an ammeter to have a high resistance or low resistance? Why? ➢ Yes‚ it is desirable for an ammeter to have a high resistance or low resistance because the lower the resistance‚ the better the ammeter as it is connected in series and so its resistance will affect the current flow and thereby affect any calculations to be obtained. 2. An ammeter of resistance Ra is connected through a rheostat to a cell of negligible internal resistance
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Racing to save the stray dogs of Sochi Summary: The current event‚ Racing to save the stray dogs of Sochi‚ takes place in Sochi‚ Russia. This event is about Sochi having a huge abundant of stray dogs‚ roaming the streets where the Winter Olympics took place. Sochi’s government decided to pay a pest removal company to come out and take care of the problem. What the company did was throw raw poisoned meat out for them to eat or they had shot them with a poison that suffocated them. This effort to
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ClearSkates Corp. Memo To: John Smith‚ Human Resources Manager From: Jessica Ferguson‚ Human Resources Department FA Date: July 26‚ 2014 Re: RESEARCH REPORT-- Current Best Practices in Human Resources As per your request‚ below you will find the best practices for the development of HR within companies for the year 2014. With trends constantly changing in human resource practices‚ it is important to understand as well as acquire the practices that our company can benefit the most from
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Fahrenheit 451: A Model For Current Society? The end of the Second World War sparked new cultural movements in American society. Factories which were once used to mass produce airplanes‚ tanks‚ and other machines of war were no longer needed for that purpose. Servicemen returned from overseas to find a massive amount of available jobs‚ wages were higher due to an economic boom‚ and because there were rarely any consumer goods during the war‚ the American people had a massive hunger to go shopping
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Current Event Analysis: How Chinese babies and Mid-East pizza tip US markets. Omar October 10th‚ 2014 Introduction In a BBC News article‚ writer Debbie Siegelbaum shows how international marketing of a certain product affects its prices worldwide as well as in domestic markets. In this particular case she features dairy products and the increased export of American dairy. She goes in depth about the causes and effects of the increased dairy export from USA. While the article may alarm domestic
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A current issue involving the Native Americans and the federal government is the settling of Cobell vs. Salazar Lawsuit filed in 1996. The lawsuit alleged illegal conduct in the management of Native American money held in trust accounts and managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The trust was established to allow nontribal groups to use Native American lands. The trust contains money from oil and gas production‚ coal production‚ grazing leases‚ and timber sales. Elouise Cobell was the treasurer
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What is current market performance of Saxonville Sausage Company? What is the current environment in the markets that the company is present? The company predominantly used 3 sausage varieties viz. ‘Bratwurst’(70% revenue) ‚ breakfast sausages(20% of the revenues) and the Italian sausage ‘Vivio’(5% of revenue). Bratwurst and breakfast sausages were experiencing a flat growth which lead to a revenue decline . On the contrary ‚ the Italian sausage grew at a promising pace from 9% in 2004 to 15 %
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Current Ethical Issue in Business PHL/323 Current Ethical Issue in Business In today’s changing world of economical and social standings‚ individuals have to be aware of how ethical issues are of the utmost importance in the 21st century corporate world. The following paper will show the reader how a certain company deals with the ethical responsibilities and how actions of not following them of have consequences‚ not for just the company
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