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    the Supreme Court noticed how Hal Freeman wasn’t making the porn just to grab attention from the people‚ he was trying to make a living out of his own films. Therefore‚ pornography was first legalized in the San Fernando Valley (Faraci). Proposition 60 is a ballot that wants to protect adult film workers

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    In the past ten years the way we consume media has changed exponentially. This change has been brought about through the rise of the modern‚ high speed‚ easy access internet and companies whose business models are to bring content directly to your living room. Looking at case studies of two companies Netflix and Blockbuster allows for an easy understanding of how and why this industry has changed. At its peak Blockbuster Rentals employed 60‚000 people and had more than 8000 stores worldwide in 2004

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    bankrupt. The tax code favored the richest Americans. Healthcare costs were rising at astronomical rates. Illegal Immigration had become a central issue. Foreign Oil costs were killing the wallets of Americans at the gas pumps. President Obama‚ in four years‚ has either reversed these issues or has accomplished more by passing laws to help the everyday American‚ than any President in modern history. In November of 2008 President Obama was elected President of the United States. No president had inherited

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    The Last of the Romanovs The fall of the Romanov Empire changed the face of Russia forever. The royal family‚ led by Nicholas II‚ we’re imprisoned and eventually assassinated by the Bolsheviks‚ a political party founded by Vladimir Lenin and Alexander Bogdanov whose main focus was to eliminate the monarchy and employ their own form of democracy. Tsar Nicholas II‚ his wife‚ Alexandra‚ and their only son‚ Alexei‚ heir apparent to the throne‚ were all integral figures in this historical evolution

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    The 60’s and 70’s were a time when many Americans focused on peace‚ love‚ and equality. The 1964 Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination based on color‚ sex‚ gender‚ religion or nationality (Barnes & Bowels‚ 2014). It also banned discrimination with voter registration. It also outlawed racial segregation in schools‚ workplace‚ and public accommodations. The original civil right act was developed in 1875‚ ("National Archives and Records Administration") Only to be overturned by the supreme court

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    Throughout history there are very few things that have stayed the same. Everything is bound to change at some point. Child labor has changed immensly in the last 150 years. Laws have been into place to restrcit adults from demanding the labor of children in factories. The people who ran these factories tried to portray their bussiness as safe enviorments for children to work in‚ but if child was able to makes it through each day without gettig injured was almost a miracle. The letter explains a

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    occurring every four years‚ is a sporting event in which countries who have qualified are able to compete against each other in a range of events. This paper concerns the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics‚ a theatrical and musical show to celebrate the initiation of the competition. The purpose of this essay is to explore the global significance of this event using ‘media events’ theory. In order to do this it is first necessary to define the nature of a ‘media event’ and discuss in what

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    on my last year of high school my last year of high school basketball. I was ruled ineligible the last 5 games of the season because of the gifts including $845 worth of athletic Jerseys and‚ I was driving around in a $150‚000 sports utility vehicle. From his mother‚ who didn’t work. In 2003 to 2010 I was on cleveland Cavaliers. In my first game I scored 25 points against Sacramento Kings that I was the first player to come from high school to the nba and scored 25 points. Of my rookie year averaging

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    Event management

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    Event management is the part of project management‚ including festivals‚ event and conference. Event develop be come our central of culture. Nowadays industry of event has including Olympics Game‚ company annual meeting‚ festival celebrations‚ personal and organization celebration. Allen‚ O’Toole‚ McDonnell and Harris (2008) have point out that ‘governments now support promote event as part of their strategies for economic development‚ nation building and destination marking’. Event industry is an

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    Significant Figure Rules

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    Significant Figure Rules Significant figure rules are really "rules of thumb" for how to handle the results of calculations so as not to introduce or lose precision in performing a mathematical operation. These rules are not always correct for all situations. However‚ in most cases‚ following the significant figure rules will yield a good result. Rules concerning zero A zero between two significant figures is significant. The number 203.2 consists of four significant figures. A Zero

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