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    Germany Before 1848

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    Before 1848 Germany DBQ The political‚ economical‚ and social order of the Germanic states in the nineteenth century was in a state of chaos and disarray. Politically‚ the states had the desire of becoming unified and had the possibility to do so if it had not been for fear and neglect to follow through. Economically‚ the states were in a time of hardships with poor growth development in the fields and were also going through the time of the Industrial Revolution with changes to their everyday

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    Fall Of Communism

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    In a perfect world‚ everyone would have food and shelter‚ and a true utopian society would be devoid of sexism‚ racism and other forms of oppression. But for most of the world’s population‚ this perfect society just isn’t possible.Communism is one proposed solution to these problems. Most people know what communism is at its most basic level. Simply put‚ communism is the idea that everyone in a given society receives equal shares of the benefits derived from labor. Communism is designed to allow

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    Fall of Amaranth

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    Amaranth was a hedge fund based out of Greenwich Connecticut started by Nicholas Maounis in 2000. At its peak‚ Amaranth had 9 billion dollars in assets and employed 115 employees. Amaranth began by trading convertible bonds and made a lot of profit through convertible arbitrage by simultaneously buying and selling convertible securities and common stock to capture gains from a difference in prices. Because convertible securities were often mispriced‚ this trade was very popular and as the rest of

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    Niagara Falls

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    Niagara Falls holds mystery and intrigue for people around the world. We think of the Falls as one entity‚ when in fact three separate waterfalls make up the popular tourist spot. When standing on the Canadian side of the US/Canada border and looking toward the Falls‚ you see the American Falls to the left. A smaller waterfall toward the center is the "Bridal Veil Falls." To the right is the "Horseshoe" or Canadian Falls. The height of the American Falls is 176 feet‚ though rock and rubble

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    Water Fall

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    JOG FALLS Jog Falls‚ created by the Sharavathi River falling from a height of 253 meters is the highest plunge waterfall in India Located in Shimoga District of Karnataka‚ these segmented falls are a major tourist attraction. It is also called by alternative names of Gerusoppe falls‚ Gersoppa Falls and Jogada Gundi. Associated with the waterfall is the nearby Linganmakki Dam across river Sharavathi‚ and the hydro-electric power station that it serves. The power station has been operational

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    appears in the very first sentence of Pride and Prejudice: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune‚ must be in want of a wife." This rather plainly expresses women not simply on their own‚ separate from men‚ but as wives. Jane Austen goes on the write‚ "this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families‚ that he is considered the rightful property of some or other of their daughters." This goes to show that parents were quite willing

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    The Fall of Rome

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    The Fall of Rome The Roman Empire was one that pertains to modern politics‚ in that‚ by studying Rome ’s trials and struggles‚ a modern nation might be able to overcome its own problems‚ perils‚ and challenges‚ and use its own opportunities‚ wisely. Therefore‚ it only makes sense for people of today to want to ask the question of why Rome fell. Some say that since all states and empires in history have fallen‚ the real question that should be asked is why Rome lasted for so long. Although it

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    Skyy Fall

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    Patrice‚ who has stolen a computer hard drive that contains details of all NATO agents operating undercover in terrorist organizations. During the pursuit‚ James Bond is shot by Eve‚ who misjudged her shot as it was meant to hit Patrice. Bond falls into a river and goes missing‚ assumed to be dead. The tax topics arise by this point of the movie‚ James Bond and Eve both are working as agents of MI6‚ and they should be paying their tax. Second tax topic we encounter is that after MI6 assumed Bond is dead

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    Chapter one 1) Before Civilization a) Food gathering and stone tools i) Cooking‚ traveling and shelter (1) First evidence of cooking food was 25‚000 years ago in eastern Asia‚ but there might have been cooking before that (2) Women would do most of the cooking‚ men did the hunting (3) All foragers would live in small bands‚ large enough to defend themselves‚ but not so large that they had a food shortage (4) Used any natural shelter (such as caves or overhanging rocks were preferred‚ when natural

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    The Day Before Independence June 25‚ 1986 was the last day of my childhood. I was 16 years old graduating from high school; the next morning I would be on a train going of to a college to a strange city‚ all by myself…This scenario might sound very appealing and fairly common to an American‚ but for a young girl born and raised in the Soviet Union this situation was scary and challenging. In Belarus (part of the former USSR) families stayed close together. Young people especially girls would go

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