In the 1600s‚ when America was a mysterious land inhabited by even more mysterious people‚ a handful of brave souls ventured to this strange new world. These brave souls were known as the Puritans. This special group of people sought refuge in America to practice their religion freely‚ without the ‘corruption of the church’ back in their homeland. Puritans believed that the law‚ economy and social lives of the people should be completely controlled by their one God. These Puritans had a strong developmental
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Best Practices in Implementing Work-Life Balance Programs Srirang Jha Apeejay School of Management‚ New Delhi E-mail: sjha.asm@gmail.com Swarn Kant Mishra Footwear Design & Development Institute‚ Noida E-mail: mishra.swarnkant@gmail.com Abstract Work-life balance programs are important for contemporary organizations not only for ensuring long-term wellbeing and good health of the employees but also to attain long-term competitiveness. There have been a number of researches establishing relationship
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The Roaring Twenties is traditionally viewed as an era of great economic prosperity driven by the introduction of a wide array of new consumer goods. The North American economy‚ particularly the economy of the US‚ transitioned from a wartime economy to a peacetime economy; the economy subsequently boomed. The United States augmented its standing as the richest country in the world‚ its industry aligned to mass production and its society acculturated into consumerism. In Europe‚ the economy did not
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INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level .c rs om * 7 0 5 8 7 8 8 6 1 4 * MATHEMATICS (SYLLABUS D) Paper 1 Candidates answer on the Question Paper. Additional Materials: Geometrical instruments 4024/11 May/June 2011 2 hours READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use staples‚ paper clips‚ highlighters
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"The struggle for women’s rights‚ and the task of creating a new United Nations‚ able to promote peace and the values which nurture and sustain it‚ are one and the same. Today more than ever the cause of women is the cause of all humanity." Secretary General Boutros BoutrosGhali Iraq continues to show discrimination against women’s rights and gender bias by creating a bill that would lower the age of marriage for girls from age thirteen to age nine.
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Limited (PPL) had a very challenging year in 2011‚ not only PPL faced to that but with all other opponents did as well. PPL’s Total Revenue was down by 6.6%‚ from $381m in 2010 to $356m in 2011‚ followed by the decrease in EBIT by 46.1%‚ from NZ$40m in 2010 to NZ$21m in 2011‚ the decrease in Sales Revenue by 6.74%‚ from NZ$362m in 2010 to NZ$338m in 2011. As well as the decrease in Net Profit by an unfortunately large 27.5%‚ from NZ $25m in 2010 to NZ$18m in 2011‚ these caused by the high New Zealand dollar
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struggle in the current economical climate. M&S is a successful company. In macro-environment‚ M&S obeys the government and protects the natural environment. Moreover‚ M&S is influenced by the factors of economic‚ social‚ and technological to make its business strategies. On the other hand‚ in micro-environment‚ the M&S has created a good and long-term relationship with the suppliers and customers. From the SWOT analysis‚ the most important factor for M&S is to satisfy customer needs. On the other hand
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Tony Ryan‚ founded the company in 1985 in Ireland (with a share capital of only £1 and 25 employees according to Business-market.com). Ryanair was restructured in 1991 by Michael O’Leary. He reported revenues of €3‚629 Billion for the fiscal year of 2011‚ bringing profits of €374‚6 Million‚ leading Ryanair as on the oldest and most successful low-cost airlines of Europe. The airline started to compete within the confines of the existing industry by trying to steal customers from their rivals‚ especially
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Popular uprisings and regime change are two events that often occur with a temporal order of the former preceding the latter. Every year witnesses a number of popular uprisings‚ the reasons behind them vary‚ as does the response from the state. The year 2011 saw a remarkable amount of uprisings; and popular protests throughout the entire Middle East and North Africa. The Change has come to countries like Egypt and Tunisia‚ while in other countries‚ namely Libya and Syria‚ and Yemen‚ the situation has deteriorated
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of defensive efficiency than any other in the history of Rome” (Divine‚ pp. 5). However‚ the Wall of Hadrian wasn’t only the most important wall in the Roman Empire. Because of the wall ’s important role in early Roman history‚ its distinctly Roman construction‚ and its forts and milestone castles‚ Hadrian ’s Wall was the definitive Roman structure in Great Britain. History The Emperor of Rome at the time was Hadrian‚ who lived from AD 76-138. Hadrian was the first emperor to build a wall to separate
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