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    Leased Line

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    Leased Line:- A leased line is a private high-performance circuit leased by a common carrier between a customer and a service provider’s network. It is rented on an annual basis and usually carries voice and data or both. Leased lines are mostly used for either internet access (Internet Leased Line) or used privately between two customer sites (Point to Point Leased Line). Unlike a dial-up connection‚ a leased line is always active. Similarly unlike broadband‚ a leased line is not contended or

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    Nazca Lines

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    Nazca Lines and its Mistery. Nazca Lines‚ one of the greatest mysteries of Latin America‚ are a series of geometrical shapes‚ and animal figures‚ none of which is repeated and some as long as two hundred meters in length‚ occupying about some 500 square kilometres of bleak‚ stony is situated in desert of Peruvian desert along the coastal plain‚ approximately four hundred kilometres south of the capital city Lima. The knowledge of these lines came into being accidentally from an aero plane

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    Value Line

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    Value Line‚ in its current form‚ was incorporated in 1982 and is the successor to substantially all of the operations of Arnold Bernhard & Co.‚ Inc. In June 2005‚ AB & Co. owned approximately 86.5% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock. The Company produces investment related periodical publications through its wholly owned subsidiary‚ Value Line Publishing LLC ("VLP") . VLP publishes in both print and electronic formats The Value Line Investment Survey®‚ one of the nation’s major

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    The Stigma of Poverty

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    The Stigma of Poverty Gina Pardue English W 131 Professor Brooks February 24‚ 2011 Writer’s Memo Poverty is real. People from all walks of life experience it. Those living in poverty are subject to not only the conditions of poverty‚ but to the stigma that parts of society places on the poor. Society tends to judge the poor and label them as being low-end citizens that choose to live in poverty. Those living in poverty are seen as ignorant and lazy. They are assumed

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    Poverty in America

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    Poverty in America A Social Problem 3/22/2013 Rebecca McNamara Abstract Poverty has been around as long as there has been an America. Programs have been set in place to help offset the issue‚ such as Food Stamps and housing. The government’s implementation of some of these programs is to ensure that the poor have a place to sleep and adequate meals to eat. There are issues with these programs that contribute to the furthering of poverty‚ but for the most part are more helpful than harmful

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    Poverty and Obesity

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    Saving Poverty From Obesity Brent Royeton DeVry University Saving Poverty From Obesity Obesity is a problem that most people would assume is caused by laziness and poor lifestyle choices. Rarely would anyone think that poverty could be a contributing factor to obesity. A large question often asked is “How can our impoverished communities be so fat if they cannot afford to eat”? Other misconceptions come from the misunderstanding that people who are malnourished should appear skinny and lethargic

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    Poverty in India

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    Poverty in India is widespread‚ with the nation estimated to have a third of the world’s poor. In 2011‚ World Bank stated‚ 32.7% of the total Indian people fall below the international of US$ 1.25 per day (PPP) while 68.7% live on less than US$ 2 per day. According to 2010 data from the United Nations Development Program‚ an estimated 37.2% of Indians live below the country’s national poverty line. A 2010 report by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) states that 8 Indian states

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    Gender and Poverty

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    DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY ELIMINATION DIVISION WP 5 GENDER AND POVERTY* Nilüfer Cagatay May 1998 WORKING PAPER SERIES *The responsibility for opinions in these articles‚ studies and other contributions in this series rests solely with their authors‚ and publication does not constitute an endorsement by the United Nations Development Programme or the institutions of the United Nations system. Table Of Contents Introduction I. II. Women And Poverty: Are Women Poorer? From Women and Poverty to Gender and

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    Crime and Poverty

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    criminal justice paper on crime and poverty Crime and Poverty Many factors can be viewed as reasons for crime. The amount of morality needed in order to rise against the temptation to commit crime can be difficult. It is even harder when you are coming from a place where crime is considered to be a normal part of society and looked at as a way of daily living that is supposed to be incorporated into daily lifestyles. The question can be posed. What is the main

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    Out Of Poverty

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    GETTING OUT OF POVERTY A Community Plan Prepared for MADRAS CITY MAYOR JEFFERSON COUNTY‚ OREGON Prepared by Jamasa Sattler Developing Stability‚ Inc. June 1‚ 2011 June 1‚ 2011 Melanie Widmer‚ Mayor Madras City Hall 71 SE D Street Madras‚ OR 97741 Dear Ms Widmer: As a resident of Jefferson County‚ I have an interest in the community’s economic stability. I am equally concerned with the large population of individuals and families struggling to provide for themselves

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