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    exported faster and has many positive outcomes (Causes). “A recent book on the economic factors affecting deforestation claims that building paved roads may decrease clearings” (Foster 1). “For example, countries build roads into remote areas to improve overland transportation of goods (Causes). An equally important good thing about roads is that is limits deforestation, but roads can also allow people to what used to be inaccessible land (17). “With all the free areas being created, things like…

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    Jeep World: A Short Story

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    one of the most intelligent. I look up to Jeff as an older brother and I wish that I could show how thankful I am for all that he does for me! What's next? Where do you see yourself 3 more years from now? What dreams do you have as a jeeper? Race? Overland? In the future, I hope to be more involved in off-road racing. I’m confident that will be the next major step in my career. My ultimate dream is to be a driver at King of the Hammer’s. This year I was fortunate enough to help on the…

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    Trade Routes in the Ancient World Ancient civilizations paved way for the ideas, values, and commodities that people still use to this day and are accustomed to using in their daily lives. As each civilization flourished, they had distinct characteristics which made them unique, nevertheless they had similarities with other civilizations that related on not only a geographical level but a cultural and developmental level as well. For all the civilizations to flourish as a whole, products that…

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    Case Study Wells Fargo

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    Wells Fargo was the company I have selected for my final project. My rationale for choosing them is slightly beneficial for me because I am a customer and have been since early 2000. As a client, I want see how were going to turn around the public and stakeholders view of their Corporate Social Responsibility after many mishaps in the past few years. One of Wells Fargo biggest mishaps was their unfair lending practices and also a more resent problem were bank employees issuing unwanted credit…

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    Ancient Greek Civilization

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    Meanwhile, the territory of Greece is mountainous, which go against overland transport. As a result, the geographical conditions in Greece encourage the marine movement of people and cargos. In addition, the solid ground in Greek is not suited for growing crops. Therefore, Greek started to make a living by trade. The rocky…

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    At the beginning of this paper and before we go into deep details, I will go into some of the headnotes that give the reader sort of good view of the Dakota tribe. Essentially, the word Dakota means ally in their language, which is the Dakota Sioux language. The Dakota people are a Native American tribe located in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and South Dakota and North Dakota. The Dakota people are First Nations band government in North America and the largest division of the Siouan family. The Dakota…

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    Pericles, Athenian statesman of the 5th century B.C., whose name is closely associated with the great age of Athenian democracy and culture, the Athenian Empire, and the Peloponnesian War. He was born about 495 B.C., son of Xanthippus, a well-known political figure during the period of the Persian Wars, and Agariste, of the Alcmeonid family, one of the most prominent in Athens. Although little is known of his youth, two men seem to have played an important role in his education: Damon,…

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    With his extraordinary military accomplishments and leadership skills, Genghis Khan was a warrior and ruler who united all the nomadic tribes in the steppe of Mongolia and built the largest land empire in the world in the thirteenth century. He left a great legacy through his innovative ideas and laws whilst also promoting religious freedom, allowing an exchange of the global economy between Asia and Europe (Weatherford). However, with a belief that there should be only one ruler under the sky,…

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    Culture is important as it shapes our whole world and defines us. Culture enables us to survive, reproduce as a species, and expand our population. Culture is learned, shared, and symbolic. It is shared through dogmas, memories, and even values and expectations. It is learned the same way children absorb new information that is presented to them. In an unconscious and conscious learning process that is developed through interactions with others. Everybody possesses the ability to learn, to think…

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    sorghum (West 2015:61). West noted though there were flaws in how foreign aid groups helped, they still can and do aid the private discourse (West 2015:61). An example he uses, is a farmer’s personal investment in diguettes, a system that helps overland water flow, is made possible by the ‘external assistance’ of PATECORE through training on building and use (West 2015:62). Public and Private response become mixed as private investments progress agricultural techniques and public response…

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