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The paper looks at how on January 1, 1998, one of the most contentious periods in Ontario's political history came to a close when the new City of Toronto came into existence. The paper explains that this new city represented a collapse of the existing two-tier structure of the city of Toronto into a one-tier system incorporating the former upper-tier Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, as well as the five lower-tier cities of Toronto, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, and York, together with the Borough of East York (Schwartz 99).

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"On January 1, 1998, one of the most contentious periods in Ontario's political history came to a close when the new City of Toronto came into existence. This new city represented a collapse of the existing two-tier structure of the city of Toronto into a one-tier system incorporating the former upper-tier Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, as well as the five lower-tier cities of Toronto, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, and..."

Tags:ontario, government, canada

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This paper looks at the ideas behind amalgam and resin dental composites, the costs and efficiencies of both and how they compare in tests.

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This paper compares two articles on techno music and its origins with regards to culture. It maintains that culture and music is a combination of the past and present to provide something unique and innovative.

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" Most briefly stated, the primary problem of international organization is the achievement of a stable peace among nation-states. This research examines the theoretical and practical advances toward this goal by the model of integration theory in international relations advanced by Karl Deutsch and Richard Van Wagenen.

The theoretical and empirical studies of Deutsch and Wagenen admittedly appear grand. However, the scholars curtail the focus of their work to peaceful relations among nation-states in one major region of the globe--the North Atlantic area. The lessons learned from the relations within the North Atlantic region can then be generalized for the future study of how to attain peace across the globe as a whole.
The Problem and Definitions.."

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This paper explains that one of the major challenges in any data-warehousing project is the proficient amalgamation of large volumes of information of data available for analysis, which must include the customer database, the supplier database and the distributor database, all well integrated into the data-warehousing project. The author points out that data warehousing is an expensive undertaking especially because the beer industry depends extensively on distributors and suppliers and must maintain data on their extensive logistic and distributing channels. The paper stresses that knowledge acquisition is the first step for gaining advantages in the market place; therefore, data warehousing should facilitate internal research to identify new ways of doing tasks within the organization and systematic problem solving efforts. Illustrations.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Objective
Problem Statement
Hypothesis
Methodology
Sampling Procedures
Sources of Data
Literature Review of Data Warehousing
Discussion
Recommendations
Conclusion

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"Interviews will also be conducted with an additional 50 companies to identify the applications, if any, of data warehousing and the impact that this concept has made on the organization as a whole. This interview will be based on a fixed set of questions. All of the questions will be discussed with every individual. Interviews, in addition to data collection relevant to the question asked, can also identify the non-verbal reactions to the questions asked. Non-verbal communication could be in the form of the comfort level that the interviewee displays, the hand and eye movements and the facial expressions that might be made. The success of data collection using the interview methods is also dependent on the skill and personality of the interviewer. An interviewer who is able to introduce a level of comfort and camaraderie in the interviewee may be able to get more realistic and correct answers. Questions used in the study can be open-ended, where the subject is free to answer the question and discuss relevant issues that might be relevant to the question."

Tags:correlation, interviews, amalgamation, information, channels

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This paper offers an all-encompassing study on sexual assault. It defines sexual assault and its far reaching effects. The author continues to discuss methods in which sexual abuse can be effectively treated and reduced. The paper analyzes existing sexual assault centers, mainly in Alberta, and how reform needs to be made with continued research and changes to the justice system in the hope of improving the overall health and well being of individuals. Also included are flow charts and matrix to support and quantify the authors opinions.

PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
Prevalence
Effects of Sexual Assault
OBJECTIVES: WHAT CAN BE DONE?
Reduce the Occurrence of Sexual Assault
Improve Survivors Recovery Process
ALTERNATIVES
Current System: Independent Sexual Assault Centers with Private Funding
Independent Sexual Assault Centers with Government funding
Amalgamation of Sexual Assault Center Services with Other Services
STAKEHOLDERS
Survivors
Supporters
Service Providers (Crisis Centres)
General Population
Government
Funders
CRITERIA
Prevention
Efficacy
Cost Effectiveness
Efficiency
Access
Choice
Equity
Safety
MULTI-CRITERIA MATRIX EVALUATION
Criteria by Alternatives
Alternative 1: Independent Sexual Assault Centers with private funding
Alternative 2: Independent Sexual Assault Centers with Government funding
Alternative 3: Amalgamation of Sexual Assault Center Services with Other Services
Criteria by Stakeholders
Survivors
Supports
Service Providers
General Population
Government
Funders
Objectives by Stakeholders
Objectives by Alternatives
Objectives by Criteria
Stakeholders by Alternatives
CONCLUSION
Appendix A
Policy: Sexual Assault Multi-
Sexual Assault Policy Multi - Criteria Matrix
References

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"Sexual assault and sexual abuse, though often not acknowledged, are very prevalent in our Western society. A Statistics Canada survey conducted in 1993 found that 39% of adult women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of sexual assault, as defined by the Criminal Code of Canada, since the age of sixteen (Statistics Canada, 1993). FBI annual statistics have estimated lifetime prevalence rates of one in four women and one in eight men who will be sexually assaulted (Rennison, 1999). These findings are concurrent with other studies that have been conducted by various researchers in both Canada and the United States (Koss, 1993; LoVerso, 2001; Bagley, 1984; DeKeserdy et al, 1993). Given the taboo around sexual assault and sexual abuse along with fears of not being believed and feeling somehow responsible for the assault, it is likely that these prevalence rates are underestimates of the true prevalence rates because of underreporting (Kahn and Andreoli, 2000)."

Tags:Alberta, justice, system, support, center

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The constitutional responsibility of the provinces for education has long been delegated to local school boards. Unfortunately, there is a perception among many observers that these school boards, certainly in Manitoba, have wasted money, have been bureaucratic nightmares, and have been generally dilatory in seeing to it that the needs of Manitoba's young people are looked after. In November of 2001, under a previous government, this province amalgamated many of the provincial school boards in an effort to save money and to streamline the educational process. It is the contention of this paper that Manitoba needs to move away from the amalgamation of school boards towards a more decentralized policy that places control over curricular matters in the hands of the local citizenry - albeit with the Ministry of Education providing direct oversight so that public dollars are not misused.

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Department of Education, Training and Citizenship Cabinet Submission Subject (future of Manitoba school boards) The constitutional responsibility of the provinces for education has long been delegated to local school boards. Unfortunately, there is a perception among many observers that these school boards, certainly in Manitoba, have wasted money, have been bureaucratic nightmares, and have been generally dilatory in seeing to it that the needs of Manitoba's young people are looked after. In November of 2001, under a previous government, this province amalgamated many of the provincial school boards in an

Tags:department, education, citizenship

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This paper discusses various aspects of euthanasia in light of an article titled,"Sandy Plans to Win her Race Against Life" that appeared in the issue of "The Age", an Australian journal in its issue of May 27, 2002. It presents an amalgamation of ideas taken from a number of books and articles on the various aspects of euthanasia's, its relationship with health care and health care professionals, some of the ethical issues involved and the various groups involved in the decision of ending the life of an individual.

Outline
Introduction
Euthanasia's Relationship with Health Care
Ethical Issues and Role of Nurses
Ethical Issues
Decisions at Various Levels
Patient's Decision
Physician's Decision
The Law
The International Perspective
Summary

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"Both medicine and technology have experienced immense achievements, enabling us to use these advances for not only diagnosing numerous illnesses, but also suggesting various treatment measures, yet all these can not in any manner be compensated for the primary responsibility of the health care professionals; one that requires them to take care of the sick, even if he or she is terminally ill. In this regard health professionals have very efficiently used a term, 'palliative care', that truly applies to the care of the sick in general, and especially the terminally ill patients. Palliative care aims at avoiding the two extreme ends in health care. One is the health care professionals' endeavors to continue treatment and health care with the ultimate objective of preserving the life of the patient, even though it is clear that the patient so treated is suffering from a terminal illness, and will die sooner or later."

Tags:patient, physician, nurse, suicide, law

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This paper questions whether society is an imitation of philosophy or vice versa. The writer argues that it is an amalgamation of the two. He looks at the developments of philosophy between the time of Kant and Nietzsche and whether they influenced society. He believes that in the idea of beauty, art, and the artist, these otherwise disparate philosophers are all tied together and that through this unity philosophy was allowed to progress.

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"How did Europe go from Kant's moral duty to Nietzsche's Will to Power? It seems an unfathomable leap, one that occurred more due to societal changes than due to the philosophical influence of the thinkers. It isn't, however, that simple. Does life imitate art, or vice versa, or in this case philosophy and society. I believe it is an amalgamation of the two, with the philosophers influencing the society in varying degrees, many times tapping the undercurrent that already exists, but sometimes, with great thinkers, pushing society in wild new directions. The thinkers we have studied are these great thinkers, shaping society with their philosophies. Therefore, there is a connection in the change of the philosophical tradition that occurred from Kant to Nietzsche. The simple answer would be the death of God made this change, the resultant rise in atheism throughout Europe, but once again it is subtler and more complex than that, no Ockham's Razor here. We must explore the reason for the death of God, and the reason Kant's ethical idealism began to fail in the first place. Kant began as the last great Platonist. Hegel, with the vagary of his Geist opened Pandora's box and allowed Nietzsche's ideas to flourish. Nietzsche killed God, and Heidegger, in his own inimitable way, brought him back again as Being."

Tags:enlightenment, german, nazism, philosophy, war, world

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This paper applauds the author's use of current day language. The author notes that the novel is written in first-person narrative and takes place in an ordinary middle-America town in the '90s. The author states that the novel is an amalgamation of Tom Sawyer and Holden Caulfield.

Table of Contents

About the Author
About the Book
Analysis of the Book
Conclusion
Works Cited

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"The author Russell Bank writes in the manner that infused his stories with a sadistic honesty and moral goodness that his characters strive to live up to. He writes in striking and most often sad tones about the drama of daily life (Anderson, eye net). Furthermore, his themes of failure, of weakness, of the complexity of living an honest life were often desolating, but all his stories does contain a positive wisdom to them along with a sense of optimism found in the details that he carefully draws out of his characters' routine and everyday realities. (Anderson, eye net)"

Tags:drama, literary, analysis, character, first-person, narrative, teen, age, boy, nirvana