... to fully articulate the revolutionary potential of theatre as a bisection of art and life, the Futurists advanced this articulation holistically in plays such as Emilio Settimelli's Passatism. In this short play Settimelli explores the notion that to participate in culture is fundamentally an act of performing, and the theatre is not the site of performance but rather the site of ... ] audience can provide hope"33. The degree to which the audience actively participates in the performance appears to be the degree to which an ideologocally-driven hope is engendered. In short, there appears...

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... individual motivation of a person are mixed rational as well as irrational elements difficult to separate. With the exception of some concrete situations, such as the International Brigades who in 1936-39 came to Spain to fight against fascism for ideological reason, most individual decide to go to a zone of armed conflict or post conflict for a series of motives, among which adventure ... 1989 (2002), states that "[i]n order to achieve an effective security regime, the Company may create and maintain a security force to provide a deterrent, defense and reaction capability to incidents"...

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... have the contractors, they are uniformly immigrants, comprising mostly of Asian' origin, including Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Korea, they make up 59% of the employers, there are also Hispanic contractors, 39% , these contractors serve as the link between big business (the manufacturer) and the workers, these immigrant contractors are often referred to as middle man minorities. Though the Korean migrants are ... speak English whilst the Asians can either already speak it or learn to through education, there are also disparities in self employment figures among Asians' that bear out ...

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... cumulative force of nationalist sentiment in the colonial world." Rising nationalism is a significant factor as to why the European Empires collapsed in such a short amount of time. With the decline of Empires after the First World War, nationalism was something imperial powers had to be ready to deal ... a place in the history of decolonisation" may be indeed valid and a contribution to the answer as to why the Empires collapsed in such a short amount of time, and that history, especially English history, looks to reconciliation of the opposition of the ruler and the governed, which is ...

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... called OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) that twice dramatically raised oil prices, with far-reaching consequences for the global economy. Finally, arguments about specialization are very short-term. The model of comparative advantage considers states' current best production with no consideration for companies that are currently inefficient but may be learning new skills that will ... pressure for change. Our primary interest is the political economy of the developing world, but developing countries have often been forced to respond to changes created elsewhere. A Sho...

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... our planet's best soils, which had earlier been sustainably managed by pre-colonial traditional agriculturalists, are today being rapidly degraded, and in some cases abandoned completely, in the short-term pursuit of export profits and competition. The productive capacity of these soils is dropping rapidly due to soil compaction, erosion, water logging, and fertility loss, together with growing ... the collapse of community-based resource management systems, leading to accelerated land degradation. The introduction of the individual profit motive, sometimes linked with outside corporatio...

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Renewable energy, or more specifically microalgae biofuels, provide potential feedstock and mechanisms to produce alternative clean energy and power from traditional petroleum fuels. With simple structure, short cell cycle, the ability to grow in various water environments, and natural photosynthesis process, microalgae can provide viable biomass to produce biofuels. This paper will ... can grow in various types of waters, such as sea saltwater, alkaline and also waste water, making it advantageous to produce energy in areas with freshwater shortage. The short cell cycle and fast reproduction...

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... her potential. Unfortunately, schools are also facing a severe shortage of teachers, particularly in middle and secondary schools as well as areas such as special education. One short-term solution has been the use of teachers who are operating with emergency credentials. Leave No Child Behind has said no to emergency certification and legislation to establish ... teachers. One result of the teacher shortage is now an over-dependence on emergency preparation and/or alternative preparation procedures to staff classrooms. Emergency-credentialed teachers have provided a short-term solution...

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... -power and others who have been in cooperation with this power's needs. Explaining how Globalization has become a fait accompli that is accepted as a given by millions of persons and within a short period of time is apt to relate in some way or other to the powers of mass culture and persuasion. Smelser's work on generalized beliefs and values, as a common aspect ... quickly and without a suitable period of adjustment. There seems to be a certain callousness in terms of reforms that might not have been politically viable less than two decades ago. In short, the advent of Globalization ha...

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... and frustration within countries due to the French rule which damaged the relationship between France and the rest of the Empire, suggesting why the Empire was in power for only a short period. Also, Napoleon exported nationalism across Europe following the composition of the Napoleonic Empire. Nationalism was a product of the French Revolution which began in 1789 following a desire for social and ... ...

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... make the rich richer through the returns generated on their initial investment, the working classes do, to a great extent, rely on the share buyer's interest for their own interest. In short, it is actively in the interests of the working masses to have the super-rich invest in companies, and any notion of business investment being a further tool of the dominant ... ...

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... over. However, in reality the majority of the senate were probably not opposed to Vespasian, as after a year of turmoil and four emperors stability was needed. Titus' reign was so short that his relationship with the senate appears to have avoided the gradual deterioration which was seen under many other emperors such as Gaius and Nero. There are, however, signs to ... ...

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... company, led to front-line staff introducing key initiatives, generating significant additional revenue for the business. The company has seen reductions in the costs of staff turnover, customer complaints and short-term sickness since the coaching began. In addition, staff engagement has risen to 42 percent, with employees commenting that they feel listened to and respected, as well as empowered to ... ...

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... basis for Federal department and agency compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive-8, National Preparedness. The NRP also provides the policies and processes for coordinating Federal support activities that address the short-term, direct effects of an incident, which work towards the response. These activities include "immediate actions to preserve life, property, and the environment; meet basic human needs; and maintain ... ...

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... despite residing in an environment which causes the dolphin to encounter a large number of dangers including fishing nets, debris and river traffic, the species was still found to indulge in short periods of sleep. If sleep was purely adaptive, then one would think that in order to maintain survival amongst a species such as the Indus dolphin, sleeping behaviors would be eliminated ... ...

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... to distances of not only 97 kilometer but up to 400 kilometer or more. Taking into account that the International Space Station is only 340 kilometer away, which is a very short distance in comparison to the rest of the universe, physicists have practically already reached one third of the distance needed to communicate with the International Space Station. Finally, with the ... ...

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... to is the notion of "alternatives to development," precisely because no post-development theorist provides concrete alternatives. Despite all the criticisms post-development writers have expressed, they fall short in providing actual alternatives and remain in the realm of critique, which does nothing to actually change the current status quo of development. Moreover, by focusing on the local and ... ...

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... should win there would be no further question of assistance from the United States-(Blum). The propaganda campaign also used radio broadcasts both in the United States (an estimated 1.2 million short-wave receivers in Italy in 1946) and Italy to carry the message of voting against communism. The message the United States routinely tried to implore was that the elections of ... ...

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... comparisons made against the objectives given to the management team. It is imperative that members of nonprofit board of directors have the courage to take action if performance repeatedly falls short of the agreed upon expectations. This principle must be applied to board members as well as to the management and staff of the organization. It is going to require that ... ...

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... , forced labor, right to life, etc.) that is very similar to the United Nations Universal Declaration on Human Rights, and in fact, used this as a basis for the EHCR. In short, while the European Union has a less hands-on approach to the aid of foreign people and governments, it does implement economic and legislative policies that are working towards the goals ... ...

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... positive factor, as he states "female inheritance rights was a force of stability although it tended to lessen long-term inequalities in landownership, it did so at the cost of continuous short-term instability" (1988, 88). He instead attributes the abuse of the Spartan land system as "exploited by the acquisitiveness of leading citizens" (Powell, 1988, 94). Regardless, the fact that by ... ...

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... day) or nocturnal (at night); are usually symmetrical (affecting both sides of the body in the same way and at the same time) in effect; may go unnoticed if only short in duration and reduced to only an alteration in breathing rhythm and eye turning (common during sleep); if they last up to 20 seconds they may manifest as `vibrations' which ... ...

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