.... simple band of metal with a rock in it that is just a ring to men, signifies beauty and elegance that is found to be attractive and exquisite to women. Women will seek special occassions to attend, just to show off the ring, while men are content to sit back and take all the credit for finding this wonderful treasure. As the woman displays her new diamond to her circle of friends, there is an obvious change in the atmosphere as a sense of competition between the men begins. The men will of course will have to rise to the challenge of providing a symbol of affection for their significant others that equals or surpasses the value of their friend's d .....

.... on earth. They are the essential elements to our lives as well as the formula that keeps us mortal. Without it, perhaps, we could not exist; maybe we would become immortal, like gods. At present, we are all in the process of trying to accomplish something; a task, action, or lack thereof. At any given instance, the present exists. One can choose any moment in history, and, at some time, it had existed in the form of the present. Also, in the mind of the person remembering this moment in the past, it exists as present in that particular memory. How can we know that the definition of the word present actually establishes this instant in time? The instant .....

.... common food products. A farmer during this period discovered that if barley become wet, germinates, and eventually dried, the resulting barley would be sweeter and would not be as perishable as the original state of the barley. There is not any first hand knowledge on how beer was discovered, but we can imagine the incident step by step. When the farmer discovered that his barley crop was wet, in order for him to salvage the crop, he probably spread it out to dry in the sun. Chances are that germination had already begun, and the grain had therefore malted and developed a much sweeter taste. The sweet result of what the farmer considered a disaster is n .....

.... through redevelopment and efficient operation of the properties. As of 01.01.98 the company`s property portfolio consists of about 350 000 sqm of rental space, and the aggregate (theoretical) rental value of this portfolio is approximately NOK 408 mill. As of 31.12.97, the company had 1, 743 shareholders. Mr. Olav Thon holds about 62,3% of the shares. The semi-annual report as at 30 June 1998, shows that the Group`s rental and other opertaing income for the first six months of 1998 was NOK 211,1 compared with NOK 178 million in the first half of 1997. The percentage of shares held by Mr. Olav Thon, did not change. The profit for the seco .....

.... the former has a substantial memory and the ability to display it, so that text which is keyed in (typed) can be seen before being printed. The text can be corrected on the screen, centred, and words or paragraphs inserted or deleted, etc. Then the text can be printed off as many times as desired, or one copy can be printed and then subsequent changes made before more copies are run off. What can the word processor do for children? When children write by hand they often do a rough outline first, which is then modified and corrected; the changes involving words, lines or larger items of text. Adults often go through the same process, producing a r .....

.... depends on the firm. If a company has a network, their memory would range on the applications required to run the system productively. A one to three gigabyte hard drive would be most common for businesses. To keep these applications on the computer, you need a fair amount of RAM memory as well as hard disk space. An application developed in 1993, probably will be to powerful and run quite slow on a previous system that was 'top of the line' in 1991. That's why it is important for companies to understand that they must think years down the road before spending thousands of dollars on the technology of today. The best way is to prepare for the future such as .....

.... Police officers are responsible for protecting the lives and property of citizens by upholding and enforcing the laws of the country. They must pursue the peace, prevent criminal acts and arrest those who break the law. Their jobs are dangerous and they are trained to carry and use weapons(76). Police officers go to work each day not knowing what to expect. Each day is different and new and different things are occurring all the time. One day a police officer may be having a shoot out with an armed bank robber, the next day the police officer may be looking for a possum in the bushes outside the local post office, for fear that it may have rabies an .....

.... I will define the different types and styles of "Netspeak", the language that is used on the internet, as it is used today on all of the different on-line service providers. The Net community exists and thrives because of effective written communication, all you have available to express yourself are typewritten words. If you cannot express yourself well in written language, you either learn more effective ways of communicating, or get lost in the shuffle. The ingenious way people are beginning to communicate over the Net is amazing. "Netspeak" is evolving on a national and international level. The technological vocabulary once used only by computer progra .....