Politics from the past The great philosopher Aristotle stated the bare truth when he said centuries ago that man is "a political animal". He and his equally famous disciple Plato strongly denounced politics. Plato went so far as to say: "O‚ men of Athens‚ if I was engaged in politics‚ I would have perished long ago and done no good either to you or to myself." Since then‚ however‚ politics has pervaded every sphere of life‚ and the number of politicians has grown beyond measure. There is
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Significant Figures in Measurement and Calculations A successful chemistry student habitually labels all numbers‚ because the unit is important. Also of great importance is the number itself. Any number used in a calculation should contain only figures that are considered reliable; otherwise‚ time and effort are wasted. Figures that are considered reliable are called significant figures . Chemical calculations involve numbers representing actual measurements. In a measurement‚ significant figures in
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What sections of the economy (if any) should be government owned? How might a company be chosen as the focus for an industry policy? How can companies be prevented from misusing tax havens? Answer The government can intervene in the economy in several ways. For instance‚ producing goods and services‚ such as infrastructure‚ education‚ and national defense. In addition‚ transferring income‚ both vertically across income levels and horizontally among groups with similar incomes and different
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Literature FIGURE OF SPEECH A figure of speech is a mode of expression in which words are used out of their literal meaning or out of their ordinary use in order to add beauty or emotional intensity or to transfer the poet ’s sense. FIGURES OF SPEECH | EXAMPLE (in Filipino Language/Context) | 1. SIMILE - an explicit comparison that is made between two essentially unlike things‚ usually using ‘like’‚ ‘as’ or ‘than’. | Mala-porselana ang kutis ng mga gumagamit ng sabon na ito. | 2. METAPHOR
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Lissajous figures are patterns generated by the junction of a pair of sinusoidal waves with axes that are perpendicular to one another. Jules-Antione Lissajous studied these figures by producing sounds of different frequencies which were used to vibrate a mirror. A beam of light was then reflected from the mirror to produce trace patterns which were dependent on the frequencies. This setup used by Lissajous is similar to what is used today to project laser light shows. Today‚ Lissajous figures are generated
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week I had to step back and really think about what was being asked and why. The first question involves increasing U.S sports franchises popularity overseas and the cultural obstacles one must overcome. The next question deals with making products from these franchises appropriate for international market‚ and the last question brings in our government‚ would placing tariffs on imported products protect our industries. These three questions have multiple ways of being answered it will really depend
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significant figures When we use an equipment to take measurement‚ it is important to be honest when reporting a measurement‚ so that it does not appear to be more accurate than the equipment used to make the measurement allows. To achieve this‚ we can control the number of significant figures used to report the measurement. When we look at a number‚ its first significant figure is the first digit from the left‚ other than 0. E.g. - in the number 539 the first significant figure is 5 - in
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FIGURES OF SPEECH 05/04/2010 AcademicWritingSkills FIGURES OF SPEECH A figure of speech is a rhetorical device that achieves a special effect by using words in distinctive ways. ways 05/04/2010 AcademicWritingSkills FIGURES OF SPEECH y y A figure of speech is a use of a word that h diverges d f from its normall meaning‚ or a phrase with a specialized meaning n t based not b s d on n the th literal lit l meaning m nin of f the th words in it such as a metaphor‚ simile‚ or personification
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helping them achieve their corporate objective which is expansion as they are opening new stores all over the world so therefore it is increasing their market size. It will also boost sales but by Primark opening new branches they will be able to benefit from bulk buying economies of scale. The consequence of this means that their average unit cost will decrease meaning they will be making more sales as the prices of their products would have decreased attracting new markets. The marketing plan has helped
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Essay Q. 2 Two philosophers from Europe created a reasoned that was effective to have the best government; to understand the nature in which we stand. Thomas Hobbes‚ the first theoretician‚ believes government should help the people. He believed if we upraised the economy the nation will become an improved nation. The next theorist was John Locke he believed that a country that couldn’t feed its self would be a weak nation; and that governments role should be to protect business stimulate
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