Book smarts vs. Street smarts SCOTT BERKUN Posted on February 9th‚ 2010 in Philosophy‚ reader’s choice In a series of posts‚ called readers choice‚ I write on whatever topics readers submit. [Note: Polarizing questions are silly since rarely in life do you have to make such exclusive choices. Often you can find a way to obtain both‚ not either/or. For fun assume you’ve stolen my lunch money and refuse to give it back until I play along and pick a side. Also see: The false dichotomy of false
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Motivated by the Award-winning Hamlet play by the iconic William Shakespeare. Hamlet: out of joint follows the story of Hamlet returning to Denmark‚ to see Claudius‚ King Hamlet’s brother having been crowned the new King and has married Gertrude. Shortly after his mother’s marriage‚ Prince Hamlet meets his father’s spirit. People believe that King Hamlet was killed by a poisonous snake bite. However‚ the Ghost tells Hamlet that he was murdered by Claudius. The young prince’s world spirals around
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Master thesis Autumn semester 2007 Supervisor: Professor Tomas Blomquist Authors: Hoang‚ Thuy Vu Nga Lapumnuaypon‚ Kamolrat Critical Success Factors in Merger & Acquisition Projects A study from the perspectives of advisory firms ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all‚ we are grateful to our supervisor‚ Professor Tomas Blomquist‚ for his guidance and recommendations throughout the process of writing our thesis. His support is of vital importance to the successful completion of this thesis. We also
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THE BELL *Assessment of the Poem: Some critics regard the poem as masterly; other critics regard it as shallow and sing-song. The latter critics–including many 20th and 21st Century poets–tend to eschew rhyming poetry because of its emphasis on form and musicality over substance. It is true that the "The Bells" is highly musical‚ in keeping with Poe’s belief that a poem should appeal to the ear. The Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff wrote a symphony based on the poem. It contains four movements
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Franklin bell experiment Report Introduction After much thought as to what experiment to do‚ I decided to do an electrostatic experiment using the Franklin bell. I had to try and find different energy sources that would work for me. Any electronic instrument would give off enough electricity‚ but I eventually settled on using a electric bug zapper because it was easy to set up the crocodile clips with it. Afterwards I tried the same experiment with a television set‚ using tinfoil which gave static
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discoveries and inventions help the world. Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3rd‚ 1847 in Edinburgh‚ Scotland. Bell was named after his grandfather and the middle name‚ Graham‚ was added to his name when he was 10. He was greatly influenced by his family and town. Bell’s hometown of Edinburgh‚ Scotland‚ was known as the “Athens of the North‚” because of its culture of arts and science. He had two brothers‚ Melville James Bell and Edward Charles Bell. His grandfather and father were experts on the mechanics
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and brand protection in rundown crises of food safety. The Stakes: Taco bell face a threat of brand prishment in public perception that Taco bell is linked in serving or selling tinted food product‚ due to recent finding Cry9c in Taco bell branded products sold in grocery stores nationwide‚ It will also carry the same perception that Taco bell is serving the same tinted taco’s in its restaurant‚ in fact Taco bell has nothing to do with production of these taco from genetically modified corn
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The Bells by Edgar Allan Poe is a poem about love and how it all ends eventually‚ which is something Poe is rather familiar with. Growing up Poe lost many people he formed relationships with during his life‚ thus giving the impression that relationships end. This is told through the the poem hidden and buried underneath a ton of symbolism. Presence of the theme is first shown in the first stanza in the first three lines they read “ Hear the sledges with the bells -- Silver bells! What a world of
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Alexander Graham Bell‚ was the inventor of the telephone. Bell was born in Edinburgh on 3 March 1847. He was the son of Melville‚ a speech and elocution teacher who developed the first International Phonetic Alphabet and Eliza‚ who was deaf from the age of five. Bell was the only child to survive into adulthood‚ with his younger and elder brothers‚ Ted and Melly‚ dying of tuberculosis. These biographical facts foretell the strong values‚ personality and determination of the man destined to radically
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There is an increasing need to boost market penetration of the product early on in its life cycle due to ever changing technologies and shorter life span of the product. There are various techniques which help achieve this task –first mover ‚ Pre-announcement‚ constant innovation etc. By reaching the market first a firm enjoys distinct advantages like the second mover doing only 71 % as well in market share in fmcg goods and 76% as well in industrial products. These advantages stem from the fact
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