In my opinion‚ national income is a good indicator to measure the standard of living. The gross domestic product (GDP) or gross domestic income (GDI) is one of the measures of national income and input for a given country’s economy GDP is the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time. GDP is the best single measure of the economic well-being of a society. GDP per person tells us the income and expenditure of the average person in the economy
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Living in Harmony Speech Topic: Feng Shui Speech Title: Living in Harmony Organizational Pattern: Topical General Purpose Statement: To inform Specific Purpose Statement: To inform my audience about Feng Shui Central Idea Statement: To inform my audience about Feng Shui by first‚ traveling through the history of Feng Shui‚ second‚ by exploring the five major elements of Feng Shui‚ finally‚ by focusing on the theory behind Feng Shui. Introduction: Good evening. Wouldn’t
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Philosophy‚ Plato’s The Allegory of the Cave‚ and the synopsis of The Matrix‚ there are many similarities as well as a few differences. One of the most notable differences that can be observed is that Meditations in First Philosophy begins and ends in the same reality‚ whereas The Allegory of the Cave and The Matrix begin with the deception of an alternate reality. Another difference that can be detected is the presence of forms in The Allegory of the Cave‚ which is Plato’s theory that there are
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allegory of the Cave in the Republic In the Republic‚ Book VII‚ Plato through Socrates presents the allegory of the cave. This allegory is used to help the explanation of how the philosophers are educated from ignorance to knowledge. Socrates defends that true education is not just seeing shadows and visible objects but understanding their nature. This allegory illustrates how‚ in relying on the senses and perception‚ man mistakes the shadows for reality. The people inside the cave are passive
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LIVING A LIE The controversial decision of Armand’s parents to keep his true identity from him until into his adulthood was wrong and drastically altered his mindset. Armand was raised with racial preferences and prejudices during all of his formative years and this taught him to believe that he was superior to other types of people. He developed a certain attitude in his personality where his thoughts‚ actions‚ and beliefs were ingrained with tradition and influenced by society. Armand’s parents
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one of the best experiences of my life. We spent time doing exciting things that I would relive if I could. My family and I went to Mammoth Cave‚ Diamond Cavern‚ a Wax Museum‚ a Fudge Factory‚ and Holliday World. While I was on the trip‚ I bonded with my family‚ and made cherishable memories that I will never forget. When we arrived in Kentucky‚ we checked into our hotel‚ then headed straight for Mammoth Cave. Waiting for our tour time was agonizing‚ so we walked around and looked at the animals
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AR6_SA_U2_L1_LC Introduction and Objective Cave art has quite an important history‚ but it became all the more important when the art was uncovered in 1940 in the Lascaux Caves of France. http://mrg.bz/o4HWDn So‚ what was so special about this cave art? Well‚ like lots of cave art‚ most scenes portray large wild animals‚ such as bison‚ horses‚ or deer‚ with horses being the most common. Often‚ tracings of human hands and abstract patterns were also seen. Drawings of humans were rare and usually
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(#30973127) 1 An Allegory of Advertisements How does Plato’s allegory influence the way we consume art today? Every minute of every day‚ millions of people are exposed to advertisements. They plague televisions‚ streets‚ radio waves‚ and all means of communication. These advertisements employ many methods of persuasion and their influence is irresistible. Just like prisoners in Plato’s Allegory of the Cave‚ we are told every day to invest our time and interest into the subject of these advertisements
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Allegory of the Cave is very important to understanding Plato. The allegory says we all live in a cave and all we can see are the shadows of reality on the cave wall. The shadows are based on reality but they are very distorted. If we rely on our own experience to understand things we will never get beyond these distorted shadows. We need a guide to take us out of the cave and into the sunlight where we can see reality as it truly is. But as we leave the cave the daylight blinds us so we need our guide
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Living By Numbers-Value Creation Or Profit? Case Summary This case basically explains about MarineCorp Sdn Bhd leads by Hafiz Hashim who has position as a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in MarineCorp. It is also a subsidiary of SURIA. MarineCorp is a maritime solution provider for its SURIA and have two subsidiaries which are Green Port Sdn Bhd and Sungai Emas Sdn Bhd. MarineCorp has their responsibility in manage and conducting both subsidiaries. The financial statements of the three companies
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