“Beautiful forms and compositions are not made by chance‚ nor can they ever‚ in any material‚ be made at small expense. A composition for cheapness and not excellence of workmanship is the most frequent and certain cause of the rapid decay and entire destruction of arts and manufactures.” Such word could never be truer like the one s spoke above by Josiah Wedgwood. Firmitas‚ utilitas‚ and venustas!! What do these words mean? Solid‚ useful‚ and beautiful are the definition of such words‚ spoken by
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Mana Sura 1. How & why did the economic & social values of white Americans clash with those of Native Americans in the West? - Initially‚ the white Americans allocated the Great Plains terrain to the Native Americans‚ as they deemed it useless. The Indians relied very heavily on nature‚ especially the buffalo‚ which they used all parts of for various reason‚ like food‚ clothing‚ and weaponry. When Americans and immigrants needed to move west near California and Oregon‚ they realized that
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Summary Thales of Miletus He was the first philosopher of Ancient Greece and the founder of Western philosophy. Thales came from the seaport of Miletus. He was born around 620 BC who claimed that water is the fundamental nature of the world. He correctly predicted that there would be a solar eclise in 585 BC which was credited by Herodotus. He was also known as the first natural scientist and analytical philosopher in Western intellectual history. Aside from being a philosopher‚ Thales was also
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Chapter 1 Business Information Systems in Your Career Classification Schema: AACSB: The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business CASE: Bloom/author cognitive categories of content‚ analysis‚ synthesis‚ and evaluation True-False Questions 1. Internet advertising is growing at a rate of more than 30 percent a year Answer: False Page Reference: 6 Difficulty: Hard AACSB: Reflective Thinking 2. A business model describes how a company produces‚ delivers‚ and
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Case 7 Nucor Corporation in 2012: Using Economic Downturns as an Opportunity to Grow Stronger Percent of Worldwide Production Country Total Production of Crude Steel China 752 million tons 45.9% Japan 118 million tons 7.2% United States 95 million tons 5.8% India 79 million tons 4.8% Russia 76 million tons 4.6% South Korea 75 million tons 4.6% Exhibit 8 shows the world’s 15 largest producers of steel in 2010. Steelmaking Technologies Steel was produced by either integrated
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A marketing information system (MIS) is intended to bring together disparate items of data into a coherent body of information. An MIS is‚ as will shortly be seen‚ more than raw data or information suitable for the purposes of decision making. An MIS also provides methods for interpreting the information the MIS provides. Moreover‚ as Kotler’s1 definition says‚ an MIS is more than a system of data collection or a set of information technologies: "A marketing information system is a continuing
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2010):477–485 Ó 2010 Southern Agricultural Economics Association The Impact of the Oil Sector on Commodity Prices: Correlation or Causation? Sayed H. Saghaian The interconnections of agriculture and energy markets have increased through the rise in the new biofuel agribusinesses and the oil–ethanol–corn linkages. The question is whether these linkages have a causal structure by which oil prices affect commodity prices and through these links‚ instability is transferred from energy markets to already
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Study on Commodity Market - September 8th‚ 2010 A study on Commodity market-A new source of investment and customer preference Introduction Ever since the dawn of civilization commodities trading has become an integral part in the lives of mankind. The very reason for this lies in the fact that commodities represent the fundamental elements of utility for human begins. The term commodity refers to any material‚ which can be bought and sold. Commodities in a market’s context refer to any
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Minimalism Essential Essays Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus Also by The Minimalists Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life Also by Joshua Fields Millburn Falling While Sitting Down: Stories As a Decade Fades: A Novel More Info TheMinimalists.com JoshuaFieldsMillburn.com Published in 2011 by Mins Publishing Copyright © 2011 by Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus All rights reserved‚ though it would be appreciated if youʼd tell other people about this book if you enjoy it‚ whether
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Hip-Hop as a Commodity As Alexis de Tocqueville stated in a description about Americans‚ “the recollection of the shortness of life is a constant spur to him. Besides the good things that he possesses‚ he every instantly fancies a thousand others that death will prevent him from trying if he does not try them soon.” In a country that promoted commodification and mass production‚ American society thrived on its quest for new and exciting things. Nearly two centuries after his report‚ what was
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