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    Geographic members‚ I have called you all here today to present a Life Time Achievement Award to a great leader of the Ancient Greece world. In Ancient Greece‚ the people made great achievement in technology‚ government‚ writings‚ and much‚ much more. The person I am about to present the award to has created a spectacular form of government we still use today. I will tell you about his achievements later‚ but let me tell you some background information about this leader. His name is Cleisthenes

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    “Listening Skills are Important for Career Success‚ Organisational Effectiveness and Worker Satisfaction.” Listening skills are methods which enable a person to understand what another person is saying. Technology offers new ways such as e-mail to send and store messages voice communication‚ in person or by telephone‚ radio or television‚ is still the common way to transfer information from one person to another. Listening skills are important because it is part of communication. It plays an

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    Baron Ungen Essay

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    Baron Ungen had struggled with his identity during all his life: Being born from German parents but living in Estonia throughout his childhood‚ leaning toward Russian monarchy and Imperial systems‚ and finding belief in Eastern Buddhism. Baron Ungern was born in Austria‚ 1885 to his German parents but shortly moved to Estonia after her parents had divorced and her mother Remarried. At birth he was christened “Nikolai Roman Maximilian” a mix between Russian and German heritage. Though he was born

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    The late 19th and early 20th centuries marked an unprecedented start of political expansion by European countries‚ The New Imperialism. The time for political expansion had arrived due to major powers rapidly growing. By this time Europe already seized power in India‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ and various locations in North America. Numerous attempts were taken earlier in the century‚ but inevitably failed because of their lack of military power. With the start of the Industrial Revolution and a sudden

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    Whose Reality

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    We grow through exploring multiple realities Its 9pm on a Sunday and I can feel the first of the rain as its droplets catch on my outstretched palms. There’s something very humbling about the rain. It’s one of nature’s great forces‚ and completely escapes our control. When the rain comes‚ it doesn’t account for petty human drama‚ politics and cultural divisions. I ponder this thought as I round the bend and turn down the next street. The rain is a reminder that above all else‚ we are at the whim

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    Why did Japan succeed in modernising and industrialising in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries while China and Korea failed to do so? During the late nineteenth century‚ China‚ Japan and Korea all had the opportunity to modernise and industrialise. The leaders of each country had died which provided a fresh start for new leaders and new ideas of reform but it was only Japan who succeeded to successfully modernise and industrialise due to a number of factors‚ leaving its neighbours

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    The Captain of the Ship The poem “O Captain! My Captain” by Walt Whitman was written after the murder of the second president of the United States of America Abraham Lincoln. The poem was published on November 4‚ 1865‚ in Saturday Press in New York. This poem became one of the most famous poems of Whitman‚ which the readers immediately accepted. In this paper‚ I will look at the historical background of the poem “O Captain! My Captain” by examining the time period in

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    Have you ever been to a college class? Did that class only consist of two exams‚ a midterm and a final throughout the entire semester? How much stress did you feel around the time those exams came around? These are the types of problems that Patrick O’Malley argues against in his essay “More Testing‚ More Learning”. In this essay‚ O’Malley takes the stand presenting the fact that there are courses in college that provide infrequent testing. He lets it be known that this is not the most effective

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    Jim Jones: A Great Leader

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    Over all‚ Jim Jones‚ as a great leader before he become corrupted and evil‚ he equipped with all the ability that a lender must have confidence‚ charisma and communication and he’s really good at it. At the beginning he had really good idea and plan‚ he knows what people want and felt‚ so he take an active part in all socially activity to help the other people‚ and to collect a lot of experience to help himself found his own church. Also Jim Jones was really good at speech he know how to use his

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    1. Whose financial statements should we prepare (e.g.‚ the baron‚ vassals‚ farms‚ etc..?) In this case I believe the financial statements should be prepared for each Farm (Piece of Land). My reasoning for this is that each section of land is the entity that is generating the ‘product’. The Vassal is acting as the resource that is managing it. In a current context‚ one would produce financial statements for a company (the Farm in our case) and not the individual resource or resources in control of

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