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    I. Greek Mathematicians Thales of Miletus Birthdate: 624 B.C. Died: 547-546 B. C. Nationality: Greek Title: Regarded as “Father of Science” Contributions: * He is credited with the first use of deductive reasoning applied to geometry. * Discovery that a circle is bisected by its diameter‚ that the base angles of an isosceles triangle are equal and that vertical angles are equal. * Accredited with foundation of the Ionian school of Mathematics that was a centre of learning and research

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    Contents 1.0 Introduction 2 2.0 BP the company 2 2.1 Political Factors Affecting BP Oil Production 2 2.1.1Libya 2 2.1.2 Egypt 3 3.0 Economic Factors Affecting BP Oil Production 4 3.1 UK VAT Increases 4 3.2 Increasing Oil Prices 4 3.3 Reduction in World Oil Consumption 5 3.0 Environmental Factors Affecting BP Oil Production 5 4.0 Conclusion 6 5.0 Bibliography 6 Brian Vanhinsbergh-Perez Business andthe Environment The External Environment 3 Most Significant PESTEL Factors Affecting

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    The BCG model classifies products under four areas. These are stars‚ cash cows‚ question marks and dogs. Stars are SBU’s with high share or high growth market. Virgin Atlantic is clearly the cash cow of the Virgin Empire but we have undertaken a portfolio analysis from the viewpoint of Virgin Atlantic. With regards to Virgin Atlantic Airways we believe that there is no star. The cash cow is the Upper Class section. Cash cows have high share of a low growth market and generate higher cash revenues

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    Product Portfolio Analysis ‘Coca-cola’ is my chosen business. SWOT – Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ Threats. S- 1. ‘’Bottling Network: Coca-Cola partnerships with 275 bottling companies allow it to distribute products all over the world. The network also allows companies to cater to varying consumer tastes in different cultures‚ regions and countries. For example‚ if a local market prefers tea then the local bottler can mix and package the beverage for distribution. It has relationships

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    British Literature

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    Jonathan Swift Alexander Pope Samuel Johnson James Boswell Group 1 Olaudah Equiano 18th Century writers Thomas Gray The Realists Oliver Goldsmith The Neoclassical Age Basic Idea of the Realists: They valued order‚ with systems and organizations. (many examples of this in Gulliver’s Travels‚ when he would bow down to the king of lilyput mainly because he respects the hieriarchy‚ Swift is trying to show how ridiculous this is. Plus some other things…) There was a hiearachy

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    BRITISH SLANG AND ITS CLASSIFICATION PLAN I.  INTRODUCTION 1.1 Tasks of the course work 1.2 Definition of slang II.  MAIN PART 2.1 The origin of slang. 2.2 Types of slang. a) Cockney rhyming slang b)  Polari c)  Internet slang d)  Slang of army‚ police e)  Money slang 2.3. Phonetic peculiarities of slang 2.4. Morphological characteristics of slang III.  PRACTICAL PART IV.  CONCLUSION V.  BIBLIOGRAPHY Slang is a language which takes off its

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    An Unfinished Extraordinary Work Geoffrey Chaucer set out to create a masterpiece of one-hundred and twenty tales‚ two from each of the thirty pilgrims on their journey to pay their respects to St. Thomas Beckett in Canterbury. Chaucer was unable to finish the masterpiece he set upon to create‚ but the twenty-four tales we are left with are masterpieces in their own sense in the form of The Canterbury Tales. (“Works of Geoffrey” xxviii) Geoffrey Chaucer lives on with this collection of tales that

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    "The Whipping‚" by Robert Hayden This poem is about Hayden who hears a boy being beaten‚ recalls his childhood when he too was subjected to the same and notices that this form of punishment has been handed down from generation to generation. He uses visual and auditory imagery together to take the reader to different moments in time‚ where the same event is being played over and is put in six quatrains to add emphasis. In the first quatrain‚ Hayden hears a woman "shouting to the neighborhood

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    Eulogy for a Veteran Author Unknown Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there‚ I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow I am the diamond glint of snow I am the sunlight on ripened grain I am the gentle autumn rain When you awaken in the mornings hush I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight I am the soft stars that shine at night Do not stand at my grave and cry‚ I am not there‚ I DID NOT DIE

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    Explore how perceptions of belonging and not belonging can be influenced by connections to places. Belonging refers to the acceptance of a common culture and traditions and the adoption of these practices into ones own personality. A common view of belonging is that it becomes manifested due to connections to a place‚ and a homogenous‚ undifferentiated culture. This belonging is thus felt because of assimilation and espousal of a common language‚ culture and way of life. This view is expressed

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