Hard and soft river defences on the Mississippi The dams in the Mississippi river are a hard flood defence. There are two different types of dams on the Mississippi River‚ wing dams and closing dams. Wing dams are built close together with brush and stone structures that extend from the river bank to the channel and closing dams are used to block connections between the main channel and side channels of the floodplains. The advantages of building dams on the Mississippi are that they enhance the
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Since its discovery in 1770 and its colinisation in 1788‚ Australia has always had strong international ties with countries of great influence and power‚ especially with great britain as it was colonised by the british. It was towards the end of the second world war that we saw a shift in alliance; from Great Britain to The United States of America. In 1942 Japan was making its way down through Asia taking over small countries throughout it. Four days after the fall of Singapore‚ and the fall of
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A Critical Analysis of Employees’ Motivation in the Nigerian Polytechnic Education System Abstract For a long time‚ the idea has always been that employees only work to keep body and soul together – just to live; these days‚ employees work for more than just sustenance and that is what this paper tends to show. For every average human person‚ the motive to work goes beyond just the sustenance motive‚ it is a motive to live and show life for it‚ motive to be accepted as what one’s desire‚ motive
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not when that valued possession is undergoing some form of confrontation‚ we most probably will get defensive. We’re not the only ones. Banjo Paterson and Jack Davis have both composed poems defending that valued possession. Paterson’s poem “In Defence of the Bush” as it suggests is defending our home country. When Henry Lawson writes a poem victimizing Australia‚ Banjo gets a little upset because he feels as though he is being picked on. How would you feel if somebody made a negative remark
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Marketing concept The marketing concept holds that the key to achieving organizational goals consists of the company being more effective than its competitors in creating‚ delivering‚ and communicating customer value to its chosen target markets. The marketing concept rests on four pillars: target market‚ customer needs‚ integrated Marketing and profitability. . The selling concept takes an inside-out perspective. It starts with the factory‚ focuses on existing products‚ and calls for heavy selling
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Concept of Entrepreneur The concept of Entrepreneurship is comparatively new and dynamic. The following eleven qualities/ attributes are considered to be some of the important ones for a successful entrepreneur on the basis of the research and experience is as follows:- a]High level of motivation‚ b]Moderate Risk-taker c]Self-confident with positive self concept‚ d]Excellent Leadership qualities e]Good Business acumen
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Classical Social Theory essay. Rationalisation (Weber) The concept of Rationality is defined as the ‘Preoccupation with calculating the most efficient means to achieve one’s goals’ (Bilton et al‚ 2002. Pg31) rather than ‘motivations derived from custom‚ tradition or emotion’ (Encyclopaedia‚ 2003). Rationalisation involves concepts such as logic‚ calculation and efficiency‚- fundamental aspects of Modernity as proposed by Max Weber. Weber believed that modernity
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that there is more to a person than just race and ethnicity. In our society the heritage of an individual most likely defines who they are. Each individual‚ regardless of religion‚ race‚ or ethnicity has a sense of pride burning within them. This concept of pride sometimes overturns or perhaps overlooks problems within our society to fulfill this need. In the film Eat a Bowl of Tea‚ directed by Wayne Wang‚ a young Chinese couple living in a 1960’s Chinatown located in New York are constantly facing
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The concept of truth‚ throughout texts such as‚ Bowling for Columbine‚ directed and narrated by Michael Moore in May 15th 2002‚ ‘A child said‚ What is the grass?’‚ author Walt Whitman and ‘An Inconvenient Truth’‚ political cartoon by Clay Bennet‚ The Christian Science Monitor‚ all compel their audience to think about the true meaning and concepts of truth‚ through the way they write and deliver there works. Bowling for Columbine‚ a documentary made in 2002 by Michael Moore‚ raises to the audience
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IMPACT OF CREDIT RISK ON PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIAN BANKS BY LAWAL AHMED ABSTRACT BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Financial institutions are germane to the economic development of any nation through the financial services they provide. Their intermediation role can be said to be a catalyst for economic growth. The banking industry in Nigeria has achieved great prominence as a result of the intermediation role. The efficient and effective performance of the financial services industry over time is
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