points in our life we have to deal with obstacles that also help us make us who we are. Some of those obstacles could be good or bad and deal with many different abstracts in life. The purpose of this essay is to describe my self-concept and what influences affect my self-concept. I am 37 years old and have many roles throughout my life so far. I am a wife‚ mother‚ daughter‚ friend‚ worker and student. Each of these roles have different characteristics that allow me to perform each of these roles in the
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Creative accounting refers to accounting practices that deviate from (the spirit of ) standard accounting practices. They are characterized by excessive complication and the use of novel ways of characterizing income‚ assets or liabilities. Sometimes the words "innovative" or "aggressive" are used. The term is also (used more seriously and disparagingly) to refer to systematic misrepresentation of the true income and assets of business organizations. "Creative accounting" on this scale has led
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The book The Rise of the Creative Class introduces a new social class to us the Creative Class which has greatly increased since 1950s and is still booming today. According to Richard Florida‚ the author of the book‚ the Creative Class has deeply influenced the ways we work and leisure‚ our values and desires‚ our communities and everyday life. The great changes between 1900-to-1950s are driven by technology improvement such as the popularization of TV‚ video‚ and washing machine; while the tremendous
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Experience-Driven Procedural Content Generation (EDPCG) was originally mentioned by G.N. Yannakakis and J. Togelius in [30]‚ and later revisited by the same authors in [31]. With the proliferation of videogames‚ players can be found in all parts of the world‚ meaning that there is a long range of skills‚ preferences and emotion elicitation to correspond to with one game. Because of that‚ there is an increasing need for tailoring the game experience to the individual‚ consequently raising the difficulty
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GRADE 10 ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE PAPER 3 NOVEMBER 2011 2 ½ HOURS‚ 100 MARKS INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION 1. This question paper consists of THREE sections: SECTION A: Creative Writing (50 marks) SECTION B: Longer Transactional Texts (30 marks) SECTION C: Shorter Transactional Texts (20 marks) SECTION D: Reference/Informational/Visual and Multi-media Texts 2. Candidates are required to answer ONE question from EACH section. 3. THE WRITING PROCESS 3.1 There must be clear evidence
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References: Clarke‚ J‚ Jandik‚ T & Mandelker G‚ n.d.‚ ‘The efficient markets hypothesis’‚ retrieved 5 May 2013‚ <http://e-m-h.org/ClJM.pdf>. Diamond‚ AM n.d‚ Schumpeter’s creative destruction: a review of the evidence‚ University of Nebraska Omaha‚ retrieved 5 May 2013‚ <http://cba.unomaha.edu/faculty/adiamond/web/DiamondPDFs/SchumpEvidence06.pdf>. Hall‚S n.d.‚ ‘What Are the Benefits of Free Market Economies?’‚ retrieved
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A Usability Study for Promoting E-Content in Higher Education. Electronic content or e-content is defined by creating‚ providing‚ and distributing information as a digitized content. It is produced and stored electronically rather than in printed form. E-contents use in education can be in the form of e-journals‚ e-books‚ e-research reports‚ e-lecture modules‚ e-lecture notes and e-lecture slides. E-content has a huge potential in future education. Many higher education institutions
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Motivation Concepts AnalysisGoal-Setting Theory is based on the idea that particular and strenuous goals conduct to higher performance. The work of Edwin Locke proposes "people are motivated to work toward and achieve goals‚" (Locke 1968). The point would give precise goals can extend performance. Then to show with demanding goals‚ when accredited‚ would overcome in the huge achievement then the easier goals. This achievement of public commitment to the goal can result in a higher commitment to the
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20 JUNE 2005 Strengthening Democracy and Democratic Institutions in Pakistan UNDERSTANDING LABOUR ISSUES IN PAKISTAN 20 JUNE 2005 Strengthening Democracy and Democratic Institutions in Pakistan UNDERSTANDING LABOUR ISSUES IN PAKISTAN Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development A n d Tr a n s p a r e n c y PILDAT is an independent‚ non-partisan and not-for-profit indigenous research and training institution with the mission to strengthen democracy and democratic institutions
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Laboratory determination of water (moisture) content of a soil sample by oven drying method Reference: ASTM D2216-98 Need and scope of the experiment: In almost all soil tests natural moisture content of the soil is to be determined. The knowledge of the natural moisture content is essential in all studies of soil mechanics. To sight a few‚ natural moisture content is used in determining the bearing capacity and settlement. The natural moisture content will give an idea of the state of soil in
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