LENIN Lenin was one of the leading political figures and revolutionary thinkers of the 20th century‚ who masterminded the Bolshevik take-over of power in Russia in 1917‚ and was the architect and first head of the USSR. Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov was born in Simbirsk on the Volga River on 22 April 1870 into a well-educated family. He excelled at school and went on to study law. At university‚ he was exposed to radical thinking‚ and his views were also influenced by the execution of his elder brother
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The predicting of dominant design in MP3 player Yuri Lee‚ Industrial design‚ Chonbuk National Univ. Jong-Youl Yang‚ Industrial design‚ Chonbuk National Univ Abstract This research has the purpose that forecasts MP3 design which can dominates the market by trend analysis. For the purpose of this study‚ we practiced trend analysis of MP3 player. We decided on design factors and levels of the factors after collecting 227 MP3 products released from 2001 from 2007 now‚ and practiced trend analysis
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Geert Hofstede defined that culture is "collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from another". (HOFSTEDE‚ 2012a) Human culture derives from people’s background‚ education‚ gender and so on. Therefore‚ different people have various cultures. Culture can influence employees’ relationship in workplaces. (HOFSTEDE‚ 2012b) Geert Hofstede studied this question for more than six years‚ and found six groups of national cultural dimensions. The first
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TomTom Overview As TomTom‚ one of the largest producers of satellite navigation devices in the world‚ entered 2010 it faced stiff competition from its traditional rivals such as Garmin and from new competition from cell phones. Although its sales reached an all time high of €1.74 billion in 2007 by 2008 sales had slipped to €1.67 billion. That year the company posted a loss of €872 million. The decline in sales continued with 2009 sales slipping to €1.48 billion‚ although the company managed to
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Homelessness is seen as a controversial subject that statistics show is on the increase. This makes homelessness a problem in society that cannot be ignored. Firstly‚ let us examine some of the causes of homelessness and views about the homeless and from the homeless. Also‚ let us examine some initiatives that may help or solve the problem of homelessness. After extensive research‚ it can be seen that there are many reasons for becoming homeless such as: family problems‚ debt‚ drink and drug abuse
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In this age of high-speed social progress‚ the issue whether China should consider inequality more than economic growth has aroused a wild contention. Economic growth is increase in a country’s productive capacity‚ as measured by comparing gross national product in a year with the GNP in the previous year. Increase in the capital stock‚ advances in technology‚ generation of employment and improvement in the quality and level of literacy are considered to be the principal causes of economic growth
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away. I was extremely upset. There was a time when I was texting my friend James. We were discussing meeting up to catch a movie downtown. The night before I’d decided we’d meet at 1:00. Mind you I had also left my phone charger at work so I had no way of contacting him due to my phone being dead. The next day I arrived at 1:00 as planned. James was sitting there looking salty at me. I asked him what was wrong. James said he’d been waiting since 11:00. After looking at my text from last night I saw
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Discursive Essay The topic of whether or not smoking should be banned or not is discussed worldwide daily. In this essay I will outline the main points and discuss the two parties views of for and against in detail. I will start with the group who want to get smoking banned‚ then the group that want it to continue and then I will give my personal response. Firstly‚ smoking causes damage to your body. Most people do not realize this however. It causes damage to your brain‚ arms and legs‚ eyes
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Face Recognition based Attendance System Group members: Ramsha Tariq Zaira Ashraf Fatima Masood (2K9-CSE-129) (2K9-CSE-130) (2k9-CSE-153) Project Advisor (Engr. Shahzad Ashraf) Lecturer Department of Electrical Engineering NFC Institute of Engineering & Technology Multan‚ Pakistan June 2013 Face Recognition based Attendance System Department of Electrical Engineering NFC Institute of Engineering & Technology Multan‚ Pakistan (Federal degree awarding Institute) The project
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Teen “Sexting” Sexting – teens sending sexually explicit photos of themselves via cell phones‚ email‚ or instand message – has become the latest in a line of highly charged issues involving kids and the internet. Sexting has become a widespread occurance that has destroyed lives and has caused emotional distress to many teenagers and young adults. Sexting gives teenagers the feeling of acceptance and the chance to be popular by gaining attention but what they fail to realize is the attention they
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