Barack Obama was an influential person because of his contributions to not only America‚ but the world; despite the harsh racism and criticism. One of the first accomplishments of Barack Obama was becoming a Presidential candidate for the Democratic Party and eventually becoming America’s first black president. This proves that Barack Obama succeeded with becoming the first black U.S. president‚ even though he struggled against bigotry and the doubt of other people. This is still affecting the world
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business concept and must never be confused with profit. The contribution of a product refers to how much it contributes to the fixed costs and profit of the business once variable costs have been covered. It can be calculated either per unit of output or in terms of total contribution of all units produced. Contribution ignores fixed costs and only considers any surplus left once variable costs have been subtracted from revenue. Hence‚ contribution is what a product contributes towards the fixed costs
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schools; and the lonely transfer student in a large clique based university campus. Initially‚ I felt out of my element in every situation. I noticed differences in language‚ manners‚ physical features‚ and apparel‚ but instead decided to focus on my contributions to a group. Learning about my heritage and the hardships my family endured in a foreign country taught me about discipline‚ honesty‚ perseverance‚ responsibility‚ and tolerance. I trained myself to look past my distinctions‚ because I valued my
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Summary of Donald Akers “A Rose for Emily” In his article entitled “A Rose for Emily‚” Donald Akers states that this short story will “remain a remarkable‚ provocative work regardless of the critical approach.” Akers described Emily as a weird character because of her refusal to pay taxes in the story and telling the tax collectors to discuss her taxes with a dead man. The man had been dead for ten years‚ and she was pretending he was alive. The author states that Emily’s being weird may appear
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Chapter 13: I/O Systems Operating System Concepts – 9th Edition Silberschatz‚ Galvin and Gagne ©2013 Chapter 13: I/O Systems Overview I/O Hardware Application I/O Interface Kernel I/O Subsystem Transforming I/O Requests to Hardware Operations STREAMS Performance Operating System Concepts – 9th Edition 13.2 Silberschatz‚ Galvin and Gagne ©2013 Objectives Explore the structure of an operating system’s I/O subsystem Discuss the principles
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The Contributions of Thomas Edison 13385809652000 Mckenzie Reiss Hum 20-1 September 9‚ 2014 Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor‚ who lived from 1847 to 1931. During his lifetime‚ he made many contributions that have helped society advance to what it is today. He held over one thousand ninety three patents in the US‚ including additions to the telegraph and the incandescent light bulb. Although this man came from humble beginnings‚ he achieved greater and more ambitious things
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income statement is set using a contribution format. The contribution format centers on the idea that each unit sold provides a certain amount of contribution margin that goes to covering fixed costs. In 2004 expenses like distribution and transport (29‚988) and the sales commissions (73‚573) have been reclassified (contribution format) as variable selling costs on page 33 ([104]). 2. Why do you think cost of sales is included in the computation of contribution margin on page 33? Benetton’s
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Ancient Greek Contributions Ancient Greece forged many of the contributions seen in western civilizations. One of the most influential contributions is literature. Those contributions where very important then and still are today. The importance of Greek literature is found when looking at the texts of western civilization. Greek writers created the form and foundation for later writings. By opening Greece to the idea of writing‚ literature introduced new forms of entertainment‚ record keeping
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the President the status and issues of the defense of the country. Of course we are going to see similarities and differences between past‚ present‚ and future secretaries. However‚ when taking a closer look at the former SOD McNamara and former SOD Donald Rumsfeld‚ while under Bush’s command. Many have argued that the connection of similar let downs have been revealed when looking at the stance and judgment calls made by McNamara during the Vietnam War and Rumsfeld during the Iraq War. McNamara
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On Saturday‚ January 21st Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States‚ to be the leader of one of the largest and most influential nations in the world. In the mid-16th century Niccolò Machiavelli published “The Prince”‚ a literary work which‚ amongst other things‚ laid out the ideal characteristics of a leader according to Machiavelli. These characteristics that Machiavelli references include being duplicitous or deceitful‚ cunning‚ narcissistic‚ and controlling. Now
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