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    the “Qualities of the Prince” that “One should like to be both one and the other; but since it is difficult to join them together‚ it is much safer to be feared than to be loved” (14). Determining which of these two qualities a leader should possess has been a topic of discussion for centuries. So what makes Machiavelli’s work any different? First off‚ Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat and a political philosopher‚ who wrote about politics and power. The biggest element that separates Machiavelli’s

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    Every college student has either good or bad experiences during his college life. One of the bad experiences is living with a roommate you don’t like. During my collage studies‚ I had a roommate who gave me bad times because he was messy‚ noisy‚ and stingy. My roommate was so loud that he caused me problem‚ while I was trying to waken up early for classes. He scram when he was watching a game on TV. Also‚ he likes to study with the radio up and that bothered me especially when he was studying late

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    programming. My friend was running a C program on his computer which could‚ based on some yes/no questions guessed the number a person had thought of in his/her mind. This capability of machine mesmerized me. “Can Machines Think?” – This question which was proposed by Alan Turing‚ has significantly advanced the field. Imagine his joy if he’d be able to witness IBM’s Deep Blue beating world champion chess player Gary Kasparov. I sincerely want to contribute to the field of Computer Science for which‚

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    1. INTRODUCTION 5 CCQ Artticles: 5 Comments for essay questions: 5 Brierley and Macdonald‚ “Quebec Civil Law” (1993) 6 Autonomy of the will theory: (B/J) 6 Ghestin: "L ’utile et le juste dans les contrats" (1981) 6 2. PRECONTRACTUAL ANALYSIS 7 What constitutes a valid offer? 7 CLL definition of an offer & an offeror 7 CML definition of an offer 7 Preliminary negotiation v. offer: 8 Harvey v Facey (1893 Privy Council) 8 Termination of an offer – lapse and

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    STUDENT NO: …………………………... SEMINAR TUTOR …………………………... Introduction Accounting is concerned with providing both financial and non-financial information that will help decision makers to make good decisions. An understanding of accounting therefore requires an understanding of the decision making process and an awareness of the users of accounting information. The major purposes of accounting are to formulate overall strategies and long-run plans. Resource allocation decisions such

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    Why Do Financial Institutions Fail? Do you remember that there was an extremely important historical event‚ which is the worst financial crisis since the Second World War. The most serious result was that all the investment banks in Wall Street failed‚ which was a block of healthy development of the world economy. Here is a reason why these investment banks failed. Was it resulting from the wrong policy made by American government or investment banks themselves? Although many people subscribe

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    define accounting. What are the three main characteristics of accounting? Is accounting static or dynamic? Accounting collects‚ analyzes‚ measures and records financial information about an organization and reports that information to stakeholders and decision makers. Accounting has 3 essential characteristics. Accounting is the (1) identification‚ measurement‚ and communication of financial information about economic entities to interested persons. Like social sciences‚ accounting is largely

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    7. A perceived lack of integrity caused irreparable damage to both Andersen and Enron. How can you apply the principles learned in this case personally? Generate an example of how involvement in unethical or illegal activities‚ or even the appearance of such involvement‚ might adversely affect your career. What are the possible consequences when others question your integrity? What can you do to preserve your reputation throughout your career? A perceived‚ or even likely more detrimental to one’s

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    Do you believe in God and why? With over 20 major religions in today’s world‚ God is the most recognized superior power. We are told to believe that this God is a supernatural being: one of a group of supernatural male beings in some religions‚ each of which is worshiped as the personification or controller of some aspect of the universe. God is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism‚ or a single deity in polytheism

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    Isolating Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404(b) effect on audit fees and market liquidity: a natural experiment.   Premalata Sundaram* PDBP 2010 University of Florida August 23‚ 2010 Abstract Since the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002‚ a large body of evidence has accumulated on the costs this legislation has imposed on public companies in the United States. Estimates of the direct costs of the law have been fairly straightforward to measure‚ but the indirect costs of the legislation

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