1. - (Hieroglyphic) Glyphs. Mayan writing. 2.-In what countries of the actuality did the civilization have its place Mayan? Southern Mexico to much of central America. Heart of their highlands of Guatemala and the plains of the Yucatan. 3. - Mention at least three of five Mayan cities to which one alludes in the documentary. Tikal‚ Copan‚ Palenque. 4.-What happened with the Mayan writing system after the arrival of the Spanish? It disappeared because the Diego de Landa believed that the Mayan
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THE JOURNAL OF FINANCE • VOL. LXIV‚ NO. 4 • AUGUST 2009 Agency Problems at Dual-Class Companies RONALD W. MASULIS‚ CONG WANG‚ and FEI XIE∗ ABSTRACT Using a sample of U.S. dual-class companies‚ we examine how divergence between insider voting and cash f low rights affects managerial extraction of private benefits of control. We find that as this divergence widens‚ corporate cash holdings are worth less to outside shareholders‚ CEOs receive higher compensation‚ managers make shareholder value-destroying
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In optics‚ corpuscular theory of light‚ originally set forward by Pierre Gassendi‚ states that light is made up of small discrete particles called "corpuscles" (little particles) which travel in a straight line with a finite velocity and possess kinetic energy. It was largely developed by Sir Isaac Newton. Newton’s theory remained in force for more than 100 years and took precedence overHuygens’ wave front theory‚ partly because of Newton’s great prestige. However when the corpuscular theory failed
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to board structure‚ the difference of corporate governance among different countries is may be unitary or dual board on the country. In the UK and the USA‚ a unitary board of directors in the form of board structure‚ characterized by one single board comprising executive and non-executive directors. (Aguilera‚ 2003) It is responsible for all aspects of the activities of the corporation. A dual board of directors is including a supervisory board and executive board of management. Nevertheless‚ there
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The Dual Enrollment Program: Negative and Positive When someone starts to go into post-secondary education‚ one would think that it would start after high school. Some high schools have been provided a different view on this tradition. Now schools offer a program that not only gives students a head start‚ but it also allows them to have an experience at a younger age. The Dual Enrollment Program provides benefits that could eventually help in the future. Students will appreciate the early access
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read where it discussed extensively about dual relationships and also about ethical challenges specifically for social workers working in rural areas. After reading this article‚ it helped me better understand the special challenges and concerns that social workers face when working in rural areas One of the main things that stood out to me was when I read that the NASW Code of Ethics does not say anything against dual relationships. I always thought that dual relationships between the social worker
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with other businesses rather than the end user. There are many different types of industry‚ but most of them can be placed into two categories Light and Heavy industry. These two industries are very similar in some respects and very different in other ways‚ however they both have a common purpose of producing and manufacturing goods. Opposite to light are heavy industries‚ which refer to large-scale industries. The industries that are categorised as heavy include manufactures of mass transport
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necessity to have cannon equipped tanks. The year 1935 will bring about the manufacturing of the T2E1 or M2 “Light Tank” it would also be equipped with smaller armaments‚ but Soldiers would make do with this light tank as America was dealing with the Great Depression back home. The M2 would also bring about the dual turret feature‚ a new design feature popular at the time. With the introduction of classification levels different variants would be produced with increased armor and armaments. This
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DUAL CAREER COUPLES AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT‚ FAMILY AND REALLOCATION ISSUES SERVICES PROVIDED BY LARGE CORPORATIONS AND SMALL COMPANIES ABSTRACT As the dual career couples phenomenal increase rapidly in the global economy‚ large and small companies need to provide reliable services in order to alleviate the work-life challenges to support dual career couples in the complex issues they often faced. This paper will focus in the family career and reallocation issues of dual career couples and what
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The purpose of Collier and Thomas’s “The astounding effectiveness of dual language education for all” journal article is to show the results of their longitudinal research. Their research findings on dual language models of the past 18 years are summarized in the article. They researched one-way and two-way dual language enrichment models. The article also analyses the 50:50 and 90:10 model. They found that one-way and two-way dual enrichment models demonstrate the potential for enhancing student outcomes
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