One significant person in the history of Islam is Rabi’a al-Adawiyya. Rabi’a was a woman born in 717 CE in Basra (modern day Iraq). According to legend‚ Rabi’a was orphaned when she young and sold into slavery. She was then freed when her master found her praying and shrouded in divine light. Rabi’a lived all her life in Basra as an ascetic‚ fasting all day and praying all night. She provided spiritual guidance and advice to Islamic people‚ men and women alike‚ and is known as one of the most famous
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Trend for net profit margin is fluctuating. No smooth pattern can be observed. However Alkaram never made loss whereas Gul Ahmed faced the situation in 2012. Current ratios which shows the ability of the firm to pay its short term debts by current assets seems better for Alkaram as it is always above 1. Both operate in cloth market and their suppliers might not wait for a longer period for them to pay. Gul Ahmed may de-motivate its suppliers if payments are not made on time. Acid test ratio is
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3/14/2014 Case Study Columbia Southern University Legal accusations of race‚ gender and age bias was bases for the 2001 class action lawsuit of Streeter et al. vs. Ford Motor Co and Siegel et al. vs. Ford Motor Co. for possible age bias. The legal accusations of gender and race claims were dismissed in the Streeter lawsuit but age was still a legal accusation. Ford Motor Co. denied any legal accusations of wrong actions in either lawsuit (The Union Times‚ 2001). “The reverse-discrimination
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After scrutinizing the 2000 Presidential Election of Al Gore vs. George W. Bush in the movie Recount focusing on the issues of votes in the state of Florida‚ I believe that the election was not legitimate. While trying to find evidence to support them in court‚ Al Gore’s team found that there was a “voter purge list” (1) where the Governor of Florida told Secretary of State for Florida Katherine Harris that if there are people with similar names to felons to put them on that list that does not allow
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rather than denies‚ the Will-to-life [as this act] involves the individual will’s willfully seeking to exterminate itself as a way of escaping the wretchedness of willing”. (C.R.Trogan‚ Suicide and Freedom from Suffering in Schopenhauer’s “Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung”‚ p.5). Nevertheless‚ Schopenhauer does not overlook the fact an individual has the right to commit suicide in an attempt to escape ones suffering‚ he just doesn’t believe that freedom‚ in that viewpoint is achievable. As taking
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In what ways are San Andrea al Quirinale by Bernini‚ and San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane by Borromini similar‚ and in what ways do they differ significantly from each other? Baroque architecture was a development of Romanesque motifs used in renaissance architecture‚ often expressed in dynamic and theatrical ways to express the triumph of the Catholic Church. It was developed during the seventeenth and eighteenth century as a response to a need; this being because even though the Catholic Church
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Zea Konz Research paper Al Capone is one of the most infamous gangsters in American history. Capone was born from an Italian immigrant family in Brooklyn‚ New York in 1899. He was associated with gangs since he quit school in the sixth grade‚ in the street gang he associated himself with he met Johnny Torrio‚ who was the gang leader at the time‚ and Charles “Lucky” Luciano. At this time many criminals had come from impoverish backgrounds‚ but this was not the case for Capone. Capone came from
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11 INSIGHTS 12 BIBLIOGRAPHY 13 POSITIONING: A well-defined concept Positioning is a concept in marketing which was first introduced by Jack Trout ( "Industrial Marketing" Magazine- June/1969) and then popularized by Al Ries and Jack Trout in their bestseller book "Positioning - The Battle for Your Mind". Positioning is one of the important elements in corporate and brand image management; it is the process of creating a perception in the consumer’s mind regarding
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Senator Al Franken gave a heartfelt resignation speech amid harassment allegation. He did very well in his speech as he used allusions‚ tone‚ and diction to give a well worded‚ thought-provoking speech touching upon the masked corruption within the political party divisions of the United States Senate involving sexual harassment In his speech‚ Franken uses tone and much pathos when talking about the allegation on how he responded. Franken states‚ “We were finally beginning to listen to women about
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When talking about the history of prohibition and Mobs the most famous name to come up will usually be Al Capone‚ yet he was not the only big name in the bootlegging business and there war many gangs all vying for control of this illicit business. To name a few‚ there was Dion O’Banion who controlled Chicago’s Near North side‚ Klondike O’Donnell and his brothers who commanded the Northwest side‚ the “Terrible Genna brothers” who controlled the Near West Side‚ and Irish O’Donnell brother on the Southwest
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