Hampi (Kannada: ಹಂಪೆ Hampe) is a village in northern Karnataka state‚ India. It is located within the ruins of Vijayanagara‚ the former capital of the Vijayanagara Empire. Predating the city of Vijayanagara‚ it continues to be an important religious centre‚ housing the Virupaksha Temple‚ as well as several other monuments belonging to the old city. As the village is at the original centre of Vijayanagara‚ it is sometimes confused with the ruined city itself. The ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage
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Chapter – II Strategic Planning and Risk Management “I think there is a market for about 5 computers‚” -Thomas J Watson‚ Chairman IBM[1]‚ 1943 “There is no reason for an individual to have a computer at home‚” -Kenneth Olsen‚ President‚ Digital Equipment‚ 1977 “64K ought to be enough for anybody‚” -Bill Gates‚ CEO‚ Microsoft‚ 1981 Understanding the importance of strategic planning The average life expectancy of a multinational corporation has been estimated by Arie De Geus‚ a former
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performance at the super bowl halftime show opened with her singing Irving Berlin’s song‚ “God Bless America”. There have been some speculations about why she chose to open with this song‚ and then follow it with part of Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land”. These two song are actually associated with each other outside of the 2017 super bowl halftime show. Gutheir wrote his song as a critical response to Berlin’s song in the 1940s. He was inspired to write the lyrics to this song both after
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Would you have crossed the trenches into “no-man’s land” to share a Christmas Eve celebration with the enemy? About 17 million soldiers were killed in War World I according to InfoPlease.com. Many soldiers were killed during battle‚ but others were killed in the trenches. The soldiers in the trenches would dream of the day the war was over; when they would finally have peace. I would cross over into “no-man’s land” for many reasons one is I would finally get out of the trenches‚ I would also get
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The love of the land has long characterized the American dream. “Go west young man‚” the cry of a nation expanding in its first century. This reality was accompanied by growing identification not only with the land‚ but also with a sense of ownership and celebration nationalistic pride. Millions of acres of national parks were set aside. America became the world’s bread basket. It was a proud thing to be a farmer‚ a naturalist‚ or an outdoors man. We still celebrate Walden Pond as Thoreau captured
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India is called "a land of festival and fairs." Every day of the year there is a festival celebrated in some part of the country. As in any old civilization‚ most of these festivals have religious ties. Because India is still a predominantly rural nation‚ many of its festivals also welcome the coming of natural phenomena like the seasons of the year‚ the harvest‚ the rains‚ or the full moon. Thus‚ festivals often commemorate the sacred bond felt by the Indian villagers to their land. Nevertheless‚ there
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Financial Analysis ---Walt Disney Company Group members: Corti‚ Stacey; Dong‚ Lidan; Pichakornpanya‚ Saranya; Zhong‚ Weisi BUS 500D Background Financial Analysis -----The Walt Disney Company Date Analysis A. Liquidity ratios( Table 1-1) The Disney Company has lower current ratio than industry average. So the liquidity of the company is high. For the quick ratio identify that the company has ability to pay off short term obligations without relying on the sale inventory
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Rates of reaction Sodium Thiosulphate and Hydrochloric Acid An experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of temperature on the rate of reaction between sodium thiosulphate and hydrochloric acid. The equation for this reaction is shown below. Method (1) A measuring cylinder was used to measure 50cm3 of 0.08M sodium thiosulphate solution into a test tube. A bung was placed in the test tube. (2) A pipette was used to measure 5cm3 of 1.0M hydrochloric acid and this was placed into a second
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1．Capital Structure 1.1. Debt A gearing ratio as defined as total debt as a percentage of common equity (datastream)，has increased from 12.2in 2011 to 30.0% in 2012. It seems to be a good phenomenon. .However‚ the ratio was higher than the average and media ratio except in 2011. It illustrates that oxford instruments is more highly geared and more risky investment compared to its competitors. Furthermore‚ there is an increase in the finance cost in the consoliated income statement from 2
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INTRODUCTION This essay is about the Tribal Grazing Land Policy (TGLP)‚ which is part of the broader land reform program that was initiated by the post-independence Botswana government to address certain land use problems such as overgrazing and land degradation‚ which posed a challenge to the new government in the 1970s. It is also viewed as an agrarian reform and rural development strategy of commercialisation‚ privatisation and modernisation through reduction in stocking in communal areas
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