THE MANY FACES OF FANATICISM Kalmer Marimaa Ph.D. Student in Social Science‚ Lecturer in Religious Studies and Sociology at the Tartu Theological Seminary‚ Estonia‚ kalmerm@yahoo.com ABSTRACT. The article presents fanaticism as a universal phenomenon that can manifest itself in almost every sphere of human activity. Although many expressions of fanaticism are negative and destructive‚ some can be almost neutral or even positive. The article describes the characteristics of the fanatic
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Aarhus School of Business‚ Aarhus University Master of Science in International Economic Consulting Master Thesis The Effect of Social Trust and Economic Growth Author: Lena Pfister Academic Supervisor: Christian Bjørnskov September 2010 Abstract: In recent years‚ social trust has gained in importance within social science‚ especially in an economic growth context. The thesis examines social trust as a potential determinant of economic growth using a panel data set including
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Brief Introduction: AJ Davis is a department store chain‚ which has many credit customers and want to find out more information about these customers. AJ Davis has complied a sample of 50 credit customers with data selected in the following variables: Location‚ Income (in $1‚000’s)‚ Size (Number of people living in the household)‚ Years (number of years the customer has lived in the current location)‚ and Credit Balance (customers current credit card balance on the store’s credit car‚ in $)
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Chapter 5 Interest Rates 5-1. Your bank is offering you an account that will pay 20% interest in total for a two-year deposit. Determine the equivalent discount rate for a period length of a. Six months. b. One year. c. One month. a. Since 6 months is [pic] of 2 years‚ using our rule [pic] So the equivalent 6 month rate is 4.66%. b. Since one year is half of 2 years [pic] So the equivalent 1 year rate is 9.54%. c
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to get into the NFL. Richard was a person out of many that didn’t get many opportunities. He had to work for everything and had nobody to really understand that being a football player consists of striving for greatness even if noone is watching. The NFL was one of the his biggest dreams. He had wanted to be a professional football player in the big leagues and had the dream to play with veterans because they have been there and done it over and over again. Even though
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| Basic math symbols Symbol | Symbol Name | Meaning / definition | Example | = | equals sign | equality | 5 = 2+3 | ≠ | not equal sign | inequality | 5 ≠ 4 | > | strict inequality | greater than | 5 > 4 | < | strict inequality | less than | 4 < 5 | ≥ | inequality | greater than or equal to | 5 ≥ 4 | ≤ | inequality | less than or equal to | 4 ≤ 5 | ( ) | parentheses | calculate expression inside first | 2 × (3+5) = 16 | [ ] | brackets | calculate expression inside first
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article Math Madness: Coloring‚ Reasoning‚ and Celebrating‚ discusses how important it is to include math activities that are challenging‚ but also fun in the classroom. The article was written by Nicholas Wasswerman and is based on what he saw in his daughter’s classroom. He noticed that the school had publishing parties and other elaborate projects for certain subjects but lacked “anything remotely comparable in mathematics” (Wasserman 469). This is when he decided to step in and Math Madness was
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Introduction to Management Science‚ 11e (Taylor) Chapter 1 Management Science 1) Management science involves the philosophy of approaching a problem in a subjective manner. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 2 Section Heading: The Management Science Approach to Problem Solving Keywords: scientific approach AACSB: Analytic skills 2) Management science techniques can be applied only to business and military organizations. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 2 Section Heading:
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GRE GRE Now duate ded gra by inten d optioniel major f aM w th the ow wiith score dattS N c ® Guide to the Use of Scores This publication includes: • Guidelines for the use of GRE® scores • Concordance information and percentile ranks oreSele Sc • Score interpretation and statistical information 2012–2013 www.ets.org/gre 19398 CONTENTS The GRE® Board and Its Committees ......................................................................................... 3 Overview of
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Antons Trifonovs HW 1‚3‚4‚5‚7 9/29/2014 1. Variable Costs CD package and disc (direct material and labor per CD)---- $1.25/CD songwriters royalties $0.35/CD recording artist royalties $1.00/CD Total Variable Costs per Units = $2.60 Fixed Costs advertising and promotion $275‚000 studio recording overhead $250‚000 Total Fixed Costs = $525‚000 a)contribution per CD unit $9 - $2.60 = $6.40 b)break-even volume in CD units and dollars 525‚000 / 6.40 = 82‚031.25 units
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