August 6‚ 1945 a city called Hiroshima in Japan was destroyed by the very first atomic bomb‚ created by the United States. This book tells what happens on that day through six real survivors who lived to tell their story. Whenever the bomb detonated Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura‚ Miss Toshiko Sasaki‚ Reverend Tanimoto‚ Medical Doctor Masakazu Fugii‚ Doctor Turufuni Sasaki‚ and Father Wilhelm were all going about their normal lives. Then in a split second their worlds were turned side down. These 6 brave souls
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In Chapter 7 : The Hellenistic Era I learned about two Philosopher’s who were around during the Hellenistic Era ‚the period from the death of Alexander in 323 BCE to the end of the Roman Republic 31 BCE in which Epicureanism‚ Stoicism and Skepticism flourished. The first philosopher I read about was Epicurus‚ who is considered to be the founder of Epicureanism which is the hedonistic theory that life’s highest aim is happiness that is attained through moderate pleasures and the avoidance of mental
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Chapter 14 – The Expansive Realm of Islam I. Chapter Intro A. “In 632 CE the prophet Muhammad visited his native city of Mecca from his home in exile at Medina‚ and in doing so he set an example that devout Muslims have sought to emulate ever since” (B&Z 355). Each year hundreds of thousands of Muslims travel to Mecca by land‚ sea‚ and air to make the hajj (“the holy pilgrimage to Mecca”) and visit the holy sites of Islam. As years went by the pilgrims decrease‚ but in the 9th c. it had
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Strategic Management Chapter 6 – Questions 1. Plot the position of the following companies on figure 6.3 and justify your answer: * Procter & Gamble: P&G sells more that 300 brands to consumers in more that 150 countries and therefore faces strong pressures for local responsiveness as different countries and cultures prefer different cleaning materials for example. P&G also faces pressures for cost reduction due to the large number of competitors in that sphere of the market
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Stratification can best be defined as _____. Select one: a. divisions created between groups of people in a society based on the social prestige accorded by a person’s occupation‚ lifestyle‚ or membership in certain organizations b. the unequal distribution of wealth that results from private ownership and people’s tendency to preserve surplus wealth rather than share it with others c. systematic inequalities between groups of people that arise as intended or unintended consequences of social
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Chapter 6- Case study- Big Data‚ Big Rewards 1. Describe the kinds of big data collected by the organizations described in this case. The organizations described in this case are The British Library‚ NYPD‚ Vestas and Hertz. Each of these organizations collects different kinds of data. The British Library has to accommodate about 6 billion searches annually and collects and preserves all websites that are of any historical significance. This also includes websites of past politicians. NYPD collects
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Analysis‚ 6th ed. Chapter 14 Instructor’s Manual CHAPTER 14 14-1. Letting the subscript x stand for the unknown solution‚ x + s stand for the unknown plus standard‚ and Vt the total volume of solution‚ we can write Ax = ε bcxVx / Vt Ax + s = ε b(cxVx + csVs ) / Vt Dividing the first equation by the second and rearranging gives cx = Ax csVs 0.656 × 25.7 ×10.0 = = 21.1 ppm ( Ax + s − Ax )Vx (0.976 − 0.656) × 25.0 14-2. Using the equation developed in problem 14-1‚ we can write cCu 2+
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rent and royalty income are deductions for AGI. a. True b. False ANSWER: True 6. Alice incurs qualified moving expenses of $12‚000. If she is reimbursed by her employer‚ the deduction is classified as a deduction for AGI. If not reimbursed‚ the deduction is classified as an itemized deduction. a. True b. False ANSWER: False RATIONALE: Moving expenses are classified as deductions for AGI. 7. Expenses incurred for the production or collection of income generally are deductions
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Chapter six starts off with Winston writing in his diary about an encounter with a old and ugly prole prostitute three years ago and how he used to be married to a women named Katherine. They separated when they both had differences in ideology‚ which included her not enjoying sexual intercourse and only performed it to make a child for the Party. In this chapter‚ Winston also discusses how the Party did not want mean and women to form loyalties because they could not control them. In addition‚ the
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Chapter fourteen was mainly about sports announcing. This chapter was placed in the book to help the production crew know what the talent will be doing. The talent must know their role and know what the director and producer are expecting of them. The play-by-play can call a sporting event with the action and the color commentator made the commentating better by adding important facts. Research is something the talent is responsible for so that they are familiar with the event. Sportscaster figure
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